Why did only the insiders get the detailed explanation?

Mark 4:11 - 13

During Lent, what can we do as Christians, to gain a deeper and fuller understanding, of what it cost Jesus to pay for the sins of the world?

Why do we strive so hard to hang on to life in this world, when Jesus is calling us to give it away? Psalm 22:27-31 All the ends of the earth will rememb...

John 12:25

Why, as Christians, do we doubt what we are reading in the bible? When we say that we believe, why do the words of the bible have no impact on our daily lives?

1 Corinthians 2:12 - 16

How do we, as Christians, [receive, obtain, appropriate, utilise] the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit to transform us into the people God expects us to b...

2 Corinthians 3:18

When we, as Christians, vehemently oppose the political philosophy and decisions of our leaders, are we sinning against God? When we malign the character, in...

Exodus 22:28

How can we, as Christians, expect to become spiritually mature and complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work, when we won't invest in our spiritual g...

Acts 13:42 - 48

Jesus says his followers will fast. Why don't we?

Mark 2:19 - 20

Proverbs - "You will say, How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors, And I was s...

Proverbs 5:12 - 14

Matthew 4:8 - 9

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:10 (NIV...

Philippians 3:10

Luke 9:24

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and are safe.”

Proverbs 18:10

Also, Jude, Hebrews 11

Genesis 5:1 - 32

Revelation 13:1-4, etc.

Revelation 13:1 - 4

Judges 13:15 - 23

1 Timothy 2:1-3 1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2For kings, and fo...

1 Timothy 2:1 - 3

4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Wide...

Romans 15:4

Was he a martyred saint? The one who inspired Valentine's Day?

Do increased numbers make prayer more powerful? (Mt 18:19-20) 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that ...

1 Kings 2:24

Jesus said, "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ... "

John 5:28 - 29

26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Does he mean we can all be astronauts and NBA playe...

Matthew 19:26

Upon reading this for the first time, it seemed to me that God is resistant to answering our prayers. " 7 Would you shout out from your bed, “I’m already ...

Luke 11:7 - 9

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 ...

Psalms 34:20

I make exceptions for some of my worries. Is anything wrong if I do worry? How would I know for sure?

Philippians 4:1 - 23

I feel so sad for poor Uriah the Hittite. He showed great faith, great empathy toward his fellow soldiers in that he would not leave them to go to his own ho...

2 Samuel 11:2 - 27

Judges 16:31

I've been confused on this because a couple of verses later it shows that Israel will have their babies dashed on rocks & their pregnant women ripped ope...

Hosea 13:8

John 3:16

"This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."

Genesis 2:24

Joshua 10:13 So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So th...

Joshua 10:13

Proverbs 24:9

Genesis 4:17

“Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter...

Isaiah 45:9

Apostle Paul speaking to Corinthians.

1 Corinthians 1:1 - 31

Genesis 2:24

38 NET Bible Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes--both calamity and blessing? 39 NET Bible Why should any living person comp...

Lamentations 3:38 - 39

The Egyptian livestock had previously been destroyed in verse 6.

Exodus 9:19

John 14:23

Although Biblical marriage calls couples to yield or submit to one another, most specifically wives to husbands (Ephesians 5:22), it’s a concept widely rejec...

1 Samuel 25:1 - 44

Hagin, Kenneth 'I Believe in Visions' (Rhema Family Church, Tulsa (OK)), 1984, pp5-14