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Is Isaiah 38:1-4 a Clear Example of God Lying or Changing His Mind?
Question: How is Isaiah 38:1-5 not either God lying or God changing His mind? Answer: Here is the passage: In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son
Continue reading...What if God’s plan doesn’t want something important to me to go right?
Question: The Bible always says that God will make everything all right in the end, and if something doesn’t go right, it’s because God’s plan says it’s not supposed to go right. I know that’s
Continue reading...If God Made Me Defective, Why Does He Blame Me?
Question: If my car has a defect or lacks some parts, isn’t that the manufacturer’s fault and not mine. Since Adam sinned for lack of wisdom wasn’t God the responsible party since He had not given
Continue reading...Why don’t we obey all the rules of the Old Testament?
Question: I got asked a question from a coworker and had no idea how to answer it. Why don’t Christian’s follow all the rules in the Old Testament? There were rules on how to treat slaves. Taking
Continue reading...Does God send evil spirits to people?
Question: What does 1 Samuel 16:14 mean when it is saying “But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him”? Answer: There are two possibilities: (1) This
Continue reading...Conclusion of Joseph’s Test – Genesis 44
“For twenty-two years, Joseph’s brothers had carefully covered their sins. They hadn’t told the truth and apparently had reaped no serious consequences. Furthermore, they weren’t afraid of
Continue reading...The Presence of His Glory with Great Joy – Jude 1:24,25
Jude ends his letter with a doxology, a praise to God for what he is able to do. It follows a format Paul also used twice (Romans 16:25, Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my
Continue reading...Every Good and Perfect Gift – James 1:16-18
Question 4 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism asks, “What is God?” and answers, “God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice,
Continue reading...His Understanding Is Beyond Measure – Psalm 147
How are we instructed to understand God’s attributes, His characteristics? The psalmist says God’s understanding is “beyond measure.” That means we can think of His intelligence
Continue reading...Not to Us – Psalm 115
This psalm tells us that the earth has been given to the children of men by the God who created us. But we have, by and large, chosen to ignore Him and worship idols instead. We have even chosen to
Continue reading...The Presence of the God of Jacob – Psalm 114
We recognize the events mentioned here in poetic fashion. God made the Red Sea part with a dry path for Israel to use to escape the Egyptian army. He did the same thing to the Jordan River, so Israel
Continue reading...Who Is Like Yahweh Our God – Psalm 113
This is the first of the Hallel psalms (Psalms 113-118). In Israelite worship they were sung at Passover, after the morning sacrifice, chanted in the synagogue for Sukkot (Tabernacles), Hanukkah, and
Continue reading...When You Hide Your Face – Psalm 104
The southwestern United States has been in drought conditions since, roughly, 1999, but the last couple of years have seen a radical increase in what is called “exceptional drought” (Earth
Continue reading...Feared by the Kings of the Earth – Psalm 76
It has been nearly impossible for any nation to avoid war with other nations. Survival as a people moves us to engage in the ugliest of human activities, the destruction of human lives in brutal combat.
Continue reading...God Is For Me – Psalm 56:8-11
This is another psalm of David, a lament about the enemies he fears will take his life. David had sought freedom from king Saul’s constant looking for him to kill him (can you imagine the pressure)
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