by Joze Tomsic | Dec 13, 2019 | Discovering the Bible, Spirituality
How to define a miracle for Christians? Like we all know, Jesus revealed his first miracle at the wedding in Cana. For Christians, there’s likely no more visible sign of the power of God in our world than miracles. Throughout both Testaments of Scripture, God uses...
by Thomson Dablemond | Mar 12, 2019 | Discovering the Bible
The title of the book of Proverbs originates from its Hebrew name Míshlê Shelomoh (Proverbs of Solomon). It is indeed common in the Hebrew Bible to name books by the content of these. Greek and Latin translations name the book differently. The Septuagint calls it...
by Thomson Dablemond | Jan 30, 2019 | Discovering the Bible, Religion
The Gospel according to St. Matthew (Τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον εὐαγγέλιον, To kata Matthaion euaggelion) is the first of the four canonical gospels contained in the New Testament. This place of choice is justified by the fact that, better than all the others, it presents...
by Joze Tomsic | Jan 21, 2019 | Discovering the Bible, Religion
The Bible Story of Esther takes place during the years of the Jewish exile around 470 BC. The Jews had been defeated by Babylon which meant they were exiled from their homeland and taken as slaves. But later the Babylonians were conquered by the Persians. So now the...
by Thomson Dablemond | Dec 17, 2018 | Discovering the Bible
What is the biblical view of suffering? Every human being has already asked himself this crucial question: ” If God exists, and if He is good, loving and powerful, why so much suffering? ” And this eternal question is indeed in the center of the book of...
by Thomson Dablemond | Nov 25, 2018 | Discovering the Bible
The word testament comes from the Latin Testamentum (“testament, testimony”), itself translated from the Greek διαθήκη / diathếkê (“testament, contract, convention”). In a religious sense, testament means “covenant”. The books of...
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