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David ran away from King Saul in 1 Samuel 21 David and his men were hungry and asked Ahimelech for bread. Ahimelech ran out of ordinary bread. When Saul found out, he killed the priests at Nob. 1 Samuel 22: In the NT, Jesus spoke to the Pharisees in Mark 2: But the OT recorded Ahimelech as...

Exodus 28: Originally, the ephod was designed for the high priests only. Judges 17: Was Micah a high priest? I don't think Micah was a high priest, even though he might think he was. He did what was right in his own eyes. I don't even think that he was a Levite. By chance, a real Levite did...

Sure, that's a good rule of thumb. I use that as well in my approach. It is part of Occam's Razor.

What was Lot thinking when he said in Genesis 19: Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Matthew Poole's Commentary: Most commentaries agree that Lot was wrong to offer his daughters, but his act was understandable given the extenuating circumstances. What was Lot...

Jesus says in Mark 12: Paul tells us that the marriage we experience on earth is only a shadow of the true marriage in heaven, Ephesians 5: Galatians 3: The marriage between God and the church will replace the marriage between a man and a woman. Revelation 19: In heaven, we are all sons of God.

What exactly is this method?

1 Corinthians 12: No. The very next verse, 1 Corinthians 13: The performance of speaking in tongues is neither necessary nor sufficient for eternal salvation. However, anyone who speaks in a tongue EDIFIES themselves.

when I still had hair :)

Right. People conflate these concepts because their arguments lack precision. That's why I keep stressing the precision offered by formal First-Order Logic.

Jesus taught Nicodemus in John 3: That's the heart of the gospel. Mark skipped all these. Mark 1: I.e., the gospel of being born into the kingdom of God.

If someone asks you about your faith, then you should respond. 1 Peter 3: The collective church has the responsibility to spread the gospel to the world. Matthew 28: If you are in a place where no one knows about the gospel, then you should make an effort to spread the gospel, Acts 8: Some...

I am talking about the initial repentance when you first become a Christian. Jesus commanded everyone to repent, Mark 1: Acts 17: God wants everyone to repent, 2 Peter 3: 1 Timothy 2: However, people choose not to repent, Revelation 2: Do we choose to repent? Yes, we choose to repent, and...

Who says that he does?

Food fasting was commanded in the OT. However, people voluntarily practiced fasting for food and drink in OT and NT. Paul wrote about sex and fasting in 1 Corinthians 7: If you want to fast from social media, that's fine, Luke 9: 1 John 2: See How to get closer to God and grow in faith?.

That precisely is the question. How does anyone decide? I proposed my approach, and you proposed yours. Are you claiming that your approach is the only way to decide what biblical truth is and that all other approaches are false? That's not my claim. In fact, my approach uses all other...

Isaiah 53: 1 Samuel 16: You are a child of God. You are loved by God no matter what you look like on the outside. The Spirit of God dwells in you, 2 Corinthians 5: This world is a testing ground for everyone, Romans 8: God lives in you. Focus on Him.

In the beginning, Adam and Eve could see God personally. They knew God existed but that's not the point. The point was this: Did they obey God? God created the world to test people. As people increased, sin increased and the physical presence of God became more remote. What about the time of...

At the end of Stephen's defense speech, Acts 7: they gnashed ἔβρυχον (ebrychon) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1031: To grind or gnash, as with the teeth for rage or pain. A primary verb; to grate the teeth. This word appears only once. Jesus used a cognate in...

I worked in Japan for a decade. Out of curiosity, I visited Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. I did not perform the ritualistic washing of hands or bowing before the dead monks. Just be discrete about it. Don't make noise. The temple people are usually nice and non-confrontational. Naaman...

ESV, Gen 3: Were there thorns and thistles before the fall of Adam? Probably not. Before the Fall, nature was in harmony. There were species that were the progenitors of thorns and thistles. When God cursed the ground, these species mutated to produce thorns and thistles to protect themselves...