LET THE BIBLE SPEAK TV with Kevin Presley

“Pharisee!” “Legalist!” “Judge not!” These are all charges and rebukes that are frequently and often carelessly bandied about in religious discussion today. What do they mean and are those hurling the charges and warnings using these terms accurately and fairly? They are some examples of words that have become religious buzzwords and phrases today. In […]

The corporate world is known for its use of buzzwords and phrases. They appear over and over on resumes and in other business communication. Buzzwords are words that become popular through widespread use and can often lose their meaning and effectiveness through overuse. They serve as verbal shorthand but they are also sometimes used to […]

Is a great world conflict coming called the Battle of Armageddon? Futurist prophecy preachers have made a lot of hay out of Revelation 16:16 which speaks of the forces of evil being gathered at Armageddon to do battle. Is this a prophecy of a yet future carnal conflict in the Middle East site of Megiddo […]

Shortly before Jesus was crucified, justified, glorified and assumed His Kingdom throne at the right hand of God, He told a perceptive scribe that he was “not far from the kingdom of God.” His understanding of the truth placed him in close proximity to the kingdom that Christ would establish. This distance was not chronological […]

How does man become morally and spiritually confused to the point that he abandons God altogether? Why does the world seem upside down where right is wrong and wrong is right? Romans chapter one gives us a detailed description of how men lose sight of their Creator and the attendant order and morality that accompanies […]

Baptism is an essential step in becoming a disciple of Jesus. The bible connects several blessings with immersion that are only received when the penitent believer submits to this step of obedience. Most religious organizations practice baptism or something they call baptism but are all of these baptisms scriptural? Paul told the Ephesians there is […]

In this two-part study of sin, we have seen sin in its two most basic manifestations. 1) Prohibition: the commission of a thing prohibited, and 2) Omission (leaving undone the things commanded). In part two of our study we see three other synonyms for sin that we may not so easily recognize.

What is sin? The very word is quickly disappearing from our collective vocabulary. Those who still believe sin exists apply the term in different ways. The simple bible application is given in 1 John 3:4 where sin is called the transgression of the law. Sin is anything that violates the law of God. But what […]

How do you measure a church? Does a young, large crowd filling a beautiful sanctuary and complex indicate a strong church? Does the modernity and progressiveness of a congregation speak to its strength and vitality? Or is possible that God measures the church differently than men do? In his epistles, Paul uses five metaphors to […]

As churches change and in some cases, drift away from the truth in doctrine and practice, what are faithful Christians to do? Can they remain faithful to God in the midst of digression and apostasy? Is there a point where such an one needs to leave and find another congregation to be part of? The […]