What does the Bible say about people who are transgender?
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Yes Mr Smith, she does sound like a nice person. But I don't think that was why she said what she said. I think she wants the christian community to know...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
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by Christian Knickerbocker
Who is the prophet the Pharisees are referring to in John 1:25?
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I have heard it said that the prophet was Moses, simply by dint of the fact that they called him THE prophet. I don't think it’s right. I don't believe it...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why do some people refuse to believe in God, in spite of the evidence?
I can't address the specific case of the questioner's cousin, but I would say in general that the reason many people refuse to believe in God (no matter how...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why did the people in Genesis live such long lives?
I think that "God granted those long lives so that we, looking back, could see from which we have fallen. In other words, those long lives testify that death...
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Anonymous
Why do some people refuse to believe in God, in spite of the evidence?
I have a cousin who's like this. I think he's a person who denies that God exists.
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by Albert DeBenedictis
, Retired computer programmer
Do Christians have to obey the Old Testament law?
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Nathan Toronga wrote: “Now, the Sabbath law was observed by Jesus, the apostles (and Paul, who was especially recorded several times), and Paul attended with...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How do I receive forgiveness from God?
Our sin debt was paid in full at the cross. Romans 4:7-8. Blessed is the man whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does the Bible mean when it says 'The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God''?
Our English word fool comes from a Latin word that means “bellows,” suggesting that the fool is a person “full of hot air.” “There is no God.” Believing...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What does putting God first really mean?
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Amen to that. The mission field can be right where we live. And I cannot imagine leaving my wife and family for any reason. God created the family first, and...
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Janet Austin
, Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author
What does putting God first really mean?
All good answers. And let’s remember also, how we treat others is how we treat God. We find this in Matthew 25:31-46 (esp verse 40). Also, I find it odd when...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
How could Jesus experience EVERY human temptation? (Hebrews 4:15)
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Rajesh Sony, It would be great if you would rewrite this as a direct answer to the question instead of a response to Jack's answer. This is spot on! I take...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Could Jesus have sinned? If He was not capable of sinning, how could He truly be able to 'sympathize with our weaknesses' (Hebrews 4:15)? If He could not sin, what was the point of the temptation?
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Colossians 1:19 ~ In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form. You listed the right scripture right there, Mr Houdmann. That really settles...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Could Jesus have sinned? If He was not capable of sinning, how could He truly be able to 'sympathize with our weaknesses' (Hebrews 4:15)? If He could not sin, what was the point of the temptation?
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I think the honorable thing to do is to confess to what is truly believed. Is he both fully God and fully man? What's the real meaning of that? How can that...
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by Danny Hickman
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Could Jesus have sinned? If He was not capable of sinning, how could He truly be able to 'sympathize with our weaknesses' (Hebrews 4:15)? If He could not sin, what was the point of the temptation?
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J D, you explained this truth eloquently. "Considering the tri-unity and co-equality of the godhead, if one could sin all could sin." It doesn't get much...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Could Jesus have sinned? If He was not capable of sinning, how could He truly be able to 'sympathize with our weaknesses' (Hebrews 4:15)? If He could not sin, what was the point of the temptation?
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Let's be clear about this 'Fully Man' thing.Every man conceived by man has a sin nature. He is fully man. Jesus is said to be fully man and he didn't have a...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Could Jesus have sinned? If He was not capable of sinning, how could He truly be able to 'sympathize with our weaknesses' (Hebrews 4:15)? If He could not sin, what was the point of the temptation?
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These people are saying God, (Jesus) who is light, can have his light extinguished; all he has to do is change his mind. This God, who the scripture says,...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Could Jesus have sinned? If He was not capable of sinning, how could He truly be able to 'sympathize with our weaknesses' (Hebrews 4:15)? If He could not sin, what was the point of the temptation?
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Your answer and Mr Houdmann's agree, but you explain it much better! The answers that say Jesus was capable of disobeying HIS OWN NATURE are way off base! I...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why is 'the devil made me do it' not a valid excuse?
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John 3:18: Believers are no longer condemned. But we can be chastened by the Lord as a child of God. John 1:12. But, first John 1:8: If we say we have no sin...
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John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
Some believe that 11:11 stands for Jeremiah 11:11 and, possibly, other books with a chapter 11. They see it as a "wake up call" to pay strict attention to...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
There is no special significance to it, as discussed at: https://www.gotquestions.org/11-11-in-the-Bible.html (This is the same discussion on Mr. Houdmann's...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does this passage mean, “One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want”?
