by Joze Tomsic | Dec 13, 2019 | Discovering the Bible, Miracles, Spirituality
How to define a miracle for Christians? As we all know, Jesus revealed his first miracle at the wedding in Cana when he turned water into wine. For Christians, there’s likely no more visible sign of the power of God in our world than miracles. Throughout both...
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 Jewish exile around 470 BC. The Jews had been defeated by Babylon, which meant they were exiled and enslaved. But later, the Babylonians were conquered by the Persians. So now, the Jews found themselves under the rule of...
by Thomson Dablemond | Dec 17, 2018 | Discovering the Bible
What is the biblical view of suffering? You already asked the crucial question: ” If God exists, and if He is good, loving, and powerful, why is suffering? ” And this eternal question is indeed in the center of the book of Job. What makes the book of Job,...
by Thomson Dablemond | Nov 25, 2018 | Discovering the Bible
The books of the Old Testament refers to all the writings of the Bible before the life of Jesus Christ – for Christians – and are synonymous with “the Torah” for Jews (in Judaism). The word testament comes from the Latin Testamentum...
