(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Colossians 2:11-15-In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the... Continue Reading →
Was Paul Wrong About Homosexuality Being “Against Nature?”
(More Bible Studies Available At http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Romans 1:26-27-For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing... Continue Reading →
Questions And Answers About Easter
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Galatians 4:10-11-You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain. One of the great subjects which Christians have often struggled with deals with that of holidays. This is especially true for members of... Continue Reading →
Being Called The Troublemaker
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: First Kings 18:16-18-So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of Israel?" 18 And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you... Continue Reading →
Should Christians Advocate For “Illegal Immigrants” To Be Sent Back To Horrific Conditions From Which They Were Forced To Flee?
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Leviticus 19:34-The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. One of the issues that has become more... Continue Reading →
Speaking Truth In Love To Power
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: John 11:47-48-Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place... Continue Reading →
Abortion And Pharmakeia
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Galatians 5:19-21-Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you... Continue Reading →
We Had Better Be Judging
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: John 7:24-Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." A common refrain in our day and age is that it is never right to judge someone. Often, the statement of Jesus in Matthew 7 is invoked: Matthew 7:1-6-Judge not, that you be not... Continue Reading →
A Man Who Has Lots Of Firsthand Experience With “Illegal Immigrants”
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Exodus 1:15-21-Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said, "When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the... Continue Reading →
How Should We Deal With Foreigners In Our Midst?
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Leviticus 19:33-34-And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. 34 The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of... Continue Reading →