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Foreknowledge (G4268 pronosis N) - "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge...

Jesus is recorded in the gospels as using three words in one sentence: "He answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself.'” Luk 10:27 NRSVue "And he answering said, 'Thou...

Deu 22:22-27 NRSVue 22 “If a man is discovered lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman as well as the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. 23 “If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in...

In the past I usually relied on some web site like Kelly Blue Book, or Edmunds to give me the trade-in value of my car. Those figures are never accurate, so I tried something different on buying a new car yesterday. I went to CarMax and used their online questions to describe my car honestly...

Scripture shows that the law of God, God's law, existed prior to the giving of the law of Moses: murder-Gn 9:5-6; adultery-Gn 20:3; idolatry Gn 35:2-4 & theft-21:25; but then later the law of Moses, the Law, was given on a specific day and to a specific people Israel, and to NO other nation: Dt...

"Study shows group most likely to identify as 'low-attending Evangelicals'" "A new study looking at church attendance among Evangelicals reveals that conservatives are the most likely to identify as 'low-attending Evangelicals.'" "Broken down by political affiliation, 5.5% of conservative...

It is with shame I think of my belly aching and whining about losing power for several days, when I see Chimney Rock, NC with such devastation, as well as other cities. I sat, thought and searched for any answers I can find in God's word for any explanation of this disaster, especially on those...

"Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who...

Isaiah 53:1 "Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him; it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 'Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?'” (John 12:37-38 RSV) "But they have not all...

By Peridot Gilbert-Reed: Like the Good Samaritan, we’re called to offer a healing balm, not pour salt on their wounds. Pray, believe, and receive—or doubt and do without” was a phrase I often heard in my Christian circle. And although it was not intended to be a harmful adage, it became one...

I wondered if I am the only one who hates those stupid labels? I don't memorize such nonsense and seldom bother to go look what age group is being mentioned. I did do an AI Search on Brave and the conclusion I received there is: "While opinions on generational labels vary, many critics argue...

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls and security within your towers.'” Psa 122:6-7 NRSVue When this is applied to this day, it refers to the church of Jesus Christ, not the UN created State of Zionist Israel - "Now Hagar is Mount...

They try to frighten us with dire predictions of temperatures in the distant future. What happened to our hurricane prediction so far? https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/5-reasons-behind-the-historic-absence-of-tropical-storms-this-hurricane-season/1688808

In our home devotions we've been praying for Africa, especially Nigeria. I believe it is time the US acts! I've sent requests for action to my two Senators and my Congresswoman. We intervened in Bosnia in the 1990s when Muslims were targeted, where are we on Nigeria?? Read the article in Fox...

"Christian Liberty" as stated in the Westminster Confession and repeated in the 1689 Baptist Confession, reads: "God alone is Lord of the conscience, and has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or not contained in it." When I...

When black is white, evil is good, men are women I suppose you can ask a man if he is pregnant! https://www.rt.com/news/602449-uk-doctors-men-pregnant/ Can it go so far that even natural man, male or female, can see it has become indefensible STUPID? It is beyond stupid; it is pure lunacy!

"as it is written: 'There is no one who is righteous, not even one; there is no one who has understanding, there is no one who seeks God.'" (Rom 3:10-11) "You were dead through the trespasses and sins...But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we...

Scholars pretty much agree that since arsenokoites was first seen in Paul's writings, that he coined the word. It is a compound word, and usually an etymology is seen as the history of a word, not its meaning. But, when you are dealing with the one who coined it, things are different...

"Since you reject it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles, for so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth. When the Gentiles heard this, they...

From An Introduction to the Revised Standard Version of the Old Testament, page 14: "A recent speaker has told of a project to issue 'a theologically conservative translation of the Bible.' Doubtless this is an appealing undertaking in the eyes of many. But the fact must be stressed that there...