When We Understand The Text
You know the story of David and Bathsheba, right? David took a walk on his roof one afternoon, and saw Bathsheba bathing. So he had her brought to him and spent the night with her. Bathsheba sent word to David that she was pregnant. So to cover the affair, David had her husband Uriah …
Are reparations biblical? Absolutely! To pay reparations means to make amends for a wrong that was done. Another word for this is restitution, and the law required the person responsible to restore more than what was lost. For example, in Exodus 22:1 it says, “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and …
In John 8:1-11, we read the story of a woman caught in the act of adultery, and she was brought before Jesus teaching in the temple. The Pharisees said, “Teacher, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?” They were trying to trap him. If He said, “Let her go,” he’d …