Image by Gino Crescoli from Pixabay What does the Bible say about doing good deeds? Old Testament wisdom literature talks about good deeds, to a point. They are always the outgrowth and product of godly wisdom. The wise person does good things. And a person is wise because they fear…
Image by klimkin from Pixabay Why do some people take Matthew 24:37-51 in the context of verse 34, instead of verse 36? The context of Matthew 24:37-51 fits verse 36 better than verse 34. In fact, most Bibles put verse 36 as the beginning of the paragraph. The paragraph before,…
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay In the Bible, are birds created before humans or after, because Genesis 1:20-21, then Genesis 2:7, but here Genesis 2:19 it says after. Am I misreading? When you read through the creation account from Genesis 1-2, there’s a certain literary device that Moses uses.…
Image by Harry Strauss from Pixabay Maybe you’re like me. I grew up in Pentecostal churches. I’ve always heard the phrase, “Seek the Holy Spirit for all he has for you.” By this, preachers mostly use it to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. But they also use it…
Image by Kranich17 from Pixabay Does Matthew 24:13 explain that it’s possible to lose your salvation or that if you are saved, your heart will never want to stray? Matthew 24:13 comes in the context of the hard times in the end times. Jesus describes a time when the entire…
Image by Steve B from Pixabay Will there be the great falling away of 2 Thessalonians 2:3? Jesus talks about a great falling away of the saints when he talks about the end times in Matthew 24. He details those days as a time of tribulation and chaos (Matthew 24:4-8).…
Image by Daniela Dimitrova from Pixabay How do you honor your parents biblically? Exodus 20:12, the fifth commandment, tells us to honor our parents. It doesn’t give any explanation as it does for some of the other commandments. But it does give us a promise that our days will be…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay What does Romans 14:5 mean, and does this verse prove that any day can be a Sabbath day? Romans 14:5 is tapping into an issue Paul espoused in his day called “matters of conscience.” It had to do with the fact that every Christian…
Image by rottonara from Pixabay Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene married? There has always been this lingering question, but not from the places you think. It’s popularized today by authors like Dan Brown and his Da Vinci Code books. There have been secret societies and organizations throughout history that have…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Why doesn’t Scripture record Jesus laughing or having fun? Oh I’m sure Jesus and his disciples had many conversations and events that were not recorded in Scripture. In fact, John tells us that point blank (John 20:30-31). The main function of the Gospels is not…