Deuteronomy 13 and Hanbali Islam: Testing Prophetic Claims
Deuteronomy 13:1-5 teaches that a genuine sign never licenses worship of another god. Hanbali Islam, the strictest of the four Sunni schools, rests on Muhammad's prophetic claim and the Quran, so that test belongs in any honest comparison.
Haman the Agagite: What Esther 3 Really Means
Haman the Agagite is more than a villain in a palace story. His name ties Esther's crisis to an old war between Israel and Amalek, and his pride shows how ordinary resentment can harden into a plan to destroy a people.
Ham in the Bible: The Curse That Shaped Canaan
Genesis 9:20-27 records Noah's vineyard, Ham's offense, and a curse spoken over Canaan rather than Ham himself. Scripture then traces Ham's sons across Egypt, Cush, and Canaan.
Halloween
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 forbids learning to imitate the occult practices of the surrounding nations. The passage addresses actual divination, sorcery, and spirit consultation, not every autumn custom. Faithful Christians reach different conclusions about Halloween, so this study lays out the text, the principles, and the questions to settle.
Halloween Origin: What Deuteronomy 18:9-14 Says
Halloween's roots run through ancient pagan festivals and, later, occult and divination customs. Deuteronomy 18:9-14 forbids Israel to imitate the practices of the surrounding nations, and the New Testament keeps the same posture toward darkness.
Hebrews 11 Hall of Faith: What It Really Teaches
Hebrews 11 is often called the Hall of Faith because it gathers examples of people who trusted God before they saw the outcome. The chapter defines faith as assurance and proof, then shows it worked out in ordinary, flawed lives.
Haggadah and Aggadah: Telling the Story of God's Deeds
Haggadah is the telling of God's saving acts; Aggadah is the wider body of Jewish narrative teaching that grew alongside it. Deuteronomy 6:20-25 grounds the practice in a father's answer to his son. This study examines what the passage establishes and what it does not.
Hagar, Wife and Concubine: What Genesis 16 Teaches
Hagar is first called Sarai's servant and later Abraham's wife, yet Paul calls her the slave woman. Scripture uses both titles without embarrassment, and the difference matters for how we read law and promise.
Hagar in the Bible: The God Who Sees the Cast-Out
Hagar is an Egyptian servant in Abram's household who flees into the wilderness and encounters the angel of the LORD. God sees her affliction, promises her a son, and later rescues her and Ishmael when they are cast out.
Hadassah in the Bible: The Jewish Name Behind Queen Esther
Hadassah is the Hebrew name of the woman the world knew as Esther, the Jewish orphan who became queen of Persia. Scripture gives both names in one verse and never explains the change.
H.A. Ironside and 2 Timothy 2:15: Handling the Word Rightly
A careful look at H.A. Ironside, the plain-spoken Bible teacher, through the lens of 2 Timothy 2:15. The verse calls every Christian, not just preachers, to diligent, unashamed handling of God's Word.
Exodus 22:21-24: How God Views the Alien and Outsider
God grounds Israel's duty to the foreigner in their own memory of slavery in Egypt. The same command runs through Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Zechariah, and James: no partiality, no oppression, no silent God.
Gutenberg Bible: God-Breathed Scripture Endures
The Gutenberg Bible gave Europe its first printed Scriptures, but its significance rests on an older claim: every Scripture is God-breathed. This study traces that claim through 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and related passages.
Rasputin and 2 Timothy 4:1-5: Testing False Teachers
Rasputin was a peasant mystic who gained enormous influence at the Russian court by trading on religious hunger. Scripture gives us better tools than fascination with him: test everything against the word.
Gregory the Great: What Job 1:1-22 Teaches Leaders
Gregory the Great wrote a massive commentary on Job and served as bishop of Rome. This study looks at Job 1:1-22 and the other passages Gregory used to shape a servant-hearted view of leadership.
Gregory of Nazianzus: Why the Word Became Flesh
Gregory of Nazianzus helped the early church confess that the Word who became flesh is fully God. John 1:1-14 grounds that confession and shows why it matters for salvation.
Genesis 1:26-28 and the Green Bible: Creation Care
The Green Bible is an edition that highlights Scripture's teaching about creation, and its central question is what Genesis 1:26-28 means by dominion. The answer is not exploitation but a God-given calling to govern the earth as those made in his image.
Greek Gods in the Bible: What Acts 17 Really Shows
Paul in Athens did not debate mythology for its own sake; he named the idols he saw and pointed the city to the God who made everything. Scripture treats the gods of the nations as real spiritual powers and as nothing beside Yahweh.
Romans 8 Great Reset: Creation's Groaning Hope
The Bible's great reset is not a global economic collapse but the renewal of creation at Christ's return. Romans 8:18-25 grounds Christian hope in the resurrection and the redemption of our bodies, not in speculation about world events or political programs.