“We have been taught that it is negative to be…
“We have been taught that it is negative to be against anything. We are the “for” people. It is become an absolute “no, no”…
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Dale M. Coulter and Amos Yong have stepped down
Brill would like to inform you that after more than four years of excellent editorial work, Dale M. Coulter and Amos Yong have stepped…
A lot of people have said different things, and im…
A lot of people have said different things, and im curious to know after the rapture when Jesus takes his chosen ones is it…
But I would not have you…
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even…
Have the sizes of the image of gold made of Nebuchadnezzar any significance?
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. (Daniel 3:1)
Did these sizes represent something in the Babylon time?
Luke 5:32. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners [duplicate]
What do you think Jesus meant by saying these words?
Is He saying that there are righteous people among the sinners? If so, then Paul theology that "everybody is a hopeless sinner" seems contradictory.
Which struggle did Paul have in mind when he referred to the "armor of God"?
From Ephesians 6:10-17 (NIV):
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but…
If Matthew thought Jesus was God why does he have a genealogy?
If Matthew believed Jesus is God and was the ‘word’ and existed before the world was created, why does he have a genealogy for Jesus in Matt 1?
Matt 11:28 – 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matt…
What did earrings have to do with idolatry in Gen 35:4?
As Jacob brings his family back to Canaan, God calls him to build an altar to Him (Gen 35:1), and then Jacob is moved to do the following, of which the part in bold is what this question concerns in Genesis 35:2-4 (NKJV):
2 Then Jacob …
Would the Judeans in Babylonian exile have learnt to write “Cush” to mean Mesopotamia?
When did the cuneiform literature use the term “Cush” to refer to all or part of Mesopotamia, as happens in Genesis, if ever?
Why does this matter?
In the Pentateuch, “Cush” seems only to refer to Mesopotamia, but all subsequent Biblical…
Would the Judeans in Babylonian exile have learnt to write “Cush” to mean Mesopotamia?
When did the cuneiform literature use the term “Cush” to refer to all or part of Mesopotamia, as happens in Genesis, if ever?
Why does this matter?
In the Pentateuch, “Cush” seems only to refer to Mesopotamia, but all subsequent Biblical…
Did the Jews truly have nothing to do with the Samaritans? (John 4:9)
Note: this question does not deal with WHY the Jews shunned Samaritans. Rather, it questions the extent to which such shunning actually took place in the Biblical and historical records.
In the Gospel of John the narrator tells us "Je…