Category: Bible Study

  • If the Bible Were Lying, It Wouldn’t Include This Chapter (Genesis 34)

    If the Bible Were Lying, It Wouldn’t Include This Chapter (Genesis 34)

    Before I zoom in to analyze Genesis 34, allow me to zoom out and give a big-picture view of the chapter. At the end of Genesis 33, Jacob and his family settle in Shechem. God commanded Jacob to go to Bethel, but for reasons the Bible does not explain to us, the patriarch stopped short…

  • Jacob Returns & Meets Esau (The Long Way Back Home Part 3; Genesis 33)

    Jacob Returns & Meets Esau (The Long Way Back Home Part 3; Genesis 33)

    In this post, I’ll be doing an in-depth analysis of Genesis 33. Here, I will pick up where I left off in May, when I wrote about Jacob’s journey back home in Genesis 32. Recall that at this point in the biblical narrative, Jacob, his wives, and his children are heading back to Canaan. While…

  • Give the Tithe, Get a Blessing?

    Give the Tithe, Get a Blessing?

    What Christians Should Know exists to equip you to know what you believe and why you believe it. In this episode of our quest to encourage you to think and act biblically, we will talk about money and blessings. Specifically, I will answer the following questions: One, is there a link between tithing and getting…

  • How My Atheism Died & I Found the Truth

    How My Atheism Died & I Found the Truth

    You may or may not know that I write for another website called TruthFinder. TruthFinder is not intended for Christians specifically, but it is meant for those who have critical questions about the universe and reality. Examples of such critical questions are, “How do we know what is true?” and “Why is there something rather…

  • The Sons of God, the Book of Enoch & the Nephilim

    The Sons of God, the Book of Enoch & the Nephilim

    Genesis 6:1–4 is not an easy text. Those verses talk about the sons of God⎯whether they are human agents or fallen angels⎯as well as the Nephilim. Accordingly, in this post I will provide answers to three questions about the first four verses of Genesis 6. Those three questions are as follows: (1) Who are the…