God explicitly forbade His people in the Old Testament from marrying Canaanites because they worshiped false gods, a practice that Yahweh knew would lead Israel astray.
Book Review: The Life and Theology of Paul (Waters)
The Levites—A Class of Warrior-Priests
Jacob—The Righteous Deceiver
What Does the Bible Teach About Animals?
"Be Fruitful and Multiply": A Biblical Theology of Offspring
Why is Jesus Called the "Son of Man"?
Was Jesus' Body "Broken" For You?
Book Review: The Unseen Realm (Heiser)
Michael Heiser’s The Unseen Realm is a book that every serious student of the Bible should take up. This book challenges conventional interpretations of Scripture and provokes the reader to consider a more supernatural view of the world than he likely holds. Hence the subtitle of the book, Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible.
Dry Bones and the Resurrection of the Dead (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
The Image of God—Fallen and Restored
The Mark of Cain
Who Were the “Sons of God” and the Nephilim? (Genesis 6:1-4)
What Was "the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" For?
Seeing the Bible's Big Picture
How to Interpret the Bible
A Summary of Zephaniah
Is "Virgin" the Correct Translation of Isaiah 7:14?
The claim that Hitchens and others make is that the Hebrew word behind “virgin” (עַלְמָה alma) in this text simply means “young woman.” The implication is that nothing miraculous is being promised, and that therefore, universal Christian tradition regarding the virgin birth of Christ is based fundamentally on an illegitimate reading of the Old Testament Scripture.
