Here's a disturbing story from the Book of Joshua story of a Israelite soldier named Achan who made a terrible mistake. What I say may not make the story any less disturbing, but we will hear a great spiritual lesson related to it from St. John of the Cross.
On Jephthah, a tragic hero of the Book of Judges.
It cannot be said that a belief in an afterlife and immortality of the soul are expressed in the Book of Psalms. What are we to make of this?
We may be horrified when we first read the curses in the Book of Psalms. But do they have a spiritual sense that could help us?
Here are some posts that explain some of the more difficult passages of the Bible.
Why did God strike down the baby of King David and Bathsheba?
At least four passages of the Old Testament talk about God punishing the descendants of evil men down to the third and fourth generations. How could a loving God do this?
Learn about a great way to find out what some Church Fathers said about any given verse from the Sacred Scriptures.