A Biblical Research Report by Myron Horst Did you know that tithing 10% of one’s wages, is not in either the Old Testament or the New Testament? Many preachers teach tithing as if giving 10% of one’s income is a command in the Bible and applies to Christians today, even though they do not fully understand the Old Testament tithe themselves or who it was to be given to. Many preachers need the tithe money for their own income and to build their own personal church empire. This easy money…
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How Divorce and Remarriage is Sin: Why Didn’t We See This Before?
Table of Contents Click on the link to take you directly to that section In the Old Testament God Hated Divorce Divorce and Remarriage are separate events and therefore are two separate, although related items for discussion. God makes the man and woman one What is the Act or Action that is Adultery in Remarriage? Why divorce is not adultery What is significant about adultery in remarriage? Adultery in Remarriage: An Act or a State? The interesting illustration of God and Israel’s divorce What is clarified about divorce and remarriage…
Read MoreFarming, Health, and Long Life – Lessons from the Eagle
By Myron Horst 2007 Several months ago we realized that we need to learn more about farming and health. Yes, pasture raised meats are important, and organic is important, but they are only two pieces of the pie, not the whole pie or the whole picture. We asked God again to teach us how to farm and from then to now has been an intense learning time. I feel like I am being catapulted along faster than my little brain can absorb everything. One of the things we learned was…
Read MoreGreasy Pastures
By Myron Horst August 2009 As I looked at the old agriculture book, I found a comment about greasy pastures being the ideal. I had never heard of greasy pastures before. Why would anyone want greasy or oily pastures? Why would the best agricultural book, the Bible, say that greasy pastures were ideal? I had never heard of greasy pastures in all that I had ever read or heard about grass based farming. Does grass have oil in it? Yes, it does. As I researched into the oil in grass,…
Read MoreAn Incredible Substance – Raw Milk
Raw milk is a much more valuable substance than what most people realize. Everything that we have fed it to has become more healthy. When our children were growing up, we consumed about 7 to 10 gallons of the stuff a week. The yogurt that we make with it is usually mild and not very tart. We noticed a difference in our children’s health one winter when our cow was not producing milk. The children had more sickness, colds, etc. than they had other years when our cows were producing…
Read MoreFarming Based on the Word of God
In Isaiah 28 God says that He teaches the farmer how to farm. Therefore, Christians should be the ones with the answers, and the best methods on how to farm. However, today many Christian farmers do not have the answers and are not using the best methods because they are not going to God to learn how to farm but rather have gone to non-Christians. The secular corporate business world and the state universities have dismissed God from the farming picture. While the methods of the secular mindset are appearing…
Read MoreTo Plow or Not to Plow, That is the Question!
By Myron Horst Note: Whether you garden or farm or not, I believe that you will find this article interesting. The subject “To plow or not to plow” is a much more important subject than what most of us realize. There is a surprising conclusion. In farming and in gardening there are opposing voices, those saying that the ground should not be plowed or tilled and others saying that the soil should be plowed. Both methods appear to work, but which one is the best? One of the challenges in…
Read MoreGod’s Judgment on America
God’s Judgment on America By Myron Horst 2019 Coronavirus Update. This article gives a bigger perspective of why the COVID-19 Pandemic is happening. We need to look back over 50 years ago to what happened then, and what has happened since then. Currently, farms are being hit hard by the drop in demand from the pandemic. Truckloads of milk are being dumped, and produce is rotting in the fields. The price of corn has dropped. But it is not just about farms, everyone is being affected as well. God…
Read MoreLift Your Glad Voices!
