Latest articles byDr. Zachary Porcu
Are soul ties in the Bible?
What does God say about breaking soul ties? Nothing. Because soul ties—as a specific concept and not a general sense that physical things have spiritual content—are a modern idea, there is nothing in the Bible, the writings of ...
Was Sachiel in the Bible?
During the Medieval period there was a minority interest in producing grimoires, which were magical texts with instructions on how to do things like interact with various spiritual beings, performs spells, and create magical ob...
Was Luluwa in the Bible?
Who is Cain's wife in the Bible? The Bible does not identify Cain’s wife, and while some traditional, extra-Biblical sources attempt to explain where Cain and Abel acquired wives, most of these sources are of dubious authority....
Bestiality and other deviant sexual practices in the Bible
Do not sleep with animals: bible verses like Leviticus 18:22-23 and Exodus 22:19 The Bible lists many prohibitions on various kinds of sexual behavior. Leviticus puts the main ones in a short list together, and includes adulter...
Predestination vs. Free Will
What is the doctrine of predestination? It depends on who you ask, but the general idea of predestination is that, because God is all-knowing and all-powerful, he pre-orders all events in the cosmos. That means that the only th...
Who is Athaliah in the Bible?
Who was the only female king in the Bible? It’s important to get definitions right when trying to answer this question. Athaliah was the daughter of the king of Judah, king Ahab, and his wife, queen Jezebel. Through a series of...
Were Belteshazzar or Belshazzar in the Bible?
Who was King Belteshazzar in the Bible? There was no king “Belteshazzar” in the Bible, though you may be misled by the similarity of this name to “Belshazzar.” The latter was a king, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian empire, ...
Who was St. Gemma Galgani?
What illness did St. Gemma Galgani have? St. Gemma seems to have had a variety of health problems throughout her life. As a child, she was generally of ill health. At age 16, she developed spinal meningitis. She prayed to the s...