theology

theology June 1, 2024

Of Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church :: By Bill Wilson

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is urging its Roman Catholic congregants to oppose two bills “currently before the Maryland General Assembly that would remove the statute of limitations on civil claims for future incidents of child sexual abuse and retroactively revive claims that are currently time-barred, no matter how long ago the alleged abuse occurred.” In […]

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bible, FEATURED, theology May 31, 2024

In Deuteronomy 3:27 Why should Moses Moses look East and South?

In Deuteronomy 3:25 (ESV) Moses requests to see the promised land:

Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.

In Deuteronomy 3:27 (ESV) God offers Moses what appears to be a con…

theology May 31, 2024

The Lesser Hypocrite :: By Candy Austin

Matthew 23:27 “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.” No one likes to be called a hypocrite, but let’s be real for a moment, shall we? The plain fact of the […]

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bible, theology May 31, 2024

Is Revelation 3:14 saying that Christ was created by God?

Revelation 3:14 (KJV)
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

Most translations say "the beginning of God’s creat…

bible, theology May 30, 2024

Was the angelology in [Tobit 12:15] based only on [1 Enoch 20:1-8]?

We read in [Tobit 12:15] a reference to [1 Enoch 20:3].

“I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.”
Which verse in the Tanakh was [Tobit…

theology May 30, 2024

Elections And Your Soul: A Prophetic Account :: By Bill Wilson

There has been much rhetoric surrounding the elections. Even the “President” has pitted Americans against one another, inferring that God-fearing people believing in the sanctity of life are a grave threat to America. There have been ads on TV by Democratic candidates openly depicting that their opponents who are pro-life are dangerous. The “President” has […]

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bible, theology May 29, 2024

If Jesus has never sinned and has never done any wrong, why did he tell the The Rich Young Ruler that He is not Good and that God alone is good?

And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone (Luke 18:18–19)
Why did Christ make this distinction between Himself and God…

theology May 29, 2024

The Abrahamic Family House: A House of Lies :: By Jeffrey C. Ady, Ph.D.

The recently-opened Abrahamic Family House’s importance in setting up the global deception that will follow the termination of the Age of Grace cannot be overstated. It’s a huge development. And it’s based on a dangerous deception. This deception operates from several key angles: 1. The lie that there are multiple ways to God has been […]

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Truth: How Important Is It in a Post-Modern World? :: By J.R. Cooper

theology May 28, 2024

Truth IGNITED How Important

It’s an ever-increasing era of metaphysic, existential, new-age, post-modernism, where aside from well-studied philosophers who know the names of Kant, Hume, Foucault, Derrida, and Lyotard, the common layperson stays caught in an elusive and eclectic mindset against any assertion of absolute truth. It has become the focal point of Culture War, of critical theory and […]

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bible, FEATURED, theology May 28, 2024

Did Caleb’s son Mered (I Chronicles 4:18) marry the daughter of Pharaoh mentioned in Exodus 2:5-9

I recently stumbled upon a statement of 1 Chronicles 4:18
indicating that Caleb’s son Mered married a daughter of Pharaoh named Bethiah, who bore him three sons.

Mered’s Egyptian wife bore Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber, the
father of …

theology May 28, 2024

Choose Wisely :: By C. Gray Adams

Throughout the Bible, warnings abound about how people are to live. In the New Testament, Jesus, Paul, Peter, and John provide the most information about this. Studying their words makes it clear that two distinct paths are available. One path leads to eternal life in heaven. The other path leads to eternal damnation in hell. […]

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bible, FEATURED, theology May 26, 2024

What does "not understand it" mean in "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it," Matthew 13:19?

Matthew 13:19

"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path." ESV. My emphasis.

What has not be…