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Some who are critical of the Old Testament say it has an inordinate focus on things such as sacrifices and offerings and other perceived hoops laid out by God to show one’s love for Him and reflect one’s pursuits in abiding by what God wants in the many Laws of the Old Testament. Some say the...

Sometimes when reading the Bible we may struggle to find meaning. We may seek something profound in a passage when the passage may be simple, or we may want to believe that a Passage is obvious at having more meaning to it than we give it credit for. Those who delight in God’s Word may find it...

Galatians 5:13–14 says, “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Well, it’s also Jesus’ second commandment...

In Matthew 5:9 Jesus says in his Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Can it be said that all sons of God are peacemakers? What is peace but a state of being in which there are no open conflicts or pursuits of destruction? If sons of Gods are...

First, a little Biblical housecleaning: Does it say in the OT that God wants the gentiles to be saved? The answer is in Isaiah 49:6, where God says to Isaiah, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will...

In the modern world, one’s attention is not grabbed unless someone comes forward to communicate with him. The communication can be verbal or written, or through the news, or through our houses of worship. Without these means, the rest of us go about our merry way, ignorant of those who are in...

A Conflict in the Old Testament- a Tip of the Iceberg? In Matthew 22:36–40, Jesus says to a lawyer that the Old Testament Law and the Prophets are summed up in the two great commandments. Yet within the Old Testament, there seem to be inconsistencies which may be the cause of Jesus abiding by...

Jesus Disses the Pharisees It seems to be no doubt that the New Testament makes it plain that Jesus and the Pharisees did not get along too well. The Pharisees were mired in their traditions, as Jesus states in Mark 7:6-13. In Luke 20:46 he criticizes the scribes “who like to walk around in...

Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” And all have continued to sin, believers and nonbelievers alike. What does it matter that Jesus died for our sins, laying his flesh forth, for our benefit? He made himself a martyr for our sins, fulfilling Isaiah 53:5...

Life seemed much simpler in Genesis’ times. There were no established traditions, no Laws that people were obligated to comply with, and people could eat any food regardless of whether the hooves of certain animals were cloven, or sea creatures that crawl on the ocean floor, or the timing of...

Say ‘Hallelujah’…say ‘Lord, Lord.’ Matthew 7:21 says, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." To say ‘Lord, Lord’ in this context is a matter of acknowledging Him through words, along the lines...

In Luke 12:30, Jesus assures ‘the little flock’ that “all the nations of the world” seek after the very things that said flock also needs. But in the following Verses there is a distinction between ‘the little flock,’ and the rest of the world. Whereas the rest of the world is left to their...

Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Habakkuk 2:4 , in the OT, says that ‘the righteous shall live by his faith.” Safe to say, our faith is the foundation of our belief in God and through Jesus. Instead of striving for...

Romans 13:1 says, “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.” Well, like people, the “governing authorities,” i.e. the body of government itself, needs money to eat. That’s where the tax...

For some people, it’s hard to maintain an allegiance to God. For those who lived by the Old Testament, one’s allegiance to God is measured by the consistency in which they abide by the Laws God gave in Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy. But unlike the directives in the New Testament, the Laws in...

John 1:3 says, “All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.” At first glance, it seems 90% of the question is answered. That is, if indeed there is more than one universe, then God created them. That leaves 10% of the question, which is, are there...

Jesus’ Resurrection and Ours(?) Faith in God through Jesus is not like a cherry tree; that is, like picking what you believe to be the best cherries on the tree while ignoring the other cherries, you may jeopardize any chance you have of eternal life. Faith has many facets, but the ones that...

The New Testament spends a lot of time on the afterlife, that is, the life of the soul after the body is no longer alive. It is a wonder that among those who are of power and influence are people who don’t take heed to the consequences of ignoring what is required to live an eternal life or as...

How is God perfect? To what extent does the Bible tell us directly? Three verses in the Bible seem to stand out more than others. One is Deuteronomy 32:4 which says, “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is...

Romans 5:8 says, “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” On the topic of Christ having died for our sins, this Verse seems the tip of the iceberg in explaining the reason as it implies two possible paths to such a reason. The first seems to be...