And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a help mate for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam...
as in Plato's Symposion. Another tradition recorded by the same midrash explains Gen 1:26f. not as an alternative narrative of man's creation but as the generation of every man as an action shared by God and human parents: a part of this argument, perhaps with a different meaning, appea...
God and Satan climbed into opposing grandstands and thrust the unsuspecting Job into the arena. "There is no one on earth like him," God asserted. "He is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." "Of course he's faithful," Satan sneered. "Job's no fool. Look ...
The Bible is filled with the promises of God. From Genesis to Revelation we read of normal people that received the promises of God. These promises are sealed by the highest authority, God's word. In Hebrews 6:13 it says, "For when God made a promise to
9. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. 10. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.” (Source: “Catechism of the Catholic Church”) The 10 Commandments: Jewish Numbering 1. “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage. 2...
“If Joshua gave the Israelites rest, God wouldn’t have spoken about another day later on. So you see that a sabbath rest is left open for God’s people. The one who entered God’s rest also rested from his works, just as God rested from his own. Therefore, let’s make every eff...
God's Design Key Bible Verses Personal Reflection Summary of What the Bible Says About Marriage There is also an increasing amount of confusion in our culture on the meaning and purpose of marriage. For example, here are some lies that the culture around us says about marriage: Marriage is ...
As mentioned above, Jews were marked by the Nazis during the 1930s and 40s. Satan tries to copy everything God does, as seen in the creation of his trinity, the resurrection of his beast, and with the “false prophet.” Why not also copy His example for marking? “And the Lord ...
Fall of Man, in Christian doctrine, the descent of humanity from a state of innocence lived in the presence of God to a sinful world of misery and death. After disobeying God and eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, A
Before these poems, Bing Xin recorded a short sentiment about the Bible and poetry that echoes Lew: “This one book, the Bible, seems to me, whenever I read it, morning and night, to convey to me a constant transcendent beauty in its words… From the Bible I took my favorite verses ...