Imprecatory psalms hand the gavel to God. They name evil plainly, seek protection for the weak, and keep love and justice together in prayer shaped by the cross and anchored in the coming kingdom.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Imprecatory psalms hand the gavel to God. They name evil plainly, seek protection for the weak, and keep love and justice together in prayer shaped by the cross and anchored in the coming kingdom.
Behemoth and Leviathan are set before Job not as curiosities but as teachers. Their untamable strength humbles pride and calls sufferers to trust the Lord who owns everything under heaven, giving light for the next step and hope beyond the storm.
Shechem’s valley gathers Scripture’s memory into one saddle between Ebal and Gerizim. From Abraham’s altar to Jesus at Jacob’s well, it is where grace, warning, and hope meet.
Under a sky of uncountable stars, God pledged Himself to Abram, crediting faith as righteousness and promising people and land. Genesis 15 reveals a God who is both our shield and our reward—and the guarantor of a future that only He can fulfill.
The Old Testament’s many names for God are revelation in shorthand—Elohim, YHWH, El Shaddai, and more—each disclosed in moments that advance God’s promises. Read how the names shape prayer, ethics, and hope, and consult the included book-by-book reference index.
Scripture names where and how Jesus returns: the same Jesus, the same way, to the Mount of Olives—split by His feet as He comes to reign. It also promises a prior gathering to meet Him. This study clarifies both movements and why they steady hope and shape holy living.
In Acts 24, “the Way” stands in a courtroom and shines through worship of Israel’s God, a clear conscience, resurrection hope, and honest public witness. Paul’s defense shows a path rooted in Scripture and centered on Jesus that practices mercy and endures delay with hope.
The Stoics of Acts 17 prized virtue and inner steadiness in an ordered cosmos. Paul met them with creation-to-Christ proclamation, calling all to repent because God raised Jesus and fixed a day of judgment—hope stronger than mere calm.
Israel’s high priest carried the tribes before God and entered the Most Holy Place with blood. The office taught holiness, access, and mercy—and pointed forward to Jesus, the great High Priest who grants confident access now and forever.
Acts 6 names the “Synagogue of the Freedmen,” a diaspora Jewish network in Jerusalem that argued with Stephen. Their dispute highlights how Jesus fulfills the law and reorients the role of the temple while the Spirit empowers Scripture-rooted witness.
This essay explains how Christianity and Wicca differ on God, power, revelation, salvation, ethics, and hope. It offers a gracious, Scripture-rooted response that invites trust in Christ and equips the church to engage neighbors with clarity and love.
Predestination in Romans 9 shows God’s freedom to show mercy and his faithfulness to promise. The result is humility, assurance, and courage for mission.
Paul’s withdrawal to Arabia was not escape but appointment. In the desert the risen Christ schooled him, and the gospel he preached bore that mark forever.
Hebrews exalts Christ’s priestly work and calls weary believers to endure. Weigh the authorship proposals and see why Scripture leaves the writer unnamed.
The Armor of God is not costume language. It is Christ’s own provision—truth, righteousness, readiness, faith, salvation, and the word—for believers who face real spiritual opposition and want to stand firm in love and clarity.