'Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice....
In addition to Tim’s excellent response, I would add three important facts to note in the Witch of Endor story: 1. God exposes all spiritualism as the work...
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Is the Bible a fairy tale?
Because we are human. It reminds us that we have to totally depend on the Lord for our salvation. Jesus makes it very clear about calling someone a fool. He...
This verse from Proverbs was written so the agrarian people of the time could relate. Just as a farmer who scatters seed generously yields a great crop of...
In my opinion, although the Old Testament recounts instances where the mantle was a literal, physical garment worn by a prophet that could be passed on as a...
Purely from a physical standpoint, and especially since the spiritual aspect has already been covered, the recently emptied wine casks would have had a...
As it is clearly stated, this is because we are human beings. We are guided by the senses, ego, selfish motives, desires, lust, greed, anger and jealousy. It...
Old Earth Creationism is the view that the days of Genesis are long periods of time, rather than literal days. Before I came to Christ, I was an...
The Hebrew word in the verse (anglicized as "shulchan") occurs 79 times in Scripture, and most commonly refers to a literal table (that is, an article of...
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Psalms 23:5
My understanding is that the complete versions of the Chronicles of Nathan and Gad referenced in the passage cited in the question were likely lost during...
1 Chronicles 29:29 - 30
Multiple commentaries on the cited passage that I have read have suggested that the being called up by the medium at Endor was, in fact, not Samuel. Instead,...
Life and death are in the power of the tongue but a man who loves it will eat the fruit of his labor or control of it. Yes, it is laborious to tame the...
No doubt sorcery and witchcraft were practised in those days and most of them were fake with the intention to deceive people. But in this case in God allowin...
1 Samuel 1:1 - 28
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Is it wrong for a Christian to speak and say whatever is on their mind?
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Why is 'taming the tongue' so difficult?
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Are Christians going to remain in the clouds with Christ forever according to 1 Thessalonians 4:17?
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What types of worship songs are biblically acceptable?
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What are the ingredients to a truly biblical worship service?
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What is biblical theology?
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What does it mean when last night I was crying uncontrollably while praying to God?
Yes, God is sovereign, and nothing happens without His permissive will. God is also able to bring ultimate good out of even the worst circumstances. However,...
Covid19 may somehow help many unsaved to come to Christ and therefore be a part of God's plan. Alternately, there may be other positive reasons for its prese...
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Are Christians going to remain in the clouds with Christ forever according to 1 Thessalonians 4:17?
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What does it mean when last night I was crying uncontrollably while praying to God?
Shortly after His baptism, Christ inaugurated His ministry by performing His first miracle. Prompted by His mother, Jesus turned water into wine. The gospel...
James 3:8 says, “But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” [emphasis, mine] The reason taming the tongue is so hard is...
The author (most likely Paul) of Hebrews 9:27 is simply saying that everyone must die once (eventually), then face the Judgment. The wording may sound for...
We'll understand we're in the end times when we see wickedness, lawlessness, immorality and deceit rising. We should rise up, face the trial of tribulations,...
I can't speak from personal knowledge of ceremonial cleansing practices at the time, but perhaps the wine vessels that had already been fully drained through...
127:1 Unless Yahweh builds a house Probably refers to a dynasty—the parallel reference to watching over a city creates a wider context than an individual who...
There would have been many empty jugs available. Why use the water pots that were used for washing when there were empty wine jugs all around?
John 2:6
First of all there is no Virgin Mary. She was a virgin when the Holy Spirit foreshadowed her with a child. She was a virgin no longer after having a child,...
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How should a Christian view materialism?
In the verse cited in the question, the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews is saying that humans undergo death (based on the universally fallen, sinful...
My understanding (from the website biblehub.com) is that the Hebrew word in the original text is "Israel" (with reference to the name -- meaning "he who...
The power of complete faith and devotion is such that even the lord is humbled to do that which the devotee has requested. It is said if you have even an...
To understand blood one has to understand passover. The Lord through Moses spoke that every Israelite should sacrifice the lamb and put the blood of the lamb...
Some translations, such as NLV, NIV, LXX, Dead Sea Scrolls, say something like "angels of God," "host of heaven." Other translations, such as KJV, NASB say "...
Deuteronomy 32:8
When I was just a boy, if I had a good friend that I wanted as a blood brother I practiced this: “Blood brother can refer to one of two things: a...
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If you are once saved are you then always saved?
She was probably not married due to her condition. She was probably very lonely even in her family due to her permanently “unclean” state. This would make...
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What was Paul's thorn in the flesh?
Blood symbolizes life, as indicated by multiple passages (such as Genesis 9:4-6, Leviticus 3:17, Leviticus 7:26-27, Leviticus 17:10-14, and Deuteronomy...
Since the Bible says that, after Jesus was baptized, He came up out of the water (indicating to me that he had been completely in the Jordan River) --...
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