What Is the Significance of Mountains in the Bible?
Mountains are mentioned frequently in the Bible because they dotted the landscape where the stories in the Bible take place. As a result, mountains and…
Why Doesn’t the Catholic Church Recognize the King James Version of the Bible?
Question: Why doesn’t the Catholic Church recognize the King James version of the Bible? I heard that one was the most accurate. The Church doesn’t…
Why Does Jesus Ask Peter “Do You Love Me?” Three Times?
Jesus did not ask Peter this question 3 times because he was hard of hearing or slow to comprehend Peter’s answers! The fact that Jesus asks Peter this question – “do you love me?” – three times is very significant.
Was Jonah literally swallowed by the whale?
The story of Jonah is one of those Scripture passages that we as Catholics would say is a TRUE story, but not necessarily FACT. Catholics…
I get the idea of ashes on Ash Wednesday and in scripture but what’s the sackcloth all about?
While many Christians wear ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday, few, if any, don sackcloth! And yet, the two are often mentioned in the…
Are the infancy narratives really the true story of Jesus’ birth or did the gospel writers invent them?
As Catholics, we don’t believe that ANYTHING in the Bible is invented. Rather, everything in the Bible is inspired. In other words, God is the author of…
Why did God tell Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?
Abraham is considered our father in faith by three major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. So, let’s begin there. Abraham (or Abram, as we first…
Can you give me some well-known stories from the Acts of the Apostles?
The Acts of the Apostles, which is a sequel to Luke’s Gospel, is an action-packed thriller, to borrow from today’s vernacular. It’s hard to imagine…
What does numerology have to do with the Bible?
The biblical authors loved numbers. Some numbers are good. Some are bad. Some numbers are repeated so often that we can rightly become a bit…
If we believe that Jesus was sinless how do you explain him angrily driving the moneychangers out of the temple?
John’s Gospel describes Jesus forming a “whip of cords” (John 2:15) and using it to drive out them out of the temple. How can we…
