Why did God allow polygamy / bigamy / polygyny in the Bible?
The question of polygamy is an interesting one in that most people today view polygamy as immoral while the Bible nowhere explicitly condemns it. The first...
The question of polygamy is an interesting one in that most people today view polygamy as immoral while the Bible nowhere explicitly condemns it. The first...
Jesus clearly taught in John 3:16 that He will save anyone who believes in Him: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever...
The Book of Enoch is any of several pseudepigraphal (falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is unfounded) works that attribute themselves...
Matthew 22:30 speaks of people after the resurrection not participating in marriage"they become "like the angels." However, this does not mean people are...
Ghosts, hauntings, séances, tarot cards, Ouija boards, crystal balls-what do they have in common? They are fascinating to many people because they seem to...
Luke 6:30, 35-36 tells us to "give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back." "But love your enemies, and do...
The first three men attacked Job's righteousness, and claimed that Job was being punished for a sin he must have committed, or that his children died for...
More and more I understand that HE is always present. He is always "at the ready." The Holy Spirit stands poised as the Great Spiritual Interpreter and...
Genesis 18:1 - 33
I grew up in the church. I know how important Saturday and Sunday were to my paternal grandmother. Saturday was for rest, and Sunday was for worship. Greed...
The Sabbath is a heavily-laden commandment. I cannot promise to exhaust all its meanings. 1. It is the landmark of creation. The Sabbath is the conclusive...
He created you, has healed you from sickness in the past, has sealed your name in the Lamb's book of life through the Holy Spirit, died for your sins in a...
For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the...
Imagine your life without the blessings you have been given, regardless of how small. Do you have hot water? Do you have a bed? A blanket? A family...
Okay, Seventh Day Adventism is really a summation of Christianity. First, the bulk of professed Christians are Adventist, in that they await the soon return...
Jesus is coming back for a church that is without spot or wrinkle..a powerful church! Eph 5:27 Yoga is a blemish on the body of Christ. It is a tool of the...
First of all, Elihu addressed what the others had said, after voicing respect for their age and wisdom. 32:8 identifies God as the source of understanding in...
In Matthew 10:1-4 we have the account of The Lord choosing and empowering his disciples. In verses 5-6 "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them,...
Jude verse 9 refers to an event which is found nowhere else in Scripture. Michael had to struggle or dispute with Satan about the body of Moses, but what...
This is what I believe: There are somethings in the bible that you cannot understand with physical knowledge. Somethings can only be understood with...
A typical example of correcting in love and not to use hate speech is found in Acts 17:16-24,when Paul went to Athens and found out that although they...
God's Word says that many people wander from the faith and pierce themselves with many griefs when they allow money to have an improper hold on their hearts....
Right from the start, the Christian is incapable of hate speech. Surprised? All our endeavours are to be propelled by love, so that fellow man may be saved....
Thanking God and having a grateful heart helps one in feeling Blessed Everyday! God Bless You!
I have never met Pastor Osteen, so I do not know truly, where he got "the saying." I do, however, believe that contextualizing what we read in The Bible,...
The Bible gives no indication that finger rings were used as betrothal or nuptial rings. The signet ring is the earliest type of ring mentioned in the Bible....
This can be a difficult issue. Believers want to show friendship, but we're wary of seeming to condone the unbiblical aspects of a wedding ceremony in...
Believe it or not, theologians, astronomers, and science fiction fans and writers have contemplated this question long and hard. The debates have narrowed...
There have been numerous claimed discoveries of Noah's Ark in recent years. The discoveries have been in various locations, ranging from Mount Ararat in...
How long did it take Noah to build the ark? The Bible does not specifically say how long it took Noah to build the ark. When Noah is first mentioned in...
Some of the water came from underground sources, and some came from the sky. Genesis 7 says, 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth...
There are lot of things you can do that can help you with this. Certainly, avoiding places and activities that can lead to exposure that can cause temptation...
In Genesis 7:20 it is said that the water covered 24 feet more than the highest mountains.
Genesis 7:20
How did Noah fit all of those animals on the ark? Was the ark big enough to fit "two of every kind… of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after...
How terrible that those who become aware of God revealing Himself to them and then they convert Him into idols, the sun, moon, stars, turn to mystics and...
It depends on why your imagination tends to lean towards immoral things. If it's triggered by things that you see, then try to avoid going where you might...
God does want to bless us with things. Jeremiah 29:11 proves this. And God does expect us to ask Him in faith. Doing so does not limit God's ability to bless...
As Christians, we must 'fight the good fight", choose our battles, and do our very best, as heaven gave its best for us. However, there are some fights we...
Its hard to avoid random immoral or scary thoughts. How can I get control over them quickly before my imagination runs off and forgets about God? How can I...
Mr. Osteen seems to be taking verses from scripture and interpreting them out of context. God's word should not be manipulated to benefit oneself's personal...
The saints who were deceased were those who had placed their trust in Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. They would have remained "asleep" until the establishment...
There seem to be different "degrees" of Seventh-day Adventism. Some Seventh-day Adventists believe identically to orthodox Christians, other than believing...
There are "so much problems" in every life. How we meet those problems is the key to victory. The Bible teaches, "Lean not to your own understanding; in all...
In His fore knowledge, God knew that by the time of this present generation, there would be Darwinism, the belief that the material universe started...
The phrase "god of this world" (or "god of this age") indicates that Satan is the major influence on the ideals, opinions, goals, hopes and views of the...
This world is interchangeable with kosmos, meaning the natural man of this world. You will remember that God made man to rule over the Cosmos which is all...
The Bible has a lot to say about being poor. In many places, the Bible portrays poor people as having been blessed, while many who are rich are seen in a...
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