Jesus said that if we don't forgive the sins of others, God won't forgive our sins (Matthew 6:14,15). How do you explain this if salvation is by grace alone?
In 1 John 3:2, it says that we shall be like him, that is, God. In what way will we be like God? Since God created man in His image, He must resemble our human form. At the same time, I've always imagined God looking different from a human being.
Why is there such a sharp contrast between God in the Old Testament and God (Jesus) in the New Testament? One seemed so insensitive, choleric, and punitive the other seemed to be overflowing with tenderness and compassion. Isn't there just one God? How could He be so different from Himself ...
A footnote to Mark 16:9 reads, The most reliable early manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20. Why are these verses included in the more recent translations if the most reliable early manuscripts and witnesses do not have them?
According to Revelation 21:16, the New Jerusalem is 1,500 miles around, or 140,625 square miles. This would be about the size of Minnesota. Unless God creates a much larger earth, given the billions and billions of human beings that have been born on this earth and many others that have ...
Genesis 4:14 says Cain was afraid people would kill him because he murdered his brother Abel. Who was he afraid of, since the only people on earth at the time were Adam and Eve and their family?