Denny Smith

The Hardening of the Human Heart

There are passages in the Bible that are frightening. Heb. 3:12-13 is one such passage. "Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called 'TODAY,' l... Read >

The Faithfulness of Jesus to God the Father

Hebrews 3:1-2 reads as follows: "Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was faithful in all his house." (... Read >

Abraham's Faith (Faith Accounted for Righteousness)

Every person who truly believes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, is interested in having what we might term "saving faith." The Bible could not be any clearer than it is on our need for such faith. Paul tells the Ephesian Christians, "By grace ... Read >

Abel's Sacrifice by Faith versus Cain's Sacrifice

Abel, the son of Adam and Eve, is the first person listed among many in Hebrews chapter 11 commended by the Holy Spirit for their faith. Of Abel it is said, "By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained wit... Read >

What Must a Man Believe to be Saved by the Gospel of Christ?

That the gospel of Christ must be believed (as well as obeyed) in order to receive Christian salvation is made abundantly clear by the apostle Paul in one of the best known passages found in the Bible – Rom. 1:16: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for... Read >

Three Attitudes That Destroy the Hope of Salvation

Most everyone is willing to concede they desire to go to heaven after this life is over and live there with God eternally versus dying and going to hell "where 'their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'" (Mark 9:48 NKJV) That is the way we o... Read >

Faith and Baptism in Paul's Preaching

How does a person become a Christian? What does it take to make a person a Christian (a saved individual)? Over the years there has been an enormous amount of debate over this very question. It is a question that can only be resolved by seeing what the... Read >

Must the Christian Keep the Sabbath?

There are many people who believe the Christian must keep the Sabbath. It is one of the Ten Commandments and many believe we are under command to keep all the Ten Commandments. Are they correct? What does the Bible say about the Sabbath? Who was to ke... Read >

Mt. Sinai and the Day of Judgment

What does the children of Israel coming to Mt. Sinai have to do with the Day of Judgment? More than you might think. The children of Israel reached Mt. Sinai in the third month after they left Egypt (Ex. 19:1-2). They had had by this time many experien... Read >

Peter's Preaching and the Apostle's Preaching

It is not uncommon to hear people express doubts about the harmony of the preaching and teaching found in the New Testament often doing so by making the claim that the various writers of the New Testament differed in what they taught. Often those who mak... Read >

Peter's Second Gospel Sermon

Most people who know anything at all about the Christian faith realize that Peter preached the first gospel sermon ever preached on the Day of Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2. The second recorded sermon in the Christian dispensation of time is again a se... Read >

Sin in the Desert – Testing God at Massah and Meribah

One lesson that is clearly taught in the Bible is that man is not to test God. Moses in speaking to the children of Israel told them, "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah." (Deut. 6:16 NASB) Jesus in speaking wit... Read >

Faith, Manna, and Grumbling Against God

In 1 Cor. 10:10 the Christian is commanded to not grumble (NASB). Taken in context (1 Cor. 10:1-11) the passage is telling us not to follow the example of the children of Israel in the things they did of which grumbling against God was one and which thin... Read >

Moses, the Waters of Marah, and a Lesson for Today

When the children of Israel left Egypt, led by Moses, the first major event one reads about in the book of Exodus after the Red Sea crossing is found in Exodus 15:22-26, the crisis at the waters of Marah. I say crisis for that was how the children of Is... Read >

A New Creation in Christ

In Luke 18:9-14 Jesus gave a parable of two men who went up to pray that reads as follows: "Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 'Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Phari... Read >