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  1. How can one become a “partaker of the divine nature”?
  2. What does the potter’s work in Jeremiah 18:1-6 teach us about God’s authority over our lives and His ability to reshape us when we go astray?
  3. Does Ezekiel prophesy about an invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar which never actually took place? Ezekiel 29:17–20
  4. How do we minister unto the Lord?
  5. Why would Pharaoh "console" himself when he saw that his fate was the same as the great nations of the past (Ezekiel 32:31)?
  6. What does the Bible say about Christians and Israel?
  7. What is meant by "the age" or "the ages" in the Bible (Ex: Matthew 28:20, Hebrews 9:26 and Romans 16:25; Ephesians 2:7 and 3:9)?


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

What does the Bible say about Christians participating in political rallies against the government. Should we be involved in such activities?

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Mr Matthews, I think you explained it quite well. Jesus never took on the government when He was here, and He didn't commission His followers (us) to do so...

June 24 2021

Question by Anonymous
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Is the musical “Godspell” biblical?

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Comment by Enoch Ilisia

What does it mean that Christians are not under the law?

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Aurel, thank you so much for clarifying my confusion. Now I am clear about what it means to be "not under law but under grace". I’ts in the text itself, the...

June 24 2021

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

Where does the name of the chosen people as "HEBREWS" come from?

"Hebrew" as an adjective or adjectival noun is traditionally understood to be based on the name of Abraham's ancestor, Eber, mentioned in Genesis 10:21....

June 24 2021 Follow Vote Up

Comment by Mare T

What does the Bible say about bees/bee stings?

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This is great writing. I’ll remember the story about the brothers and the bee for a long while to come.

June 24 2021

Answer by Billy P Eldred

How can I be saved?

My answer will be short. The other answers tell you to be saved, all you have to do is believe. They are not wrong. But what many leave out is just how BIG...

June 24 2021 12 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Billy P Eldred

Does the Bible say that an increase in technology is a sign of the end times?

The Bible gives us many prophecies that must take place before the time of the end, most of which have already taken place. I believe that some of those...

June 24 2021 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean to train up a child in the way he should go?

June 23 2021

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

How could Eutycus be dead if he had life in him?

In my opinion, Eutycus was indeed dead, but it was the grasp of the apostle Paul (as a channel of Paul's faith) that enabled him to speak of Eutycus as alive...

June 23 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How should a Christian view materialism?

Hebrews 13:5 And be content with such things as ye have, for He hath said, I will never leave you or forsake you. Part of our old nature is still...

June 23 2021 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How could Eutycus be dead if he had life in him?

Acts 20:9–10 especially. My problem is that verse nine says he was “taken up dead.” But in the very next verse, Paul said, “his life is in him.”

Acts 20:7 - 16

June 23 2021 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is 'perseverance of the saints' and is it biblical?

June 23 2021

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

What might be some reasons that God is not blessing my life?

1. You haven’t asked for God’s blessing. “You do not have because you do not ask God” (James 4:2). All too often I am guilty of this. I just forget to pray...

June 23 2021 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Alan Hitchner

What is the difference between the soul and spirit of man?

There is a standard found in the merriam-webster dictionary for the term "soul" and the term "spirit". It is clear to me when I remember the phrase " Not a...

June 23 2021 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Patricio Villanueva , Retired banker in search of the REAL TRUTH.

What might be some reasons that God is not blessing my life?

We know that our Lord is our Celestial Father. And a good father loves his sons/daughters and as such he will reward or punish his kids according to their...

June 23 2021 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does the Bible say about an unhappy marriage?

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I don't understand "marrying for sex." A young "rules oriented" legalist man might marry to be able to have sex legally, but how widespread is that in '2021?...

June 23 2021

Comment by Aurel Georgescu

Can loved ones in heaven look down on you?

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The souls of Revelation 5: 8, Revelation 7: 9, and Revelation 6: 9-11 are the souls of the dead raised in the Rapture. According to the Pretribulation...

June 23 2021

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

What does it mean to train up a child in the way he should go?

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Continuing, Overspiritualizing the words of scripture is a common practice. Prov 22:6 is used by cynics to prove that we're off our nut. There is irrefutable...

June 23 2021

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

What does it mean to train up a child in the way he should go?

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I believe all Mr Houdmann says here is true. That doesn't make his exegesis of this passage of scripture to be the context of this text. This isn't an...

June 23 2021

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

Why are God’s chosen people given three different names in different portions of scripture?

I would express it by saying that the terms "Hebrew", "Israelite", and "Jew" (in that order) represent a progressive narrowing of references to God's chosen...

June 22 2021 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Would seven years of famine be unusual? (Genesis 41:27)

I humbly submit a seven year famine period is somewhat unusual, reasonably one could attach a deeper "SOD" that which profits meaning. Scripture represents...

