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, […]

Compiled by Gary T. Panell (Words that are identical are only given usually once, and the repetition is shown by three dots, such as “.”.) Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the […]

Compiled by Gary T. Panell   Some may be surprised that the birth of Christ starts with the Gospel of St. John, and that is because Christ came from heaven where He was eternally the second person in the Holy Trinity before He took on a human body through the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will […]

Compiled by Gary T. Panell   Bible Questions Answered by Paul R. Van Gorder (Radio Bible Class) Question: A young believer has asked the following question: “If Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose on the first day of the week, how could He have been in the grave for 3 nights?” Answer: First […]