When I wrote an earlier article about witches, one reader wrote that the subject brought to his mind the Witch of Endor. I have thought about that for some time, and now I want to relate what I have found about her. To familiarize yourself with the story, reread I Samuel 28:1-25.
First of all, there were [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2009 by doc
Filed under: Bible Characters, Old Testament, Spiritual Warfare | 1 Comment »
13Consider the work of God;
For who can make straight what He has made crooked?
14In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
I don’t have much to add to that; [...]
Posted on September 10th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Perhaps the following is an insignificant, trifling dissection of the Bible. It certainly has nothing to do with salvation, nor really with much of anything. However, I found it interesting, and have heard questions about the material recently, so I thought to share it with you.
Old Testament
New Testament
Chapters
929
206
Verses
23,214
7,959
Words
532,439
181,253
Letters (English)
2,728,800
838,380
Facts Concerning the Old Testament
Middle book is [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by doc
Filed under: New Testament, Old Testament | 3 Comments »
In Exodus 11:1-2, it appears that God instructed the Hebrews “to borrow” jewels from the Egyptians, which they never intended to return. Those who doubt God have interpreted this as an occasion when God ordered sin. Knowing that God is good, and cannot tolerate sin, how does the Christian explain this? When something in the [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2009 by doc
Filed under: Old Testament, Word study | 1 Comment »
30Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him. 31He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. 32He [...]
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by Bob Mathews
Filed under: Bible Characters, Forgiveness, Grace, Growth, Humility, Love, Old Testament | No Comments »
At the cross? Allow me to suggest that’s only partially true.
Ask many Christians about the sins of the Israelites, and they’ll explain that the sins were “rolled forward”, and forgiven at the cross, as if each Israelite kept adding sins to his account until the day he died. I’d like to also suggest this to [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
Filed under: Contradictions, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus, Old Testament, Salvation | No Comments »
You had better think twice before answering this one. As human beings, we have a tendency to accept assumptions without proper proof, and then to rely on such as an improper premise to reach a conclusion that we accept as proper and grounded in truth. We have all heard someone say, “If I live according [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2009 by doc
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“And beginning from Moses and the prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself “
Luke 24:27
“And beginning from Moses and the prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself “
It was important to Jesus that the apostles realized that He was the fulfillment of Old [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2009 by doc
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Have you ever thought about that? Indeed, what about animal sacrifice? Why don’t we observe it today? Isn’t the God we serve, the God of the Israelites — the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Don’t the same things please Him now that pleased Him in the days of the prophets? Yes, we do serve [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Every child in Sunday school knows the story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:2-16). They have heard how God approved of Abel’s offering of the first-born of his flock, but God did not approve of Cain’s offering of the best of his crops. If they both offered the best they had, was God fair to [...]
Posted on September 13th, 2008 by trp
Filed under: Bible Characters, Christian Example, Faith, New Testament, Obedience, Old Testament, Sin | No Comments »
