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Category: Difficult Bible Passages

Posted onApr 2, 2025Apr 3, 2025Christianity

Israel, Evil Kings, and Divine Providence

by Bill Muehlenberg3 Comments on Israel, Evil Kings, and Divine Providence

Lessons from the life of King Manasseh: The stories of the Kings of Israel make for fascinating and instructive reading. We learn about good kings…

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Posted onMar 31, 2025Mar 31, 2025Christianity

On Calling Out Sin

by Bill Muehlenberg1 Comment on On Calling Out Sin

We need to be careful in dealing with the sins of others: When a public church figure sins, it is always a tragic situation. Then…

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Posted onMar 16, 2025Mar 16, 2025Bible Study Tools

Tough Texts and Biblical Difficulties

by Bill Muehlenberg4 Comments on Tough Texts and Biblical Difficulties

Some useful Bible study tools: Some 15 years ago I wrote a piece on the perspicuity of Scripture. Some of you might ask: ‘The pers…

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Posted onFeb 20, 2025Feb 20, 2025Apologetics

On the Golden Rule

by Bill Muehlenberg3 Comments on On the Golden Rule

What to make of Matthew 7:12: I was recently asked about the so-called Golden Rule. The person was quite right to ask a question regarding…

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Posted onFeb 14, 2025Feb 14, 2025Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Revelation 2:14

by Bill Muehlenberg2 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Revelation 2:14

What are we to make of Balaam? Most believers know at least something about the story of Balaam as found in Numbers 22-24. It seems…

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Posted onFeb 9, 2025Feb 9, 2025Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Numbers 14:9

by Bill Muehlenberg3 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Numbers 14:9

On God’s protection: This may not be a difficult passage as such, but it does raise a few questions – at least it has for…

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Posted onNov 26, 2024Nov 26, 2024Christianity

Is Judas in Heaven?

by Bill Muehlenberg8 Comments on Is Judas in Heaven?

Is there clear biblical evidence that Judas truly repented? Someone recently posted on the social media, saying that Judas, who betrayed Jesus, had repented. It…

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Posted onSep 18, 2024Sep 18, 2024Christianity

The Believer and ‘Strange Things’

by Bill Muehlenberg1 Comment on The Believer and ‘Strange Things’

Sometimes we wonder what God is up to: Christians have the Bible to guide us in what we are to believe and what we are…

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Posted onAug 20, 2024Aug 22, 2024Christianity

Three Cheers For Division

by Bill Muehlenberg3 Comments on Three Cheers For Division

Sometimes division in the church can be a good thing: OK, well maybe two and a half cheers. But I here want to disabuse folks…

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Posted onMar 27, 2024Mar 28, 2024Apologetics

Sovereignty, Foreknowledge, and Human Responsibility

by Bill Muehlenberg6 Comments on Sovereignty, Foreknowledge, and Human Responsibility

The curious case of Judas: Here I am again, taking on some of the biggest, most complex, and most debated issues in the world of…

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Posted onMar 22, 2024Mar 22, 2024Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Genesis 22

by Bill Muehlenberg14 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Genesis 22

Was God wrong to tell Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? One of the more puzzling and questionable stories found in the Old Testament has to do…

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Posted onMar 21, 2024Mar 21, 2024Christianity

Samson, Sin and Sovereignty

by Bill Muehlenberg2 Comments on Samson, Sin and Sovereignty

The Samson saga is bizarre but encouraging: Yesterday I wrote about the Samson narratives. He was one of the judges, or deliverers, that God raised…

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Posted onFeb 25, 2024Feb 26, 2024Christianity

Psalm 88 and Being Honest To God About Our Situation

by Bill Muehlenberg8 Comments on Psalm 88 and Being Honest To God About Our Situation

Does it seem that God has abandoned you? One cannot accuse Scripture of whitewashing things, or just painting a rosy picture about life. It presents…

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Posted onFeb 23, 2024Feb 24, 2024Christianity

Faith, Signs and Wonders

by Bill Muehlenberg4 Comments on Faith, Signs and Wonders

Thoughts about miracles and belief: That the miraculous is real is a given for Christians, since we know that God exists, and that he interacts…

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Posted onFeb 16, 2024Feb 16, 2024Christianity

Forget About Following Your Heart

by Bill Muehlenberg2 Comments on Forget About Following Your Heart

We need an external moral guidance system: As we know, most folks in the world, and far too many Christians, seem to think the best…

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Posted onFeb 14, 2024Feb 14, 2024Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Matthew 5:42

by Bill Muehlenberg4 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Matthew 5:42

Give to one and all, no questions asked? As so often happens, a discussion, a debate, or even a knock-down, drag-out brawl on the social…

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Posted onFeb 6, 2024Feb 6, 2024Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Matthew 17:20

by Bill Muehlenberg1 Comment on Difficult Bible Passages: Matthew 17:20

On mountain removalists: In a recent piece, also a part of this series on difficult Bible passages, I mentioned that not everything Jesus said was…

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Posted onFeb 4, 2024Feb 4, 2024Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Matthew 5:29-30

by Bill Muehlenberg5 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Matthew 5:29-30

Are we really called to do this? There are several New Testament passages where Jesus says things about plucking out an eye or cutting off…

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Posted onFeb 3, 2024Feb 3, 2024Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Exodus 30:11-16

by Bill Muehlenberg4 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Exodus 30:11-16

Purchasing forgiveness of sins? I was recently asked by someone if there are Old Testament passages that speak about paying money for the forgiveness of…

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Posted onJan 25, 2024Jan 25, 2024Christianity

Description and Prescription

by Bill Muehlenberg2 Comments on Description and Prescription

Not everything we read about in Scripture is meant to be copied! There are various important principles of biblical interpretation. If we keep these in…

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