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Any offering that is made to the needy is an offering made to God. Where is an offering made to God in the scheme of things? Luke 12:33 says “Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail...

Glory to God is best achieved when we abide by the two great commandments of Jesus- We love God with all our heart, soul and mind and we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Before starting divisions with our neighbors, we must ask ourselves how a particular division would result in loving...

Under God, what is more important? Is it more important to have divisions or have harmony? Those who have faith and love in God would not find it difficult to get along with others having the same faith and love. Psalms 133:1 - says, "Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in...

What Paul said is along the line of testing the spirits to see whether they are from God, as stated in 1 John 4:1. At that point , it may be presumed that the person testing the spirits has considered the Bible to be a given, accepting everything that is in it. Seems the people that Paul...

Education involving the Scriptures is different than secular education. In secular education we learn to formulate our own opinions. One’s opinion on a matter may be different than another’s, depending on their background and upbringing. Education involving the Scriptures is different. One’s...

When we do good works, we are acting on behalf of God. To that end, God has equipped us to do good works. Psalms 139:14 says “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” We are the result of God’s Good Works, and the good works...

The Bible has a lot to say about wealth, but it is necessary to give context to the various Passages amidst all the Bible has to say. If you walk away after reading one Passage, you will only have a limited view of what God thinks of wealthy people. For instance, Mark 10:25 says “It is easier...

Did I lose anyone yet? Yeah, it seems the title suggests an ordeal, when we seem to have enough ordeals in our lives without one more to go. But who are we to decide the challenges we are to face? Under God, each of us are above ground for a purpose. As God sees things differently than we do...

If you call on God, He will respond. If you’ve been striving for righteousness no matter how long or how short, and you call on Him, He will respond favorably. Psalms 34:17 says, “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.” That Verse either says...

Psalms 1:1-2 says “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in ethe seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” These Verses can give one pause. To wit, the first Verse...

Can a donkey talk? Not that I know of. But what I know is limited. Also, if the Bible, the Word of God, says it them I believe it. As Jesus says in Matthew 19:26. “.. [W]ith God all things are possible.” Our religion is based on faith in the Almighty. Whereas with man it’s a matter of truth...

Jesus in John 14:15 says, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” What commandments is he referring to? There are at least two express commandments. Those are the two great commandments that Jesus says in Matthew 22:37-40...that we love God with all our heart, soul and mind, and we love...

Is not 1 Corinthians 1:21 referring to itself as foolish as well? Is it not inferring that anyone who quotes it is foolish by preaching it? Fortunately, that's not what the Verse says. It says, " 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God...

There are passages in the Bible that mention the ‘mountain of the Lord,’ and ‘Zion.’ Some mention Zion and the mountain of the Lord in the same passage. To wit, one such passage, Zechariah 8:3, says “Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and...

Yes. And neither man nor the government that is set up to be as good as God is. But the Bible acknowledges that not everyone by themselves know how to act with God in mind. Romans 13:1 confirms that a government, made up of the collective minds of people, is necessary to make an attempt to...

Yes...This helps confirm that there are no contradictions that emanate from the bible. At the end of the day, God showed Himself to be what God is. Nothing that God is is contradictory. In Jonah there is no contradiction in what He says above and what He does.

As a short rejoinder, life is complicated enough without there being contradictions in the Bible. But rest easy, there are no contradictions in the Bible. The Bible does not state contradictions, it states God’s Truth. First of all 2 Timothy 3:16 says that every word in the Bible comes from...

Romans 12:19 says, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’” But what is meant by “vengeance”? Is there a line between vengeance and self-defense, say? What is vengeance? The Cambridge dictionary...

Under God, do women have the same roles as men? Under God, are there boundaries along those lines that cannot be crossed? Does the Bible create such boundaries? Or have we striven to create our own? The Bible has a number of passages that challenge what a man perceives is a woman’s role, and...