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  1. What happened to the gentiles before Jesus came?
  2. How can believers be poor and rich at the same time? Revelation 2:9
  3. What witnessing principles can Christians learn from the lepers' response in 2 Kings 7:3–9?
  4. What is the meaning of the flying scroll in Zechariah 5, and how is it connected to God's judgment on thieves and liars?
  5. What did Paul mean by "dogs" in Philippians 3:2?
  6. How are believers supposed to 'learn Christ,' according to Ephesians 4:20?
  7. What does it mean that Christ "was crucified in weakness" (2 Cor. 13:4)?
  8. Why did the Lord favor Abel’s offering more than Cain’s?
  9. What can we learn from Paul's shipwreck on Melita (KJV) or Malta? Acts 27-28
  10. Why was God tired of sacrifices? Isaiah 1:11-14


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How do I know the Bible is not just mythology?

December 13 2021

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does the tabernacle in Exodus symbolize?

I have read some articles on its symbolism, and one thing is clear, believing that later the Temple would replace the Tabernacle: Jesus’ body is the curtain...

December 12 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What are the Christian themes in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?

December 12 2021

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Did God bestow the power to heal to all who follow Him?

Great question, Peggy! I can think of at least one clear example of a non-healing of a believer: The Bible says of him in Acts 20:4 And there accompanied him...

December 12 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Is the Son of God the first gift God gave to us?

Great question, Donna Colosimo! In a sense, yes, Jesus was the first real really big gift God gave us. He is the Bread of life. The Bible says in Genesis 1...

December 12 2021 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Kelli Trujillo , Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician

When will "prophecies, tongues" and "knowledge" come to an end? (1 Cor. 13:8–12)

We are given the answer to this question in verses 9-10 of this passage: “9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the...

December 12 2021 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why does God require faith?

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First Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us who are saved it is the POWER of God. First Corinthians...

December 12 2021

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Did the writers of the New Testament regard their writings as Scripture?

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And also this: I don't think there's any way the saints of the first century could have imagined that their contributions would become what they have become....

December 12 2021

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why is the word “replenish” used in the KJV?

Great question, Eric! I believe the word, "replenish," has a specific meaning in Genesis 1:28. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it means, ": to...

December 12 2021 Follow Vote Up

Question by Eric Moore

Why is the word “replenish” used in the KJV?

The earth was brand new. What was there to replenish? Gen. 1:28: “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the ...

Genesis 1:28

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Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

With all the evil in this world currently, is this the proof that the rapture is very near?

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One thing for sure, it is nearer than it was yesterday. Acts 16:31. I believe we are very close to the rapture. The bride of Christ will be raptured out of...

December 12 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is theology proper / Paterology?

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Do we have a free will? Absolutely. If we did not have a free will we could not believe on Jesus for the free gift of eternal life. Since Jesus died for the...

December 12 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is theology proper / Paterology?

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Theology is as simple as Acts 16:31. John 3:18 and John 6:47. First John 2:2.

December 12 2021

Answer by Christopher Brown

Is the Son of God the first gift God gave to us?

I believe the first gift ever given is established based on the following: The bible says in Revelation 13:8 that Jesus is the lamb slain from the foundation...

December 12 2021 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Stephen Adair

How are Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, related?

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Mmmmm. Not sure I follow this. Salome's mother was Mariamne and her father was Herod II. She had no relation to either John or Mary. John the Baptist was...

December 12 2021

Comment by Bruce H. Scroggins

December 12 2021

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does it mean that we should 'not be like the horse or mule?'

“Do not be like the horse or like the mule,” God counsels in Psalm 32:9, and David disobeyed his own counsel. The horse sometimes wants to rush ahead...

December 12 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Who was Apollos?

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The truth is we are all sinners. Romans 3:23. The truth is we need a savior. Jesus is the savior of the world to them that believe on Him alone for the free...

December 12 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why didn’t God predestine everybody to follow him?

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Actually it is the choice of whether to believe what He said. John 3:16-18. John 6:47. God in His foreknowledge knew who would believe and who would not. But...

December 12 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the meaning of the Parable of the Dragnet?

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All men are sinners. Romans 3:23. But believers have His perfect righteousness imputed to us by faith alone in Jesus. Romans 4:5-6. The thief on the cross...

