Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay What type of psalm is an imprecatory psalm? Imprecatory Psalms may be one of the toughest things we as Christians read in the Psalms. Used often by King David, these are curses against his enemies. They can be seen in the larger picture of his…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Is 1 Corinthians 15 the Rapture, the Resurrection, or Both? First Corinthians 15 is mainly concerned with speaking about resurrection. Throughout the book of 1 Corinthians, Paul is responding to questions the Corinthians have sent him in a previous letter we do not have…
Image by Gerald Friedrich from Pixabay What food was served at the Last Supper? Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples as his last meal (Luke 22:15). This makes it easy for us to know exactly what they ate on that night. Some scholars don’t believe it was the Passover…
Image by truthseeker08 from Pixabay Does Exodus 4:11 mean that God is responsible in every case for such defects as deafness and blindness? “But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I…
Image by Alfonso Cerezo from Pixabay Why does the apostle Paul describe himself as wretched? In most of Romans 7, Paul presents the person who tries to follow the law but fails every time. This person ends up doing what they don’t want to do, instead of what they know…
Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay What exactly is lust? How does looking at someone become lustful? Lust might be one of the subtlest of sins. Sometimes it’s hard to define the line between looking at a person because he or she is beautiful and looking at…
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay In 2 Timothy 3:16, what is the meaning of the phrase “for correction”? Second Timothy 3:16-17 is a beautiful piece of Scripture that tells us all of the benefits not just of Paul’s writings, but of all of the Scriptures, Old and New Testaments. We…
Image by Wendy Corniquet from Pixabay What does the Bible say about controlling your temper? The Bible has a lot to say about our anger and how to control it. Let’s begin with the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus speaks of anger. In Matthew 5:21-26, Jesus brings up the…
Image by Mikes-Photography from Pixabay Why did the ancient Israelites want an actual king before the time of Saul and David when they had the judges who spoke in God’s place? In the days of the judges, when Samuel came on the scene as the first seer, or prophet, the…
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay If the Canaanites were the last of the Nephilim, how did they survive the flood? This is one of the most unanswered questions of all of Scripture. The first time theNephilim appear in Scripture is in Genesis 6:1-4. This can be a very hard…