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- Genesis 25:1-6 ● Gen 25:1 . . Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. According to 1Chrn 1:32, Ms. Keturah wasn't really a full-fledged wife as Sarah had been, but was a wife of a different color altogether. She was a piylegesh (pee-leh'-ghesh) which means: a mistress or a...

- The ordeal that Christ endured on the cross was so brief that it looks like child's play in comparison to the misery of souls in hell. His suffering barely lasted six hours (Mark 15:25, Matt 27:46-50) not even one whole day. People in hell go day, after day, after day, after day, after day...

- The incident depicted below is sometimes appropriated to interpret Matt 7:1-5 ● John 8:1-6a . .Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the Temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees...

- 401) Heb 12:5-6 . . My son, do not despise The Lord's chastening, nor detest His correction; for whom The Lord loves He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights. Correcting a son that a father loves is quite a bit different than correcting a son that a father despises...

- Genesis 24:65-67 ● Gen 24:65a . . and said to the servant: Who is that man walking in the field toward us? And the servant said: That is my master. Well; the man approaching was much too young to be Abraham, and there was only one other person on the whole planet that Abraham's servant would...

- Eternal life is often mistaken for immortality. The two are not the same. Immortality is a material kind of life that has to do with a superhuman body impervious to age, death, and putrefaction. Eternal life, on the other hand, isn't a material kind of life; it's a spirit kind of life...

- Genesis 24:61b-64 ● Gen 24:61b . . So the servant took Rebecca and went his way. The 500 mile trip to Isaac's camp, which must have taken at least two weeks, was a great opportunity for Rebecca to become familiar with the manager of her spouse's goods. People bond well under hardship and...

- Q: Doesn't the Bible say that God's mercy endures forever as per Ps 100:5, Ps 106:1, Ps 107:1, and Ps 118:1, et al? A: God's mercy is always available; but His patience sometimes wears thin. Good examples of that are the people swept away by the hand of God in the Flood, and those burned to...

- 397) Heb 10:32-34 . . Remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly, by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated . . knowing in yourselves that...

- Whether the Bible is someone's sole authority or their secondary authority makes no difference because in the long run it is still an authority-- a valid authority fully recognized as such by the Roman Catholic Church. Many of the Catholics with whom I've dialogued place far more faith in...

- ● 1Pet 3:15 . . Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope. The Greek word for "hope" in Peter's command is elpis (el pece') which means to anticipate (usually with pleasure) and to expect with confidence. Note the elements of anticipation, and...

- Q: At Matt 16:18, Jesus said: "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it." What is the meaning of that verse? A: Basically it's saying that should one of Christ's true believing followers slip through a crack and...

- Council of Trent Session 6, Chapter 16, Canon 16 . . If anyone says that he will for certain, with an absolute and infallible certainty, have that great gift of perseverance even to the end, unless he shall have learned this by a special revelation, let him be anathema. /

- According to the information below, taken from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (a.k.a. the CCC) it's readily seen that it isn't necessary to completely turn against either God or the Church in order to leave this life in a state of mortal sin. CCC 1856 When the will sets itself upon...

- Roman Catholicism is a difficult religion. In order for its followers to obtain a passing grade they have to consistently comply with everything in the Catechism, plus all of Rome's traditions, and every Bull, every Holy Day of Obligation, every Encyclical plus all of the Sermon On The Mount...

- 395) Heb 10:24 . . And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Man is a species of life that is quite naturally, and comfortably, inclined to provoke and annoy each other and bring out the worst in their fellow men. It is Christ's wishes that his own make...

- POSIT: I'm special; God understands me and He knows I'm only human. Although God probably may not let others off; I'm sure He will make an exception for me because I'm not like other people; I'm different. RESPONSE: Unfortunately, the Bible's God can't do that. If He were to make exceptions...

- Genesis 24:54-61a ● Gen 24:54-55 . .Then he and the men with him ate and drank, and they spent the night. When they arose next morning, he said: Give me leave to go to my master. But her brother and her mother said: Let the maiden remain with us some ten days; then you may go. Their request...

- Fear isn't mental; it's emotional, and typically triggered by centers in the brain called amygdalae. BTW: I seriously doubt that Psalm 23 is talking about imminent death; rather; it's talking about providence; i.e. though the good shepherd might lead his flock through perilous conditions on...

- Fear of death isn't reasonable, it's emotional. Fear of death is also organic; it's triggered by centers in the fleshy parts of the human brain called amygdalae. It's easy to be rational about death when all is calm; but when a cause of death comes their way, people usual react without...