Israel Asks for a King - When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his
Luke 11:21 tn The referent of the expression “a strong man” is Satan. Luke 11:21 tn The word αὐλή (aulē) describes any building large and elaborate enough to have an interior courtyard, thus “dwelling, palace, mansion” (L&N 7.6). Luke 11:21 tn Grk“his goods are in...
This is an area where Satan has twisted a great deal of God’s truth to keep us from faithfully trusting in this principle. We have all heard the secular wisdom which says, “If you spank a child he’ll just become more angry and violent.” That sounds perfectly reasonable. I’ve had...
There’s nothing at all wrong with having many acquaintances. Don’t let Satan steal your peace and happiness in any situation you find yourself in.Joy And Happiness Amid Difficulties!(This section is from The Book I wrote)Lord, after struggling with it for a while, I have become committed...
We come to God in prayer often much like the characters in the stories I mentioned would come to the Genie. “I would like A, B and C. Thank you very much.” We use verses on prayer so drastically out of context that we have convinced ourselves that God owes us an answer to our ...
Audio Bible ContextCorruption on the Earth…3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days— and afterward as well — when the sons of God had relations with the daughte...
unfulfilled to this day, and won’t be fulfilled until Jesus returns to the earth a second time. I am not saying that this is definitely the case in Matthew— but I am saying that time gaps of even several years between these signs cannot be ruled out. Jesus also mentioned that these ...
This chapter addresses Saadia’s theodicies in his Doctrines and Beliefs, a treatise of Jewish theology, and his seminal commentary on the Book of Job whose aim, I argue, is not to investigate the theological problem of evil but to give a phenomenology o
When we first started dating I would hear at least once a day “I will do this at a pace that is good for me!”. As the impatient person that I am, I struggled with this. However, I was so attracted to him and the way he used his words that I would stand and wait for him ...
but freely—unclothed, abode among the tombs, the two facts first mentioned. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges27. there met him out of the city a certain man] This rendering contradicts what follows. Rather, there met him a man of the city.He had been a native of Gergesa till ...