According to verse 17, Cain had a wife, a son, and even began building a city. But this is not a contradiction.
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Sep
2026
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I am a born again christian who loves the Lord and I am taking bible classes online
15
Sep
2026
The Amazing Leaf-Miner
If you live in a climate where fall brings colors to the leaves before they fall, you’ve probably noticed something strange. Once the leaves start to fall, the ground is littered with their color. But among all those fading leaves, you might find a perfectly healthy looking green leaf. That green leaf is probably the work of one of God’s more amazing tiny insects.
15
Sep
2026
Genesis 4:11-17 – Was Cain a “Wanderer” or a “Settler”?
After Cain killed his brother Abel, the Lord punished the first recorded murderer saying, “So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth” (Genesis 4:11-12, emp. added). Critics have accused God of error in His sentencing of Cain. According to Dennis McKinsey, Genesis 4:12 represents “one of the earliest false prophecies” in the Bible. “Instead of becoming a vagabond as was forecast, Cain took a wife, built a city, established a line of descendants and seems to have led a settled life” (McKinsey, 1995, p. 298). Skeptic Steve Wells contends Genesis 4:16-17 indicates that “Cain will settle down,” but “[t]his is not the activity one would expect from a fugitive and a vagabond” (2014, emp. added). So which is it? Did Cain become a wanderer or a settler?
14
Sep
2026
Satan Hindered Us.
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
(1 Thessalonians 2:18)
14
Sep
2026
Genesis 4:9 – Does God REALLY Know Everything?
Numerous passages of Scripture clearly teach that God is omniscient. The Bible declares that God “knows the secrets of the heart” (Psalm 44:21), that His eyes “are in every place” (Proverbs 15:3), and that “His understanding is infinite” (147:5). Of Jehovah, the psalmist also wrote:
12
Sep
2026
Enduring Faith – Proven Through the Race
Romans 5:4 continues the progression: “And patience, experience; and experience, hope.” Tribulation produces endurance, and endurance produces experience. The Greek word translated “experience” is dokime. It refers to proven character, tested worth, or something that has passed through examination and been shown to be genuine.
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12
Sep
2026
Genesis 4:2-4 Cain And Abel Offerings
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
08
Sep
2026
The “Bear Facts” About Good Health
Imagine, lying around not just for days on end, but for months! And while lounging the months away, you get leaner and more muscular. The bear’s lifestyle sounds like a couch potato’s dream.
08
Sep
2026
Genesis 4:2-3 – Was Cain A Wanderer Or Did He Build/Live In A City?
According to verse 17, Cain had a wife, a son, and even began building a city. But this is not a contradiction. The land of Nod in verse 16, means land of wandering. Clearly then, the author did not forget that Cain was to be a vagabond and wanderer who was apparently not precluded from having a family and building a city, and the context may have been a wanderer for most of his life, having built the city only a long time later, or that his city was in a far away land, and was secluded and Cain (and his family) was a wanderer in the sense that he had to go away from everyone (and he certainly would have wandered before building the city). Whatever is the case, the text doesn’t necessitate an error, and it’s unlikely the author would have forgotten that Cain was to be a wanderer the very next verse after mentioning his having gone to the Land of Wandering (Nod), so in his contextual view (it’s unlikely verse 17 was written by a different, later author, since it serves no purpose, and he would have changed the preceding verses that say Cain was a wanderer), apparently for the author’s language and culture and what he meant by the text, building a city and having a family was not in conflict with the status of a vagabond and wanderer.
07
Sep
2026
First Thing First
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
James 5:16 ESV
07
Sep
2026
Genesis 4:1 – Was Cain or Seth Adam’s Firstborn Son?
Even the most casual of Bible students are aware of the fact that the first son of Adam and Eve mentioned in the Bible is Cain. After noting that God banished the first couple from the garden of Eden following their sin, Genesis 4:1 indicates, “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, ‘I have acquired a man from the Lord.’” The births of Abel and Seth are also mentioned in Genesis 4 (though the amount of time that lapses is unknown). One thing that Genesis 4 clearly teaches: Seth was born sometime after Cain and Abel. After Seth’s birth, Adam stated: “God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed” (4:25). Clearly, Cain had already murdered Abel by the time Seth was born.
06
Sep
2026
Canada’s Fossil Forrest
Axel Heiberg Island in Northern Canada is the closest point of land to the North Pole. The landscape is completely barren today but long ago a dense forest of large meta-sequoia trees grew there. At that time, the climate must have been like Florida today. The stumps of these “fossil trees” have not mineralized and are still wood, that is, cellulose. They are claimed to be 45 million years old.
06
Sep
2026
Genesis 3:22 – How Many Gods Are There?
This verse doesn’t imply there is more than one God. Aside from the suggestion that this refers to the three persons of the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, it is also possible to give the interpretation that this is a reflection of the conceptual image the Jews had of God. For them he was multi-faceted and did not have only one side to his character as did the other gods around them. This was why he was called Elohim, which is the plural for the singular El (God), and this may be an ancient remnant, or a particular place of expression, where God’s action/nature as non-singular was emphasized.
05
Sep
2026
Contending for the Faith (Part 1)
The Faith Under Attack
In the Epistle of Jude, we find a small letter carrying a very large and urgent warning. Jude was writing to believers, most likely Jewish Christians who understood the Scriptures, knew the promises of God, and openly confessed Jesus Christ as Lord. These were not people completely unfamiliar with spiritual truth. They had heard the Gospel and had become partakers of the salvation found in Christ. Yet even among these believers, danger had quietly slipped into their assemblies. False teachers had found their way into the churches, not always by storming through the front door or openly announcing their intentions, but by creeping in unnoticed. They did not arrive wearing a sign that said, “We are here to destroy the faith.” They came using familiar words, religious expressions, persuasive personalities, and language that sounded spiritual. On the surface, they may have appeared sincere, knowledgeable, and even compassionate. Underneath it all, however, they were denying the truth of Jesus Christ and corrupting the faith that had once been delivered unto the saints.
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05
Sep
2026
Genesis 3:22 – Is God omniscient/omnipresent?
Since the verse says that Adam and Eve hid themselves from God. But this is with respect to Adam and Eve, not God. It’s just a literary device to point that out.
3:22 And the LORD God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”