Archive for category: Lies

We have concluded that we engage in some tricky rationalization that allows some deception without feeling bad about ourselves. ...

I have often thought that if we knew why a person acted a certain way, it would help us...

In contrast to those who reject any kind of deception under any circumstances, the Bible recognizes that certain situations...

True prophets use God’s same tactic which is similar to Jesus’ technique to employ parables to weed out the...

Unlike Abraham and Elisha, who take the initiative to mislead, or Moses and Samuel who mislead a king,  God...

When Hazael is sent to Elisha to inquire, in the name of Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, whether the king...

The next cases of prophetic lies are associated with the prophet Elisha. The first is connected with the siege...

A similar case is a lie told by the prophet Samuel, again on God’s orders.   When God sent Samuel...