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2 days ago · Women and Creation. Some people assert that the Bible affirms that only men, not women, were made in God’s image. Yet right after God announces, “Let Us make man in our image, according to our likeness” (), the text tells us, “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them” (v. 27).
2 days ago · The Bible acknowledges the pain and grief that come with death. Jesus himself wept at the death of his friend Lazarus. Ecclesiastes 3:4 says, “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn ...
6 days ago · Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. The Torah and Talmud prescribe stoning as punishment for a number of offenses. Over the centuries, Rabbinic Judaism ...
May 7, 2024 · Empowering and encouraging scriptures about women, including excerpts from Proverbs 31 and other inspiring Bible verses.
Apr 25, 2024 · Eighth Station - Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem who weep for him. From the Gospel according to Luke. 23:28-31. Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but...
May 15, 2024 · The resurrection of the dead simply represents life after death. For instance, the Sadducees, a group of Jews, did not believe in life after death. They didn’t believe in the resurrection of the dead. As hard as that is to comprehend, because they were Jews, they had the Old Testament, and they should have known that.
1 day ago · Commenting on the 18th-century execution practice, Frank McLynn says that most convicts condemned to burning were not burnt alive, and that the executioners made sure the women were dead before consigning them to the flames.
