deception – The Simple Answers

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What Was That Brazen Serpent About, Anyway?

You know, one of the most inexplicable things in the Bible is that little incident in the Old Testament where God commanded Moses to make a brass statue of a snake, of all things, to heal the people. It came about like this. God had had it up to…

Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. These verses are basically identical, except that the…

The most divisive subject in the world is religion. On the one hand, this makes sense – none of us can really see God, so the idea that He exists at all takes a bit of effort to believe. Yet on the other, it doesn’t make…

Do you have saving knowledge? Do you know everything you need to know to be saved? Nearly every Christian in the world just shouted a resounding “absolutely!” And all of them are dead in their sins. Because saving knowledge does not exist….

This is part 2 of a series; The True Cross is part 1. When Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden, they faced an enormous challenge. They were facing a life where they made their own destiny – for better or worse. They didn’t know…

This is part 1 of a series. For much of the last 2,000 years, archaeologists, saints, and crusaders have sought relics of the true cross. And throughout that time, many fragments of the true cross have been found – or were believed to…

The first 11 chapters in the Bible cover roughly 2,000 years of Earth’s early history. Almost half of that is about Noah. The remaining 1178 chapters of the Bible are about Abraham, his children, and the promises God made to him. And yet about…

(By Crystal Holmes) Why did God forbid things like seething a kid in his mother’s milk, wearing garments made of wool and linen, or rounding the corners of your head? Why not let an ox and an ass plow together? Why not mix your seeds or practice…

(By Crystal Holmes) Acts 12:3-4. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions…

(By Crystal Holmes) Cards, candies, roses, chocolate, candle-lit dinners, hearts… Every year millions of people exchange cards and give gifts to their beloved. But are these traditions the Christian should observe? Since God is love (1 John…