Was the Bethlehem Innkeeper a Schmuck? By Nathan E. Jones How astounding that nearly 700 years before Jesus was born the Prophet Micah (5:2) prophesied the exact city the Messiah would be born in — Bethlehem Ephrathah! Every Christmas I read the wonderful story of that little town, but am…
The Truth of the Virgin Birth By Dr. David R. Reagan I’d like to begin by asserting my thesis right up front: Belief in the virgin birth of Jesus is absolutely essential to the Christian faith. To deny the virgin birth is to deny the deity of Jesus, and if…
Proving the Existence of Jesus A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Know and understand this. From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until The Anointed One the ruler comes there will be seven sevens and sixty two sevens. It will be rebuilt with streets and a…
Mary Magdalene’s Resurrection Story Commentary by Jack Kelley “Because you have seen me you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29) I am Mary of Magdala, or Mary Magdalene, so named because I came from the village of Magdala, located on the…
Solving the Three Day Three Night Mystery A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Note: Jack originally published this article in 2003. It remains one of the most popular on this site, and for good reason. It’s a great example of what we love about his studies: taking God at His…
The True Identity of Jesus of Nazareth A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Of all the so-called holy books, only the Bible authenticates itself. It does so through a method we call predictive prophecy and it works like this. Only God knows the end from the beginning. To help us…
A Shepherd’s Story A Christmas Story by Jack Kelley In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and…
Rediscovering Mary By Dr. David Reagan There are two things that have always bothered me about Mary, the mother of Jesus. First, I have been appalled by the efforts of the Catholic Church to deify her — to make her into a god. Second, I have been troubled by the…
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. The virgin shall be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14). There is perhaps no prophecy in the Old…
The Messiah’s Unique Address By Dr. David Reagan My all-time favorite drama is Our Town, written in 1937 by Thornton Wilder and performed for the first time in 1938, the year of my birth. I witnessed Our Town my first time in 1953 when I was in junior high school.…