An empirical or "common-sense" view of giving might conclude that the more of their resources that people give away to charitable causes, the poorer it would...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why do people say worshipping Jesus is idolatry?
I would say that it would be because they regard Jesus as a mere man or human being, who would therefore not be worthy of the worship that should be reserved...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why is 'the devil made me do it' not a valid excuse?
Wiersbe says, "A popular television comedian always got laughs when he said, 'The devil made me do it!'" Who was that comedian? Flip Wilson. (In the 1970s)...
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Anonymous
What does this passage mean, “One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want”?
Please explain this message
Proverbs 11:24
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Is it wrong for a Christian to have a dream catcher?
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Carly Dart
Is it wrong for a Christian to have a dream catcher?
In my opinion, yes it’s wrong. I can clearly see now at age 28, recently saved, that the occultism started at a very young age for me, and it was not my...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Is it true that 'where God guides, He provides'?
Where does this saying come from? The saying “where God guides, he provides” comes from a paraphrase of Isaiah 58:11. The Contemporary English Version of...
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Anonymous
What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
"A popular superstition involves the number 11, which in numerology is a 'Master Number' signifying spiritual awareness or psychic intuition." --Houdmann
Ecclesiastes 8:14 - 17
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Who were the priests of On? Was Joseph wrong to marry the daughter of a pagan priest?
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Just because a man or a woman tells a fiance they are "a christian," doesn't mean that person has truly been born again. Maybe they've attended church...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Who were the priests of On? Was Joseph wrong to marry the daughter of a pagan priest?
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That's not how hearts are changed.. I'm not saying Asenath's heart wasn't "turned to the One True God," I have no way of knowing that either one way or the...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Who were the priests of On? Was Joseph wrong to marry the daughter of a pagan priest?
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"Joseph no doubt won his wife over to the Hebrew faith." Really? No doubt? Why? Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. Did Esau practice the same faith as Isaac...
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by ainsley chalmers
, Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.
Is the war in Iraq a just war?
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Man will always justify his sin. Hitler justified murdering 6 million Jews, Russians believe Ukraine belongs to them, al Quida believe America is evil and...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Who were the priests of On? Was Joseph wrong to marry the daughter of a pagan priest?
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I bet there are many atheists with offspring who believe in Jesus. Being the offspring of a "pagan" doesn't make a person unwinnable to God. God saves! Being...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Is the Holy Spirit a person?
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When we baptize in the "name" of... we baptize "by the authority" of... that's the point of it. When we bow "at the name" of Jesus, it means we bow to his...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Has anyone ever seen God?
Nope. John 1:18 says, "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." "God is invisible...
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Is God sovereign and/or do we have a free will?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is it true that 'where God guides, He provides'?
I would say that it IS true, but I would also say that, in God's omniscience, His provision may not take an exact form that we request or expect, but that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did God tell Jeremiah not to pray? (Jeremiah 7:16)
God, being omniscient, was aware that, regardless of whether Jeremiah interceded with Him for the people (as individuals such as Moses and Samuel had done in...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why does it matter that they "did not catch them breaking in"? (Jeremiah 2:34)
In my opinion, the passage is saying that, if the inhabitants of Jerusalem had caught the poor breaking into their homes, it would have given those...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why does it matter that they "did not catch them breaking in"? (Jeremiah 2:34)
In my opinion, the passage is saying that, if the Israelites had caught the poor breaking into their homes, it would have given the Israelites a valid excuse...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does it mean that there will be a famine of hearing the words of the Lord?
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Very interesting answer, Tim!
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why does it matter that they "did not catch them breaking in"? (Jeremiah 2:34)
Jeremiah 2:34 On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this ...
Jeremiah 2:1 - 37
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why did God tell Jeremiah not to pray? (Jeremiah 7:16)
Jeremiah 7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
Jeremiah 7:1 - 29
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Is remarriage after divorce always adultery?
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We are all sinners. First John 1:8. But sin brings forth death. Romans 6:23 For the penalty for sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why do people call themselves born again Christians, when that term is not found in the Bible?
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All believers are born again by the Holy Spirit the second they accept Jesus free gift of eternal life. The gospel. First Corinthians 15:3-4. That Christ...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why are some professing Christians so against Jews calling themselves Jewish Christians?
They shouldn't. The first converts to Christianity in the book of Acts were all Jews. Romans 1:16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does the Bible say about "nagging"?
NAVE (Nave’s Topical Bible) lists only 2 references for “nagging”: Judg. 14:17; 16:16. Pressure can also come in the form of psychological force upon an...