Ananias and Sapphira: What Happened in Acts 5?
Ananias and his wife, Sapphira, sold a piece of property and agreed to keep part of the money while presenting their gift to the…
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins: What Jesus Warns Us About
Jesus' parable of the ten virgins describes unmarried young women waiting with lamps to welcome a bridegroom to his wedding. All ten expect to…
The Mosaic Covenant: Why God Gave Israel the Law
Why did God give Israel the Law if no one can be saved by keeping it? The order in Exodus helps me answer that…
Do Animals Go to Heaven? What the Bible Says
When a beloved pet dies, asking whether animals go to heaven no longer feels like an abstract Bible question. It comes out of real…
Forsaking the Assembly: What Hebrews 10:25 Really Means
The assembly in Hebrews 10:25 is the gathering of believers who belong to Jesus Christ. Paul warns them against abandoning those gatherings, and he…
Ezer: What Does ‘Helper Comparable’ Mean?
What did God mean when He said He would make Adam “a helper comparable to him”? In modern English, helper can suggest a junior…
Apollos in the Bible: An Eloquent Teacher Corrected
Apollos knew the Scriptures well and could explain them persuasively, but he still needed someone to help him understand God's way more accurately. That…
Divorce and Reconciliation: What the Bible Says
Divorce questions are rarely theoretical. Someone may be grieving betrayal, living in fear, or trying to understand what a past divorce means now. Another…
Codex Sinaiticus: What It Is and How to Evaluate It
Codex Sinaiticus is a handwritten Greek Bible usually dated to the fourth century, several centuries after Jesus' earthly ministry. It preserves the earliest surviving…
Generational Honor in the Household of God
In 1 Timothy 5:1-2, Paul tells Timothy to treat older men as fathers, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women…
Halloween and Christianity: What Does the Bible Say?
People can mean very different things when they talk about Halloween. One neighbor pictures children asking for candy; another thinks of graphic horror, witchcraft,…
The Number 12 in the Bible: What Does It Mean?
The twelve tribes, twelve apostles and twelve gates of the New Jerusalem belong to a recognizable pattern. In each passage, Scripture names the people…