“Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall ...
Trajectories of Justice: What the Bible Says about Slaves, Women, and Homosexuality, Robert Karl Gnuse, Lutterworth, 2016 (ISBN 978‐0‐7188‐9430‐6), x+193 pp., pb 15.50doi:10.1111/rirt.13460Zeina M. BarakatFriedrich Schiller University JenaJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdReviews in Religion & ...
The Bible is clear that our bodies are temples of the living God via the agent of the Holy Spirit. “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received of God? . . . . Therefore honor God with your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19...
The Bible is filled with scriptures on prayer. In the NIV there are 367 specificBible verses about prayer. This does not include the word “ask” when it is used as a substitute for prayer. Today, we’re going to go into the Bible and uncover truths pertaining to prayer. What does the...
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We all know the saying, “A borrow is a slave to the lender.” There are many articles about borrowing money. But, I want to address the Lender. Here are several Bible Verses I’ve found about Lending… should we lend? If so, when is it okay to lend?
What does the Bible say? God defines people according to his image: “So God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:27). Yet, God commands in Deuteronomy 7:3–4, “You shall not intermarry [among the nations], giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daug...
But then, there is a third explanation that no one dares to discuss:the Christian teaching on race. Here we will explain what no one dares to tackle:What does the Bible really says about race? By the time we present all the evidence, it becomes crystal clear: Scripture never promotes...
Listening to what Christians from other cultures hear the Bible saying (and not saying) can help us interpret Scripture more accurately. But, even then, I believe Scripture stands authoritatively above the experience of all Christians. It’s always possible to say, “I see how you understand ...
Or, again, does the Bible seem to prohibit marriage, and particularly slave-ee intermarriage, for female slaves? I shall argue, first, that the two terms as used biblically are synonyms. The most likely reason, in my opinion, for the presence of two terms is that each has a ...