Monthly Archives: February 2026

Bible Discrepancies – Spying Canaan

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by Mike James

Was it God’s idea to spy out the land of Canaan or the people’s? This alleged discrepancy relates to the two scriptures provided below:

Report of the Spies (Numbers 13, 1 – 26). Chromolithograph after a drawing (1860) by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 – 1872), published ca. 1880

Numbers 13:1-2: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them (KJV).

Deuteronomy 1:21-23: Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe (KJV).

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HOW OLD IS THE EARTH & UNIVERSE?

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By: Bill Watson

Church of God Independent Ministries

In today’s Christian community, there is a controversy over the age of the earth. There is a segment of Christians who firmly believe that the earth and universe are only 6000 years old, while another group believes it could be billions of years old, as evolutionists would have you think. Frankly, this is one of the compelling and underscoring reasons the young-earth Christians support a young-earth hypothesis–to differentiate themselves from evolution. But do we have to go to such an extreme to counter the theory of evolution and “cross swords” with science?

Does the Bible have anything to say about this? Does the Bible address this question? Can we answer this by using scripture? Or is this one of those questions that cannot be answered except by theorizing or hypothesizing about what the answer MIGHT or COULD be?

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Bible Study Live-Stream Feb 4, 2026 7:00 PM CST

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Peter’s Sheet Vision in Acts 10

Wednesday night Bible Study Live-Stream February 4, 2026 starts at 7:00 PM CST

What was God trying to show Peter in Acts 10 when Peter saw the Vision of the sheet being lowered by the corners with animals of all kinds, clean and unclean?