Lie, Lying To practice deceit, falsehood, and treachery either by word or action. It is the exact opposite of truth. The sanctity of truth is fundamen...
Favor [N]Finding favor means gaining approval, acceptance, or special benefits or blessings. There is also a close association among favor, grace, and...
Mark 12:29 Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is, &c.] Christ replied at once, without taking any time to consider of it, that the ...
TIMOTHY. CHAPTER V. The Widows of the Church. SUMMARY.--Rules for Reproving. Honoring Widows. How They Should be Supported. Who are to be Taken in...
Circumcision [N] [T] [E] [S]Removal of the foreskin or prepuce of the male genital organ, whether for religious reasons or as a purely hygienic measur...
Cloud, Cloud of the Lord The Old Testament. The Literal Cloud. Natural phenomena involving clouds are depicted occasionally in the Old Testament, but ...
Forgiveness [N]Terminology. There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English to forgive, as defined below. The three most common are verbs (u...
Amos, Theology of Like all biblical prophets, Amos spoke the oracles of Yahweh, Israel's God, to people in a particular context. In order to comprehen...
Family Life and Relations The Old Testament. In Western societies individuals are often considered the societal units, brought together by some common...
Discipline [N]The Old Testament Concept of Discipline. The notion of the discipline of God, and eventually the concept of the community and its leader...
Matthew 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men All their prayers, alms deeds, and fastings, were all done in a public manner, that men...
Law [N] [E] [S]The Nature of Biblical Law. The usual Hebrew term translated as law is tora [h'r/T]. Tora [h'r/T], used 220 times in the Old Testament,...
God, Names of Names are more than labels. In Old Testament times a name expressed identification, but also identity. Significant meaning often attache...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
Clean, Unclean The Old Testament. How Uncleanness Was Contracted and Treated. In Old Testament times the ordinary state of most things was cleanness, ...
Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? &c.] Having observed, for some little time, the conduct of Christ and his di...
The Book of 1?KingsChapter 3Chapter Overview: Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter, ver. 1. His religion, ver. 2 - 4. His prayer for wisdom, and the ans...
Rest [N] [E]Most uses of the noun and verb in the Bible are nontheological. However, the verb and noun take on theological and/or spiritual meaning in...
Worship [N] [E]If Christianity is the transformation of rebels into worshipers of God, then it is imperative for the Christian to know and understand ...
Abortion [N]Humankind as God's Unique Image-Bearer. Although only a handful of Old Testament texts, all in Genesis, explicitly portray humankind as Go...