Reading time: About 7 minutes. Our understanding of Satan Most of us know who Satan is. Some view him as an imaginary, mythological character, while others believe he is 100% real. He can be a cartoon figure to some, and evil incarnate to others. He could be a material or a supernatural being. Whatever he […]
The Ten Plagues of Egypt: Reading time about 3 minutes. The Old Testament book of Exodus contains a story of the Hebrew god unleashing a series of devastating plagues on Egypt to persuade the pharaoh to free his Hebrew slaves. Although seeming to be ancient mythology, modern researchers have found evidence that those plagues may […]
Circumcision and the Holy Foreskin: Reading time approximately 4 minutes. What’s the importance of circumcision? Circumcision was a very contentious issue from the very beginning of the Christian religion. It was an important Jewish tradition and the early followers of Jesus—who were all Jews—wanted to require it for non-Jewish, or gentile, converts as well. Circumcision […]
The Garden of Eden I’ve always been very confused about where humans originated. When I was a child, and my mind was a blank slate, I was taught that Adam and Eve were the first man and woman on earth. I learned that they lived in a garden called Eden, which was somewhere in what […]