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- 7 UP
I learned a few years ago that there were 7 types of praise, todah, yadda, shabach, etc. Can you give me some more information of these.
- Old Testament Women and Salvation
Since Old Testament woman could not be saved – only men received the covenant sign of circumcision – why can they be saved in the New Testament?
- The Big Apple
My friend told me that I could not eat apples because this is what Adam ate when he first sinned against God. Is this right? This sounds like superstition!
- Christ in Genesis?
Can you briefly describe the “types of Christ” in Genesis?
- Saul's Yellow Brick Road
Soiled Saul and the wicked witch of Endor
- Bum Rap or Was He a Rat?
Was Ishmael Lost or Saved?
- The Bare Facts
Who was the naked prophet?
- Dead, Dead, or Dead?
Which version of King Saul’s death, IF ANY, do we believe in the Bible?
- Jonah: Fact of Fiction?
Is Jonah a historical book or a parable?
- Old Testament Gentile Saints
Did Old Testament Gentile believers have to become Jews in order to be saved?
- Male and Female Authority
What does the original creation teach us about male and female authority?
- Covenant Exile
How did the breaking of God's law result Israel's 8th- and 6th-century B.C. exiles?
- Blood on our Hands?
How does Reformed theology handle Ezekiel 3:18?
- Is Genesis 1:28 a blessing or command?
Do I have to "be fruitful and multiply"?
- Tribes of the Restoration
Did the Restoration involve all Israel, or just Judah?
- Israel's Fate
What was Israel's fate in the Old Testament?
- The Abrahamic Covenant
Where does the Abrahamic covenant appear in Scripture, and what does it entail?
- Why Unleavened Bread?
Why could only bread made without yeast be sacrificed at the altar of the temple?
- The Age of Man
How old is mankind?
- Does God Tempt People to Sin?
When God told Abraham to kill Isaac, was that a temptation to murder?
- Young Earth vs. Old Earth
Can you contrast the young earth position with the old earth position?
- KJV Wimps?
Did the translators of the King James Version timidly translate Job 13:15?
- West Wing Hermeneutics
How would you rebut the e-mail and West Wing episode that makes fun of the Old Testament law?
- Historically Accurate Bible
Can you provide some evidence for the historical accuracy of the Bible?
- God Talking
Could you please tell me who God talks to in the Old Testament?
- Jepthah and Sinful Vows
Should Jepthah have broken his vow to the Lord?
- Transfiguration, Elijah, and Moses
How could Moses be transfigured, before Christ had died and risen?
- Chole, Cozbi, Jephthah's Daughter
Who were Chole, Cozbi (Numbers 25:15,18), and Jephthah’s daughter (Judges 11:34,35,40)?
- Satan and the Daughters of Men
Is it possible that it was Satan who talked the angels into "taking human wives"?
- Old Testament Redeemer
Does the Old Testament teach about a redeemer?
- Ezekiel and the Temple
Was the temple described by Ezekiel actually rebuilt?
- New Covenant Vassal Treaty
Can we see in the New Covenant the same vassal treaty structure as found in Deuteronomy and the Old Covenant of Sinai?
- Japheth and the Gentiles
Is Gen. 9:27 "May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem..." fulfilled in the New Covenant?
- Old Testament Holy Spirit
What was special about Pentecost where the outpouring of the Spirit is concerned?
- Suffering Servant
Who is the suffering servant in Isaiah? Please don't tell me its Jesus.
- Temple Reconstruction
Does Daniel 9:26 and following teach that preparations are being made for the temple to be rebuilt?
- 3 Covenant Groups
Is there still people today who are cutoff from the covenant and without hope in the world?
- Virgin Mary and Isaiah 7
Did Old Testament prophecy, specifically Isaiah 7, require Mary to be a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus?
- Biblical Rape?
Does the Bible teach that rape is sometimes ok?
- More Inaccuracies and Mosaic Authorship
Did Moses really write the Pentateuch?
- Ishmael and Esau
Did Ishmael and/or Esau go to heaven?
- Flood Discrepancies
Was the flood regional?
- Esau Got Cheated
Was it OK for Jacob to steal Esau's blessing?
- Isaiah and the Davidic Line
How does Isaiah view the traditions of God's protection of the Davidic king and of the Holy city of Jerusalem?
- Who was Melchizedek?
Who was or is Melchizedek, and what was his standing with respect to God?
- Why is Nahum in the Bible?
Why is Nahum in the Bible?
- Jonah - What's the Point?
Why does Jonah just seem to break off at the end? What's the point we're supposed to learn when all is said and done?
- Teaching Obadiah
I have to teach a class on Obadiah. What should I say?
- Ezekiel's Big Picture
I've been reading Ezekiel, and I'm finding the whole thing pretty confusing. Is there any "big picture" to this book?
- Breaking the New Covenant
Why do Presbyterians argue that the new covenant can be broken, especially in light of Jeremiah 31:31-34?
- False Prophets
In Deuteronomy 18:20-22 it says that anyone who gives a prophecy that does not come true is a false prophet. Doesn't that make Jonah a false prophet?
- Saul's Age
How old was Saul when he became king?
- Populating the Earth
In Genesis I read of Adam and Eve being created by God. I also read of them parenting Cain, Abel and Seth. How was the earth populated given this collection of individuals?
- Faithful in All My House
Was Moses sinless?
- Plants, Shrubs, Rain, and Chronology in the Creation Accounts
Did the plants grow without water in the Gen. 1 creation account?
- Chronology in the Creation Account
Genesis 1 says there were days in the first four days of creation, however there was no Sun. How can this be?
- Contradictory Themes Relating to God
How do the contradictory themes relating to God in the Old Testament effect the Israelites?
