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Should Christians take part in vaccinations?

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This is a question on which the Bible does not have specific instruction since vaccination was unknown until Edward Jenner 1796 made the first inoculation with the harmless cowpox virus, granting immunity to smallpox, leading in 1798 to the first actual vaccine – against smallpox. The enormous benefits to individuals and society as whole from […]

Explain Hebrews 1:2 “by whom also he made the worlds.”

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The following answer is taken from Ron Abel’s Wrested Scriptures   Hebrews 1:2 “[God] hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.” Problem: This passage is cited to prove the pre-existence of Christ since God made the […]

Why did eggs get associated with Easter?

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This is a one of the easier Orthodox and Catholic Christian traditions to explain: The eating, as well as painting and giving of painted eggs, developed as a by-product of traditions about fasting. New Testament teaching about private fasting, and remembering ‘Christ our Passover’ weekly It first needs to be said that there is no […]

Was Elijah a Gentile?

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I Kings 17:1 introduces Elijah as: Now Elijah the Tishbite (Hebrew tishbi), who was of the settlers (Hebrew toshab) of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall certainly be neither dew nor rain during these years, except by my word.” (NASB) The Hebrew “Tishbi”  […]

Did Matthew realise that the original “Emmanuel” prophecy (Isaiah 7:14) refers to a child at the time of Pekah and Rezin (Isaiah 7:1, 16)?

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In some ways, from the perspective of those new to the Bible, it’s quite a reasonable question. For those in many countries the name “Emmanuel” (KJV) or “Immanuel” (ESV etc.) is used almost exclusively in the context of Christmas carols such as ‘O come, O come, Emmanuel’, and in the reading of Matthew’s account of […]

Who was the disciple Jesus loved?

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The disciple Jesus loved refers tos John, elder son of Zebedee, brother of James, with whom he was called “Sons of Thunder” or “Boanerges”). The author of the Gospel of John mentions himself 5 times as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” in his gospel. 1. “One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side,” […]

Does the authorship of the NT books matter?

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This question probably depends on who is asking? Does it matter to whom? – Does it matter to someone who is already Christian? Perhaps not much? – Does it matter to someone raised in a Christian home, Sunday School, church? Depends how much questioning they have done. But to the original audiences for whom the […]