December 12 2021

Answer by Ben Jones , Retired Professional Photographer

What does it mean that, "God SO LOVED the world”? John 3:16

God so loved the "world." The Greek word for "world" is kosmos. There are several different meanings in the Bible for this word. We must determine which...

December 12 2021 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Alaingiresse Etongo

Who is the "us" when God stated "let us make man in our image"?

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I am so blessed by this brother. I am so happy that I learnt something new today. I mean something I never thought even existed. I really want to learn more....

December 12 2021

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What if I don't feel saved?

December 11 2021

Answer by John Appelt

When will "prophecies, tongues" and "knowledge" come to an end? (1 Cor. 13:8–12)

The references to prophecies, tongues, and knowledge are about special verbal sign gifts. I Corinthians 13:8-12 is clear that they will come to an end. The...

December 11 2021 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Is the Covid-19 vaccine the mark of the beast?

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I am so glad to see that someone else is connecting dots!

December 11 2021

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

Did God bestow the power to heal to all who follow Him?

The power to supernaturally heal others is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit enumerated by Paul in 1 Corinthians 12. Although Jesus mentioned this healing...

December 11 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What if I don't feel saved?

When I was in Campus Crusade for Christ at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, I participated in evangelizing other students. One thing they (CCC)...

December 10 2021 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

If motherhood was so blessed by God, why did mothers have to bring a sacrifice to God to expiate for having children?

I would say that it would be necessary to consider the accomplished fact of the child's birth separately from the process of it. Children are a blessing...

December 10 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

If motherhood was so blessed by God, why did mothers have to bring a sacrifice to God to expiate for having children?

Leviticus 12:5-7 But especially vv. 5 and 7. 5 If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then s...

Leviticus 12:1 - 8

December 10 2021 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

How can the Bible say that the hyrax and the rabbit chew the cud when science now knows that they do not?

Both animals move their jaws in such a manner as to appear to be chewing the cud. They considered the hyrax and rabbit as clean animals because of the...

December 10 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How will we be "enriched in every way"? (2 Corinthians 9:11)

Colossians 3:1-4 We are to lay up treasure in heaven by what we do. Colossians 3:5-6 The wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. Believers. Not...

December 10 2021 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Does God change His mind? (Exodus 32:14)

Yes, God does change His mind. When Johah preached to Nineveh and they changed then God repented. He changed his mind and did not destroy Nineveh. The word...

December 10 2021 2 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Kenneth Darling

What does it mean that, "God SO LOVED the world”? John 3:16

John 3:16, Possibly the single most popular verse in the Bible, at the very least the most well known. But what does this verse mean exactly? I kind of have...

December 10 2021 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Is the Covid-19 vaccine the mark of the beast?

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1/26/2021 Connected Covid vaccine deaths reported to VAERS was 19,532. It is both astonishing and revealing that in the last 11 months there were more...

December 10 2021

Comment by Rajesh Sony

How could Jesus experience EVERY human temptation? (Hebrews 4:15)

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Yes, here's how I see it. There is a set of all temptations. Out of the entire set, there are 3 primary subsets of temptations from which ALL other...

December 10 2021

Comment by Billy P Eldred

Who wrote the Book of Hebrews? Who was the author of Hebrews?

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I agree as the book just does not read like the other letters written by Paul. It is harder for me to grasp in a casual reading; rather takes extra...

December 10 2021

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Why did Noah curse Ham / Canaan?

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I have 8 grandchildren; one is a great granddaughter. Her name is Rhylee. If my daughter Shawnte does something that I decide is evil enough for which I will...

December 10 2021

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the biblical method of evangelism?

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First John 2:2 And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but for the SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. Those that believe it are saved. Those...

December 10 2021

Answer by John Appelt

What does it mean that, "God SO LOVED the world”? John 3:16

God so loved the world. That God loved the world so much is a powerful message. However, this is not the way it was intended by John. The Greek word for ‘so’...

December 10 2021 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Why did Noah curse Ham / Canaan?

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"Why was Canaan cursed instead of Ham, when it was Ham who sinned against his father? Canaan must have been involved somehow. And one or both of them must...

December 09 2021

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

How should a Christian view vaccinations/vaccines?

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The Food and Drug Administration FDA asked a judge to grant it 75 years or until year 2096 to produce the requested data concerning the Pfizer BioNTech [GENE...

December 09 2021