- Abuse in Judges 11 and 19
How do Judges 11 and Judges 19 relate to the issue of abuse?
- A Good Man
What does the writer of Proverbs mean by the phrase "A Good Man"?
- Samson's Riddle
What was Samson's riddle?
- Hebrew Superlative
Is it true that the superlative in Hebrew is formed by saying the adjective three times?
- Cramming in the Years
What do you think about the belief known as Young-earth creationism?
- The Sight of Blood
Did the sight of blood ever stop death? If so, when?
- Predictions of the Incarnation?
Did God talk about sending his Son for us before he actually did it?
- Jacob's Prophecies
How do Jacob's prophecies about the 12 tribes of Israel come true (Gen. 49:3-37)?
- Incest Sometimes OK?
Does God sometimes allow incest?
- Intermarriage or Idolatry?
Does Deut. 21:10 violate God's prohibition on marriage?
- Wisdom and Knowledge
What is the difference between wisdom and knowledge in Proverbs?
- Rebuilding the Temple
How long did it take for Ezra to rebuild the temple?
- A Tale of Two Goats
Do you think the two goats on the Day of Atonement (Lev. 16:6-10) represent propitiation in the one case and expiation in the other?
- Dead Men Don't Listen
If we are dead in our sins and transgressions, how does God talk to us?
- Old Testament Infanticide
Where in the Old Testament can I find stories on infanticide?
- Who is Serpent?
Who is the serpent in Genesis 3?
- Man Punished for Seeking Knowledge?
In the Garden of Eden, did man get punished for seeking knowledge? Or was it that they did what God told them not to do?
- God Tempting Man?
Didn’t God tempt Adam and Eve by setting the forbidden tree in the midst of the garden and telling them not to partake of its fruit?
- Double-Tongued Truth?
Didn't the serpent tell the truth when he said that she would become as God, knowing good and evil?
- Jewish Prayer Shawl
Are you familiar with a prayer shawl that the Jews wore where they were to look on the tassels of the prayer shawl, and remember the books of the Old Testament and be healed?
- New Testament Applications of Mosaic Law
I was wondering what the spiritual (i.e. New Testament) meaning of Deuteronomy 22:6-7 was.
- Goliath Facts
Are there any facts or theories about why Goliath was so big?
- Queen of Heaven
Who is the queen of heaven?
- Moses' Real Name
Was Moses' birth name "Moses," or did his birth mother give him another name?
- Solomonic Nihilism
I read Ecclesiastes, but I still don’t understand why Solomon keeps saying that everything is meaningless. Any thoughts?
- Metaphorical or Sexual
How would you interpret the book Song of Songs?
- Saul's Memory Lapse
In 1 Samuel 17:55-58, it appears as if Saul does not know who David's father is. Yet in 16:18-22 it indicates he certainly knew. How do you resolve this?
- Valley of Dry Bones
Was there really a Valley of Dry Bones?
- Ancient Near-Eastern Covenant Distinctions
What is the difference between royal land grant and suzerain vassal treaties?
- Todah: Sacrifice of Thanksgiving?
Is the Todah the same as the cereal offerings in Leviticus 2 and 6?
- Old Testament Believers
When Moses died, where did he go, since Jesus Christ had not yet come?
- Behemoth in Job
What is the behemoth in Job 40:15?
- Bodies in Heaven
What happened to the bodies of Elijah and Enoch when God sent them to Heaven?
- Who Ruled Israel?
Who ruled over Israel from the time of the exile by the Babylonians until the time of Jesus? Who ruled them after the Roman Empire?
- Prophecy and Interpretation 101
Is Jeremiah 31:31ff. (they shall not teach one another or say to each other, 'Know the Lord'") really still unfulfilled? What about Heb. 8:11?
- Circumcision and the Wrath of the Lord
Could you please discuss Exodus 4:24-26 (where God seeks to kill Moses for not circumcising his son)?
- Hosea 11 Interpretation
What is your interpretation of Hosea 11:2?
- Two First Sins?
Were there really two first sins: Adam eating the forbidden fruit and Adam listening to Eve?
- Micah Interpretation and Application
What is Micah about?
- Dating of Amos and Isaiah
Do you agree with the liberals views on the dates of Amos and Isaiah?
- Obadiah and Joel
What are Obadiah and Joel about?
- King David's Brothers
King David had seven brothers. What were their names?
- Nephi-What?
"Nephilim" is what exactly?
- Abram and Moses Dates of Birth
When were Abram and Moses born, and when did they die?
- Interpreting Deuteronomy
What is Deuteronomy about?
- Polygamy OK?
Why would the Bible seem to be for one man, one wife at one part and not condemn those who had multiple wives?
- Bible and Racial Issues II
How did there get to be Jews and Gentiles from Adam and Eve or Noah's family?
- Violence in Old Testament II
Could you please explain why it is acceptable for God to order genocide in certain situations?
- Laws in Effect Today
What laws are in effect for today from the Bible? Is Deuteronomy 22:5 still the law?
- Taciturn Repentance
In the thanksgiving psalm of Jonah 2, does Jonah in any sense repent -- if only momentarily or fleetingly?
- Violence in Old Testament
Did the God of the Old Testament like violence?
- Elapsed Time between Verses
Did billions of years elapse between Gen. 1:1 and Gen. 1:2?
- Old Testament Date of Composition
When was the Old Testament written?
- Relevancy of Job
What are the main ideas behind the book of Job and how do these relate to modern times?
- Old Testament Messiah Prediction
When did the Old Testament first predict Christ's coming?
- Jesus Contradicting Old Testament
Since Jesus' teaching contradicts the Old Testament, should we believe the creation story?
- Bible and Racial Issues
Was everybody in the Old Testament black?
- Sacrificial Logistics
Was every family responsible to bring the appointed sacrifices?