What Does Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart Mean?
Bible Study · Proverbs 3:5-6 By Dr. Regina Maholmes, PhDLast updated November 5, 202612 min read Quick Answer To trust in the Lord with all your heart means leaning your whole weight on God, not just your Sunday feelings but your thinking and your choices too. It’s Proverbs 3:5-6. And no, it doesn’t mean switch […]
How Old Was Jesus When He Died? Age, Dates and What Scripture Shows
Bible Study · The Life of Jesus By Dr. Regina Maholmes, PhDLast updated November 5, 202614 min read Quick Answer Jesus’ death came when he was somewhere between 33 and 38. No verse spells out his age at the cross, so we have to work it out. Luke 3:23 puts him at “about thirty” when […]
What Are the 10 Commandments in the Bible?
Quick Answer: The Ten Commandments, often called the Decalogue, are the ten laws God gave Moses at Mount Sinai. You can read them in Exodus 20:1-17 and again in Deuteronomy 5:6-21. Put simply, the Decalogue commandments tell us to worship only God, avoid idols, respect His name, keep the Sabbath, and honor our parents. Then […]
Is Masturbation a Sin? What Does the Bible Say?
Quick Answer: Is masturbation a sin? The Bible does not mention masturbation directly, so there is no verse that explicitly says, “masturbation is a sin.” Instead, Scripture addresses related issues such as lust, sexual immorality, self-control, and how Christians are called to honor their bodies (Matthew 5:28; 1 Corinthians 6:12–20). Because of this, Christians differ […]
How Many Books Are in the Bible?
Quick Answer: There are 66 books in the Bible if you’re holding a Protestant Bible: 39 Old Testament and 27 New Testament. A Catholic Bible has 73, since it keeps seven extra Old Testament books known as the deuterocanonical books. Orthodox Bibles carry a few more than that, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible tops the […]
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Meaning, Names & Bible Verse
The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse are four riders in Revelation 6:1-8. They show up when Jesus, the Lamb, opens the first four of seven seals. Each one rides a different horse: white, red, black, and pale. People usually call them Conquest, War, Famine, and Death, but the Bible only names Death. Together, they picture […]
What Does the Bible Say About Cremation
What’s in the Bible about cremation? The Bible says nothing directly about cremation. No verse commands it or forbids it, so most Christians don’t see cremation as a sin. Burial was the normal practice in Israel and the early church, including Jesus’ own burial. Still, the Bible tells how the men of Jabesh burned King […]
Fruit of the Spirit: Meaning of the 9 Fruits & Bible Verses
The fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23 is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control. See each meaning.