Happy Easter! In honor of the wonderful resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, we are sharing our new recording of “Lift Your Glad Voices.” Please join in! Download MP3 Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die! Vain were the terrors that gathered around Him, And short the dominion of death and the grave. He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound Him, Resplendent in glory to live and to save! Loud was the chorus of angels on…
Read MoreList of Commands in the New Testament
This is a tool to help you carry out the second half of the Great Commission: “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” This is a complete listing of all the commands that apply to us today. People often wonder what are the commands that Jesus commanded us to teach. As you look over this list you will see that God instructs us in great detail what it means to be a Christian, a follower of Jesus: how we should act, and what we should do,…
Read MoreA New Look at Predestination and Once Saved Always Saved
I had never had a real interest in theological positions or discussions about Salvation. One day the Lord impressed upon me that I needed to study the subject of Salvation for myself so that I would know for sure what was truth, Calvinism, Arminianism, or something in between. I reluctantly dove into this study thinking it would be dry and boring. What I found was the exact opposite. God opened a whole new bigger picture for me about Salvation. This study is not exhaustive, nor can it ever be here…
Read MoreThe Headcovering: What Style and How Much Should it Cover?
In 1 Corinthians 11, God gives the command that a woman is to cover her head when praying or prophesying and that a man is to have his head uncovered. The focus of the entire passage is on the covered or uncovered head. Nothing is commanded or suggested concerning the style, color, or size of the woman’s or man’s headcovering. It is significant that God does not specify a style, a color, or size of headcovering. Because God does not command a specific style, color, or size of head covering,…
Read MoreWhy Unbelievers and Worldly Christian Prosper Financially
Psalms 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever: Proverbs 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Prosperity destroys the foolish but is a blessing to the wise. Part of the destruction process for the foolish is their prosperity. Psalms 37:34-38 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked…
Read MoreSingleness – A Peek at God’s Perspective
We see things in our life from a narrow perspective, and it is often difficult for us to understand all that God is allowing to happen. Someone standing 10 feet behind us can see a much bigger perspective than we can. They can see things we can’t. They can also see some of our blindspots. God sees an even bigger and clearer perspective as He sees all of our past, present, and future all at once. God invites us to get a peek from His perspective. God tells us that…
Read More10 Common Myths About the Headcovering
I began a study on the headcovering when I was in college to find a basis that God no longer required the headcovering for today. I did not see a need for it. As I have studied the head covering in depth, I have discovered that there are many myths about the headcovering stated as truth. These false teachings are in many of the commentaries. They have been preached from the pulpit and have been passed from one Christian to another to give a “clear” understanding of what they want…
Read MoreGod’s Commands in the New Testament
Jesus commanded us in the second half of the Great Commission to teach others to observe ALL that He has commanded us. We first need to know the commands ourselves well enough so that we can teach others to observe them. View an Uncategorized List of Commands Alcohol Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. Rom 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day;…
Read MoreFarming Based on the Word of God
God challenged me to go to the Bible to learn from God how to farm. I asked God to teach me what to do with our farm and what to grow on it. It has been very exciting seeing what God is teaching me and how He is leading me on the farm.
Read MoreBuilding a Theology of Peace in the Old Testament
Would you go to the Old Testament to develop a theology of peace and your position on a Christian’s involvement in war? Or do you tend to ignore or gloss over the Old Testament on the issue of peace and participation in war because it does not fit your peace theology? The Old Testament has been a problem and a stumbling block to the question of whether a Christian should go to war. How do we, who hold a peace position, reconcile the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament…
Read MoreThe Effects of the Headcovering on Divorce
Is there a correlation between Christian women wearing a headcovering as is instructed in 1 Corinthians 11 and the divorce rate among Christians? Most churches today teach that the woman does not need to cover her head and that the teaching in 1 Corinthians 11 does not apply to today. Is it true that the headcovering teaching is not important, has no value for today, and is to be “spiritualized” and reinterpreted? Or is the Church reaping the consequence of ignoring the headcovering command in the high rate of divorce…
Read MoreContrary to Popular Opinion, College or Seminary Education is not Beneficial for Pastors
God is quite clear in many passages of Scripture, and through the example of Jesus, that higher education is not beneficial for pastors. Ignoring all that God has written about the subject, most churches require at least a college degree if not a seminary degree for their pastor. Subconsciously, the church has bought into the belief that the educated few hold the key to understanding the deeper things of Scripture and that Christians need to look to the educated, who are mere men, for answers to the difficult questions and…
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