Biblical Words and World
Despite doubts leading many to dismiss December 25 as the date of Jesus’ birth, further debate now reopens the question whether maybe this was the right date after all. Read more
Despite doubts leading many to dismiss December 25 as the date of Jesus’ birth, further debate now reopens the question whether maybe this was the right date after all. Read more
Is the story of Jesus’ birth, as narrated by Matthew and Luke, a fabrication – a fairy tale with about as much truth as Santa Claus? Read more
It was not an “inn” where there was no room for Jesus’ birth. The proof is in Mark 14:14 (Luke 22:11), where Jesus books the same kind of place to eat the Last Supper. Read more
‘Almah in Isaiah 7:14 – does this word mean “virgin” or merely “young woman”? Let me give you evidence for "virgin" far more extensive than the doubters will give you. Read more
Are there logical grounds for the virgin birth of Jesus? Is it a pious legend, discredited by modern science? Was it a whopper designed to top the claims of pagan religions? Was it a lame attempt to cover up an embarrassing secret in a gullible age? Read more
Hanukkah is only mentioned once in the Protestant Bible, in John 10:22-33, where it is called the “Feast of the Dedication.” And Jesus was there, celebrating! Read more
Will Russia play a major role in the final days of human history? Will they hijack or try to influence the outcome of what God plans to do? A convincing case can be made that they will. Read more
We see a hideous rush to judgment in the stoning of Naboth in 1 Kings 21. Likewise, we see a similar rush to judgment in today’s knee-jerk dismissals of those who are accused of sexual misconduct. Read more
While China may have been barely if at all visible on the radar of the Biblical audience, China was always important to God. Read more
Oppression is when powerless people get stomped on by those who have legal, political, or economic power. God’s law commands us repeatedly not to “oppress” the widow, the orphan, or the alien, the groups who were the most vulnerable to exploitation. There are several different terms for “oppression” in the Hebrew Bible. Two of them are used in the same sentence in Exodus 22:21. One of them (lachatz) means to press someone hard. It is used for Balaam’s donkey shoving... Read more
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