Perspectives

“The word, Trinity. Is it in the Bible?” Perhaps no other concept hurts my brain more than the word, Trinity. How can our finite minds get around the Godhead – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? How can He be one person and three people at the same

“The Lord helps those that help themselves.” Surely if a saying has the Lord’s name in it, then it must be from the Bible. Wrong. Various versions of this statement go all the way back to Greek civilization. Euripedes penned the line in the Greek tragedy, Hippolytus.

“Money is the root of all evil.” Shame on you for wanting money! It’s the root of all evil after all. Everything bad in this world can trace its roots back to money. Better to be poor and happy than rich and condemned for eternity. At least

“God will not give you more than you can bear.” Most of us have probably heard this sentence given as a word of encouragement to someone going through a hard time. Maybe they are sick or multiple challenges are coinciding in their life. However, is it true

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” Matthew 24:36 In prophecy circles, people love to quote this verse to speak against those who set dates for the “rapture” or the Second Coming

“Spare the rod, spoil the child.” This used to be a more common phrase in previous decades when it wasn’t frowned upon for parents to spank their children. When I was growing up, it was okay for neighbors, extended family, and teachers to spank children who misbehaved.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 Okay, it is confession time. This is a verse that I have

“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people.” One of the errors we tend to make is quoting a verse that sure sounds like the heart of God, yet we still quote it partially. You could say this is true for the statement

Over the years we have substituted and twisted details in Bible stories to make them more believable or to put them in our modern-day context. Here are three quick examples: We say that Adam and Eve ate an apple, which was the forbidden fruit. What they actually

“The Lord works in mysterious ways.” It could certainly be argued that we don’t understand how an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God works. His ways are “mysterious” to me a lot of the time. However, this is not a verse from the Bible, but it is rather old.