Articles by: Pastor Rod Hembree

This month, we begin our read of the book of Judges. Judges represents a dark time in Israel’s history. Israel had turned their back on the direct covenant they had made with God. It must have been a brutal and unpleasant time to be alive.

Many people are involved with the reading of the Law of God in the Bible, and often take it incorrectly because they are reading it out of context. The Law of God was fulfilled by Jesus Christ. He was the only One who could. I

The English word genesis comes from the same Greek word, which means the source, beginning, or origin of something. In the beginning God created all things, visible and invisible. Therefore, the origin is God, not matter, math, or laws. In the first eleven chapters of

The book of Revelation is a final unveiling of Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of Lords. Most people avoid reading it because they either find it too controversial or difficult to understand. Yet the book actually says that if we read it, listen

As we continue to read through the New Testament, it is good to remind ourselves that Testament means Covenant. This is very important because of how God works out His plans in the course of time. The New Covenant is the fulfillment of the Old

I am absolutely positive that you have noticed how inundated with news and tragedy our everyday lives in the West have become. In this environment, it can be hard not to feel that the end times are near! Yet, God has told us that no

It is difficult to find an intellectual who does not believe that Jesus Christ was a real person. This is a significant shift from the late 60’s and early 70’s in which the popular intellectual opinion was that He was a myth or legend. Today,

There are different kinds of prophecy presented in the Bible. Many, if not, most prophecies unveil hidden intentions or desires deep within the deceptively wicked heart of man, and other prophecies reveal God’s sovereign power over the cosmos, such as his foreknowledge about things yet

Many in today’s world see their future integrally connected with their country. The rush toward nationalism as a healing agent for our problems is not new, however. God sees the future in terms of His plan and will. It is not about our country, it

Isaiah witnessed an existential threat to God’s people firsthand. King Hezekiah worked hard to clean up the small southern kingdom of Judah from false gods and pagan worship practices. God usually rewards such dedication and devotion and often relents any incoming judgment. But Hezekiah was