These parables, found in Mark 2:18-22, begin with a statement that the Pharisees and the disciples of John the Baptist were fasting. The twice-weekly fast...
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I think that we perceive that because we are reading about personal accounts in the lives of people who are very close to God. I know that there are many...
Love your husband and continue doing what you're doing by prayer and reading. The best thing you can do for your marriage is to draw as close to Jesus as you...
Life support refers to technological devices, primarily respirators, which are intended to keep an individual breathing, when they are incapable of doing so...
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How, why, and when did Satan fall from heaven?
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Who are the 144,000?
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Does God require Sabbath-keeping of Christians?
The Pool of Bethesda was "in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate" (John 5:2), which places it north of the temple, near Fort Antonia. John gives the additional...
Assyria's conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel began approximately 740 BC under King Pul. First Chronicles 5:26 notes, "So the God of Israel stirred up...
During the reign of King Jehoiakim, 635-597 BC, "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and...
There is often confusion about the role of the Old Testament Law and how it relates to Christians today. Some say the Levitical laws were just for the Jewish...
To be sanctified is to be "set apart." Synonyms for sanctified are holy, consecrated, and hallowed. The Bible speaks of things being "sanctified," such as...
Family problems are nothing new. In a fallen world, those we should love the most-our families-often become the ones we fight with the most. The Bible...
Religious skepticism should not be confused with outright atheism or irreligion, although atheists can be considered one type of religious skeptic. The...
First John 2:18 speaks of the Antichrist: "Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many...
Elijah and Elisha are two of the most well-known prophets of Israel. They both served in the northern kingdom of Israel. Elijah is first introduced in 1...
The Thomas Jefferson Bible, also known as the Jefferson Bible, and officially titled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, is a work of Thomas Jefferson,...
Goliath is a biblical character found in 1 Samuel 17. The Bible says he was a large man who fought as a champion for the Philistine army against God's...
In Acts 10, a man in Caesarea named Cornelius receives a vision from God instructing him to send for a man named Peter (Simon Peter, an apostle of Jesus),...
While the Bible does not specifically state how old Mary was when Jesus was born, most Christian historians speculate that she was around 15-16 years of age...
The Bible does not say how the apostle Paul died. Writing in 2 Timothy 4:6-8, Paul seems to be anticipating his soon demise: "For I am already being poured...
We all die. Physical death is a certainty for all of us, unless we happen to be one of those believers who "are alive and remain" at the time of the rapture...
Diversity is, basically, variety. In recent times, the word diversity has taken on the specific connotation of "variety of people within a group"-the...
Epaphroditus played a key role in biblical history, even if his name is not immediately recognizable. He is mentioned by name twice in the book of...
Clement of Rome was an early church father who lived and ministered at the close of the apostolic era near the end of the first century. He was a bishop of...
The Restored Church of God (RCG) is one of many offshoots of the original Worldwide Church of God (WCG), founded by Herbert W. Armstrong in 1934. The...
The Pool of Siloam, also called the Pool of Shiloah (Isaiah 8:6), has a rich and storied history, which involves an ancient king of Judah, a famous sermon,...
Genesis chapter 5 lists nine men who had very long lives. How and why they lived such long lives is not specifically said. Adam lived 930 years (Genesis...
The name Onesiphorus may not have caught on like other Bible names such as Matthew, Mark, and Mary, but that's not because of any negative connotation the...
Flattery can be defined as "the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject." The difference...
Several men in the New Testament share the name Gaius, a common name in the first century. All of these men were involved in the ministry of the apostles in...
Diotrephes is mentioned in one passage of the Bible, in the short letter of 3 John. In brief, Diotrephes was a self-seeking troublemaker in an unnamed local...
Eutychus, whose name means "fortunate," had the misfortune of falling out of a window-and the fortune of experiencing a miracle directly afterwards. The...
The theological concept of "already but not yet" holds that believers are actively taking part in the kingdom of God, although the kingdom will not reach its...
Pastoral theology is the study of what the Bible says about the office of pastor/elder/bishop/overseer. It applies timeless biblical truth to situations...
An evangelist is someone who proclaims good news; in other words, a preacher of the gospel or a missionary. A person with the gift of evangelism is often...
The biblical Ten Commandments, found in Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21, are listed as follows: (1) "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the...
A Family-Integrated Church (FIC) is a church where families attend services together rather than children or teens attending their own Sunday school,...
In response to the accusation that they worship Mary and the saints, Catholics will often claim that they "venerate," not worship, them. To venerate is to...
Throughout the Bible, God often gives symbolic significance to mundane items or concepts. For example, in Genesis 9:12-16, God makes the rainbow the sign of...
An allegory is a story in which the characters and/or events are symbols representing other events, ideas, or people. Allegory has been a common literary...
The Good News Mission is a ministry in Seoul, South Korea, that began as a missionary school in the late 1960s. It continues to train and send missionaries...
The term anime-the Japanese word for "animation"-generally refers to animation that comes from Japan. Strictly speaking, anime is just another medium used to...
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