June 22 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Moyo , Christian youth teacher

Why would God speak to a nonbeliever like Pharaoh? (Genesis 41:16)

My answer to the question is quite simple: God, being God, created everything, including Jews and Gentles, believers and non-believers, merciful and cruel,...

June 22 2021 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Albert DeBenedictis , Retired computer programmer

How can we prevent our young people from losing faith?

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Yes. It is so sad that students are not encouraged to question anything that could cause one to doubt evolution. That is why I believe it is up to the...

June 22 2021

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

What are some good reasons to memorize Scripture?

What are some good reasons to memorize Scripture? It strengthens the believer (Psalm 119:92), makes him fruitful (Psalm 1:2-3), obedient (Psalm 119:11),...

June 22 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Would seven years of famine be unusual? (Genesis 41:27)

Secular sources (such as an article on Wikipedia that is viewable at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famines) indicate that various famines throughout...

June 22 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why would God speak to a nonbeliever like Pharaoh? (Genesis 41:16)

God can and has worked through anyone including non-believers to get what He wants to be done. Consider Abimelech, who was given a divine dream (Gen. 20:3-7)...

June 22 2021 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean to wait upon the Lord?

Good question, Jafeda! Kelli was right when she said "wait upon" means as the Hebrew lexicon of the Old Testament, Brown-Driver-Briggs, also says: I. [קָוָה]...

June 22 2021 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

What are some good reasons to memorize Scripture?

In my humble opinion a very causal assessment of our little sphere indicates the coming apart of many revered or trusted subsystems. Personal responsibility...

June 22 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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Why are God’s chosen people given three different names in different portions of scripture?

Why are God's chosen people called "Hebrews" 18 times: OT, 3 times, NT, "Israelites" 16 times: OT, 2 times: NT and "Jews" 89 times: OT, 168 times: NT? I beli...

Exodus 9:15

June 22 2021 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What does the Bible say about lying? Is lying a sin?

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It's hard to believe that there's an effort here to make lying a matter of culture, or whether the deception is "modern" or not. If David pretended, he was...

June 22 2021

Answer by Chris Dibbern

Why would God speak to a nonbeliever like Pharaoh? (Genesis 41:16)

God loves the non-believers like Pharaoh and wants to draw them into a good relationship with him (Romans 5:8, Isaiah 65:1). He does this a lot because his...

June 22 2021 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Aurel Georgescu

Who were the sons of God and daughters of men?

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Dear Aurel, Gheorghe Mureșan and other giants like him are rare, isolated cases. In Genesis 6: 1-4 we see not isolated cases but numerous cases, a mass...

June 21 2021

Comment by Aurel Georgescu

Who were the sons of God and daughters of men?

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Dear Aurel, you are right. The King James translation uses the term “sons of God” 11 times - 5 in the Old Testament and 6 in the New Testament - but it is...

June 21 2021

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Comment by John Smith

Why do many worship and do Sabbath on Sunday instead of Saturday?

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Connie, it's all about or faith and the God's grace to forgive our sins. Our faith in Jesus and with the help of the Holy Spirit leads us to want follow...

June 21 2021

Comment by ainsley chalmers , Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.

How can we prevent our young people from losing faith?

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Teachers in secular education would get the sack if they expressed doubt about macro evolution to their students. Many churches and theological colleges...

June 21 2021

Comment by ainsley chalmers , Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.

What are some flaws in the theory of evolution?

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Evolution within a kind is real vs. different kinds of dogs, cats etc., but one cannot go from dogs to cats, reptiles to birds. Evolution of microbes to man...

June 21 2021

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What are Red-Letter Christians?

Most believers are red letter Christians. We believe What Jesus said.. John 3:16-18. John 6:47. John 10:28-29. John 3:18. Believers have eternal life,...

June 21 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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June 20 2021

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

What was Jesus' message to the church in Laodicea in Revelation?

Each of the 7 churches receives counsel from the counselor as each of them had received commendation except one, this church here, Laodicea. This sole church...

June 20 2021 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Patricio Villanueva , Retired banker in search of the REAL TRUTH.

Why do many worship and do Sabbath on Sunday instead of Saturday?

The Lord rested on the seventh day, shabbat, from His work of Creation. Also His Son rested on the seventh day from His work of Redemption. He said: I'll...

June 20 2021 48 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?

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Yes, the thought is: “I'm good, you're good we are all good.” To which God might say, "Good-bye!" The Bible is truth. From page one thru the end of the...

June 20 2021

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

Why was John the Baptist in jail and for how long?

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I see what you mean, Jack, by saying John accused Herod of incest. In fact, "John had publicly criticized Herod's marriage to Herodias, the ex-wife of...

June 20 2021