Basileia Ministries

“When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. ...

I consider myself to be a faithful citizen of the United States. I pay my taxes (though I must confess not always cheerfully), I vote in ...

I originally wrote this in 2003, but the message is relevant to the moment in which we presently live. In our current social climate the ...

Jesus told his disciples in Luke 22:36 to do an interesting thing. He said “Whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.” This f...

Why have Christians seemingly lost the culture war in America? Why does the evangelical church in America have so little influence in sha...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer stands as one the great heroes of the faith in the twentieth century. He was not only a widely respected and influent...

The Kiss of Betrayal Jesus tells us to love our enemies (Matt. 5:44) and this would obviously include those who would betray us. Jesus pr...

My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his he...

“See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less wil...

Most people are unaware of the full title of Charles Darwin’s book that launched a revolution in Western civilization. Most textbooks rec...

I originally wrote this in December 2001, but the message it conveys is still true for us today. Consider it’s meaning for the present ho...

We read in Genesis 6:1-4 that, ”When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw t...

In his novel, The Da Vinci Code, author Dan Brown asserts based upon what he claims are "historical facts," the idea that Jesus was marr...

“But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” (James 1:22 NAS) James warns us of the danger of ...

The irrationality of the unbeliever’s thinking is rooted in a “wicked, corrupt heart.” It ultimately is not the mind, which needs to be c...

In this study we will examine the distinctiveness of the presuppositional approach to apologetics. The intent is not necessarily to defen...

In the New Testament we find two important words that have, over the course of time, evolved into conceptual ideas that are often far afi...

Take note of Paul’s words in Romans 5:6-10: "For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will sc...

There are probably fewer words in the modern English language that have been more distorted, misused, abused, and overused than the word ...

“Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him a name that is above all names, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should ...