I Samuel 25:19. What lesson do we learn from Abigail and her “betrayal” of a wicked man who happens to be her husband? What about the names she uses to describe her spouse? So is it proper to be disrespectful in this way to a man who...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Samuel 17:55. Is this chapter out of order? I ask this question because it has always intrigued me that Saul would not know young David, who had, if the flow of the text is properly ordered, for some time now been his musical comforter. Or, is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Samuel 10:9. When God changes the heart, is it not a permanent thing? Once saved, always saved, we want to say. At least I want to say that. I have seen enough Scriptures on this side of things to believe that God does indeed choose us unto...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I SAMUEL I Samuel 1:11. Why was the absence of a razor, as in the Nazirite vow, a holy thing? Some say that the growing of hair is the expression of strength, a symbol of God’s power upon a person. Note the difference today between such a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Judges 11:34-39. Does the text say that Jephthah killed his daughter? Perhaps this one will be debated until Jesus comes. A literalist who stands for the integrity of the text, I have always maintained that this is indeed what he did. “He...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Joshua 10:13. What is the Book of Jasher? From Gotquestions.org: “Also known as the ‘Book of the Upright One’ in the Greek Septuagint and the ‘Book of the Just Ones’ in the Latin Vulgate, the Book of Jasher was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Joshua 6. Could God have simply blown down the walls of every town in Canaan? Yes, just as He could so easily blow all our troubles away. But that, we find all through Scripture, is not His way. He works in us, through us, with us, to accomplish...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Deuteronomy 22:12. Why a ruling about tassels? What are tassels? Tassels are fringes or simply strings, commanded for God’s people to set them and their religion apart from the others. The sin of the Pharisees was enlarging and beautifying...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Deuteronomy 1:9-23. What is the difference between Moses’ account of the history here, and the account given by him in Numbers 11 and 13? How do you explain it? In Numbers, God initiated the lifting of the burden off Moses, and the sending...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Numbers 12:3. How could a humble man have penned verse 3? What if this is a confession, and not a commendation? Meekness is considered weakness by much of the world. Moses said nothing in response to the allegations of his family members because...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
