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We begin with the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. It only took until the fourth verse of Genesis for God to introduce the concept ...

I woke up one morning recently after not sleeping well. I will admit that I was feeling stressed. I was preparing for extra ...

Eastern Orthodox Church, includes Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. Unlike Catholics, Eastern Orthodox allows priests to ...

Many tend to read Bible passages like these and interpret the sea negatively, as dangerous and threatening. Such perceptions ...

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the ...

When Pastor David Ibiyeomie recently declared that God does not associate with the poor, he did not just stir controversy, he ...

This essay is the second in a series on hermeneutics or biblical interpretation, as part of a broader examination of how the majority Christian position has often been incorrect when critically ...

When our Heavenly Father presented to us (His spirit sons and daughters) in heaven the great plan to create an earth and allow us to inhabit it, receive and control a physical body, learn to live by ...

The importance of this gardening ritual fell flat on me, but to my Granny Norman it was a wonderful reminder of our ...

Also in Hosea 1:2, God commands the prophet Hosea to marry a woman who would commit adultery. These OT events simply show the need for Jesus Christ. Finally we cannot use human reason alone to ...

There, standing proudly in the middle of my footpath (where the nasty “weed” had been) was a spectacularly beautiful, deliciously fragrant three-foot tall cluster of white calla lilies, literally ...