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- Ecclesiastes 2:12a ● Ecc 2:12a . . What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done? Many of the kings of the Davidic dynasty did pretty much the same thing Solomon did. They initiated building programs and public works, built themselves nice homes, accumulated wealth...

- 125) 1Cor 14:37-38 . . If anybody thinks he's a prophet or spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. If your Sunday school, or your catechism class, is being chaired by somebody who disagrees with The Lord's commands regulating women's...

- Non Binary Identification The non binary political movement consists of people who give no importance to identifying one's self as either male or female, and prefer to speak of themselves with neuter pronouns, for example: it, its, that, they, and them. I've no reservations whatsoever that...

- Genesis 6:11-14c ● Gen 6:11a . .The earth became corrupt before God; The word for "earth" is 'erets (eh'-rets) which technically refers to the planet (Gen 1:1). I think we're going to see that the planet wasn't corrupt due to itself going bad, rather, the activities of its human...

- Ecclesiastes 2:8b-11 ● Ecc 2:8b . . and I got myself male and female singers, Makes you wonder what kind of music a brilliant, sophisticated guy like Solomon preferred. Rock? Jazz? Pop? Chorale? Rap? Country? Classical? Folk? Blue Grass? Opera? Broadway? Ballads? Spiritual? Barber Shop? New...

- 122) 1Cor 14:29-31 . .Two, or three, prophets should speak, and everyone else should weigh carefully what is said. If a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. Though...

- I feel pity for people with a non binary mental condition, just as I feel pity for autism, schizophrenia, LGBT, mental retardation, insanity, and post traumatic stress syndrome; but there is no just no way on God's green earth that I will ever be sympathetic with the non binary "cause" any...

- Genesis 6:8-10 ● Gen 6:8 . . But Noah found favor with The Lord. The word for "favor" is from chen (khane) and means: graciousness. Translators sometimes render chen as grace. But the important thing is that The Lord didn't find chen with Noah. No, just the opposite-- Noah found chen with...

- Ecclesiastes 2:7b-8a ● Ecc 2:7b . . I also acquired more cattle, both herds and flocks, than all who were before me in Jerusalem. It's interesting Solomon should mention he was a bigger cattle baron than all who were before him. What was he doing? Competing? Can you imagine? He wasn't...

- 119) 1Cor 14:22a . .Tongues are for a sign The sign isn't intended for the benefit of believers, but rather, for non believers. ● 1Cor 14:22b . . not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. The...

- Seeing as how non binary people are essentially non h.sapiens (i.e. non human) then why not take it to the next level and allow people to declare themselves Martians on their driver's licenses; or perhaps amoeba? In the final analysis; a non gender driver's license constitutes a falsified...

- Genesis 6:5-7 ● Gen 6:5 . . And the Lord saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of his heart was only evil all the time. Man's descent into depravity didn't catch his creator by surprise. After all; not only can God see the future but He can also manipulate...

- Ecclesiastes 2:4-7a ● Ecc 2:4a . . I multiplied my possessions. Even the poor have this opportunity-- to multiply their possessions --and some are pretty good at it in their own way. It's not unusual to see a homeless person with a shopping cart or a bicycle piled high to the sky with...

- 117) 1Cor 14:1b . . eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. A true spiritual gift is an ability that comes from God, and there are quite few of them, e.g. The word of wisdom (1Cor 12:8) The word of knowledge (1Cor 12:8) Faith (1Cor 12:9) Healing (1Cor 12:9) Miracles...

- H.sapiens is a binary species consisting of two distinct genders: male and female. Non binary people see themselves as having no distinct gender-- apparently regardless of their physical construction --and refer to themselves with neuter pronouns, for example: it, its, they, them, and their...

- Genesis 6:3-4 ● Gen 6:3a . . And Yhvh said: My Spirit shall not strive with man forever Some translations have "abide" instead of strive. But the Hebrew word is diyn (deen) which means: to rule; by implication: to judge (as umpire); also to strive (as at law). It can also mean to plead the...

- 116) 1Cor 14:1a . . Pursue charity The koine Greek word for "charity" in that command is agape (ag-ah'-pay) which basically means love, e.g. affection, benevolence, kindness, compassion, tenderness, understanding, devotion, caring, thoughtfulness, and a host of other things like that. Love...

- Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 ● Ecc 2:1-2 . . I said to myself: Come, I will treat you to merriment. Taste mirth! That too, I found, was futile. Of revelry I said: It's mad! Of merriment: What good is that? The only problem with a natural high is that it's so transitory. Joy and excitement are...

- Genesis 6:1-2 ● Gen 6:1-2 . . Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. The Hebrew word for "good" in that...

- Ecclesiastes 1:17-18 ● Ecc 1:17-18 . . And so I set my mind to appraise wisdom and to appraise madness and folly. And I learned that this too was to pursue the wind: For as wisdom increases, vexation increases; to increase learning is to increase aggravation. Knowledge can be likened to the...