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?
If Christ was pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities (Isaiah 53:5), we can learn to say to our Lord, like David, “the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.”
What does Paul mean when he refers to those who are ‘baptized for the dead’ in 1 Corinthians 15? What are some of the views on this, and what does this passage really mean?
God promised that you will have ‘fullness of joy’ and ‘pleasures’ if you are in his presence. Where are they?
