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God rules over the earth. Considering He created the heavens and the earth, and He’s performed miracles and has altered infrastructures from time to time as denoted in places like Sodom and Gomorrah, and has made rich people poor as in Job, and poor people rich as in Job, He has authority over...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The ground of Western Civilization is soaked with the blood of people whom others determined had committed heresy and blasphemy. Oh, did the keepers of the New Testament lose their wits and go mad in the process of engaging on a crusade to annihilate those thought to have committed either one or...

Perhaps it can be a matter of priorities depending on the circumstances. What can those circumstances be, if so? The Old Testament has a lot to say about lies and fabrications, but in considering that it has God’s Commandment concerning lying, that Commandment may not be absolute under certain...

Psalms 91:1-16 addresses our living on earth and our passing away to the next life. It is God’s Promise to protect us in all our days on earth, and to be with Him when our time comes to leave earth. In Psalms 91 there is a divide between the two...

‘I did it all by myself.’ Well, not exactly. If you’re in God, all your good works are the result of God working in you. Philippians 2:13 says, “For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” Given this Verse alone, it follows that Ephesians 2:8-10 says “For...

John 3:16-17 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Who was God targeting...