God’s Word is guidance for every area of life. Song of Songs is a poem of love between a husband and wife and so, while the content may be graphic it is appropriate in the marriage context.…
<h2 class=”objection”>Matthew 7:6—”How can the Injīl use obscenities like “dogs” and “swine” for unbelievers? Prophets would not use such terms for other humans.”</h2>
This passage is saying that true believers should not indefinitely continue proclaiming the gospel to those who adamantly reject it, so that they can move on and proclaim the gospel to others more receptive (see 10:14).…
This passage is an analogy comparing Israel and Samaria’s idolatry to two fictional prostitutes named Oholah and Oholibah.
God’s purpose in revealing this passage is to shock and disgust these apathetic nations to realize how abominable and loathsome their idolatry is.…
God’s Word is guidance for every area of life. Song of Songs is a poem of love between a husband and wife and so, while the content may be graphic it is appropriate in the marriage context.…
This verse is using hyperbolic language to emphasize how disobedience to God will be punished and faithfulness will be blessed—it is not a legal declaration. In fact we find exactly the opposite in the Torah law:
…“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
Interestingly, this story is found not only in the Bible but also in Sahih Bukhari:
…Narrated by Abu Huraira: Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion.
There is no indication in this passage that the rainbow was created at Noah’s time—it simply was referred to as a reminder-sign that no more huge floods would come.…
Interestingly, part of this story is found in the Qur’an (38:21-24, 30), and the best Muslim interpreters tell us that David wrongfully taking Uriah’s wife is the correct interpretation of those Qur’anic verses.…
Because of the way Islam has traditionally viewed prophets, Muslims normally have a really hard time with a few passages in the Bible that show major sins in prophets’ lives, such as with Abraham pretending his wife was his sister, Lot getting drunk and unknowingly sleeping with his daughters, or David committing adultery with Bathsheba and murdering her husband.…