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Slavery in The Bible – Does God Condone Slavery?

This is a guest post by Joshua Spaulding from eternalanswers.org. The views are that of The author and don't necessarily reflect The views of That Ancient Faith. As you read through The Scriptures, you will come across some passages that seem to suggest that slavery is not condemned by God. Some who think this to be The case are sincerely seeking truth, while oThers are only looking for reasons to discount The Bible. Some of The passages in question are Exodus 21:2-6, Deuteronomy 15:12-15, Ephesians 6:5 and Colossians 4:1 which provide instruction on The treatment of slaves. In light of These Scriptures, does God condone slavery? Before diving too deep...

The Deity of Christ in The Gospel of MatThew - Part 1

The titles “Jehovah” and “God” given to Jesus in MatThew 1 This is a guest post by “KingsServant”, see Part 2 here. In this series of articles, I want to present The case that MatThew teaches Jesus is God, from The arguments I made in 2 moderated debates with a Muslim apologist, Mohammed Abd al Razack, commonly known as Al Yemeni. Although I will be going into far more detail, not having to deal with The tight time controls of a debate format. The moderated debate on YouTube with me (KingsServant)   MatThew’s teaching of The Trinity and in particular that Jesus is God is by no means limited to The baptismal formula given by Christ after h...

The Temptations of Jesus: Complacency

So now we are at The end of The temptations that Jesus endured in The desert, and I wanted to look at what happens at The end. So often I think this aspect is overlooked when we read of this time in Scripture. Let’s take a look at The text: MatThew 4:11Then The devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him. Luke 4:13When The devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time. The two Gospel accounts both give us a varying perspective with different details. Afterwards, The devil leaves and angels “suddenly” come. This is almost a temptation in itself; one to think we are all good and safe now we've won The battl...

The Deity of Christ in The Gospel of MatThew - Part 2

MatThew's Theme - The divine presence of Jesus This is a guest post by “KingsServant”, see Part 1 here. Having covered MatThew’s introduction to his gospel in his nativity account, we will now consider The way MatThew “bookends” The gospel by beginning his work with The promise of God dwelling with his people (fulfilled in The incarnation) and ending it in The same way with Jesus’ comforting promise never to leave his followers. This Theme of MatThew begins with his quotation of Isaiah 7:14, which we have already analysed in The previous article with regard to how it reveals MatThew’s teaching that Jesus is God. As noted before, in MatThew...

Understanding The Ultimate Ransom

I recently made a video doing a response to something The televangelist “prosperity gospel” preacher Jesse Duplantis said in one of his recent videos. He was using Psalm 49:16 as a proof-text to say it’s ok that he is super wealthy, but clearly missing The context of The whole Psalm as it is speaking against those who boast and trust in Their riches! Here’s The video if you want to watch it, it’s only 1:57 long (don’t forget to subscribe to me on YouTube or TikTok as that’s where I’m posting a lot more of my content recently):   But this did get me thinking about something to do with what Jesus said in his ministry and how his sacrifice ful...

Jesus, Yahweh, And The Power Over The Storm

Critics of Christianity will often make The claim that Jesus never said he was God or divine in The Gospels. The problem comes when They set unrealistic demands and expectations, like wanting a chapter and verse where Jesus says, “I am God, worship me”. But this isn’t how The Bible works and definitely not how Jesus went about his ministry. Throughout The Gospels, There are clear connections that reveal The true nature of Jesus in ways that would have been obvious to The Jewish people and leaders of his day who were very familiar with The Torah and oTher Scriptures we now call The Old Testament. One of The most striking examples is His demonstration of po...