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December 2017

December 23, 2017
Despite doubts leading many to dismiss December 25 as the date of Jesus’ birth, further...
December 21, 2017
Is the story of Jesus’ birth, as narrated by Matthew and Luke, a fabrication –...
December 18, 2017
It was not an “inn” where there was no room for Jesus’ birth. The proof...
December 13, 2017
‘Almah in Isaiah 7:14 – does this word mean “virgin” or merely “young woman”? Let...
December 11, 2017
Are there logical grounds for the virgin birth of Jesus? Is it a pious legend,...
December 07, 2017
Hanukkah is only mentioned once in the Protestant Bible, in John 10:22-33, where it is...
December 04, 2017
Will Russia play a major role in the final days of human history? Will they...
December 02, 2017
We see a hideous rush to judgment in the stoning of Naboth in 1 Kings...

November 2017

November 30, 2017
While China may have been barely if at all visible on the radar of the...
November 27, 2017
Oppression is when powerless people get stomped on by those who have legal, political, or...
November 23, 2017
Proverbs 29:7 says, “A righteous person knows the rights of the poor.” Don’t you wish...
November 20, 2017
To what extent can we apply the Bible’s teachings on loving the immigrant to today’s...
November 16, 2017
Capitalism: is it God’s favorite economic system? Is it inherently evil? Or is it neither?...
November 13, 2017
Does God really care how big your bank account is, compared to the so-called One...
November 09, 2017
Obey the laws of the land? Yes, the Bible commands that. Patriotism? Where is that...
November 06, 2017
Jesus gives us some shocking advice on weapons: “Let the one who has no sword...
November 06, 2017
“Around the eleventh hour he found others standing around, and he says to them, ‘Why...
November 02, 2017
The health care debate has twisted the Bible to the point of malpractice.

October 2017

October 30, 2017
What does "son of Belial" mean?
October 26, 2017
Fake news was as much of a threat in the low-tech world of the Late...
October 23, 2017
A new fascinating study makes the connection between genetics and early Genesis. It finds Cro-Magnon...
October 19, 2017
The Hebrew word na‘ar is commonly translated “boy” or “lad.” But how old is a...
October 16, 2017
Forms of the same Hebrew word, tzahaq, can mean laughing, playing, or even fondling, and...
October 12, 2017
In the beauty contest between Leah and Rachel in Genesis 29:17, we are told that...
October 09, 2017
There’s a huge difference between being killed or wounded. But that difference is not always...
October 05, 2017
What is a “concubine” in the Bible? We know she’s not a wife, but what...
October 02, 2017
Make no mistake: Jesus is not trying to make Sodom look good.

September 2017

September 28, 2017
There was a real Flood. How deep it was, is open for discussion. But the...
September 25, 2017
What does the name Methuselah mean? And how do we make sense out of the...
September 21, 2017
Unless we believe that the entire human race began with a single pair of ancestors,...
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