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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Was it God who introduced money into the world?

As I see it, the use of money arose from the need to have a medium of exchange that could represent the value of specific items, without requiring use of the...

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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

If the wording of the question is asking specifically about why the tear in the veil of the temple started at the top of the veil and ran vertically all the...

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

Context: 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from to...

Matthew 27:51

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What is the story of David and Bathsheba?

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What does it mean to pray without ceasing?

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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What does this verse mean: "There is one who scatters, yet increases more; and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty"?

I would say that the verse is speaking of individuals' attitudes and practices toward their material resources (including money), and how those attitudes and...

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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What baptism is Jesus referring to when he says "be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with" in Mk 10:39?

In my opinion, Jesus was not speaking of baptism in a sacramental or beneficial sense, but was likening the degree of His forthcoming sufferings (in which he...

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Question by Ayegbeni Sedenu , A preacher of the gospel.

Was it God who introduced money into the world?

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Answer by Ken White

What does the Bible say about confession of sin to a priest?

Many of you are taking this too literal... I have been a Catholic my entire life and nobody ever said we HAD to confess to a priest, but the Bible is clear...

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