What does Judaism teach about money? A look at tzedakah, Maimonides’ eight levels of giving, the Talmud’s laws on interest, and how rabbinic tradition reads the Torah’s wealth texts as living law. Introduction: A Text That Never Stopped Being Read Christian readers of Genesis, Deuteronomy, and Proverbs often approach these books as “the Old Testament”

Ask most Christians how a person gets to heaven, and you’ll likely hear some version of “believe in Jesus.” It’s a tidy answer. It’s also, on closer reading of Scripture, a harmonization — a smoothing-over of a real and long-debated tension between what Jesus himself said about entering the kingdom of heaven, and what the

Biblical Principles for Prosperity: Bible Verses About Wealth, Riches & Debt Discover what the Old and New Testaments teach about biblical prosperity, wealth, stewardship, generosity, and financial freedom. Explore Bible stories, parables, and verses that reveal God’s wisdom for building lasting prosperit Biblical Prosperity Is More Than Money Many people wonder whether the Bible supports

Few artifacts capture the human imagination quite like the Book of the Dead. Painted on papyrus, sealed inside coffins, and tucked beside the mummified bodies of ancient Egyptians, this collection of spells has become one of the most recognizable windows into a civilization obsessed with one central question: what happens after we die? But the

Some of these include the rapture, purgatory, and limbo. I think these are dangerous beliefs to have because they may limit you from going to heaven… and rising again. They may limit you from living your best life, doing good, creating a better world. They may give you the excuse that you don’t have to

Old Testament, New Testament, and the Egyptian Book of the Dead on the Righteous Life A comparative look at what the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, and the Egyptian Book of the Dead teach about the character, conduct, and habits required to enter the afterlife — beyond mere belief. A Question Older Than Christianity “What

There’s a line in the Lord’s Prayer that most of us have said a hundred times without stopping to ask what it actually means: “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Trespass. It’s an old word, almost quaint now — the kind of word you’d see on a “No Trespassing”

Explore how the Old Testament, New Testament, and the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead each describe judgment, wickedness, and the fate of the condemned — with scripture, stories, and comparative insight. When I lived in the South, or the deeper South, I heard a women tell a child “Now don’t be ugly”. This wasn’t