Why do bad things happen to babies? Why do babies get killed?
“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” (Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18) This prophecy from Jeremiah was fulfilled when Herod ordered all the male babies to be killed in Bethlehem. Why did that evil king so order? Because [...]
When a man dies, does his soul go to hell or move to the middle of sky?
Man does not have a soul, but he IS a soul. Genesis 2:7, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” When a person dies, his body decomposes, and the breath of life returns to God. [...]
Did the Muslims come from Abraham's first son Ishmael?
No, the Muslims are followers of the prophet Mohammed. Islam is the religion based on Mohammed’s teachings and Muslims are the members of that religion. However, Abraham’s first son, Ishmael, was the grandfather of some of the Arabs. When Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael from his home and expelled them to the wildness, God heard [...]
Is wearing makeup acceptable in church?
Not knowing to which church our reader is referring, and there are innumerable churches in the world, we are reformulating the question as: is wearing makeup acceptable in the Bible? There is to our knowledge no prohibition to wearing makeup in the Bible. Song of Solomon 1:10 reads, “Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with [...]
Can people be redeemed two or more times? The Israelites were first redeemed from Egypt bondage and again when Christ died for Israel (Galatians 4:5; Hebrews 9:15). Did Jesus's death on the cross redeem the Jews (a third time) as well as the Gentiles, 1Timothy 2:6?
As for the Jews who were in Egyptian bondage, when their foretold time in Egypt passed (Genesis 15:13), God led them out from Egypt (Genesis 3:17), but did not redeem them from the Adamic death sentence. To speak about redemption, there must be two participants - seller and buyer. In Egypt, no one paid Pharaoh [...]
Does God have an organization?
When we search for truth, we receive great comfort and joy when we find a group which tries to practice true Christianity. That group of individuals will naturally become organized as they carry forward their common goals. During that organizing process, it is also human nature for the group to identify themselves with a name [...]