The Bible talks about the earth being flat not round. I take the scripture literally. Could NASA and the world be lying?
Some scriptures are not meant to be understood as literal. For example, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years. However, Hebrews 3:8-9 reads, "do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers put Me to the test and saw My works for forty years." Just [...]
How can I stop my temper?
God feels angry: “God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” Psalm 7:11. Since God cannot sin, anger cannot be a sin. It is an important feeling which God gave us at creation. Anger alerts us that something is wrong or hurtful. Problems occur when people act sinfully when angry. [...]
Why is it believing in God with all our being is a big challenge that would affect our whole life?
It’s hard to believe God is a god of love, justice, wisdom, and power when most religions teach God is sending the vast majority of people to a place of torment for eternity! What kind of wise, loving, just plan would create human beings knowing that most would be tortured forever? Of course, any reasoning [...]
How did Jesus come to the earth?
First, an angel was sent to Mary to tell her she was going to become pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit. “The angel Gabriel was sent by God into a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin.....named Mary.....He said, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt [...]
Does I Corinthians 6 teach that we are to judge each other? If we are to judge the angels, then should we judge others?
I Corinthians 6 (NIV) begins: “If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints.... If you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?” (verses 2, 3) The Apostle Paul is here referring to disputes within [...]
1 Timothy 3:16. God was manifest in the flesh. Kindly explain how it shows the Trinity.
The King James Translation of 1 Timothy 3:16 is inaccurate. The word “God” is added. It is not in the original Greek. The actual word in the Greek is “he” and it is referring to Jesus Christ. The New American Standard Bible (NASB) is respected by biblical scholars as being very accurate. 1 Timothy 3:16 in [...]