THERE IS TODAY a renewed interest in the biblical concepts of “reconciliation,”“liberation,” and “renewal.” In many instances this interest carries with it an interpretation of these terms that differs from the traditional one. Whereas numerous churches and religious movements have long understo...
“Should I start spanking my 40-year-old wife”? This is a question that I was recently asked by a Baptist preacher…Read More December 9, 2023 A Christian Couple’s Acceptance of Biblical Polygamy What follows is an email I received from a Christian couple who wrote me informing how the...
In the passage above husbands are called to love their wives “as Christ also loved the church” and in Revelation 3:10 Christ tells us how he loves his churches when he states “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent”. God has chosen husbands as ...
from childhood, through adolescence, and through college days as a young adult. We never lost sight of the real meaning of Christmas. And no one, that I can remember, ever behaved like a Scrooge or a Grinch that stole the heartbeat of Christmas, which was always about the birth of Jesus...
TheHebrew meaning of Isaacis "to laugh," based on the story in Genesis that Abraham laughed when God told him that he and his wife Sarah, both of whom were aged, would bear a son. Later,God tested Abraham's faithby telling him to sacrifice Isaac as a burnt offering, and Abraham was...
opposed to the allegorical method, where you spiritualize the meaning of the Bible. For those proponents, the resurrection didn’t happen literally, it was just a spiritual resurrection in the hearts of the disciples. The framers of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy repudiated that ...
CambridgeDictionary defines fornication as "the action of having sex with someone who you are not married to." Bible Meaning of Fornication From theKing James Dictionary, Fornication is defined as Sexual immorality: "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Chri...
However, it occasionally is used with the meaning “curse” especially in parting greetings (1 Kings 21:10,13; Job 1:5,11; Job 2:5,9; Psalm 10:3). Job’s wife seems to be suggesting a parting greeting. However, she may also be saying “bless” ironically. Her statement is importan...
Some have the misconception that they can live a lifestyle of sin refusing to repent and yet assume they will be saved if they simply forgive others who also live a lifestyle of sin and who refuse to repent. That is not what Jesus is teaching. Nor is his meaning that forgiving others ...
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”To learn more about how the Bible says we should handle abuse and also the historical and biblically based practice of wife discipline see my podcasts below....