Are Christians allowed to join protesters who at times become violent? (United States)
Satan presented Jesus with the third temptation to worship him. Matthew 4:8-10 (CSB) - “…the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. And he said to him, ‘I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.’ [...]
When was Satan cast out from heaven?
When created without sin, Satan was named Lucifer. We will use Lucifer in this answer.Ezekiel 28:13-16 (CSB) “You (Lucifer) were in Eden, the garden of God….You were an anointed guardian cherub, for I had appointed you. You were on the holy mountain of God…From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways…”God [...]
Why should people not indulge in casual sex? (Nigeria)
Just as marriage symbolizes the unity and devotion between a man and woman, sex symbolizes the unity of the flesh as one. Genesis 2:24 (NASB), "For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." When a couple engages in sex, [...]
Is it proper for a Christian minister and his wife to join the protesters out in the streets? (United States)
Christians follow Jesus as their example. Did Jesus protest the political issues of His day? One of the apostles, Simon, was a zealot. The Zealots were a movement that rebelled when Rome imposed imperial cult worship. This cult worship would oppose Jewish law. But Jesus did not involve Himself in trying to oppose and correct [...]
What are the two Hebrew words, Aleph and Tav existing in Hebrew manuscripts at the beginning of thousands of Scriptures, which are not translated into English language Bible translations? (India)
The Hebrew word eth (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance #H853) spelled Aleph-Tay is left untranslated because it is used to provide emphasis in the text with the sense of “entity; self.” Depending on the structure of the sentence, eth may mean “even, or namely.” There is no equivalent English word, and for this reason, eth generally is left [...]
In Genesis 1:2, the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. The linking verb "was" has several different meanings. So is it possible that Genesis 1:2 is saying that the earth "became" without form and void? Can you replace "was" with another linking verb?
In considering the sense of Genesis 1:2 we are blessed to have the guidance of investigations into the early earth’s geology. The harmony of the testimony of Genesis and of the testimony of geology is amazing – the earth was covered completely by the ocean [“the deep”] and the continents had not yet emerged above the [...]