Matthew 15:21-28 describes an interaction between Jesus and a Canaanite woman—a member of the very people group that Israel had been called to exterminate from the Promised Land in the Old Testament.
Questions surrounding the “Junia” of Romans 16:7 have been circulating for centuries in the Church. For the first 1,000 years of Church history, the vast majority of commentators agreed that this name should be translated as Junia, a woman's name.
Jesus reveals to us that God never actively engages in violence, so how do we explain the story of Ananias and Sapphira falling dead after lying about their financial giving
There are several reasons to think that the Genesis flood was not global, but rather a regional event. “Regional” does not mean the flood was a small event, but rather a large land mass in a particular region flooded by a deluge.
Creator God is certainly capable of making a fish large enough to swallow a human, and we even hear occasional reports of humans who were temporarily swallowed by fish, and yet survived! At the same time, we know the Bible is not a science textbook.
Romans 9:13 states, “Just as it is written: ‘Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’” Without background this is a disturbing verse! There are two pieces of contextual information that help us understand what Paul is saying.
