20-Minute Bible Studies

Does God's Word really support punishment for Christians? Find out as we explore the Parable of the Pounds.

In this 20-Minute Bible Study, we answer a reader question: "Is/was the person in Hebrews 6 a real Christian/believer? If not, why not? How is Hebrews 6 not in strong disagreement with the Doctrine of Eternal Security?"

"Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures...But when God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us...Because of His grace He made us right in...

"Tell me, you who want to live under the law, do you know what the law actually says? The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. The son of the slave wife was...

"He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might..."(2...

"'Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt. 'That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you...

"'Let us be glad and rejoice and let us give honor to Him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and His bride has prepared herself. She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear.' For the...

The enemies of Christianity claim that the Bible is immoral because it condones slavery. But what does the Bible actually say about slavery? And what can we learn from the verses that talk about it? Let’s find out...

A listener wrote us asking, "While doing our group Bible study I could not find any satisfied answer on 1 Cor 8:11 – ‘And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?’ What does ‘perish’...

A listener recently asked a famous radio host: "How does one reconcile Colossians 1:21-23 with the teaching of ‘once saved, always saved’”? The radio host thought for a bit and responded: "There is a belief that is not...

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser...If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you...

“Thomas said to Him, 'Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?' Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.'” (John 14:5-6) That...

At a university seminar given by a famous Christian apologist, a young woman challenged the idea that once someone is saved, she will always be saved and cannot lose her salvation. What did the Christian apologist say?...

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.'" (John 11: 25-26) Everyone knows the story of...

"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep... I am the good shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for...

"Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.'” (John 8:12) The light metaphor is the second of seven "I am"...

"Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.'” (John 6:35) The bread metaphor is the first of seven "I am" metaphors our...

“I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world...Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” (John 17:14,17) Have you ever wondered what...

"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight, He made known to us the mystery of His will...

"So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent, because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He...

"For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." (Romans 15:4) The Old Testament was meant for Israel...

"Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers...

"And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." (Mark 8:34) We call Jesus our Lord, but what does that...

"For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food [or meat] is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish...

“[A]ll have sinned and fall short of the glory of God...the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord...” (Romans 3:23 & 6:23) In this 20-Minute Bible Study, we revisit...