Modern day idolatry is alive and well. Anything that you love, treasure, prioritize, identify with, or look to for need fulfillment outside of God, can be acting as an idol in your heart and life. ... After all, Psalm 37:4 (ESV) promises us, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and h...
The armor of God is a metaphor in the Bible (Ephesians 6:10-18) that both reminds Christians about the reality of spiritual battle and describes the protection available to them. Let's take a look at the full armor of God that Christians are called to pu
manheaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! 7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! 9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, ...
Why Does the Bible Say Marriage Should Only Be Between Men and Women? Marriage was defined by God, in the very beginning, as one man, one wife, joined together, unity, indivisibility, and that union that takes place. And actually, just the whole complementarity that we are two parts of ...
腓立比书 1:18–23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 18What does it matter? Just that in every way, whether out of false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice19because I know this will lead to my deliverance through your ...
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us
3True, some of them were unfaithful; but just because they were unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful?4Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, ...
In response, Eve takes the fruit, eats it, gives some to Adam, and he eats also. The mention of Adam is a bit abrupt in the context of the story, as is his willingness to follow Eve's lead. Does the Bible's statement that "her husband, who was with her" mean Adam has been pr...
NKJV So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.What does Genesis 50:26 mean? Nearing death, Joseph, has urgently communicated two messages to the "sons of Israel." This probably means the heads of the tribes, ...
I will not get into details, but it reminded me of Jesus’ prayer in John 17.15-16, “I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” What does it mean to be of ...