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- Judas goats are trained for use in slaughterhouses and herd control. In stockyards, they lead sheep to slaughter; and are also used to lead other animals to specific pens and on to trucks. The term is a reference to the biblical traitor Judas Iscariot. The phrase has also been used to...

- Technically, civil disobedience is a criminal activity in that it's the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws of the state, and/or demands, orders, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. However, though Adam's deed qualifies as failure to...

- Genesis 21:25-34 ● Gen 21:25-26 . .Then Abraham reproached Abimelech for the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized. But Abimelech said: I do not know who did this; you did not tell me, nor have I heard of it until today. Abraham may have previously reported the incident to...

- ● Mark 9:47-48 . . If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It is better to enter the kingdom of God half blind than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell; where the worm never dies and the fire never goes out. Christ's instructions didn't reveal anything new. He simply reiterated...

- 356) 2Tim 2:14 . . Command them in God's name to stop quarrelling over trifles. In a Sean Connery movie titled "The Name Of The Rose" church dignitaries assembled a meeting of the minds to reach a resolution on a theological question which was: Did the Christ own the clothes that he wore or...

- Through me; the way to the eternal city. Through me; the way to eternal sadness. Through me; the way to lost people. Justice moved my supreme maker: I was shaped by divine power, By highest wisdom, and by primal love. Before me, nothing was created That is not eternal: and eternally I...

- Genesis 21:22-24 ● Gen 21:22a . . At that time While Hagar and Ishmael were busy re-inventing their lives; a seemingly trivial event occurred in Abraham's life. These kinds of events may seem superfluous, but they're actually pretty handy for giving us some insight into Abraham the man; i.e...

- ● Gen 3:22a . . And the Lord God said: Now that Man has become as one of us Humanity was created in the image and likeness of God (Gen 1:26-27). But that image and likeness stopped short of "one of us". In other words: humanity didn't come from the hand of God as an equal; i.e. though...

- According to John 8:29 and John 6:39 Christ is required to succeed only with those whom God has given him. /

- According to Luke 13:22-24, Matt 7:13-14, and Matt 22:14 the majority has not been making it to safety when they pass on. /

- 354) 2Tim 2:3-7 . . Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs-- he wants to please his commanding officer. Combat soldiers are focused. They have but one solitary goal, and that's to accomplish the mission...

- ● Gen 3:21 . . And the Lord God made garments of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Precisely what species of animal God slaughtered in order to make the Adams their first suit of real clothing is unknown. That day, humans learned something about the advantages of leather goods...

- Genesis 21:17-21 ● Gen 21:17a . . God heard the cry of the boy, I don't think Ishmael, at near eighteen, was bawling his eyes out like a little girl. Rather; his "cry" was a plea for help. Exactly what he said is unknown. But God heard him and responded. I strongly suspect that in those...

- 352) 2Tim 1:14 . . With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives within us; carefully guard what has been entrusted to you. This probably refers to congregations whose spiritual welfare is the responsibility of church officers. The officers found in dereliction of duty are known as non vigilant...

- ● Gen 3:17a . .To Adam He said: Because you did as your wife said, and ate of the tree about which I commanded you; "You shall not eat of it" A portion of God's gripe with Adam was that he put a creature's wishes over and above the wishes of the creature's superior; thus forcing God to...

- Genesis 21:14d-16 ● Gen 21:14d . . And she wandered about in the wilderness of Beer sheba. The wilderness of Beer-sheba is about 50 miles south of Hebron. The Hebrew word for "wandered about" is from ta'ah (taw-aw') which means to vacillate. Webster's defines "vacillate" as: to waver in...

- 350) 2Tim 1:8b . . Join with me in suffering for the Gospel Suffering for the Gospel doesn't necessarily include martyrdom. The more common forms of suffering are privation, humiliation, threats, hunger, loss of friends and family, ostracizing, ridicule, mockery, harsh criticism, judgmental...

- ● Gen 3:16a . . To the woman He said: I will make most severe your pangs in childbearing; The Hebrew word for "pangs" is 'itstsabown (its-tsaw-bone') and means: worrisome-ness. Webster's defines worrisome-ness as: causing distress or worry or inclined to worry or fret; viz: anxiety...

- Genesis 21:13-14c ● Gen 21:13 . . As for the son of the slave-woman, I will make a nation of him, too, for he is your seed. Abraham certainly must have been worried what would become of Ishmael; so God reassured him his boy would be just fine. I think it's significant that God didn't refer...

- ● Gen 3:8a . . They heard the voice of the Lord God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of day; The Hebrew word for "voice" is somewhat ambiguous. It can not only indicate a vocal sound, but lots of other kinds of noises too; e.g. horns, crackling, snapping, cackling, bleating...