Q&A 1470 – Imagination, meditation, and revelation
Written on October 30, 2016 at 12:00 am, by Douglas Jacoby
{1} Please give me your thoughts on contemplative prayer. My church is diving in head first into this “new way” of communicating with God (contemplative prayer), and I am nervous… Read More
Q&A 1469 – Witchcraft (Gal 5:20 — pharmakeia) and marijuana
Written on October 21, 2016 at 12:00 am, by Douglas Jacoby
My question concerns Galatians 5:20, where witchcraft is listed as a sin. I read in Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words that the Greek word is pharmakia. The definition states that pharmakia “denotes… Read More
Kidneys in the Bible
Written on October 12, 2016 at 5:56 pm, by Douglas Jacoby
The following appears in the abstract of Garabed Eknoyan, The Kidneys in the Bible: What Happened? The abstract is available at http://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/16/12/3464.full. “The kidneys are mentioned… sometimes in direct connection… Read More
Creation / Evolution reading
Written on October 12, 2016 at 3:50 pm, by Douglas Jacoby
Although a non-scientist, since the 1970s I have read over 50 books on biological origins, as well as scores of scientific articles. Here are (in my opinion) some of the… Read More
Q&A 1468 – Which generation? (fig tree analogy)
Written on October 12, 2016 at 12:00 am, by Douglas Jacoby
Jesus tells his disciples in Mark 13:28-30, “Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. In… Read More
Animated Audiovisual Bible
Written on October 4, 2016 at 10:29 pm, by Sandy Anjilivelil
https://jointhebibleproject.com/about/ This is an animated audiovisual Bible. One episode typically summarizes a book of the Bible—in part or in whole—in 6-8 minutes. It’s very well done.
Q&A 1467 – Did God regret creating humans?
Written on October 3, 2016 at 12:00 am, by Douglas Jacoby
If God knows what people will choose, why did God regret creating human beings on the earth? Did God know that people would be bad but He didn’t know how… Read More
