John Bradshaw : Thank you for joining us. This is "Line Upon Line," brought to you by It Is Written. This is where we answer your Bible questions, questions that have been submitted to us at It Is Written. We have a great time doing it. [...]

John Bradshaw : Welcome to "Line Upon Line," brought to you by It Is Written, where we answer your Bible questions. I'm John Bradshaw. With me is Wes Peppers. Great to have you here. Thanks for being here, Wes. Wes Peppers : Thank you, [...]

One of the most important parts of parenting is discipline, loving parents discipline, lovingly; God is the same. In Deuteronomy 8 God speaks about leading Israel in the wilderness to reveal what was in their hearts, verse 5 says, "You should [...]

In 1983, a 61-year-old man ran in a race from Sydney to Melbourne in Australia almost 550 miles, he ran slowly, shuffled really, and at the end of the first day he was last by a long way, but while others slept potato farmer, Cliff Young kept [...]

Where do you find evidence that there's a God in heaven? Well, in the Bible, and in nature. Look at what Romans 1:20 says, "For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are [...]

One of the key figures in the early church was a man named Apollos; the Bible tells us he was a Jew born in Egypt; Paul references him in 1 Corinthians. In Acts 18, we read that Apollos, "Mightily convinced the Jews and that publicly; showing [...]

During a series of gospel meetings, I asked a church member who a certain man was, and she said he'll never give his heart to Jesus; she was convinced. On the day he was baptized, I didn't have the heart to remind her of what she said. God is able [...]

It's one of the most beautiful exchanges in the Bible. Paul and Silas had been beaten repeatedly; no doubt their backs were cut or badly bruised and swollen. The jail keeper had wounds on the inside, he'd been carrying around a weight of sin and [...]

There are many ways to reach a person's heart for Jesus; some people respond to hospitality, some come to faith after their health needs are met, some people read their way to faith in Christ, or they get an invite to a church program, and it goes [...]

I've mentioned this to you before, there are more than 43 quintillion possible arrangements for a Rubik's cube, and yet no matter how you scramble, it's always possible to solve it in just 20 moves, which means it's a lot more simple than it might [...]

The jail keeper in Philippi woke to find the doors of the prison wide open. When Paul told him no one had run off, the jail keeper realized God was doing something in his life, and so, "He called for a light and sprang in and came trembling and [...]

Imagine you were the apostle Paul, beaten and imprisoned simply for preaching the gospel. God sends an earthquake, the prison doors open, your chains fall off, and the jail keeper fearing the prisoners have fled, moves to kill himself. What would [...]

John Bradshaw : Welcome to "Line Upon Line," brought to you by It Is Written. With Wes Peppers, I'm John Bradshaw. We have the privilege of answering your Bible questions. Wes, glad to see you here today. Wes Peppers : Good to be here [...]

It's a bad feeling to know that you are responsible for something that went horribly wrong. Mention the name Bill Buckner to a baseball fan, and the first thing that comes to mind won't be that he played for 21 years in the major leagues or that he [...]

The unexpected happened when Paul and Silas were in prison. Acts 16:26, "And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bands were [...]

So why do trials come? I remember reading once that trials are God's workmen to remove the impurities and roughness from our character. Keep in mind that sometimes your trials aren't just for you. Acts 16:25, "And at midnight, Paul and Silas [...]

It was their darkest hour; the Bible says it was midnight, and it was really midnight for Paul and Silas; they'd been beaten and imprisoned, their feet held fast in stocks, their crime, preaching the gospel, meaning this was horribly unjust. So [...]

No one in their right mind wishes for hardship, but there are times that your hardship is a means for God to do something he might not be able to do if you hadn't dipped your toes into the pond of adversity. For example, a death decree resulted in [...]

Paul and Silas created quite a stir when they preached Christianity in the heathen city of Philippi. Notice how some of the locals reacted, "They brought them to the magistrates, saying, 'These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, [...]

The great scientist and Christian, sir Isaac Newton once stated that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. While the following is not an example of Newton's third law, it does demonstrate that the devil reacts when he loses what [...]

We all have those times when trials seem easier to recognize than blessings, but what you don't want to forget is who is ultimately in control. The devil, who walks about as a roaring lion, the father of lies, the accuser, is defeated. He didn't [...]

How do you react when someone is intentionally, constantly annoying you? Okay, maybe you should keep that to yourself. A young woman who was demon-possessed followed the apostle Paul as he was carrying out ministry, shouting at the top of her voice. [...]

When Paul was in Philippi, a young demon-possessed woman followed him around day after day, crying out with a loud voice. So, what would a demon-possessed young woman say making trouble for a gospel minister? Acts 16:1 says, "The same followed [...]

The Ephesus of the Bible is located in what today we would call Turkey. If you were to go there, you'd see the magnificent theater where a mob chanted for the goddess Diana or Artemis. Paul's ministry there turned hearts and minds to Jesus, and it [...]

At It Is Written, we've produced a lot of television programs on a lot of subjects; two of our most popular programs featured Dr. Wes Youngberg, as he and I discussed cognitive decline and the things people can do to combat cognitive decline. We [...]

The apostle Paul found himself in considerable strife in Ephesus, when a man named Demetrius started complaining that Paul's teaching meant fewer people were buying shrines to the goddess Diana or Artemis. It was a lucrative business, and poor old [...]

An air traffic controller in Florida received a call recently he will never forget. A passenger on a small Cessna aircraft radioed and said, "I've got a serious situation here: my pilot has gone incoherent, I have no idea how to fly the [...]

On the banks of lake Temiskaming, over 250 miles north of Toronto, Canada, there's a 65,000 square foot mansion sitting on 43 acres, and it's in ruins. The recession in 2008 was disastrous for the man who was building the mansion, and it was never [...]

In Acts chapter 1, Jesus tells his followers that they would be his witnesses unto the uttermost part of the earth. In order to make that happen, Jesus poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:4, "And they were all filled with the Holy [...]

It's a spectacular story. 50 days after Jesus' resurrection, the Holy Spirit descended upon the early church leaders, and enabled them to miraculously speak languages they didn't know. But notice that there was an important prerequisite for this [...]

I thought it was interesting that some people who are dissatisfied with their height, resort to an expensive and lengthy process known as limb lengthening. Surgeons can add three inches or so to a person's height by lengthening their limbs. No [...]

I'm not sure how this could even happen. A couple intending to fly from Nice to London, discovered too late they were on the wrong plane, and we're heading to Madrid. Now, let's think: there's always a sign at the airport gate telling you where [...]

I know, you hear me tell stories, and from time to time you wonder to yourself: is that really true? I don't blame you. When I first heard this story, I had the same reaction, but it's as true as the day is long. Pilot Henry Dempsey was at the [...]

Right after John 3:16, there's a beautiful verse stating that Jesus didn't come to the world to condemn, but to save. So why then are some people lost and not saved? If God doesn't do the condemning, who does? Let's look at the verse after the [...]

God gets a lot of bad press. If you ask people to describe God, many would speak of harshness and condemnation. Some people in the church feel that way. So let's look at the verse after the most well-known verse in the Bible, this is John 3:17. [...]