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…
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The Twelve Tribes and Twelve Apostles: What Is the Link?
Why does Scripture keep bringing the twelve tribes and the twelve apostles together? There is a real pattern here, especially when we reach the…
Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd Explained
Psalm 23 is so familiar that it is easy to hear only a few favorite lines. When I read the whole psalm together, the…
Clean and Unclean Animals: Do Christians Follow These Food Laws?
Why did God call some animals clean and others unclean, and do those distinctions govern a Christian's meals today? We can easily get the…
What Is Sin According to the Bible?
Sin is often discussed by comparing one person with another, but that never answers the question Scripture asks. God measures every person by His…
Doves in the Bible: What Do They Mean?
Doves show up in some of the Bible’s most familiar scenes, but they do not mean the same thing every time. If we slow…
Giants in the Bible: What Does Scripture Say?
What are we supposed to make of the Bible's accounts of giants? Some readers explain them away, while others chase every strange claim, but…
New Wine and Old Wineskins: What Jesus Meant
Jesus’ saying about new wine and old wineskins is often treated as a general lesson about change. But why did He use that picture…
The New Covenant: Why God Promised Something New
Why did God promise a new covenant when the covenant at Sinai came from Him? The problem was never God's Law. Israel broke that…
Who Was Cain’s Wife? The Biblical Answer
Who did Cain marry? The question comes naturally when we read Genesis 4, because the chapter names Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel before suddenly…
The Nazirite Vow: What the Bible Teaches
The Nazirite vow can sound mysterious when we first meet it in Scripture. Was it a special path for unusually devoted people, and should…
Easter: Should Christians Celebrate It?
The word Easter can start an argument among Christians very quickly. Should we use the day to remember the resurrection, call it Resurrection Sunday,…