Bible Issues #Vebu Khamo blog

For credibility to any movements, be it Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and others, we need to first examine the life of the founder and see if it matches well with his teachings. Now, the Mormons do claim that they believe in God and in Jesus but we have to ask, “What kind of God and what kind of Jesus?”

Mark 16 speaks of the signs that will accompany believers: "they will pick up snakes with their hands and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all." Now, the text doesn't validate the Christians to start handling snakes or drink deadly poison to showcase our trust in God. We are not commanded to drink poison or pick up snakes with our hand (literally) (Acts 28:3-6, Example of Paul was purely unintentional), to show that we have strong faith in God.

Creation Order by God: Woman was created to help/assist/complement man. Three basic complementarian view states that: - Only men should hold church leadership positions. The women can serve as leaders over women’ Bible study group, teens or Children’s ministry but not the main Church leadership role. - They hold to a patriarchal view of the family, with the father as the head over the family and not otherwise. - They view that a man should love his wife as Christ loved the church, and a woman should submit to her husband as the church submits to Christ. (christianity.com)

In Matthew 15:22, the writer simply describes her as “a Canaanite woman” but in Mark 7:26, the evangelist describes her as “a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia.”

During one of Jesus’ ministry to Tyre and Sidon, a Canaanite woman came to Jesus begging for healing for her demon-possessed daughter. But the response of Jesus in this case was cold and unkind (for many modern readers). Let’s see the response of Jesus closely;

Stoning of Women in the Old Testament Scriptures One of my childhood friend was posting a picture about the commandment of stoning a women in the Old Testament if they were found guilty of fornication in Deuteronomy 22:13-21. He was seeking for clarification so I texted him back this note: