Sometime I am downright frustrated because so many things I do not understand without the background knowledge that the writers of the bible thought everyone would know about. Paul says, long hair for a man is a shame unto him. Didn’t he know about the vow of a Nazarite, where not cu...
there are always more questions than answers about that child’s situation. If I were to babysit a friend’s child, I would find out beforehand when and what that child needed to eat, when and how long she was used to sleeping and how she usually fell...
Every believer will have to give an account to their sin which is =unbelief. Unbelief that will not study to show their selves approved workman righty dividing the word of God. That is to all believers a command. Maybe you will not listen to a prophet or teacher then that will be agains...
And this is where the answers to the problem of pain are unsatisfying. When God seems silent, distant even, while one of His own suffers, there really isn’t a satisfying answer to the question of why. There are biblical truths that apply, such as the fact that God sends rain on both...
47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.” 49 “Why were you ...
5Then Jesus said to them,“Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;6a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’7And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’...
book. and it wasn't long before all pretense was dropped, and she started asking things like, 'Wba( have you lesbians got a&inst motherhood, anyway?' and 'why are you so hostile? "I was later erased from the broadcast tape," Rule says, "1 guess my answers wemn'f exciting enough....
But before I get into the specifics of her story, I should explain that when DCS delivers a child to a foster home, there are always more questions than answers about that child’s situation. If I were to babysit a friend’s child, I would find out beforehand when and what that child...
The answers to these questions are mixed. There are some ways in which I am ready, daily practices of prayer and Bible study through which I seek to abide in Christ and walk in step with the Spirit, thus being ready for whatever comes. But there are other ways that I know I’m woefu...
Another college memory brings to mind the relief of arrival. Between my junior and senior years, I went on a study trip to the middle east. In previous years when our professors had planned this trip, they had visited Israel first and then moved on to Jordan and Egypt. But this time, ...