At the beginning of the 20th century in Casamance, southern Senegal, a young woman with healing powers named Alandisso Bassene opened a shrine, and would quickly amass a following of both men and women. A clash with missionaries and French colonial administration would result in the most ...
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.Mark Twain#Quote of the day #Learn English Editor's note:In Bible, there is a special day when Adam and Eve begin to ask why. It's the same day human falls. God don't like people ...
how plants and animals had changed over time to fit in with a changing environment. At the time it was published it was very controversial. Many people believed the Bible when it said that God made the first two people (Adam and Eve) and that all other people ca 1859年种类的起源被出版...
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven.Amplified BibleThis is the history of [the origin of] the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day [that is, days of creation] that the...
She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.New American Standard BibleWhen the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some...
While Christmas is fixed to a solar calendar (and near the winter solstice), Easter is based on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. In the Christian religion, the Last Supper (the final meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion) was a Passover feast. Because Easter is...
There were originally two leviathans created, but when it seemed as if the pair might destroy the earth with their combined strength, God killed one of them. The "garments of skin" fashioned by God for Adam and Eve, also known as "garments of light", were made from the skin of the ...
Growing up in the Bible Belt, it was cool to be Christian. In fact, it wasn’t cool to NOT be Christian. I’ve been back in my hometown for several weeks, and things haven’t changed much. But I AM a Christian, so this should be awesome, right? Except I believe there’s a gre...
Where is the first hint in the Bible about the Trinity? The first hint that God was more than one was inGenesis 1:1, “In the beginning God (Elohiym) created the heaven and the earth." The word Elohiym means: 'God' plural. ...
After God created the human being in Gen 2:7 (MT: האדם; OG: ὁ ἄνθρωπος), he placed him in the garden (2:15). God commanded the adam (MT: האדם; OG: Aδαμ), prohibiting Adam and Eve from eating from the tree of the knowledge of good ...