Was the Inquisition Really What Atheist Critics Claim? Setting the Historical Record Straight

Greetings, fellow twilight dwellers, you who wear your crosses like elegant thorns and find beauty in ancient cathedrals lit up by candles. If you scroll through any online Christian debate, someone drops the Inquisition like it was a velvet curtain. Atheist critics love it because it’s this nonstop bloodbath, millions tortured and burned, the ultimate […]

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Rizpah’s Silent Vigil: A Mother’s Unyielding Guard Over Her Sons’ Bodies in 2 Samuel 21

Among the most touching stories in the Bible is Rizpah’s in 2 Samuel 21 about maternal devotion and quiet resistance. Three long years of severe famine hits Israel, leaving the land parched and the people hungry. God reveals to King David that the hardship is a result of Saul’s earlier actions against the Gibeonites, so

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Korah’s Rebellion: The Bad, The Worse, and The Hungry Earth

There’s no drama like Korah’s rebellion in Numbers 16. Dathan and Abiram from Reuben, along with On and 250 prominent leaders from the congregation, team up with Korah, a Levite from the Kohath clan. They accuse Moses and Aaron of going too far, of exalting themselves above everyone else. Moses and Aaron argue that the

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Athaliah slaughtering her grandchildren to seize the throne – 2 Kings: 11

This is Athaliah in 2 Kings 11, and her story is one of the darkest spots in the Bible. She’s so hungry for power she wipes out her own grandkids. In the northern kingdom of Israel, Ahab and Jezebel, the power couple who pushed Baal worship hard and hated God’s prophets, raised Athaliah. Jehoram, son

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Cannibalism during sieges: Prophecies and accounts of parents eating children in judgmen

There’s no escaping the brutal reality of war and judgment in the Bible, and one of the darkest examples is cannibalism during sieges, especially when parents eat their own children. It’s both prophecy and actual accounts, tied to God’s warnings about what happens when people turn away from Him and face the consequences. There are

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