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1 day ago · In verses 30-34, they were likely in Bethsaida, and verses 53-56 take place in Gennesaret. Whereas in the earlier incident Jesus is busy teaching the crowd, in the second he is healing them. In fact, it is the crowds that seem like the connector here. One of the themes that we’ve noticed in these opening chapters of Mark is the way the crowds ...
5 days ago · The truth is, Joshua knew it was impossible and he told them so: “Joshua said to the people, ‘You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins’” ( Joshua 24:19 ). Clearly, Joshua understood the holiness of God.
1 day ago · Advocates of the permanence view argue the clearest texts about divorce mention no exceptions (Mark 10:1–9; Luke 16:18) and that it’s explicitly stated one is only free to be remarried after the death of one’s spouse (Rom. 7:2–3; 1 Cor. 7:39). They also find support from church fathers who rejected all divorce and remarriage.
3 days ago · hermeneutics, the study of the general principles of biblical interpretation. For both Jews and Christians throughout their histories, the primary purpose of hermeneutics, and of the exegetical methods employed in interpretation, has been to discover the truths and values expressed in the Bible.
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5 days ago · Who Was Jezebel in the Bible and What Did She Do? Queen Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and the wife of Ahab, king of Israel. Jezebel promoted the worship of false gods in Israel, harassed and killed God’s prophets, and arranged for an innocent man to be falsely charged and executed.
4 days ago · The Vulgate ( / ˈvʌlɡeɪt, - ɡət /) [a] is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible . The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina Gospels used by the Roman Church.
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3 days ago · Many Christians simply avoid it or pretend it’s not in the Bible. A wife being labeled a helpmate (or sometimes helpmeet) is seen as a demeaning role that places women below a man. But that’s because we have the wrong idea of what a helpmate actually is.
