Hebrews 9:4 seems to raise a problem. According to the set-up of the tabernacle in Exodus 30:6, the gold altar of incense is in the Holy Place where the gold...
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The simplicity of the gospel is best. First Corinthians 15:1-4 That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, that He was buried and rose again...
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I like Yankee Arnolds way. He asks people if they know where they are going when they die? If they say they do not know, or are not sure, then he gives them...
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So, we are to leave the judging to God. Yet at the same time be discerning. Complicate that by knowing something, that a person is unaware that you know. And...
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I have spent the first few days of 2022 again doing a bible reading plan, and for the past few days have struggled with this verse. How did Cain know the...
In Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, and Luke 18:25, Jesus spoke of the extreme difficulty for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. In fact, it is...
In my opinion, the cited verse is not teaching that the faith of the head of a household will also "automatically" save all those who are in that household....
In his excellent book Mere Christianity (which is fully viewable online), C. S. Lewis addressed this question in the chapter that he devoted to the subject...
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This is most helpful, Tim!
Acts 16:31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house.
For example, if you say, “I’m so proud of my child’s success?”
Isaiah 2:12
Hi, that is a good question, and even though I have been a believer for many years now, I still don't have a great answer to where the best place to start...
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What is the meaning of "the second Sabbath after the first" in Luke 6:1?
To me, the psalmist is employing the metaphor of battle by saying that, in the midst of the adversity which God had inflicted upon Israel (symbolized by a...
The most striking prophecy can be found in Daniel 2:37-45 where God showed Nebuchadnezzar the political future of the world. The head of gold was Babylon,...
Psalm 60:3-4 (NIV) 3 You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger. 4 But for those who fear you, you hav...
Psalms 60:1 - 12
Perhaps the two cited verses are referring to varying modes of divine retribution. David doesn't want his enemies immediately destroyed (and thus possibly...
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, and we all sin, First John 1:8, and we all die, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our...
The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are often seen as the same, but there are differences that show they are not interchangeable. Matthew is the...
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We all have generational sin. Our fathers and mothers are sinners. First John 1:8. Romans 3:23. Romans 3:9-10. Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel...
The "bloody men" within the verse are Saul and his men, chasing him down to remove him as a potential heir to the throne. However, the "mighty" that are...
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Matthew 7:21-23 There will be no boasting in heaven. John 6:40 and John 6:29. Romans 3:26-28. Lots of people believe they were chosen, but never believed the...
Saul had been trying to kill David. David would not kill the annointed King of Israel. At the end of 1 Samuel, Saul and his sons are dead. The men of Israel,...
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You cannot tell whether a person is saved or not by how they are living. We are saved by faith alone apart from works or action. Romans 4:5 Romans 1:16 John...
The sense in which a person is “sinful at birth” (Ps. 51:5, NIV) is by way of inclination, not by way of moral action. All persons are “by nature children of...
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Mark, what you say still does not answer the question as to whether or not dinosaurs existed in the Bible. I, personally, do not believe that dinosaurs...
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That's exactly what I suspected Jack! I just wanted to see if someone else thought the same way!
To get started reading the Bible, choose a helpful English translation if that is your native language. I like the New Living Translation. If this is your...
Psalm 59:11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down. 12 For the sins of th...
Psalms 59:1 - 17
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Danny, I just saw your comment above, 8 years after my comment! I do want to add to anyone reading what I wrote before that now, after following the Lord...
Jacob’s family is quite straightforward. Genesis 35:23-26 lists twelve sons of Jacob according to their mothers. Genesis 30:21 mentions the daughter, Dinah,...
One commentary that I read, and that seemed to make sense to me, indicated that Esau had four wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri Basemath (who was also...
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Trump shortened the timeline of the pandemic with operation Warp Speed. He is the “Trumpet”. Bill Gates is the “Gates of Hell” which shall not prevail. By...
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In context, John 3:13 was addressed to Nicodemus. Jesus was saying to Nicodemus that “No earthly teacher can really teach us about heaven because none of...
Should Mark 16:9-20 be in the Bible? My opinion is no, Mark 16:9-20 should not be in the Bible, but that the ending of the scroll somehow was lost. It kind...
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If we are to accept the hypotheses of the Y-chromosomal Adam and the Mitochondrial Eve as put forth by Mr. Houdmann, then we must also accept that this...
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Is it permissible as a Christian to rent out an apartment to a couple who aren't married?
Great question, Shirley H.! David knew he would meet the innocent child in heaven, while Absalom, who rebelled to the will of God, would certainly go to...
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Marriage is not the context of the scripture, "Don't be yoked together with unbelievers." Read the whole chapter and you won't read anything that refers to...
No, you do not have to have a wedding ceremony to be considered “married” in the eyes of God. My own daughter eloped and was then married by a justice of the...
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With 50% couples getting divorced, and high rates of divorce in Christian couples, it should be law to have that in place. otherwise, it's too easy for...
The best and most efficient way to begin reading the Bible is to join a solid Bible study group at your congregation. Moreover, you will greatly benefit from...
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Michael, also I liked your statement, "The Bible contains many examples of prayer and plenty of exhortations to pray (see ... Ephesians 6:18)." Prayer is the...
To me, the most important sections to start with would be the Old Testament books of Genesis and Exodus (which establish the framework for all the the rest...
I would say that the psalmist is wanting God to "rise up" in the sense of taking action (as a human would upon rising from sleep or rest) against those...
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How about this passage: Acts 2:25-34? Psalm 16 is a Messianic prophetic Psalm - it is not saying that upon death David immediately goes to heaven. David here...
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