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“Micaiah said, ‘Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing, and another said another. A...

I think most people who believe God exists would say without hesitation that God loves human beings and God wants human beings to love him. God doesn’t force us to love him. The question I would like to ask in this thread is: Does God love the angels and does God want the angels to love him...

“How does he try to take it from those who hear? When Jesus interprets the parable of the soils in Mark 4:14-20, he only refers to Satan once. He says in verse 14 that the sower is sowing the Word, and then in verse 15 he says, ‘These are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when...

“When are our names written in the Book of Life ... and can they be removed? When we are conceived! Anyone who has ever ‘received the breath of life’ (Genesis 2:7) - including those who are living now - has their name written in the Book of Life. However, it is possible to have your name...

“If Christ declares himself to be the way of salvation, the grace and truth, and affirms that in him alone, and only to souls believing in him, is the way of return to God, what has become of the men who lived in the many centuries before Christ came?” What do you say to this ancient (3rd...

“But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, ‘May the Lord rebuke you!’” (Jude 9, WEB)

“As it is written, ‘There is no one righteous; no, not one. There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.’” (Romans 3:10-12, WEB)

Does anyone have a convenient list of origin stories which don’t exist for people, places and things mentioned in the Bible? Starting at the top: God. Add from there, if you would like to contribute to this thread. Do you believe in them?

“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.” (Deuteronomy 6:6, NASB)

@Hiddenthings (a self-acknowledged Christadelphian - in other words, something which he hasn’t kept hidden from his readers) hasn’t done it so I’ll do it for him - a thread on the Christadelphian belief and teaching about the devil and Satan, using a Christadelphian source. If he wants to amend...

“Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch. They and many others taught the word of the Lord there. After some time Paul said to Barnabas, ‘Let’s go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing.’” (Acts 15:35-36, NLT)

“The I.R.S. said on Monday that churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregations, carving out an exemption in a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits. …”...

“Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the...

“And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, with gladness and and goodness of heart because of the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David and to Solomon and to Israel His people.” (2 Chronicles 7:10, LSB)

What are some of your favorite movies? I’ll start with:

Today is Ashura on the Muslim calendar. What is Ashura and why don’t all Muslims observe it the same? ”Ashura is a day of commemoration in Islam and holds great significance for Muslims across the world. …” https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/what-is-ashura-how-do-shia-sunni-muslims-observe

A three and a half minute video. Beginning at the 1:47 mark - “The Quran says that Christians and Jews ought to obey the Old Testament and the Gospels. … Here’s the problem. Elsewhere in the Quran ... it says that Jesus never died, was taken straight to heaven, so he couldn’t have resurrected...

“They constantly tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power shown on the day He redeemed them from the foe, when He performed His miraculous signs in Egypt and His wonders in the region of Zoan.” (Psalm 78:41-43, HCSB)

“The new American pope is looking to his MAGA compatriots to shore up the Vatican’s finances after decades of scandal and mismanagement. …” https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-maga-megadonors-church-finance-united-states-conservative/