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Should we obey God even when it causes evil?

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The full question was: Many Christians have told me that the 10 Commandments are utterly absolute to the point that they must be obeyed no matter what the consequences — even if obeying one or more of them leads to unbelievable evil. This does not seem right to me in the light of the Hebrew […]

Is there any early non-Christian evidence that Jesus existed?

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Yes, there is. Some of the evidence is mentioned below. The Jewish historian Josephus mentions Jesus at least once in his Antiquities of the Jews (book 20, chapter 9; c. 93 AD): …Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he [Ananus] assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them […]

Should we pay income tax?

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To start with, at the time of Jesus, taxes were universally reviled. Tax collectors and prostitutes had the same regard in society. Collection of taxes was corrupt, and the taxes went to either the corrupt and hated priests, or the corrupt and hated Romans. And particularly in the latter case, there was no question concerning […]

What are the keys to hell and death? (Revelation 1:18)

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The ‘keys of death and hades’ (Rev. 1:18 (ESV); ‘keys of hell and death’ (KJV)) are a metaphor for authority over death and the grave. Sometimes in the Bible ‘keys’ represent authority. For example, in Isaiah 22:22 God says the following about Eliakim: …I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of […]

Is there a Bible story where a brother rapes his sister?

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The record of Amnon raping his sister is in 2 Sam. 13:1-22. Basically, Amnon falls in love with Tamar, and his desire grows until he concocts a plan to try to have sex with her. Tamar is a better person than Amnon, and she resists the seduction, so Amnon adds more sin to his list […]

What does the Bible say about parenting?

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It’s not that long ago that it was commonplace to hear the phrase, ‘Children should be seen and not heard!’ but the Bible is very different. We find that that Jesus is far more welcoming: Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. […]

What does the Bible say about remarriage after divorce?

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God’s rules have been clear from the beginning: one husband, one wife. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” (Gen 2:24). Jesus commented on this: “So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, […]