woman — Christian Debate https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:08:56 +0000 en woman — Christian Debate The Missing Story: Why? https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/discussion/995/the-missing-story-why Sun, 14 Nov 2021 08:44:22 +0000 Apologetics C Mc 995@/index.php?p=/discussions John 8:1-11 in the King James Version tells the story of the woman taken in adultery. This story is not included in John 8 of the New English Bible. Instead, a footnote refers the reader to the end of the Gospel of John. The story appears as a kind of appendix.

The New International Version begins the Gospel of John with a note saying that the earliest and most reliable manuscripts do not include John 7:53–8:11. Is it a true story? Does it appear in any Greek New Testament manuscripts? Do any of the Church Fathers write about the missing passage or story? Why would the NEB leave out a story about adultery? CM

]]> The Serpent in Genesis 3: An ordinary Snake or A Supernatural Animal? https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/discussion/992/the-serpent-in-genesis-3-an-ordinary-snake-or-a-supernatural-animal Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:23:44 +0000 Bible Questions C Mc 992@/index.php?p=/discussions Genesis 3 speaks of a snake:

  1. What kind of serpent (snake) was it?
  2. Was it a supernatural being or animal?
  3. Was it an ordinary snake?
  4. In light of the biblical account, does the serpent talk or Eve hear voices?
  5. What other features did the snake in Eden processed or was able to do?
  6. Did God make all snakes as above and take some things away from them?

By this account, humans didn't fear snakes back then as they fear them today, by most people. Read the complete account about the serpent (Gen. 3:1–4, 14–16). Why are snakes feared today? Is there a message or lessons we can learn in the NT from the serpent's activities in the OT? CM

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