What does God say about involvement with the occult? He warned the Israelites against it when they were about to enter the Promised Land of Canaan. It's in the Bible, Deuteronomy 18:9-12 NIV. "When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the det...
What does the Bible say? The Bible provides several vivid descriptions of Heaven, particularly in the Book of Revelation, although these descriptions are often symbolic and open to interpretation. According to Revelation chapters 21 and 22, Heaven, or theNew Jerusalem, is depicted as a stunningly ...
My relatively new practice ofmeditating on God’s promiseswhen I can’t sleepled me the other night to wonder what all theBible has to sayabout God’s love for us. The only verse I could recall in my half-awake state wasJohn 3:16, but I knew there were many more. The next morning...
There are many references to “lily” in the Bible, including Lilium candidum, Anemone coronaria, Hyacinthus orientalis, Iris pseudacorus, Lilium chalcedonicum, and Nymphaea alba. When exploring the wilds of nature, you may stumble upon Lilium candidum – known best as `the lily of the dark w...
The Bad Dylan as Sinatra—No mas por favor. Roxy Music—I’ve tried so many times to understand their appeal, and I’ve now stopped trying. Post-Short People Randy Newman—When your early stuff is so great, there will always be an inevitable drop off. But that does not explain the se...
11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. 3 Tell them that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the one who does not obey ...
What is the rapture? The meaning or definition of the rapture is the idea that the coming of Jesus will take place in two separate stages. (Please note: the following paragraph cannot be supported from the Bible). The first will be a secret rapture—or carrying away of the saved to he...
"The first time God blesses anyone or anything in the Bible is in Gen. 1:28: "And He blessed them, God, and said to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.'" To form v'ibarak (and He blessed), two letters are added to the word "barak" (ble...
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 ...
Pip, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," moves from poverty to luxury when his benefactor, Abel Magwitch, determines to "make a gentleman--and, Pip, you're him!" However, Pip's idea of a gentleman evolves into something different f