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It is easy to see the reason for many of the commands God gives but there are others that don’t seem to make any sense. For example, what about this one? You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together. Deuteronomy 22:11 ESV What difference can it possibly make what our clothes are...

Chapters 38 and 39 of Ezekiel describe an invasion of Israel which is stopped by divine intervention. There is disagreement among Bible students about when this invasion will take place. Some think it is a description of the final battle at Armageddon; some think it will take place earlier...

In the controversy about same sex marriage there is one group whose opinions have almost never received any publicity. There are gays who believe the Bible and agree that marriage is to be only between a man and a woman. A group of them have started a blog called spiritualfriendship.org...

A physician who has made a complete examination of a person without having been told his age could probably make an accurate estimate of it because of his knowledge of how the aging process works. But what would happen if he were to travel back in time and examine Adam and Eve immediately after...

Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Colossians 2:16-17 ESV The nation of Israel was established by God to be the means of...

There is a war going on between God and Satan. When someone becomes a Christian he becomes a soldier in God’s army and a participant in that war. In order to wage war effectively we must know who our enemy is. When we look at what is going on in the world we see many who are doing and...

Two days before Easter we observe Good Friday as the day on which Jesus was crucified. For anyone who is familiar with Jesus’ predictions about his death and resurrection this raises a problem. He said that just as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights he would be in the...

When we think or talk about salvation we usually mean the process of having our sins forgiven by repenting of them and putting our faith in Jesus Christ. From the human point of view this is what salvation is but from God’s viewpoint this is only one of several steps. The complete process is...

There are many doctrinal divisions among Christians. For example, some believe that human beings repent and believe because God causes them to do so by choosing them to be saved while some believe that people believe and are saved because they choose to do so. What does the Bible say about...

God commands parents to teach their children the Bible. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise...

January 31 is Chinese New Year. A good way to observe this holiday would be to spend some time praying for the Christians in China. You can find some information about them here: http://www.opendoorsusa.org/searchresults?q=china

This is from Alexander Pope’s poem An Essay in Criticism. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. (In Greek mythology the Pierian spring was a fountain which was...

On November 7-10 a series of messages by Billy Graham called My Hope America will be broadcast on tv. Here is a list of the stations: Watch My Hope America with Billy Graham For more information go to Graham's website: BGEA: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association