Today, I’m concerned about a rising trend among professed followers of Christ: belief in annihilationism. This is the idea that humans will ‘burn up’ in hell, at which point they cease to exist. But what does the Bible teach?
The Bible is filled with genealogies, but what do these long lists do for us today? Is there a reason for them?
The following is a summarized, paraphrased version of a sermon by Thomas Chalmers. The content is too good to miss, but the language is archaic and difficult to follow. This new version makes the sermon accessible for modern English readers.
Noah seems like a model human throughout the account of the flood, but the final incident in his story paints a different picture. Why did Noah end so poorly, and what does this sordid account provide for the book of Genesis?
Elisha was one of the most famous prophets of the Hebrew Bible. His ministry spanned decades and kingdoms, and few performed more miracles than this wonder-worker: a man who exemplified the power of Yahweh. This is his story.
The book of Leviticus in the Old Testament raises many questions. Why does God’s law contain so many rules about nonspiritual things? Why did the Jews have to avoid certain types of food and certain days? Why is God so interested in ritual purity? Is there any takeaway for today?
While you may not choose to use this translation as your go-to Bible, here is why you should acquaint yourself (and your family) with this remarkable Book.
Debate around Jephthah’s daughter still rages. Was she actually sacrificed to God as a bloody human sacrifice in the book of Judges? Or did she somehow escape this terrible fate? Here are the clues from the text, and what we can surmise happened.
Christians endure spiritual neuropathy when they lose the sense of wonder, awe, and astonishment for the work of God in their lives – in other words, they can’t feel any more.
The Bible contains some remarkable numbers, but many of them seem inflated by modern standards. Are Bible numbers accurate? Can we trust the reports given to us in the Bible of huge figures?
