The main character of this story was a demon-possessed man who lived near Gadara on the southeast corner of the Sea of Galilee. Mostly Gentiles lived in the Gadara region. For the sake of ease, I am going to call the man Gady, since he lived near Gadara. Sometime in Gady’s past, demons took possession […]
Since the time of Christ, many unbiblical churches have tried to force people to believe as they do by persecuting all who refuse. Those who use force to make people believe against their will do not believe in the soul liberty taught in the Bible. Soul liberty means that every person has the right to […]
How many of you have a close relative who does not know Christ as far as you can tell? __ How many of you have a distant relative without Christ? __ Without asking, I know that each of us has neighbours who do not know the Lord. We ought to be burdened for their salvation. […]
The author of this Psalm, who was likely David, was going through a deeply distressing and depressing time. Spurgeon suspects that it was during the days when David fled from Absalom, his son, who attempted to take the throne from him. He was very low. Depression threatened to overwhelm him. Very likely, each of us […]
On 6 February 2023, 4:14 a.m. Monday morning local time, a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 20,000 people and injuring thousands more. This tragic event is a reminder to all that we must be ready at all times to meet the Lord. That too will be a sudden, unexpected event. […]
If you do your own research, you will find that a majority of the commentators consider virtually all the wine in the Bible to be fermented. However, the majority is not always right. Thankfully, some scholars look into ancient sources to give us a more accurate rendering. For example, Fausset’s Bible Dictionary states, “Yayin, from […]
Two weeks ago, we began this study by laying a foundational understanding of the words translated “wine” in the Bible. We found that the main word for wine in the O.T. and the main word for wine in the N.T. are both generic words referring to all the forms of a grape, including the fruit, […]
Last week we laid a foundation for our study of Bible Wines by looking at many of the Hebrew and Greek words that are translated “wine” in the Bible. We established the fact that the two main words, yayin and oinos are both generic words that describe grapes in all of their forms. We came […]
Wine is mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible. Many Christians assume that the word “wine” in the Bible always refers to alcoholic wine. They may know that Noah got drunk on wine. They know that Paul told Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach’s sake. They assume that when David’s men […]
God created a perfect world. After each day of Creation, God declared that His Creation was good! Just three chapters into the Bible, much of what God made good had turned to bad. What happened? Critics ask, If God is good, why are there so many bad things in the world? Another frequently asked question […]