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Slavery in the Bible – Does God Condone Slavery?

...e through faith (Eph. 2:8-9). In summary,  there are at least two types of slavery in the Bible: a forced slavery that God condemns and a willful slavery which, to a certain extend, God does not condemn, and in fact gives guidelines commanding that those servants should be treated right. Have you been freed from the slavery of sin? The Bible tells us that before we are born again we are slaves to sin (Romans 6:6) and the devil (John 8:34). We serve sin and the devil. We are enemies of God (Romans 5:10). The Bible says that all are sinners and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). It says that, “There is none righteous, no, not one (Romans 3:10...

The Coming of Jesus: Our Future Hope - What Now?

...ld to the faith until the end were warned by angels before this destruction came so that they could escape the city and survive.   This was the culmination of all things! The old world with its sacrificial system and priestly laws and rules for pleasing God and removing sin was done away with; now Christ has come, a new law and rule had also come: the Law of Christ/Love (Gal 6:2; 1 Cor 9:21). Grace abounds and love rules. Sin and death are defeated (2 Tim 1:10) and those who believe on Christ are given new life and right to be heirs to eternal life (Titus 3:6-7)! The old has passed and the new has surely come (2 Cor 5:17)!   Through baptism we are born ag...

The Eighth Day

...ng of the faith, we reconcile the world back to God as co-workers with Jesus (1 Corinthians 3:9)! 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.   Resting with God This is God showing that things work differently now. No longer is he only found in a physical brick and mortar temple, or a specific holy place (as Jesus points out in John 4:21) – now God dwells with us and in us because our bodies ARE the temp...

Jesus, Mithras and Ancient Roman Cults: Separating Fact from Fiction

...ters were faithfully reporting the events as they occurred. The fact that women (and other outcasts of society) were so included can be seen in critical ancient witnesses to Christianity, one well-known example coming from Celsus, a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and critic of the faith. He wrote that Christianity “attracted ignorant and foolish people, including women and children” (Contra Celsus, 3.44). Typical atheist meme with incorrect “facts” The Mithraic Mysteries Now, this is where things start to get a bit intriguing. The cult of Mithras was what you might call a secret society, complete with its own set of initiation rituals and beliefs...

Understanding The New Testament: Inspiration, Canonisation, And Historical Context

...A common modern perception of the inspiration of Scripture often portrays it as a rigid, divine dictation of words from God to be written down verbatim. This perspective leads to concerns among some religious communities, such as Muslims, who view any alteration or addition to the text as a potential threat to the entire faith. The Islamic understanding of inspiration emphasises direct and unalterable divine dictation, contributing to their scepticism of multiple Bible translations, which they falsely label as “corruption”. In contrast, the Biblical inspiration of the Scriptures has never been viewed as a literal divine dictation, as if the apostles were un...

Melchizedek to Jesus: The Divine Thread of Bread and Wine

...iches our faith and worship. Melchizedek’s seemingly isolated action prefigured the blessing in the Passover, which in turn was a foreshadowing of Christ’s sacrifice and the Last Supper which established the Eucharist. As Christians, every time we partake in the Eucharist, we are joining in a divine mystery that spans millennia, connecting us with the faithful of the past, present, and future. We remember and proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes, and through this holy sacrament, we receive His life-giving grace. This powerful connection not only anchors our faith but also propels us into the world as bearers of His love and peace, established by His p...