Examples: - Wearing jewelry or make-up if they hold that it is immodest - Socially drinking if they have a general policy of temperance - Not followin...
Ephesians 4:1 - 6
In the Bible, the word holy means "set apart." God is holy. Christians are called to be holy. A holy day, then, is a day that is set apart to focus on the...
Since the Bible was written by around 40 different authors over a period of around 1,500 years, the question "How old is the Bible?" cannot be answered with...
A common argument for the acceptance of homosexuality and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not condemn the love of others. The main...
The tearing of one's clothes is an ancient tradition among the Jews, and it is associated with mourning, grief, and loss. The first mention of someone...
Advent is the season of the year leading up to Christmas. It is observed with various traditions and rituals by Catholics and other liturgical groups such as...
The Bible indicates that both believers and non-believers will have resurrected bodies on the last day (Daniel 12:1-2). Those going to hell will be eternally...
In John 3, Jesus uses the phrase "born of water" in answer to Nicodemus's question about how to enter the kingdom of heaven. He told Nicodemus that he "must...
It is difficult to overestimate the influence of the apostle Paul. He is known worldwide as one of the greatest Christian missionaries. His inspired writings...
In the English Standard Version of the Bible, Romans 12:3 says, "For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly...
During the previous century, some churches began to report the appearance of a "glory cloud"-they believed this to be a physical manifestation of God's...
The Mishnah is the oral law in Judaism, as opposed to the written Torah, or the Mosaic Law. The Mishnah was collected and committed to writing about AD 200...
This popular saying comes from Psalm 46:10, "Be still, and know that I am God; / I will be exalted among the nations, / I will be exalted in the earth." This...
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If aliens were proved to exist, how would that discovery impact the Christian faith?
As I had just read something about those who pray to the "saints" using novenas, I had begun meditating on the truth through His Word, that we as believers...
The phrase: "God said" resonates In the creation account of Genesis 1. John 1:1-3 tells us: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and...
As translated by the New International Version of the Bible, the word "saints" (which is used in Romans 16:25 in the English Standard Version) is rendered...
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How does Alcoholics Anonymous compare with the Bible?
The nation of Israel was composed of the descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob (or Israel, as he was named by God in Genesis 32:28 and Genesis 35:10)....
A few years ago a young man was in my sales office and as we visited, I asked him if he was a Christian. He answered yes. I then asked him where he went to...
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How do I survive trying to raise a teenager?
In my opinion (and as mentioned in the question) those whom Jesus called may have been previously aware of Him; or heard about Him (from friends or others)...
Jesus was kind and loving to sinners, but He showed no respect to the religious Pharisees. He called them vipers, and said they were of their father the...
Did they already know who He was? It seems they must have known something about Him because they just left everything and followed Him.
Matthew 4:22
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When you name your sins and repent of them, what if you forget some?
Tongues, like all of the other miraculous gifts, was given to individuals at the discretion of the Holy Spirit for the building up of the body of Christ. The...
My Brother has given a great deal of information, however since the Word of God is infinite there is so much more to this story. Balaam at some point had to...
The Bible (2nd Tim 3:16) clearly states that all Scripture is given to us for reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. God has been explicit to us...
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What does it mean to have the fear of God?
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Balaam was a wicked prophet in the Bible and is noteworthy because, although he was a wicked prophet, he was not a false prophet. That is, Balaam did hear...
The Greek Orthodox Church (GOC) is a branch of Eastern Orthodoxy, which formally broke from the Catholic Church in 1054 A.D. Even though the Greek Orthodox...
In Numbers 22-24, we see the events of Balak the King of the Moabites who wanted to curse the people of God for he feared them. So Balak hired Balaam, a...
The bible tells us that God IS light. And we are to burn bright in these darkening times. Only in the past 100 years has physics understood and agreed with...
The Bible says that hell is eternal (Matthew 25:46). Many people struggle with the justice of that. They question how it is just for God to punish a person...
The word backslide, in a Christian context, implies movement away from Christ rather than toward Him. A backslider is someone who is going the wrong way,...
A minister is, literally, a "servant," but the word has taken on a broader meaning in religious circles. Today, a Christian minister is seen as someone...
A Bible concordance can be a helpful tool for studying the Bible. A concordance contains an alphabetical index of words used in the Bible and the main Bible...
Author: The Prophet Ezekiel is the author of the Book (Ezekiel 1:3). He was a contemporary of both Jeremiah and Daniel.Date of Writing: The Book of Ezekiel...
Author: The Book of Daniel identifies the Prophet Daniel as its author (Daniel 9:2; 10:2). Jesus mentions Daniel as the author as well (Matthew 24:15).Date...
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What should we learn from the tribe of Manasseh?
Exclusive psalmody is the practice of singing only the Psalms in a church worship service. Some churches use the book of Psalms as the one-and-only hymnal...
When people search for "modern King James Version," they are searching for either "Is there a more modernized version of the KJV?" or "What is the Modern...
The word impart means "to give, convey, or grant." It is very similar to the Greek word for "reckon" or "credit," as in Romans 4:3, which says, "Abraham...
Traditionally, one was called a Calvinist for following the teachings of John Calvin, a 16th-century magisterial Reformer and theologian. Calvin emphasized...
Before the official tabernacle was built, "Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the 'tent of meeting.'...
The story of the woman caught in adultery is found in John 7:53-8:11. This section of Scripture, sometimes referred to as the pericope adulterae, has been...
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