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In the controversy about same sex marriage there is one group whose views have received almost no publicity.  There are gays who believe the Bible and agree with its teaching that marriage is only between a man and a woman.  Some of them have started a blog to publicize their views...

The town council of Greece, New York, opens its meetings with prayer.  Recently two residents of the town filed a lawsuit to end this practice and the case eventually reached the Supreme Court.  Here is the Court’s decision as reported by Fox News. At first glance this seems to be the kind...

Why should we study the Bible?  Second Timothy 3:16 gives us four reasons. {insert link to original article here}

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? What difference can it possibly make what our clothes are made of? There is another place in the Bible where wool and linen are...

I used the plural, relationships, in the title because God is a trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and Christians are related to each of these in a different way.  Ephesians 5:22 to 6:9 gives instructions regarding three kinds of human relationship which also serve as illustrations of our...

Philippians 3:20 says of Christians, When someone is naturalized as a citizen of a country he gives up whatever citizenship he previously had and no longer has any allegiance to his former country. So does this mean that when we became Christians we gave up our citizenship in our earthly...

Two brothers named Bob and Bill decided to get medical examinations.  Neither was aware of any health problems; they simply wanted to make sure there was nothing wrong with them. Bob went to Dr. Smith.  When his test results came back the doctor discovered he was suffering from a fatal...

How long ago did the six day creation take place? The traditional date of about 4,000 BC is arrived at by studying the genealogies in the Bible to determine how much time has elapsed. But this method assumes that the genealogies are complete and every generation is included. But is this really...

Most people have either read this poem by John Godfrey Saxe or have heard the story that it tells. The last stanza of the poem compares the arguments of the blind men with the way people today argue about God and religion.  The two kinds of argument are very much alike.  God has revealed his...

It is possible to expend a lot of energy without accomplishing anything useful.  Paul warned against such useless efforts in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. When a boxer gets into the ring he needs to be able to hit hard and fast if he is to have any chance of winning.  But he also needs one other...

Moses was a descendant of Abraham.  He gave the world the Torah, which he said was based on revelations given to him by God.  Judaism is based on the teachings contained in this book. Muhammad was a descendant of Abraham.  He gave the world the Koran, which he said was based on revelations...

Elisha began as a servant to Elijah and later took his place as prophet after Elijah was taken up to heaven. He had a servant named Gehazi. It is possible that he was preparing Gehazi to eventually be his successor just as he had been Elijah’s successor. Unfortunately Gehazi made a disastrous...

n 1 Corinthians 5:3-5 Paul gave instructions about how to deal with a member of the church who was living a sinful lifestyle and showed no inclination to repent of it. He was to be expelled from the church and from fellowship with other Christians but the purpose of this action was to make him...

Where did the water go?  This question is sometimes asked by those who don’t believe there was a worldwide flood.  They think such a flood is impossible because there would be no place for the water to go after the flood was over.  But there is a simple answer to this question.  The water...

One issue that people disagree over is how long the six days of creation were.  Some people think they were literal 24 hour days and some think that they were merely long time periods of indefinite length.  Which side is correct?  Is it even possible that both views are wrong? Sometimes the...

The wicked are said to live in houses while the upright live in tents.  A house is a permanent dwelling place.  A tent is normally used as a temporary shelter for someone who is away from his permanent home.  This illustrates an important difference between Christians and unbelievers.  The...

Many people believe that ten of the tribes of Israel have been lost and there have been many theories as to where they are now. But the mystery can be easily solved if we will simply look at what the Bible says about the subject. James 1:1 says that the letter is addressed to “the twelve...

Romans 10:13,14 says, Jesus’ final words to his disciples included a command to preach the gospel to the whole world and the promise that the Holy Spirit would give them the power they needed to carry out this command. But in spite of this command and the fact that he has given us the...

Leviticus 21:16-20 tell us that no priest with any physical defect was allowed to make any offerings. In Romans 15:4 Paul said, What can we learn from the fact that a priest had to be perfect before he could offer an acceptable sacrifice?  There is a very valuable lesson here if we interpret...

When you read this verse it might seem at first to be saying the the gold and silver vessels are the ones for honorable use and the wood and clay for dishonorable use. But look at what the next verse says. Here we find that the use of a vessel is determined not by what it is made of but by how...