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The Easter story, with a slightly unconventional presentation: https://youtu.be/NkXnS4Cp914

This is another Elijah thread... starting from the same base as the previous one. I often find it easy to doubt, especially during the times when God seems distant and even as one who has little interest in popular culture it sometimes feels like swimming against a tidal wave to maintain a...

I don't know what got me thinking about this recently, but looking at the life of Elijah I was intrigued to see something. We see Elijah on Mount Carmel taking on the prophets of Baal, where God sent fire from heaven and Elijah then set about slaughtering the false prophets. But shortly after...

Here's an interesting one, with two consecutive verses apparently giving conflicting advice: Pro 26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. Pro 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. Do we answer a fool, or not?

Two verses from the same letter to think about: 1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1Jn 3:6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. On the face of it this looks like it's saying that if we...

We all know that water freezes if it goes below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It's also curious in that when it freezes it enlarges slightly - if it did what most liquids do and condense then the earth would be uninhabitable. But here's a question. It's another one from Genesis: Gen 1:1-5 NKJV In...

We all know how long a day is. It's 24 hours, right? The time it takes the earth to revolve on its axis or, if you were living before the concept of heliocentricity was considered, the time it takes the sun to go around the earth. In modern terms it's 00:00:00 until 23:59:59; before modern...

Something I found interesting at the beginning of Genesis. First there was Adam, and then Eve. Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel (4:1-2). Cain killed Abel (4:8) and was driven away for his crime. But he had a mark placed on him, lest anyone who found him should kill him (4:15) Since...

Some thoughts about interest rates, as set by the central bank. Interest rates, although very low at present, have always been positive. Logically they must be positive, because there has to be something in it for me if I'm going to lend my money. And putting money in the bank counts as...

It's inevitable that there are going to be discussions over whether one denomination or another is accurate in its theology. It's a good thing that we've got a place where we can say "hey, Denomination X teaches this and it doesn't align with Scripture very well". When it comes to addressing...

What do people do when they find verses of the Bible that don't seem to fit in with their preferred interpretation, or that clash with everyday experience? I always figure that Scripture must support Scripture, so if there's a conflict it means we've missed something and there must be another...

I'm trying to understand just what people believe regarding Mary (the one who gave birth to Jesus). I gather some people believe she remained a virgin for her entire life, and that references to "brothers of Jesus" referred to what we might now refer to a "brother in Christ" in that they were...