~4 Min.Should I stop giving to church workers who seem too rich? (Part 2 of 2) (Aaron Vienot)

patternsoftruth.org · I started my response to your question in Part 1. I attempted to show the Scriptural basis for paying people who devote their work to the Lord’s service, rather ...

~5 Min.Dinah, Bathsheba, & Tamar (Part 2): Why do people disagree over Genesis 34? (Aaron Vienot)

patternsoftruth.org · There’s a complicating factor with Dinah and Shechem: not all translations agree on how to describe this event. There is reasonable disagreement on this passage, so ...

~6 Min.Four Hard Questions: Standards for Women in the Bible (Part 1) (Aaron Vienot)

patternsoftruth.org · A friend of PT described four difficult questions that others have presented to her in discussions. Today I present Part 1 (of 3), answering the first of the four ...

~7 Min.Did Jesus have "half-brothers?" (Aaron Vienot)

patternsoftruth.org · Answer: I have heard similar descriptions of the Lord’s earthly family. In some cases, it seemed that the speaker just wanted to be technically correct about His ...

~7 Min.Jephthah's Vow (part 2): His Daughter's Faith (Aaron Vienot)

patternsoftruth.org · In part 1 of this study, I reviewed the account of Jephthah's life and activities recorded in Judges 10-12. His public career began in faith, but later descended ...