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Romans 13: 1 says, “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.” Similarly, Daniel 2:21 says, “[God] …removes kings and sets up kings…” There are those who will assert that ANYONE who is...

Some have said that assertions cannot be made by just quoting isolated verses from the Bible, which, in and of themselves, can be easily taken out of context. There is some basis in this since 2 Timothy 3:16 says “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for...

Are obscene expressions immoral under God? There was an actress named Mae West who was prominent in the early to mid-twentieth century and was known for expressions that were sexually expressive. For example, in 1937 she was in a radio skit with Don Ameche, with both portraying Adam and Eve. At...

In Matthew 7:21, Jesus says “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, BUT THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER who is in heaven.” What is God’s Will? The Bible lays out certain behavior that is pleasing to God. But since ALL scripture is breathed out by God...

The Bible is full of characters, both major and minor. The major ones, like Moses, and Jesus, have movies made about them. The minor ones, not so much unless they did sensational things, like Samson. The Bible also tends to make assumptions of the reader, since there are many instances in which...

You walk along a busy city street and you see a man holding up a sign that says, ‘The end is near.’ Is he a prophet? If you didn’t know any better, in terms of prophesying how is he any different than Jesus, who prophesied in Matthew 24? Both predict something that may not come to pass in our...

It is by a quirk of fate, dating back to the Garden of Eden and Adam and Eve’s eating the notorious apple, that we have the power to choose how we live our lives. We ourselves can either choose to fear God and love our neighbor, or to not fear God and love our neighbor, or to do neither of those...

God in Genesis 1:28 commands Adam and Eve to “Be Fruitful.” Thousands of years later, in the movie ‘Wall Street,’ Gordon Gekko says, “Greed is good.” There is a tendency for people who think they are lacking, to look at someone else whom they perceive have more than they do, and they assert that...

The answer may well be, it depends on where you are. If you’re walking around, some may assert that James 2:17, which says “So…faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead,” applies to you. If you were a condemned criminal on the cross next to Jesus, and you accept Jesus as your savior...

Does a person’s works figure in God’s Grace? The answer is that God’s Grace figures in a person’s works. How do we get grace? We have no control over when we receive His Grace, if we even receive it at all. 2 Timothy 1:9 says, “[God] saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our...

Does God allow for morality to be assigned to artificial intelligence? I present this question because I came across an article in the Opinion section of Friday’s Wall Street Journal, under their ‘Houses of Worship’ column. The article is found at...

Jesus told his disciples to go out and spread the Word, that whoever believes in God will be saved and whoever doesn’t will be condemned. In terms of their own morality, did the disciples, having heard Jesus’ teachings, have a choice in the matter? Could any of them have just said something...

Some have implied that God put goodness in our hearts without asking Him for it. Arguably, since God in Jeremiah 1:5 says “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations,” the implication could be that we started...

Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Whose good? His good. What does He consider to be good? It is his Creation, including the creation of Adam and Eve. And He commanded them to be...

In Deuteronomy 32:7 Moses tells the Hebrews to “Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.” The seeming inference is not to do what hasn’t been done before, until you check with your elders who...