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Baal - The supreme fertility-god of the Canaanites. [FEB 2013]

Babel, Tower of - The popular designation of the tower (Heb mig̱dōl) described in Gen. 11, which people migrating from the East built in the midst of their city in the plain of Shinar [SEPT 2012]

Babylon - Babylon lay on the bank of the Euphrates in the land of Shinar (Gen. 10:10), in the northern area of Babylonia (now southern Iraq) called Accad (as opposed to the southern area called Sumer). [MAR 2013]

Babylonia, History of – detailed ancient history of the Babylonian empire, by George Rawlinson, MA, from The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. [AUG 2014]

Balaam - Short description of Balaam's career with reference to the Doctrine of Balaam

Baptism - The seven types of baptism in the Bible; the baptism of the Holy Spirit; believer's baptism [SEPT 2012]

Barnabas - Barnabas was born in Cyprus and died in Salamis in the 1st century. His Jewish parents called him Joseph, but when he sold all his goods and gave the money to the apostles in Jerusalem, the Christians gave him a new name: Barnabas [SEPT 2012]

Barrier, Reconciliation, Justification - The doctrines of Reconciliation, Propitiation, and the removal of the barrier between God and man [SEPT 2012]

Beatitudes - The first blessing: Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the Kingdom of God is found in Matthew 5:3 [SEPT 2012]

Beer-Sheba - The name of this venerable town means literally “the well of seven.” [MAR 2013]

Benjamin - The youngest of Jacob’s sons, the only one to be born in Palestine; and the tribe named for him. The tribe of the Apostle Paul. [MAR 2013]

Berea - When they were driven out of Thessalonica, Paul and Silas came to Berea, where they preached in the synagogue of the Jews [SEPT 2012]

Berenice – the sister of Herod Agrippa II; features in trial of Paul in Acts 25 [SEPT 2012]

Bethlehem - Judah - The home of Ruth and Boaz, the city of David, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. [JULY 2015]

Bible Exegesis and Exposition · This article gives a method for moving from exegesis to expository preaching. (Chester McCalley)

Bible Study Principles - How to study and understand the Bible [SEPT 2012]

Bibliology - God has caused His own Word to be written in a form which man can comprehend and has preserved that Word through the ages of human history for the benefit of all men. [DEC 2017]

Bithynia – Bithynia was a Roman province in the northwest corner of Asia Minor. 1 Peter 1:1 [SEPT 2012]

Bitterness - Bible solutions to one of the most crushing mental problems in a person's life [OCT 2018]

Blasphemy - No sin of man is more obviously a repudiation of God and insult to His holy Person than that of blasphemy. [DEC 2017]

Blessing - Bible origins of the New Testament word "blessing", applications. [JULY 2015]

Blessing by Association - Blessing by association is part of the general category of divine blessing imparted to the mature believer. [FEB 2021]

Blood of Christ - Teaching on the representative analogy which the Blood of Christ forms with the death of the animal on the altar. [JULY 2015]

Body of Christ - Each member of the Trinity is related to the Body of Christ, and every Christian is a part of the Body of Christ [SEPT 2012]

Buff, The Christian - The Christian Buff is the person who has lived for one, two, or more years since salvation without taking advantage of the provisions the Lord has made for spiritual growth, edification, and production in the Christian life [SEPT 2012]

Bunyan, John – the life of the great Christian author of Pilgrim’s Progress [SEPT 2012]

Busybody - A busybody is a person who inserts himself uninvited into some else’s life, who meddles or pries into the affairs of others. The Bible is very clear that this is wrong, totally inappropriate behavior, especially in a local church congregation [SEPT 2012]