As you are baffled, i am baffled why anybody would consider him anything but a thief. Deceiving his father, so overcome with shame that he has to flee and...
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Mr. Hickman, Indeed we groan! But we walk by faith, awaiting the greater reality! We all struggle in this fallen world. John 5:31: Jesus said, "If I bear...
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Yes I did! Thank you for the polite correction. I need all the help I can get.
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Have any aspects of end times prophecy been fulfilled?
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Danny, what then would you say to an unsaved person if they approached you and asked the question "What must I do to be saved" (Acts 16:30)? Would you tell...
This same thing happened to me when I was a teenager. My folks took my sister and me to church every Sunday. But when they got divorced, church attendance...
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Interesting, Paula. I, too, use Dr. Constable's notes as well.
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Why would God use someone as a vessel to heal others, but not heal the person He is using to heal others?
John 1:4-5 says, "In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it."...
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Nice! Having read many of his "notes", I think they're possibly the best commentary of all, with only a few issues I'd disagree on.
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So now, let's be sure we keep the proper perspective of what was said in Genesis 4; it says, 'In the process of time they brought offerings of their vocation...
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So, if Abel gave the "right sacrifice" for his sin, then Abel EARNED God's approval, and Cain didn't earn it because he gave the wrong sacrifice. So, this...
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Mark, if you (not you personally, but the collective 'you' who believe we either accept the gospel and change our eternal fate, or reject it and remain in...
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Hey Mark, none of the scriptures you listed change the meaning of the scriptures I listed. The foreknowledge of God doesn't change the meaning of "created in...
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Paula, I had Dr. Tom Constable for an evangelism class at Dallas Seminary!
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Why kidnap to acquire a wife (Judges 21:21)?
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Why kidnap to acquire a wife (Judges 21:21)?
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What is a Christian couple allowed to do in sex?
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What is the significance of the woman touching the hem of Jesus' garment when Jesus felt the power run out of him to heal her?
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What is the significance of the woman touching the hem of Jesus' garment when Jesus felt the power run out of him to heal her?
Constable's Notes are excellent on this issue: https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dcc/judges-21.html. Basically, as summarized at the end: "Judges...
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What are the implications of Luke 15:7 regarding free will?
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What are the implications of Luke 15:7 regarding free will?
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Good answer, JD. But I got a "Whoops! The passage you were looking for was not found," message when I hovered my mouse over your Matthew 23:47 reference. Did...
Judges 21:20 And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards 21 and watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to a...
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What does the Bible say about anger?
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Paul lays out the path to belief here: Romans 10:13-17 "13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on...
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Hey Danny! Consider this very telling verse (KJV): 1 Peter 1:2 "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit,...
In Exodus 12:1-2, God changed the calendar for the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt at the Passover. Before this, the first month was six months...
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There is only predestination; there is no "choice" to believe that leads to eternal life in Christ. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto...
"Were they the best fighters?" I'd say 'No, they were probably just the opposite.' I think the detail about how they drank from the brook is told to us for a...
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Why did Jesus ask the man at the pool if he wanted to get well?
In the,"Ancient Faith version on the Christian Standard Bible" I found this: 2 Corinthians 5:1, Origen comments: "In regard to our bodily nature we must...
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Does the Bible teach mortal and venial sin?
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What is the book of Jonah?
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Jennifer, your analogy would be correct if 'following the king' were the requirement for salvation. I think a better analogy would be that the 'slaves' are...
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Should Christians celebrate Halloween?
The prophet Isaiah’s ministry spanned some 60 years, through the reigns of the Judahite kings, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. The book seems to...
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What does it mean to love Jesus?
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Just to note I don’t believe Abraham was Jewish. But he was Hebrew (descendant of Eber, I think).
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Excellent response Michael!
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Can a Christian lose salvation?
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If the penalty for our sins is eternity in Hell, how did Jesus' death pay our penalty if He did not spend eternity in Hell?
Psalm 1:3: And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and...
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Are we living in the end times?
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Why pray for God’s "will" to be done? (Matthew 6:10)
Why is Jesus God? We are reminded in Isaiah 55:8 that there will always be a challenge for humans to understand and explain how Jesus can be equal to God,...
The power of Jesus' blood was that Jesus was sinless, not that it had any sort of mystical qualities. 1 Cor. 11:25 states that his blood was what enacted the...
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Very nice answer Arin. I might also add that someone's testimony is how you can tell if they are on the correct path for obtaining or already possessing...
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