by Gary T. Panell Would you please read with me this passage of Scripture, which is often called, Our Lord’s Prayer. We will read it from the New King James Version of the Holy Bible. Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is […]

by Marlene Panell The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is something that is misunderstood by many people in churches today. Many times “speaking in tongues” is equated with spiritual superiority. I can remember when I took a group of children from the church we were attending to a park. A lady approached me and wanted […]

The whole Bible talks about the Holy Trinity, even though it does not use the word ‘Trinity.’ The word Trinity has been around since A.D. 181 used first by Theophilus of Antioch. However, the belief in the Trinity is much older than that, as we shall see. “By the Trinity we mean that there are […]

by Gary T. Panell   There are so many different denominations in the world, people ask, “Which is the right church?” Many churches claim they are the only right church, so how is a person to know? The Bible makes it clear, in Ephesians 4:4-6, that there is really only one true Church: “There is […]

by Gary T. Panell We Believe:  That “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:19-21). It is complete in the 66 books of the Bible (Revelation 22:18, 19). God has protected His Word down to us today, and will always protect it (Matthew 24:35). That the Godhead eternally […]

Many of us have enjoyed reading several of the modern English versions of the Bible. As you read, though, sometimes you notice in the margins such comments as “some of the oldest manuscripts omit from verse 9 through 20”. This is the very comment at the end of Mark 16 in the New American Standard […]

by Gary T. Panell Jesus Praises John The Baptist, A Sinful Woman Forgiven, Many Women Minister to Jesus, The Parable of the Sower, Jesus’ Mother and Brothers Come to Him, Wind and Waves Obey Jesus, A Demon-Possessed Man Healed, Jairus’ Daughter and a Woman with a Hemorrhage The reason I am using Luke as our […]

 by Gary T. Panell Now when He concluded all His sayings in the hearing of the people, [of The Beatitudes] He entered Capernaum. (Luke 7:1) So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman [centurion] whose son was sick at Capernaum. [His son […]

Compiled by Gary T. Panell Just a note before we get into this wonderful sermon of Jesus, the greatest preacher and teacher who ever lived! We know He was God come in the flesh, so He spoke the Words of God the Father to us. This message is central to Christ’s goal of teaching righteousness, […]

Compiled by Gary T. Panell (We have covered the ministry of John the Baptist in Part Four, but we have to overlap a little with John the Baptist’s ministry to see Jesus’ early ministry after His temptation in Part Five. We pick up the story again in St. John 1:32-34.) And John bore witness, saying, […]