physical discipline was not reserved only for children in the Bible. It was also used with adults as well. In other words, a man is not treating his wife as a child when he spanks her – but he is in fact treating her as his wife.And...
“If a man be found lying with a woman married [Hebrew: “baal” as pronoun –“owned”] to an husband [Hebrew: “baal” as noun “Master/Owner”], then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel....
the dolls become part of the kids’ lives again: after a divorce, one of the kids has a supernatural-like experience with one of the dolls that brings the kid a moment of peace; after discussion, the friends decide to meet on the playground again to play with the dolls; this...
Let’s look at the context of each of these passages, starting with Jesus’ usage ofAbbain the Garden of Gethsemani. Abbameans more… Jesus usesAbbain prayer. Catch this: he uses italong with the regular Greek word for father,“pater.” That is, he says, “Abba, Father.” So, someth...
He also sees a revival of the battle for the Bible starting with Mike Licona in 2010. He discusses the problems of genre and historiography in a way that harmonizes well with the other chapters but which also remains distinct. One thing that stood out to me was the way Phil tied in ...
In addition to Isaac Newton and Louis Pasteur, modern thinkers who frequently read the Bible include John von Neumann, considered the most brilliant of the 20th century, along with the influential mathematician Kurt Gödel. Many great chess champions, from Bobby Fischer to Wesley So, were avid ...
Does this mean he cannot consult others as well or even his own father and mother as to how to handle things with his children? No. He absolutely can and should consult with other elder wise people. In other words, a wife must understand that when it comes to how her husband will ...
Consider the above as simply a starting point for your own exploration. However, if Jesus and His Word are real and true, then it bodes us well to heed His message to build our lives on listening to His words, and following them. ...
Rius-Camps 1976 first challenges Strecker’s presentation and abandons the postulation of a source Kerygmata Petrou, along with its highly speculative reconstruction, as the starting point for investigations of the Pseudo-Clementines. Van Voorst 1989 and Jones 1995 focus instead on the Recognition-1...
The Greek has θεός (either with or without the art.). Jerome and the Rabbins enumerate ten Heb. words as meaning God; but they relate rather to his attributes. SEE LORD. ⇒"God." topical outline. I. Usage of the Hebrew terms properly rendered "God." 1. אֵל, ...