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. Christ's death and resurrection are the sole means of escape from the sum of all fears; yes. However, Gen 4:1-7, John 14:21, John 14:23, John 15:10, and 1John 1:5-6 are not about the sum of all fears. No, they're about fellowship, viz: associating with God. _

. Every so often I encounter a Christian who's been led to believe that because they're accounted righteous via their trust in Christ's death and resurrection, that they're not required to be righteous in their conduct. That is a calamitous error. ● John 14:21 . .Whoever has my commands and...

. Cain's offering would've been acceptable had the man himself been acceptable. ● Gen 4:7a . . If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? That is an irrevocable principle, and comes out very early in the Bible because it is so foundational to humanity's association with its creator...

. Internet forums have given many of Christ's obscure followers a convenient venue for sharing their time-won knowledge and experience with a worldwide audience. For the world's sake, I highly recommend making an effort to compose legible posts; neatly arranged, sensible, and tidy. Shouting...

. The focus in that passage isn't upon Cain's offering, rather, upon his deeds. Note that deeds is plural, indicating more than one deed, i.e. a lifestyle. Of the two brothers, Cain was the eldest-- in fact, he was Adam's firstborn son. But God bypassed the eldest and chose the youngest to be...

. ● Song 2:17 . . Before the dawn comes and the shadows flee away, come back to me, my love. Run like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains. Why her Shiloh would be away at night, is a mystery. But Shulah is okay with it just so long as she doesn't wake in the morning and find his...

. ● Gen 4:3-4a . . In the course of time, Cain brought an offering to The Lord from the fruit of the soil; and Abel, for his part, brought the choicest of the firstlings of his flock. There's no indication in this scene suggesting their oblations were sacrifices for sin. The Hebrew word for...

. ● Song 2:16 . . My beloved is mine, and I am his; You don't own me I'm not just one of your many toys. You don't own me Don't say I can't go with other boys. Lesley Gore, 1963 The lyrics of that song depict a defiant girl standing up to a possessive boyfriend. Well; that defiance may be...

. ● Song 2:15 . .Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines. For our vines have tender grapes. The Hebrew word for "foxes" actually means jackals. Why it's translated foxes I haven't a clue. But whether foxes or jackals makes no real difference because it's just a metaphor...

. ● Song 2:14a . . O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret place of the steep pathway, The Hebrew word for "dove" is very often translated pigeon; a peaceable bird that prefers roosting in confined spaces; preferably with a roof over its heads like docks, wharfs, bridges, and...

. ● Song 2:9 . . Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. (chuckle) That makes Shiloh appear to be sort of a peeping Tom but really his behavior is no different than a boy tossing little pebbles at a girl's window to get her attention. ●...

. ● Song 2:8-9 . . Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Many years ago I was driving to a date with my best girl when I got a hankering to take a roundabout route through a valley that I had...

. ● Song 2:7 . . I left the scripture for that passage blank because there is so much disagreement as how to translate the Hebrew into English. But myself, I prefer Rashi's version; which reads like this: "I bind you under oath-- by the gazelles and the does --that you do not cause hatred nor...

. ● Song 2:5a . . Stay me with flagons, Webster's defines a flagon as a large usually metal or pottery vessel (as for wine) with handle and spout and often a lid and/or a large bulging short necked bottle, and/or the contents of a flagon The Hebrew word must be difficult because not every...

. Even if Jesus had somehow managed to survive crucifixion and the soldier's spear, he would've certainly died from suffocation later during the preparation of his body for burial. Jesus' friends covered his face with a towel, binding it in place with strips of cloth, which they also used to...

. According to Stephen, there's was the crime of murder. (Acts 7:52) I am not ashamed to admit that had I been there, knowing what we know about all that now, I would've volunteered to drive the nails in myself if that's what it takes to avoid facing justice at the great white throne event...

. ● Matt 27:45 . . At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. To me, those three hours were the most important during Christ's ordeal because that's when God laid into him. ● Isa 53:6 . . All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but...

. It's commonly believed that No.2 represents the correct characteristics due to the fact that Christ's resurrected body did things it had never done before, e.g. suddenly appear and disappear, and pass thru locked doors. Plus; according to John 20:27, the spear's penetration in Jesus' side was...

. There's quite a bit of disagreement about the physical characteristics of Christ's resurrection. 1• Jesus' corpse wasn't restored to life. His body remains deceased, and squirreled away somewhere on Earth in a condition, and a location, known only to God. 2• Christ's corpse underwent...

. "Faith is believin' what you know ain't so." (Mark Twain) Every so often I get asked how I know that my religion is right. My answer is: I don't know if it's right. Then of course they want to know why I believe in my religion if I don't know whether it's right. That's a fair inquiry...