Biblical Lessons

No, the Bible does not tell us to kill women and babies. How critics use “verse mining” to twist God’s message for their purpose.

Killing women and babies and other stuff the Bible tells us NOT to do With the current war between Israel and Palestine, we’re hearing a lot of alarming claims in the media about what the Bible does and doesn’t say. Comparisons between the Bible, specifically the Old Testament, and the Koran are made, offering verses from

A summary and explanation of the Book of Revelation – end-time events, signs, symbols, and potential theories about the biblical apocalypse.

Prologue to Book of Revelation Greetings and purpose of the Book of Revelation The often difficult-to-understand Book of Revelation presents a rich, apocalyptic message full of symbolism that requires interpretation by the reader. Readers must understand, however, that apocalyptic literature’s primary intent is not to predict the future but to make clear once the events described begin

How should Christians respond to Islam when “moderate Muslims” don’t speak out against radical Islamic attacks?

Christian reactions to radical Muslim attacks Hurt hearts are hardened It’s human nature. Hearts harden when the ones we love are harmed. We become angry and may act in an unChristian-like manner towards those who harmed us. But it’s not the Christian way. As I write this, thousands have died after the radical Islamist organization Hamas, invaded Israel

The battle for the Promised Land – a quick history covering the ever-changing control over Israel, Palestine, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.

Understanding the battle for the Promised Land As war breaks out yet again in Israel, Christians of course, become concerned. Putting aside the inevitable propaganda and sensationalist imagery from media outlets, we still can’t get past images of Hamas (Muslim Islamic Resistance) soldiers spitting on the bodies of young slain Israeli girls and stomping on the

Jewish Babylonian Talmud – Tract Sanhedrin–Rules and regulations concerning the four kinds of death prescribed in the scripture and how they ought to be executed…

p. 149 CHAPTER VII. RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE FOUR KINDS OF DEATH PRESCRIBED IN THE SCRIPTURE, AND HOW THEY OUGHT TO BE EXECUTED. THE ENUMERATION OF THOSE WHO COME UNDER THE CATEGORY OF STONING. HOW THE EXAMINATION CONCERNING BLASPHEMY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED. CONCERNING THOSE WHO TRANSFER THEIR CHILDREN TO MOLECH; FAMILIAR SPIRITS, ETC. CONCERNING CURSING FATHER

Jewish Babylonian Talmud – Tract Sanhedrin–Rules and regulations concerning a stubborn and rebellious son, at what age and what has he to do to be charged as such…

p. 201 CHAPTER VIII. RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING A STUBBORN AND REBELLIOUS SON. AT WHAT AGE AND WHAT HAS HE TO DO TO BE CHARGED AS SUCH? HOW IS IT IF e.g., HIS FATHER CONDEMNS HIM, BUT NOT HIS MOTHER, OR vice versa. IF ONE OF HIS PARENTS WERE LAME OR BLIND, ETC. IF HE RUNS AWAY

Jewish Babylonian Talmud – Tract Yomah–Regulations concerning the he-goats of the Day of Atonement and the sending to the desert, and the confession threat.

p. 87 CHAPTER VI. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE HE-GOATS OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT AND THE SENDING TO THE DESERT, AND THE CONFESSION THEREAT. MISHNA: It is a merit that the two he-goats for the Day of Atonement should be equal in color, stature, and price, and both (bought) at the same time; but if they are not equal,

The Gospel of Judas

Introduction Note: The following is a historical text and not a canonical book of the Christian Bible. The Gospel of Judas is a non-canonical Gnostic gospel. The content consists of purported conversations between Jesus and Judas Iscariot. Given that it includes late 2nd-century theology, it is widely thought to have been composed in the 2nd century (prior