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true definition
The Greek word for fast means to do without food. It was the practice of the heathen to fast in order get closer to their god, to become more sensitive. This is where our definition within the church…
Created 7 months ago
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Go To Hell
Love says that I care for you and desire that you experience Eternal Life. Love will drive us to share the Love of Jesus. Hatred, therefore, says the opposite. It says that I hope evil comes your way…
Created about 1 year ago
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Power of Fear
Job was a man of great possessions, loved his children, and was godly. He did have a weakness though, fear. What did he fear? He said that what he feared would happen did happen. So, how did Satan know…
Created over 1 year ago
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A Father's Heart
There are many biological fathers. To become one takes no character or heart. But, great is the man who has the heart of a father for his children. When we think of Job we think of all of the possessions…
Created over 1 year ago
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Why Curse Canaan
Why did Noah curse Canaan if it was Ham who was guilty? Well, maybe Ham was not guilty. Think about the clues that these verses offer as well as verses in the next chapter. 1. Ham saw Noah naked. There…
Created over 1 year ago
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Why Curse Canaan
Why did Noah curse Canaan if it was Ham who was guilty? Well, maybe Ham was not guilty. Think about the clues that these verses offer as well as verses in the next chapter. 1. Ham saw Noah naked. There…
Created over 1 year ago
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Why Curse Canaan
Why did Noah curse Canaan if it was Ham who was guilty? Well, maybe Ham was not guilty. Think about the clues that these verses offer as well as verses in the next chapter. 1. Ham saw Noah naked. There…
Created over 1 year ago
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God is doing a new thing
Isn't it just like people to take something new that God is doing and try to put it back into tradition? John was to be the beginning of a new work that God had planned and the people wanted to name him…
Created over 1 year ago
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As Far As You Can See
Abram was standing somewhere around the northwest point of the dead sea. There is a place at the north east side where you can almost see to the Mediterranean, but still can not see all the way north…
Created over 2 years ago
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Cousins
Think about this, the whole earth was repopulated through Noah. Abram was only ten generations away from Noah. Therefore, the furthest distant relative that Abram had anywhere on the planet were 10th…
Created over 2 years ago
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Starting Off Wrong
In verse 1 God told Abram to leave his family. But, he took Lot with him. As a result Israel, 400 years later, had to deal with enemies for years with were direct ancestors to Lot. It pays to follow God's…
Created over 2 years ago
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Did Abram Have A Spiritual Mentor?
Many people feel that genealogies or "the begets" are boring. But there is much to be learned from Genesis 5 and Genesis 11. If Adam was 130 when this third son, Seth was born, I wonder how many years…
Created over 2 years ago
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Myths Similar To Scripture
Did you know that many cultures have their stories of creation and the flood? If you will do a search on creation myths and flood myths you will be surprised to discover the many variations of these stories.…
Created over 2 years ago
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Ham Gets A Bad Wrap
There are some interesting facts here that seem to conflict. If we believe that scripture does not error then we must understand the story. For years people have blamed Ham for doing something bad and…
Created over 2 years ago
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The Broken Vav
The tabernacle of Moses had a linen sheet that hung around it and hooked on 100 poles. On these poles were hooks called the Vav which is also the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The silver hooks…
Created over 2 years ago
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Alpha and Omega
Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." It is here that we first hear Jesus referring to Himself as…
Created over 2 years ago
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The Letter Vav
This is my second article on the Vav, the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Not only is it the sixth letter of the alphabet, it's numerical value is six. Six represents the number of a man, Revelation…
Created over 2 years ago
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First Makes A Difference
What was Cain's sin? Some have suggested that it was because he gave fruit rather than a blood offering to God. Really? What if that was not the issue, what would be the difference? Able's Gift – Able…
Created over 2 years ago
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Relationship vs Religion
For years I have heard that the reason that God accepted Abel's offering and not Cain's was because Abel offered a blood sacrifice to the Lord and Cain did not. What if I told you that that idea was wrong?…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 4:2 (NKJV), Genesis 4:3 (NKJV), Genesis 4:4 (NKJV), Genesis 4:5 (NKJV)
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God Reveals Himself
How much of God had can you find in the first chapter of Genesis? It is said that He has revealed Himself in ten ways. I will list them: God is pre-existing – there was nothing before Him. God is one…
Created over 2 years ago
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Sons of Noah Reveal God's Revelation to Noah
In the previous verse it says that Noah walked with God. In Genesis 5 a man named Enoch walked with God and then disappeared with God, he was no more. Therefore, this description of Noah walking with…
Created over 2 years ago
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Noah Was Just
Genesis 6:9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. Although this verse begins with the genealogy of Noah, Noah's sons are not mentioned…
Created over 2 years ago
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Adam knew Eve
For years I always thought that the word "knew" in Genesis 4:1 was an old English way of saying that they slept together and she became pregnant. I have recently learned that that is not the case. The…
Created over 2 years ago
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Authority
God spoke it and it happened. What authority! The name used for God in the first chapter is Elohim which is more of a title. It is not until man is created that He is introduced to the Hebrew reader as…
Created over 2 years ago
