The New Testament was written in the Greek language. There are differences between ancient Greek and modern Greek; as well as between Greek and English as spoken 400 years ago when the King James Version of the Bible was translated, and modern English as spoken differently in different parts of the world. This does not mean we do not have the scriptures properly preserved for us today. This has been thoroughly confirmed by many means. The word "word" appears 697 times in the

There is a well known puzzle which is used to illustrate a point. It is a set of 9 dots in a square. The challenge is to connect the 9...

The root word of disciple is discipline. Paul used athletic analogies several times to illustrate this: He used running: 1. Rom 9:16 –...

It is not a new revelation that when a woman gives birth, she goes through much pain. This can be traced back to Genesis 3:16 wherein God...

Exodus 20:7 says, "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his...

The tabernacle of Moses was full of symbolic items and procedures that foreshadowed things in the New Testament (Heb 8-10). One of the 5...

It is not a new phenomenon that people get caught up with following "signs" of the second coming of Christ or other events. Moses warned...

Some people told Jesus about an incident in which Pontius Pilate had some Galileans killed by mingling their blood with the blood of...

Today most people think of high places as areas of recreation - places to hike, climb, take pictures, enjoy a view, ski, etc. Military...

“The Fiddler on the Roof” is a play and movie based on a Jewish story by Shalom Aleichem. It is a story about Jewish life in Tsarist...

There is the depression that is also called clinical depression which is diagnosed by medical professionals, and there is the depression...

The term "virtual reality" was first used in 1938 to describe the theater. As computer science advanced, it became a description of the...

Man is fickle. That is why the only true standard is the Bible. Men cannot even agree on a standard of physical beauty. It varies with...

The laws of physics teach us the conservation of mass, matter, and energy. In summary, this means that in a closed system, there is no...

God spoke to Abraham 8 times (Gen 12:1-3 & 7, Gen 13:14-17, Gen 15, Gen 17, Gen 18, Gen 21:12-13, Gen 22:2-18). God promised him the land...

Pride and humility are often misunderstood as defined in the Bible. We sometimes use the word pride to express a good feeling about...

When God asked Adam the question, "Where art thou (Gen 3:9)?", it was not because Adam was so good at hide and seek that he could even...

When we think of an oath, we can readily think of an oath to uphold an office like an elected official or a peace officer. We can also...

Sometimes teachers use object lessons to illustrate a point. These can be stories or literal objects. God is the greatest teacher, and He...

God's values and man's values are quite different. God values the eternal, and man values the earthly and temporal (Is 55:8-9, Mt 5-7,...