Wisdom is a defense as stated in Ecclesiastes, and wisdom gives life. Self control is based on wisdom. One controls himself/herself because s/he has learned...
My King James Bible says, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." 1Corinthians 1:22,23 - "For the Jews require a sign, and...
I like Mr. Maas' answer that men built this tower because they were proud and that they wanted to CONTROL their own lives. I would add that they probably...
I love teaching the story of Zacchaeus to children. Meeting Jesus changed Zacchaeus into a completely newperson. And Jesus wants everyone to believe in Him...
I think this is a literal statement. The City walls are it’s defenses. I interpret this to mean that if we do not exercise self-control we are the easily...
58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms 58:3
According to 2 Samuel 2:18, Abishai was the brother of Joab. 1 Chronicles 2:16 also tells us that Abishai was the nephew of David by David's sister Zeruiah....
I like the outline of the benefits of being meek. These are divine promises! ‘The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way’ Psalm...
God required several tithes of the nation of Israel to provide for the priests running the temple and the Levites. Now that the temple has been destroyed, it...
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What is the Millennial Kingdom, and should it be understood literally?
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What does the Bible say about satire and/or sarcasm?
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What does the Bible say about respect?
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What is the Christian view of smoking? Is smoking a sin?
As noted in Genesis 11:6-7: "The Lord said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be...
We are not worthy of God's love due to our sinful nature, but God's love is eternal. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that...
Jesus was perfect human and true God, complete human and complete God at the same time. The divinity and humanity of Jesus was distinct attributes in Him....
Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abro...