Is tithing normative for Christians? For some, a cursory look at the passages on tithing shows that in biblical times the tithe functioned primarily to sustain the Levites and priests as their reward for the service of the sanctuary and, therefore, because Jesus’ death brought an end to the sacri...

The Genesis creation account not only explains the origins of the world and humanity; it also offers profound insight into the character of the Creator. At the outset, we should note that the placement of Genesis 1 at the opening of Scripture is profoundly significant. As J. Richard Middleton obs...

Because Adam and Eve did not die on the exact day that they ate of the forbidden fruit, it is sometimes claimed that since one day is with the Lord as a thousand years (2 Pet 3:8) and Adam lived less than a thousand years (Gen 5:5), Adam, therefore, did die within that one-thousand-year “day.” An...