This week we answer several brief questions:     (1) Do Acts 9:7 and 22:9 contradict one another?
     (2) Did Moses err in classifying bats with birds?
     (3) How should Luke 23:43 be punctuated?

Exactly how did Timothy receive spiritual gifts? Study this misunderstood passage with us.

A Samaritan woman told Jesus that she knew about the coming Messiah. How did this lady know this fact?

Was Jesus Christ an angel or was he in the same class as deity? Some believe he was Michael, the archangel. What do the scriptures teach?

When the conditions God are happily met, one may be assured of the merciful pardon of Heaven.

Did James reveal a scientific principle that was yet to be “discovered”? It is quite possible.

In his book Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality, Steve Allen notes a “mistake” in Luke’s record of the life of Christ.

A closer look at one of Jesus’ parables intensifies the point intended by our Lord.

“Once-saved, always-saved” is a convenient way of viewing God’s redemptive plan — but is it biblical? Hear what the apostle Paul has to say about “falling from grace.”

Does behemoth’s “navel” preclude its classification as a dinosaur?

It is a serious mistake to make the prophetic time frame of the book of Revelation hinge one solitary expression.

How does one explain Jesus’ injuction for followers to “hate” their families?

Some point to Genesis 1:1-2 as a biblical basis for the Gap Theory. Yet a brief study of the grammar of this passage shows there is no such basis.

Some New Testament passages indicate Christ’s reign will end at some point. Others indicate it will last forever. Is this a contradiction? Can these passages be reconciled?

Traditionally, churches of Christ have observed the Lord’s supper each Sunday — and only on that day. Now, some are suggesting there is New Testament authority for daily communion, or for the serving of the supper on days other than the Lord’s day. Unfortunately for those who so argue, the New Testament “authority” for this evolving procedure is missing.

Is it appropriate to worship Jesus?

Unquestionably, there are things we cannot change. We can, however, learn to survive by immersing ourselves in a deep and sustained biblical faith.

A sixteen-year-old girl in a remote region of India was about to be buried; suddenly, she sat up. According to the report, the young lady testified that she had been dead, but the Lord “sent her back” to tell her neighbors about “the real God.”

Peter’s recognition of fulfilled prophecies in Acts chapter 1 affirms the inspiration of Scripture.

When Harold Kushner wrote a book for children with religious questions, he de-personalized the “Messiah” of the Old Testament. Without any justification whatever, he simply re-wrote history. Such is the epitome of arrogance.