Archive for February, 2010

Why God has hardened the heart of Pharaoh?

Question:

Why God sent Moses to drive out the people of Israel from the bondage of Egypt and He also hardened Pharaoh’s heart to send later the 10 plagues?

To make Himself known to the Egyptians
From the very beginning, when He sent Moses to drive out the people of Israel from the Egyptian slavery, God told Moses [...]

Why canonical and apocryphal books are different from the Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants?

Question:

The Bible is the Word of God. Then, why the list of canonical texts is different, depending on the denomination? Why Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Bibles are different? Isn’t the Word of God uniform? Or has man sinned, deciding what is canonical and what is apocryphal?

The good news is that the list of canonical books [...]

What to do when you are maligned?

Question:

Please advise me regarding the situations when I hear that there are some in the church that gossip about me, spread rumors and do not approach me to tell me anything.Then, I hear that in Christian circles, sometimes in my presence, they discuss about someone who is not present. I understand that this is not good and I do not participate in such discussions. [...]

What is the sin of gluttony?

Question:

I was surprised to learn that gluttony is regarded as a sin. Can you explain better what is it and if it is true indeed that it is qualified as a sin in the Bible?

Before we look what the Bible says, let’s look at …
Definition from Dictionary
Dictionary defines GLUTTONY as excessive eating and drinking.
In the time of writing [...]

Has God changed the standards for human sexual behavior?

Question:
Why now is no longer allowed to have sex before marriage and early the man could sleep when he wanted and with whom he wanted?
No, it was not so in the beginning. Chapter 2 of the Book of Genesis tells us about the creation of man and woman and there God established the framework for sexual relations. Here’s what the Scripture says:

So [...]

Why the word “God” and the pronouns referring to Him are written with capital letters?

Question:

A question appeared to me, and I think I know the answer, but I can not find any conclusive source to convince me. Why the word “God” and all pronouns related to it are written with capital letters in both the Bible and the usual practice. I guess people wanted to distinguish the uniqueness of God [...]

Mother Teresa – a Christian missionary from a Muslim country

Coming to Albania to teach an inductive Bible study course to Biblical School of Erseka, I was surprised to see at the entrance of the airport that Tirana airport is called Mother Teresa.

EFNL CAMP: Learn English in 10 days as others do in a year!

A large number of people have experienced the efficiency of the EFNL (English for a New Life) method because they learned English quickly and thoroughly. It is already the 10th year since there have been organized EFNL camps within the EFNL school, where students intensively learn English based on biblical texts.

Through this message we notify all students of this school, all participants in the [...]

From bad to worse: European Parliament promotes “sexual autonomy”

With the permission of the authors I forward a news sent by the Alliance of Families of Romania:
On February 10, EP (European Parliament) adopted by a vote of 412 to 212, Tarabella report on “Equality between Men and Women in the European Union.” The report presents some problems for the family and values.
Why Tarabella [...]

Is a Christian allowed to access news sites containing pornographic and erotic advertising?

Question:

Lately advertising banners appeared on ProTV.md and ProFM.md pages, showing naked women and erotic images. I understand that a Christian who lives in obedience to God will not access these pages, but is this all we can do? I think that there are other things that we, as Christians, have to do. What do you think in this regard? [...]