Is this passage sexist, or was it dangerous to be a female Christian at this time?
4 And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
Deuteronomy 33:29 says-- “Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your...
Genesis 26:34 states that Esau married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. However, Genesis 36:2–3...
NIV He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about...
Mark, Paul and Barnabas are examples of when differences led to separation, sometimes permanent. What if it is too dangerous to reconcile?
If it is a chip, we won't be able to buy or sell.
(Mark 8:12) 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this...
PROBLEM: Mark states that Mary was there “very early in the morning ... when the sun had risen” (Mark 16:2). But John says it was “early, while it was still...
That is, what areas should show visible change as we grow in Christ?
Jeremiah 2:34 On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this 35 you say, ‘I...
What did the king have against Elisha? (2 Kings 6:32–33)-- 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before...
There are many bones in a persons hand. Psalms 34:20, a prophesy about Jesus, says that not a bone of his body was broken. How could no bones be broken when...
9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those...
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. - Luke 17:34
NET So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.” (Genesis 32:30) God said to Moses, “No man...
1 Samuel 14:51 refers to “Ner the father of Abner” who was Saul’s cousin. Saul’s father, Kish, and Abner’s father, Ner, were brothers, having the same...
Are these the tribes listed in Rev 7:5-8? If so, why does this list disagree with the names in Eze 48:31-34?
I have heard some TV evangelists use this chapter and some other verses in the Bible such as John 10:34, "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law,...
Why were the Israelites told to destroy the people living in Canaan? (Numbers 33:50-56) 50 While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab...
I have tried to speak to my husband to explain that I should not be second to his mother. What should I do?
Psalm 116:15 15 "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants"
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were...