And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.  (Mark 3:4 KJV) What a simple question it was, and yet those hapless Pharisees could return no answer. Not that they had no answer, for they had many. When the disciples plucked grain on the sabbath, the indictment came rigidly. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?  (Mark 2:24 KJV) But Jesus used scripture to refute their accusation. But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?  (Matthew 12:3-5 KJV) And another time, when they were at a synagogue, the ruler proudly stated his conviction. And the ruler of the synagogue answered ...

Those who are of the pro-wine position feel they have the upper hand because of the seemingly "logical" arguments they put forth. They usually believe that only drunkenness is condemned in the Bible. Some of the arguments used by saved and unsaved alike, to "prove" that wine has God's blessing are listed below: The Bible says that Jesus made water into wine John 2 Jesus supposedly drank wine at the Last Supper Luke 22:17 Paul told Timothy to "drink a little wine for his stomach's sake" 1Timothy 5:23 There was scarce, or polluted, water available for drinking, and so wine was used as a healthy substitute. Because of the hot climate, grape juice could not be stored, but must have quickly fermented into wine. The Jewish tradition then as now, was to drink wine at the feasts, and at meals. The Jews accused Jesus of being a winebibber, which "proves" Jesus drank as least some wine. Scholarly works, such as Strong’s Concordance (dictionary section), Thayer's Lexicon, and a mountain of other books by noted biblical scholars, are in support of the idea that wine is God approved. Each one of these points will be answered in these pages. If I have learned anything as a Christian, it is that ...

The use of cremation as a method of disposing of a person's remains after death has been sharply on the increase in our society. Naturally, there is an increased discussion about the propriety of this practice, even as it gains acceptance as a viable option. When someone asked me recently what the Bible says about cremation, I could only answer that I had heard that it was not a good thing, but I didn't know exactly why. In light of these things, this seems to be the right time to examine what the Bible has to say on this subject. The various possibilities for disposing of the body would normally include: 1. Internment in a sepulchre, which is like a crypt or mausoleum. 2. Burial in an earthen grave. This equates with our normal idea of a grave site. 3. Cremation: this may or may not include placing the remains in a grave or mausoleum. 4. Uncommon forms of burial, such as burial at sea. Sometimes, either because the body was somehow destroyed at death, or was not recoverable after death, burial is not possible. BURIAL IN A SEPULCHRE Although the first three forms of disposing the body are mentioned in the Bible, burial in a sepulchre is ...