Seeing Empty Deceptive Words for What They Are Proverbs 7:14 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 14 “I had to offer peace offerings, and today I have paid my vows; I had to offer peace offerings: Here statement of offering the peace offering is... Continue Reading →
Steps That Lead to Immorality Proverbs 7:13 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,[1] She seizes him and kisses him: The Hebrew for seizes is simply that she took... Continue Reading →
Matthew 37:3–5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) Judas Hangs Himself 3 Then when Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins[1] to the... Continue Reading →
Why is life so unfair? From the beginning of human history and even in the Bible itself, there are many instances where we see the strong and the powerful oppressing the weak and the vulnerable. It is those within the... Continue Reading →
Forerunners The Catholic Church would love everyone to forget the seeds of discontent that were present in her midst many years before Peter Waldo. For example, there was Bishop Agobard of Lyons, France (779-840 C.E.), who had come out strongly against... Continue Reading →
Temptation In Plain Sight Yet Hidden from the Foolishly Blind Proverbs 7:10-12 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 10 And look, a woman comes to meet him, dressed as a prostitute,[1] and guarded in heart.[2] 11 She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not... Continue Reading →
James Stalker and updated by … It has been mentioned that the third missionary journey closed with a flying visit to the churches of Greece. This visit lasted several months; but in the Acts it is passed over in two or... Continue Reading →
The Young Man Lacks Wisdom and Insight Proverbs 7:8-9 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 8 passing along the street near her corner, and he takes the road to her house, 9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, at the midst[1] of night... Continue Reading →
When the Bible talks about the condition of the dead it presents it in five senses, (1) knowing nothing, (2) asleep like state, (3) powerless, (4) returning to the dust of the ground, (5) and awaiting a resurrection. Almost every... Continue Reading →
