What things in this world have a true eternal value?
Coming from a man who used to be a pastor (me), here’s a prioritized top 3 list of what carries true eternal value, based on both biblical weight and...
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What are the biblical solutions for solving marriage problems?
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How will the Jews be judged when Jesus returns?
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Are Israel and the church the same thing? Does God still have a plan for Israel?
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Can faith really move mountains?
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Can faith really move mountains?
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What can I do to restore the joy of my salvation?
Psalm 51:17: The sacrifice of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. One to restore the joy of salvation one...
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How can any church perform a same-sex wedding? Isn’t it clear in the Bible that marriage is a heterosexual union?
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Jack Gutknecht
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How will the Jews be judged when Jesus returns?
God judges all people by their response to Jesus. John 14:6 – Jesus is the only way to the Father. John 5:22–23 – The Father has given all judgment to the...
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What is the significance of the difference between the first set of the 10 commandments and the second set?
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Who wrote the second set of the ten commandment tablets, God or Moses?
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What is the meaning of "in season and out of season" in 2 Timothy 4:2?
Good question, Tito! I have struggled with this, and I'll tell you why. Jesus, exhausted from traveling, sat by a well to rest. Though He was tired and...
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Tim Maas
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What is the relationship between Zion, the City of David, and Jerusalem?
As I understand it: Zion (meaning "highest point" or "landmark") was a hill in Jerusalem -- specifically the easternmost hill of ancient Jerusalem -- where...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the meaning of "will quicken your mortal bodies"?
As I interpret it, Paul is speaking of the close of the present age at Christ's return, when the deceased bodies of believers (who were indwelt by the Holy...
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What does it mean to dress modestly?
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What is the significance of the difference between the first set of the 10 commandments and the second set?
Exodus 24:12: And the Lord said unto Moses, "Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and law, and commandments...
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Is it sometimes recommended to not pray out loud in order to keep the devil from knowing the content of our prayers?
What if Satan hears us praying? For example, what if we're thanking the Lord for our provisions? What can Satan do about it? There we are, praising and...
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Why does God allow Satan to attack us?
Although there have been many excellent answers already submitted, I'm afraid none so far has actually answered the question posed. That we all have a free...
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Wilbur Fritz
Can you give some examples, biblical or otherwise, of when pride goes or has gone before destruction? Proverbs 16:18
Well, it all started "in the beginning"... Adam and Eve believed what Satan told them instead of what God told them. They thought they could "become like...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Can you give some examples, biblical or otherwise, of when pride goes or has gone before destruction? Proverbs 16:18
Here is a possible sermon: Sermon Title: Pride before destruction Main Text: Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a...
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Tim Maas
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Can you give some examples, biblical or otherwise, of when pride goes or has gone before destruction? Proverbs 16:18
Pride is what made Lucifer into Satan, as described in Isaiah 14:12-14, leading to his expulsion from heaven. As detailed in the book of Exodus, Pharaoh's...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Is it a sin to lust, or does it only become a sin when I give in to it?
Jesus says in Matthew 5:28 that just looking with lust is already adultery in the heart. So yes, lust is sinful even without action — it starts inside,...
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Jack Gutknecht
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I went to a gentleman's club out of curiosity but left as soon as they explained it to me. Did I commit a sin of lust?
William, you were tempted but walked away — that shows strength, not sin. If your motive was to lust, confess it. If it was just curiosity and you left right...
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Jack Gutknecht
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How is "the name of the Lord a strong tower" for believers? Proverbs 18:10
In ancient times, a strong tower was a safe place during attack — high, secure, and protected. That’s what God is for His people. He’s our defense, our...
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Can you give some examples, biblical or otherwise, of when pride goes or has gone before destruction? Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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What were the names of the Pharaohs in Genesis and Exodus?
Genesis 12:14-15: And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of...
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Why don't Christians fast the same as Muslims?
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What is the doctrine of eternal security?
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Tim Maas
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What are the various meanings of the word "breath" in the old testament?
A few ideas: 1. Respiration (as in "the breath of life") 2. Wind (as God's "breath" in a metaphorical sense) 3. An attribute that separates living organisms...
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Jack Gutknecht
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When is it okay to rest from one's labors?
When is it okay to rest from one's labors? I just retired at the end of February 2025. So far it's great! The way I look at the question involves this:...
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Tim Maas
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What would ensure that my "house" flourishes? Proverbs 14:11
In my view, as long as people (even Christians) are in this life and fallen world, they are subject to the possibility of adversity. However, maintaining...
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I went to a gentleman's club out of curiosity but left as soon as they explained it to me. Did I commit a sin of lust?
The heavyiness that we experience in guilt is a weapon of spiritual bondage that Satan uses to attack our faith in what Christ completed at the cross for us:...
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Leslie Coutinho
Who wrote the second set of the ten commandment tablets, God or Moses?
Exodus 34:1: And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the...
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I went to a gentleman's club out of curiosity but left as soon as they explained it to me. Did I commit a sin of lust?
I guess you misunderstood “gentleman’s club”. What or how were you lured in to such a place can be explained in Scripture - which says in James 1:14-16 14:...
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Tim Maas
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What does it mean, "A rich man's wealth is his strong city. The poverty of the poor is their ruin." Proverbs 10:15
I understand the questioner's point as to a seeming contradiction, but I would say that Solomon was looking at the subject from a comprehensive standpoint by...
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What does it mean, "A rich man's wealth is his strong city. The poverty of the poor is their ruin." Proverbs 10:15
15 "A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin." But over and over again, I've seen that God has rendered wealth mean...
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I went to a gentleman's club out of curiosity but left as soon as they explained it to me. Did I commit a sin of lust?
I would say that only the questioner can speak as to what he saw with his eyes, or what he felt in his heart. If the questioner believes that the...
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What is the true gospel?
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Does God have a sense of humor?
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When is it okay to rest from one's labors?
If the question is speaking of "labors" in the sense of services offered to God on behalf of His kingdom, I would say that lasting rest would or should only...
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Tim Maas
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Are the righteous rewarded in this life or in the next one? Proverbs 11:31
I would interpret the cited verse not in a positive sense, but (as indicated by some of the translations available at...
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Tim Maas
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How do you get "righteousnes" and thus be delivered from "death" (Proverbs 11:4)?
I would say that the reference to "death" is not speaking of temporal death, but of the eternal separation from God that will be experienced by the...
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