Christ has reconciled all things through the resurrection. One of the beautiful aspects of the Bible is the overarching theme of redemption. From creation to Revelation 22.21, the story unfolds through the grace of God, overcoming the sin of humanity, reconciling us to God by the One who died...
The Bible presents a profound vision of the New Heaven and the New Earth, which signifies the culmination of God's plan for redemption and restoration. This concept, found in both the Old and New Testaments, offers believers a glimpse into a future where sin and suffering are eradicated....
What does atoned mean in the Bible? Theological usage of the term “atonement” refers toa cluster of ideas in the Old Testament that center on the cleansing of impurity (which needs to be done to prevent God from leaving the Temple), and to New Testament notions that “Christ died for o...
What else does the Bible say about Easter? Throughout the New Testament after the resurrection, Sunday is simply called the “First day of the week” as opposed to the “day of the Resurrection.” Which leads one to wonder, if God placed no significance on the day, wherein did Sunday ...
As Charles Spurgeon famously put it when asked about how he reconciles the apparent tension in the Bible between God’s sovereignty and man’s free will, “I was once asked to reconcile these two statements, and I answered, ‘No, I never reconciled friends.’”So does God have someone ...
What does "crypto-Christian" mean? Who are blessed for enduring persecution for righteousness? How should Christians handle false accusations of infidelity? In John 17:14, Jesus says His followers are hated by the world, yet John 3:16 says God loves the world—how can these views be reconci...
3. The Concubine of Gibeahis unnamed in the Bible. Her heartbreaking story is recorded inJudges 19-21. After this woman reconciled with her husband, she left her father’s house with him to travel back to their home in another city. On the way, they stayed the night in Gib...
Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 23How can Psalm 1's vision of immediate justice be reconciled with biblical accounts like Job, where the righteous suffer while the wicked seem to prosper?What does 'let your yes be yes' mean?What does the Bible say about telling white lies?Proverbs 24:16: ...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
But what does it actually mean? It's one thing to say, "Blessed are those who..." in the ceremonial, ritualistic, everybody knows it since, but actually we all want to be blessed, right? Actually, the word blessed could be translated from the Greek to the word happy. Jesus is sayin...