"Your gift will make room for you." A look at Proverbs 18:16
Proverbs chapters 18, like the rest of Proverbs, consists of a series of edifying sayings, good advice, and wise observations about the world. Because the Proverbs are written in a way that makes them seem like self-contained e...
"A man shall leave his father and mother." What does it mean?
What does the Bible mean when it says “a man shall leave his father and mother” and that he and his wife will become “one flesh”? In short, the Bible sees marriage as creating a single, unified body out of two individual bodies...
What is the sin of envy in the Seven Deadly Sins?
Some people think that envy as a sin is a silly idea. If you take envy to be seeing something you want and becoming motivated to get it, then envy is, in a certain sense, the entire basis for our economic framework in the moder...
Are there aliens in the Bible?
What does the Bible say about aliens? Nothing. At no point does any part of the Bible discuss the existence of creatures from other planets. Indeed, the idea of beings living on other planets was not even conceived by ancient p...
The Sigil of Baphomet and the Satanic Pentagram
Most people know the famous story of the apple falling on Isaac Newton’s head, inspiring him to articulate the law of gravity. But most people don’t know that the Apple logo, released in the 1976, originally depicted this very ...
What is the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
The litany of the sacred heart is a prayer that petitions God to have mercy on the petitioner. The prayer directly addresses the heart of Jesus and characterizes it in a variety of ways, such as “king and center of all hearts.”...