Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken. //Ever wonder about this vow made by Paul? I wish…

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his slave girls so they could have children again.  //The story goes that when Abraham lived in Gerar, he deceived Abimelech, king of Gerar, telling him that his wife Sarah was really his sister. So Abimelech, knowing no…

But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. //This particular section of scripture (attributed to Paul, though probably written after his time) draws little appreciation from most women. First, “Paul” insists that a woman may not speak in church, but should “learn…

Open your Bible to its center; chapter 118 of the book of Psalms. This chapter sits between the shortest chapter and the longest chapter in the Bible. There are 594 chapters before it, and 594 chapters after it. Add up all those chapters and you get 1188. So, let’s read…

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. //After Sarah died, Abraham married again, to a woman named Keturah. Together, they had several more children. 1 Chronicles 1:32, however, calls Keturah not a wife but a concubine. So which is it? Wife or concubine? Answer: Maybe both. Keturah was Sarah’s…

At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be…

Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. //Paul (or others writing in the name of Paul) contributed more than half of the books in our New Testament. It’s striking how many of our Christian beliefs we’ve founded on the writings of one man—even…