Paul’s letters to the churches are all titled with “The Epistle of Paul the Apostle” to a certain church (“The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians” etc.). This title of “the epistle” in each book Paul wrote is highly significant, for it is this same word “epistle” which Paul uses to describe the Christian [...]

 “It is difficult to get a man to understand something if his livelihood depends upon his not understanding it.” – Upton Sinclair The word “pastor” is not in the New Testament very often. The word pastor simply means “shepherd”.  What does the Bible mean when it uses the word pastor? Although the word pastor is [...]

  The modern day organized church is kept in motion and built largely by money. Today in the church we have impressive buildings, big fancy signs, strategic locations, television ads, yellow page ads, radio spots, programs for every possible need, nurseries, salaried professionals, date night, pizza parties, youth group activities, ski trips to keep the [...]

Exercising the Heart Copyright 2010 Steven M. McCalip The user can copy and distribute freely. Not for sale or profit by any user for any reason Website: kingjamesman.com And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. Acts 24:16   Introduction: We hear a lot [...]

    Copyright 2009 By Steven M. McCalip The user can copy and distribute freely. Not for sale or profit of any kind by any user. Website: kingjamesman.com Introduction Some Christians are going to be a little taken aback by the subject of this study. The great apostle Paul has been held in highest esteem [...]

  Copyright 2009 Steven M. McCalip The user can copy and distribute freely. Not for sale or profit of any kind by any user. Website: kingjamesman.com The scriptures say there are three things we should be “rooted and grounded in“:   1. The first thing scripture says we should be rooted and grounded in is [...]

  An amazing parallel in the beginning and ending of the word of God: Genesis 2 and Rev. 21 On all 6 days of creation, God uttered the same phrase “the evening and the morning”: “And the evening and the morning were the first day,” “and the evening and the morning were the second day,” [...]

    Used by permission from my brother Terry Stanley   In Acts chapter 15, there were some new Christians in the town of Antioch. There is an amazing account of how certain Jews were instructing the new Gentile Christians in Antioch to observe and keep the laws of Moses. The apostles caught wind of this [...]

  Copyright 2008 Steven M. McCalip The user can copy and distribute freely. Not for sale or profit of any kind by any user. Website: kingjamesman.com Old Covenant, New Covenant The Old Covenant involved everything that the Jews did to construct the temple, the tabernacle and the all the sacrifices, customs, laws, priesthood, and everything [...]

  (Used by permission from my brother, Tom Lamb, the Radical Pilgrim) “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth”?  Following is dialogue with a brother some time back who appears to be genuinely seeking the truth but at the same time appeasing his Jewish wife who was not [...]

  Copyright 2007 By Steven M. McCalip The user can copy and distribute freely. Not for sale or profit of any kind by any user. Website: kingjamesman.com False Authority: Nicolatianism (“Clergy, Laity”)  One of the only times Jesus in the flesh said he hated something was concerning the doctrine of the Nicolatians, and because of [...]

    Copyright 2008 Steven M. McCalip The user can copy and distribute freely. Not for sale or profit by any user. Website: kingjamesman.com   Jesus witnesses one on one (Him and Nicodemus only). Jesus is willing to witness in secret away from the Pharisees and allows for this man’s fear of them. The same [...]

    Copyright 2007 Steven M. McCalip Reader can copy and distribute freely. Not for sale or profit by any user. Website: kingjamesman.com In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: Eph 2:21 We are the building of God as Paul said many times: ” For we [...]

    Copyright © 2006 Steven M. McCalip Website: www.kingjamesman.com The reader can make copies of this article and distribute freely. Not intended for sale or profit by any user. A major characteristic of false brethren: they want to “compel” you to adhere to some aspect of the law, i.e, circumcision, going to the temple, [...]

    Copyright © 2006 By Steven Melvin McCalip Website: www.kingjamesman.com Email: kingjamesonly@yahoo.com The reader can make copies of this article and distribute freely. Not intended for sale or profit by any user.   The two covenants (the law, the spirit of Jesus in us) The Old Covenant (also called by God in the scriptures [...]

    Copyright © 2006 By Steven Melvin McCalip Website: www.kingjamesman.com The reader can make copies of this article and distribute freely. Not intended for sale or profit by any user.   Jesus and the Samaritan Woman’s Traditions John 4:1 “When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized [...]