Fear Not What They Fear

Fear Not What They Fear

Fear Not What They Fear TableTalk by Paul Levy   In Isaiah 8, there is a gloriously striking phrase to our twenty-first-century ears: “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread” (v. 12). It feels...
I Am Coming Soon

I Am Coming Soon

I Am Coming Soon TableTalk   by Derek W.H. Thomas   Have you ever considered how the Bible ends? No, it’s not “The End.” Revelation 22:21 ends with the word “Amen.” It is a Hebrew word signifying agreement. It is sometimes rendered by the phrase “so be it.”...
Men of the Book

Men of the Book

Men of the Book TableTalk   by Robert W. Carver   October is my favorite month of the year. Not because of Halloween. More importantly, October 31 (in the year 1517) is the day when Martin Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses on the Castle Church door in...
Assurance and Right Doctrine

Assurance and Right Doctrine

Assurance and Right Doctrine TableTalk   1 John 2:18–25 “Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also”...
The Lord Is Faithful

The Lord Is Faithful

The Lord Is Faithful TableTalk by Derek W.H. Thomas   Second Thessalonians was written shortly after 1 Thessalonians, possibly six months later, following Silas and Timothy’s return after delivering the first epistle in AD 51 or 52. Among Paul’s goals in writing the...
My Sin Is Ever Before Me

My Sin Is Ever Before Me

My Sin Is Ever Before Me TableTalk   Think of that one sin, or those few sins, that you don’t want anyone to know about, the sin that is ever before you and you would do anything to undo. We often wonder whether there’s forgiveness for having an abortion, committing...