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Pastor vs. Priest: What are the differences?
Christianity is a very old, very widespread religion, and so there’s been a lot of terminology built up over the centuries that can get confusing. There are pastors, bishops, ministers, deacons, vicars, cardinals, elders, and p...
Healing is the children's bread?
The pop-culture image of Jesus is that he was a “nice guy”. He was compassionate and gentle with everyone and certainly didn’t deliberately put people down or antagonize them. Or did he? There is a fascinating passage in the Go...
Where is Amenadiel in the Bible?
Amenadiel is a figure from the DC comic Lucifer – a Neil Gaiman comic subsequently released as a 6-season television series in 2016. Amenadiel is portrayed as the older brother of Lucifer and the eldest of the angelic siblings,...
Jesus went to Hell for 3 days as seen in Scripture
Because telling someone to “go to Hell” is an insult, the idea that Jesus went to Hell is probably a bit unnerving to many people. Yet the idea that Jesus descended into Hell when he died is, in fact, all over the writings of s...
What does Jehovah Tsidkenu mean?
Because the Bible is long, complex, and technical, it’s easy for people to take this or that part out of the Bible and get absorbed in endless details that seem dramatic and engaging but which may entirely miss the point of the...
What is Cabul in the Bible?
Cabul is a region of lower Galilee, in the north of what is now modern-day Israel. The words Cabul and Kabul seem to be the same place, as these are different ways of spelling the Hebrew word כבול. The name is mentioned in two ...
What is a sardius stone in the Bible?
As far as we can tell, a sardius stone (sometimes called “sard stone" or “sardine”) was an ancient name for carnelian, a reddish mineral used as a semi-precious stone. Use of the sardius for decoration goes back seemingly to 40...
Is manifesting a sin? The Bible on the law of attraction
“Manifesting” is a current popular practice where you try to create changes in your life by certain practices of directing your thoughts. Depending on who you ask, the practice can take a variety of forms. It might take the for...