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[Editor’s Note: The following questions and answers were from the fall of 2011.] Sated Versus Intoxicated Question: “In 1 Corinthians 11:21, does the word drunk mean ‘intoxicated’ or ‘full’ in the original Greek?” In the original Greek, it can mean either one. The context must determine what the
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Your eyes are not deceiving you; this event actually occurred in the United Kingdom (your congenial editor verified it to make certain this was not something that some zealot made up or slanted just to get people angry). Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the director of the UK March for life, was
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A war is being fought in Germantown, Tennessee—a culture war. Some members of the school board want to change the school calendar. They prefer that the days off be called “Spring Holiday” rather than “Good Friday” and “Easter Monday.” Full disclosure: This writer has never observed either day, nor
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This dystopian novel was written by Canadian Margaret Atwood (from Ottawa, born in 1939) back in 1985. The book appeared as a Jeopardy answer last month, and somewhere there was a protest recently with women wearing the outfit of the “handmaid”—a full-length red dress with a white bonnet
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During our Bible Quiz competitions, we usually have a Word Scramble. The congenial host gives a series of letters which need to be unscrambled to make a legitimate word. In order to help in the process, a clue is given that might help to determine the answer. The letters from
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[Editor’s Note: Much of the terminology in this article comes from the Roman Catholic religion and is not found in the Scriptures. The information below comes from an on-line article by the Associated Press (“Pope Suggests Blessings for Same-Sex Unions may be Possible,” posted on October 3,
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Two weeks ago was our annual One Day Lectures, and we discussed Seven Deadly “Spins” as it relates to society trying to soften accurate language. Many of our members bought the book, which contains 72 pages (8½ x 11, spiral bound). If it were in regular book format (like a
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No, this is not an endorsement of the old Jehovah's Witness book by the same title, even though the subtitle is the same: but every man a liar (from Romans 3:4). This book contains the outlines of the 23rd Annual Standing in the Gap Lectures\—with additional
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"We live in a postmodern world," we often hear. The same basic philosophy, however, has been tried in previous generations. Judges 21:25 tells us, for example, "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes." In
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The first article in this series dealt with a major difference between Baptists and the Scriptures. Baptists do not agree (generally) that baptism is “for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38) and therefore essential to a person being saved (Mark 16:16). They believe one is saved first; then
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Occasionally, I’ve heard certain Christians say something to this effect, “I don’t read commentaries; I just read the Bible.” Now there is nothing wrong with this statement. It is good for people to read the Bible, and if they only have time for reading a single book, I’
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Last week, we began an examination of what the Baptists “generally believe” concerning baptism, based in part on what the Baptists’ own Manual teaches but also including the description found in the Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia. Last week’s analysis of these two sources mainly dealt with the purpose of baptism,