What You Need to Know about the Gutenberg Bible
May 2, 2022
You may have heard the Gutenberg Bible was the first Bible ever made, or that it was staunchly opposed by the Roman Catholic Church. The truth is a little more complicated.
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What Christians Should Know about the Pentateuch
April 7, 2022
The Greek word Pentateuch (“five books”) refers to the first five books of the Bible, collectively to Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. To a Jew, these five books are also known collectively as Torah, or The Torah. Traditionally, it is understood that the Pentateuch was written by Moses, except for the last chapter of Deuteronomy, chapter 34, which describes Moses’ death and burial and also describes the handing over of Jewish leadership to Joshua.
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What Does the Holy Spirit Do?
April 7, 2022
The Holy Spirit is the present-day advocate of Jesus Christ in our hearts. When Jesus was nearing His trial and crucifixion, He promised his apostles that He would ask God to send them His Holy Spirit.
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Do We Know When and What Year Jesus Was Born?
December 1, 2020
Jesus is the Christ, the savior of the world. He is so vastly important that the world’s dating hinges upon his birth—in B.C. (before Christ) or in A.D. (anno domini – “in the year of our Lord”).
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Was Methuselah the Oldest Man Who Ever Lived?
November 7, 2019
Methuselah was the eighth among the antediluvian patriarchs, those precursors of our modern type of humanity. They lived long; we live short.
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What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said "Tear it Out and Throw it Away" in Response to Sin?
January 4, 2019
God’s Law was handed to Moses on Mount Sinai during Israel’s Exodus from Egypt. Some 1,200 years later—that is perhaps as much as thirty generations later—Jesus Christ was born incarnate among the Jews in order, as He said, not to abolish the Law but to be the fulfillment of the Law (Matthew 5:17).
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What Is the Meaning of the Word Hallelujah?
November 29, 2018
A joy of our Christian lives is our invitation to praise the Lord. We love to do this anytime and in any number of ways. One of the ways we praise Him is by using the word Hallelujah!
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Who Was Cain's Wife in the Bible?
November 16, 2018
The Bible does not provide the name of Cain’s wife. Neither does it provide any other information about her. The single reference to her existence is found in Genesis 4:17.
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