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SHOULD CHILDREN OBEY PARENTS, EVEN WHEN PARENTS ARE WRONG?

May 17, 2021Uncategorizedage, aged, alcoholic, child, children, dad, eldars, Exodus, Father, Holy Father, honor, kid, leadership, mature, mom, mother, New Tesatment, obey, Old Testament, parent, parents, principle, rage, relationship, respect, right, spiritual, submission, Ten Commandment, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, warrantedabarkley8

The principle articulated in the fifth commandment is to honor and respect parents, not to obey them blindly when their advice contravenes some established principle of faith and conduct. The burden of proof should fall on children who choose to avoid parent’s directives. In no case is disrespect warranted.

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IS JESUS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD?

April 19, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, Paul, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedacts, arrogant, Bible, christians, dignity, Equal, forgives, friendship, genuine, God, Heaven, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, Man, Men, name, only, only way, people, pluralistic era, Pray, prayer, praying, respect, saved, space, teach, teaches, traditions, Way, witness, women, worshipabarkley8

In our eclectic, pluralistic era, it may sound arrogant to claim that God forgives sins by one way only, and that one person only-Jesus-speaks the truth about God. How can Christians be so exclusive?

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A FUNERAL PROCESSION

October 29, 2019UncategorizedBible, bible customs and curiosities, bible study, burrial, casket, cemetery, Christ, christian studies, chronological, coffin, compassion, daugther, dead, deceased, devil, died, dying, evil, Father, Friend, funeral, funeral procession, gesture, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, Luke, Luke 7:15, Man, mother, neighbors, new testament, Old Testament, procession, respect, Satan, Son, theology, walk, widow, womanabarkley8

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This verse gives us insight into a burial custom from New Testament times. A widow’s son had died, and a coffin with his body inside was being carried outside the city for burial. The woman’s friends and neighbors were walking along with her. Continue reading A FUNERAL PROCESSION →

BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES “TOTAL BODY BOWING”

June 12, 2019Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, 7 times, abraham, attitude, bending, Bible, bible customs and curiosities, bible study, bible times, Boaz, body, bowing, brother, Christ, curiosities, customs, David, Door, Egypt, Elijah, Elisha, Esau, exercised, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, government, grain, greek, ground, Hebrew, Holy, Holy Bible, hospitality, Hostility, household, Israel, Jacob, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph's, King, knee, kneeling, knees, knelt, Lord, Man, Men, Middle Eastern, new testament, Northern Kingdom, Old Testament, person, persons, Pray, prophetic, respect, Ruth, Saul, seven times, sister, Studies, tent, tent door, times, woman, womenabarkley8

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There were several different ways of bowing in Bible times. These ranged from lowing the head to bending the knees to kneeling down before another person. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES “TOTAL BODY BOWING” →

SEPARATION OF PERSIAN WOMEN

February 15, 2019UncategorizedAchaemenian, Ahasuerus, Artaxerxes, bible customs and curiosities, darius, drinking-cup, druken, drunk, drunken men, Esther, esther 1:8, King, king ahasuerus, kings of kings, lords of lords, male, male guest, Persian, Persian king, persian women, respect, royal, separation, trophy wife, Vashti, woman, women, Xerxesabarkley8

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While Ahasuerus was entertaining his royal officials (see notes on Esther 1:8), his queen, Vashti, was serving as hostess at a feast for the wives of these men, Separation of men and women at such royal events must have been the normal practice in the Persian court. Continue reading SEPARATION OF PERSIAN WOMEN →

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (1 TIMOTHY 3:1-6) LEADERS OF THE CHURCH

December 11, 2018Uncategorized1 Timothy, Able, be, elder, family, gentle, God's Church, Holy Bible, honorable, Kids Application Bible, leaders in the church, lover of money, loving, must, novice, obey, peace, respect, self-control, sober minded, teach, to, wifeabarkley8

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This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach.
Not given to wine, no stirker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous:

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