Image by Richard van Liessum from Pixabay Is some of the disdain for John the Baptist by the Pharisees and religious leaders because of his choice of food as well as preaching? It was certainly not preferable to eat bugs like locusts but the law did allow it. I think…
Image by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto from Pixabay How did John the Baptist, a practicing Jew, eat unclean locusts and how would he have chosen to do that? This question stumped me at first. If locusts were unclean insects, he would not be able to eat them. I postulated that maybe…
Image by Robert Cheaib from Pixabay How do you get a hold of the early church fathers and other materials as well as overviews of the books? This is a great question. For so many years the early church fathers were only accessible to scholars. That is not the case…
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay How do Early Church Fathers help us understand the Bible in the sense of the kinds of books we read today that explain the Bible? There are many great books out there that can supplement our understanding of the Bible. One of the things people…
Image by Pexels from Pixabay What was the content of the verses not quoted by the early church fathers from the New Testament? The claim is often made from New Testament scholars many years ago that early church fathers quoted all but 11 verses of the New Testament in their…
Image by Dominique Devroye from Pixabay What, if any, is the role of the apocryphal books and the early church fathers in helping us with understanding the Scriptures? The Old Testament Apocrypha can be found in some Bibles but is mostly separate from Bibles today. There are roughly 14 books…
Image by katie175 from Pixabayf Why is there a 400 year gap between the Old Testament and the New Testament? There are roughly 400 years between the last prophetic word from Malachi to the birth and ministry of John the Baptist as the forerunner of Jesus. For these 400 years…
Image by Alexander Lesnitsky from Pixabay I think people who jump out of planes, walk tight ropes, perform daredevil stunts, and all other types of dangerous activities are out of their minds. At least for most activities they wear protective equipment. For everything from seatbelts to helmets, we try to…
Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Why did God allow the Israelites to go into bondage for 400 years? Between the leadership of Joseph and Moses, the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years. God doesn’t tell us why it had to be this long. So we must gather…
Image by andreas160578 from Pixabay In Romans 13, what is the difference between rulers and elected officials? To answer this question, we will look at all of the words used to describe authorities by Paul in Romans 13:1-7. The original words in Greek will help us to know if Paul…