Deuteronomy 23: 1

“No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.”‭‭ This passage is succeeded with a passage saying that anyone born of an illegal/forbidden marriage or any descendent of theirs (even to the tenth generation) may not enter the assembly of God.  The reason I mention this is …

“Difficult to Understand” Scriptures

So, I was having a conversation with a friend here in Japan about scripture that talks very specifically about what we wear, how we present ourselves, what our roles as men and women are supposed to be, and many other things.  These were some good questions that came up. 1) What do we do with …

2 Corinthians 5: 1-9

"5 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long …

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 You have searched me, Lord,     and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise;     you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down;     you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my …

1 Samuel 16

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” God turned the most unlikely shepherd child into the greatest King and psalm …

Deuteronomy 22:5

“A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this.” I know I’ve said this in the past already, but I guess I’d like to clarify a little bit as I’ve put some more thought into it.  As I went through school, …

Romans 14

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge …

Galatians 3: 26-28

26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. God says that no persons' …