Giancarlos Ventura Gonzales 
When Paul was in Macedonia, about AD 56, God inspired him to write a second letter to the brothers of the church in Corinth and in the entire region of Achaia. This letter is different from the others he wrote, since it expresses other very relevant ideas and because it is very personal. Through this … Lees meer
In the 1st century AD, Corinth was the capital of the Roman province Achaia. Its mixed population, along with prosperity and idolatry, promoted sexual immorality in the city. The temple of the goddess Aphrodite was the center of this indecency. Hundreds of priestesses engaged in prostitution and thousands of people came there to worship the … Lees meer
The Old Testament talks about a present time of sin and a future time of redemption. So too the New Testament establishes two ages: this age and the one to come. The word “age” refers to a long period of time, sometimes eternal. The apostle Paul states in Ephesians 1:21 that God seated Christ “far … Lees meer
When God created Adam, He gave him a command “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:16-17). But Adam and Eve violated this … Lees meer
“In the beginning was the Word [Logos], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1) The apostle John wrote the fourth Gospel with the purpose of demonstrating that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that eternal life is found only through Him (John 20:30–31). This message was … Lees meer
Biblical history is based on two ‘ages’, known as the present age and the age to come (Ephesians 1:21). Likewise, Scripture affirms that we are already enjoying some blessings of the age to come. That is, being in the present age, different aspects of the age to come have already been inaugurated with the first … Lees meer
When I was at university and had an assignment to do with my fellow students, we always started planning our tasks, because drawing up a ‘plan’ reflects purpose, commitment and order. But what I want to write about today is not that sort of plan, but the plan of redemption; and how our Triune God … Lees meer
The Bible is the written word of God, consisting of sixty-six books, yet it has one central character and theme that unites both the Old and New Testaments: Jesus Christ. All of Scripture point to Christ On one occasion, Jesus healed a paralytic on the Sabbath (the weekly Jewish day of rest). This generated a … Lees meer
The gospel of Mark was written in the first century, when Christians in the Roman Empire were being persecuted by Nero and even thrown to the lions for the sake of Christianity. This gospel was of vital importance and hope, for these Christians were denying themselves and dying for the cause of Christ. So, as … Lees meer