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What Is the First Covenant?

Lisa Loraine Baker

God’s covenants fall within four major movements: creation, fall, redemption, and new creation. The first biblical covenant is the Adamic Covenant (aka the Creation Covenant or Covenant of Works)....

What Can Christians Today Learn from the Tower of Babel?

Britt Mooney

After the flood and before God calls Abraham and Sarah, the Bible tells us about this tower and God’s response. It may be an odd story, but the Scripture included it for a reason. What can we learn fr...

What Is the Law, and What Is Its Purpose?

Sheila Alewine

“God’s requirements have not altered, but we are not the ones to meet them. Praise God, He is the Lawgiver on the Throne, and He is the Lawkeeper in my heart. He who gave the Law, Himself keeps it.” -...

Seeing Christ in the Life of Joseph: Born to Rule

Stephen Baker

The redemption of God’s people is inseparably linked to the rule of the Messiah (For example see Psalm 2 and Psalm 110). Over time, God consistently delivered His people in ways they did not expect. ...

Seeing Christ in the Life of Joseph: The Pattern of the Suffering Servant

Stephen Baker

If Jesus went through trials and suffering in this life, we can expect the same (1 Peter 4:12-13). The pattern of life Jesus lived is known as the life of the Suffering Servant. This term is commonly ...

What Does it Mean That God's Love Is Unconditional?

R. Keith Whitt

God's love is not like the love expressed by many in our culture today: a love of convenience and ego. God's unconditional love never fails, endures forever, is uncalculating, and not motivated by pe...

10 Bible Names of God to Know from the Old Testament

Heather Riggleman

There is great power in a name. Names have a way of creating an identity and it’s how we are known by those around us. So what’s in a name? A lot, especially when it comes to God and his character. Le...

Does God Have a Sense of Humor?

Molly Law

From the very beginning, we were created in God’s image. What an immense honor it is to have the features of God, to be like Him. If we have a sense of humor, then the One who created us has a sense o...

Why Does the Bible Use the Dove as a Symbol of the Holy Spirit?

Linda Lyle

What makes the dove a fitting symbol for the Holy Spirit? Let’s see what the Bible has to say. ...

Why Was Lucifer, Satan, Banished to Hell?

Dolores Smyth

Satan’s pride was the first sin committed in the universe, and humanity has been on notice ever since that pride goeth before the fall. Arguably, all sins are rooted in pride if we consider that sin i...

Does the Bible Condone Slavery?

Jessica Brodie

Never in the Bible does it command slaveowners to end their practice. Never does it say, “Slavery is against God’s will,” and never does it say, “Thou shalt not own slaves.” Given all this, many peopl...

What Makes Covenant Theology So Important?

Andy Lee

There are lots of obscure religious positions that don't affect our beliefs in major ways, but also some prominent ones that make a big difference. Covenant theology is one of the big ones, so here's ...

Why Is Babylon Famous in the Past and in the End Times?

Lisa Loraine Baker

Babylon in the Bible was an important city-state on the banks of the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia (the southern part of modern Iraq). ...

Who Were the Canaanites, and Why Did God Order Their Destruction?

Mike Leake

The story of the Canaanites is a difficult one to reckon with. We do well to let the Bible speak for itself and even allow our questions at times to remain unanswered. God is rescuing people from ever...

What Does the Bible Say about Rest?

Lisa Loraine Baker

American men and women who work full-time average 9.05 and 8.28 hours per workday, respectively. With everything a day brings – work, meals, personal care, childcare (if applicable), etc. – how do we ...

What Does the Bible Say about Marriage?

Compiled & Edited by Crosswalk Editorial Staff

We can see that marriage is an intimate and complementing union between a man and a woman in which the two become one physically, in the whole of life. ...

Do Christians Need Both Testaments of the Bible?

Lisa Loraine Baker

The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed, and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed. You can’t have one without the other to come to as full an understanding of Scripture (and Him) a...

Why Did God Flood the World?

Ed Jarrett

It would be easy to read this and see a God who was caught off guard by how sinful humanity had become. A God who became so angry that he decided to wipe out the whole mess and start over again. But i...

Since God Saved Us, Do We Owe Him the Rest of Our Lives?

Kristi Walker

Is it true? Did He pay the full price for my sin, and yet I still “owe” Him my life? If it is truly finished, if God is satisfied, if I am justified, why must I live a life as a “living sacrifice?”...

What Does it Mean in the Bible That God Remembered?

Jessica Brodie

In every instance of God "remembering," we see that it always includes an action. God never forgets His promises or His people — He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, and the creator o...