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As a young Christian, perceived and misunderstood “contradictions” really bothered me. But to the true Bible-believer, there are no real contradictions in scripture. Today we explore one of the supposed “contradictions” in scripture as we begin to study 2 Samuel 8 and the parallel scripture in 1 Chronicles 18.

Very few more precious words are found in the Old Testament than the phrase used in 2 Samuel 7 saying the the people would have “a place of their own.” For the Christian, the phrases “there yet remaineth a rest” and “In my father’s house are many mansions” rank right up there, but how precious…

I have always been fascinated by the differences found between two scriptures that speak of the same event, but using different words. While the world might call differences ‘contradictions’ I am not of that school of thought, as I recognize that words have broad meanings and two scriptures worded differently can be saying exactly the…

Many times in my life I’ve been told that God have three possible answers to your prayer: Yes, No, and Not Yet. Today we explore the fourth possible answer, which is no answer at all.

“Except the LORD build the house….” Nathan’s vision from the Lord contains a tremendous promise: the Lord tells Nathan that the Lord will build David an house. This is such a blessing on the surface; digging deeper, it dawns on the careful student of scripture that the Lord building the house is essential, not just…

Why does the world equate Meek with Weak? Moses, David, Jesus — all were meek; Jesus states clearly the the meek shall inherit the earth. Why is it then the world is so against meekness? This week’s I Want to Know More explores what it means to be meek and how Moses, David, and Jesus…