This is a good question! There is significant disagreement. 1 Samuel 13:1 is a DIFFICULT passage. How can you tell? There are many variations to how bible...
I agree with the above answers and would like to offer one thought on the cultural context of this verse. Isaiah wrote in the 7th century BCE. In the...
I believe the original answer to this question is in Luke 15:1-2. Luke tells us that the "tax collectors and sinners" gathered to hear Jesus and "the...
Although I have seen calculations that purport to determine the exact date according to the solar Gregorian calendar (that is, one that is based on the...
Orthoptera are mentioned at least 35 times in our Bible. They are part of a family of insects that include grasshoppers crickets, palmer worms etc.. There is...
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Tradition says "women are to be silent in church" but I heard teaching that this was because women had to be separated from their husbands and because women...
In my view, water baptism is the public declaration of our faith in Jesus Christ and our solemn commitment to follow him as a member of the Christian church,...
Jesus said, "If anyone causes one of these little ones - those who believe in me - to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung...
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Tim, I like your insertion of "selective amnesia". Willful selective amnesia, in my view!
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Michael, your statement rang true to me: " Critical spirits are no fun to be around; neither are they fun to possess." I know!
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John, "capped" means they cannot be older, not that they "are that old." Furthermore, it is very likely that God made stars and galaxies at different stages...
Acts 8:35-39 35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36And as they went on their way, they came unto a ...
Acts 8:35 - 39
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, and we all sin, and we all die, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Eternal life...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my...
Hi Frank, God Bless you. Children are saved by our Lord even if they don't understand or hear about Jesus. It is written: "But Jesus called them to Him and...
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"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto...
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Jennifer, it would seem your hypotheses still don't line up with scripture. 10,000 and 500,000 years old still contradict the age of everything given in...
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Psalm 84:3, "Even the sparrow has found a home.." In the house of God. We have rest in Him. Also in Psalm 102:7, "And am I like a sparrow alone on a...
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Blood is a live substance. It is considered like bread and salt. When a covenant meal is shared, like the "blood" and the bread, those partaking are...
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if one steals, what has been stolen can be returned....and that includes someone elses wife..... two wrongs dont make a right..... first wrong, entering,...
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Thanks for doing that, much appreciated
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Thanks for doing that, much appreciated
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In an effort to full out a bit more of the evidence for taking this as a parable: First, this account appears amidst several other parables, indeed Luke...
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When we trust Jesus as our savior apart from works we have eternal life. Our sin debt is paid in full and we can no longer be condemned. Suicide is sin, but...
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Grant, just like I love to do with Spurgeon's sermons, I looked up your text, and supplied the Bible references: The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted...
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Is it possible to be Christian and pro-choice at the same time?
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Are Christians going to remain in the clouds with Christ forever according to 1 Thessalonians 4:17?
I would take issue with the premise of God being unjustly intolerant of the people's complaining. To me, the five factors that would have contributed most to...
God's action seems so strict!
Numbers 21:5 - 6
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No problem, Ezekiel!
As recounted in Numbers 13, Caleb (whose father's name was Jephunneh) was the representative chosen from the tribe of Judah to be among the twelve spies who...
Tim was right when he said that the New Testament was written in Greek and right also when speaking of the Greek alphabet. But John wrote the book of...
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Well thought through and well said. Spot on, Tim.
This is an excellent question especially because the passage has been used many times to argue that upon death the saved immediately go to Paradise. However,...
Everyone who has at one time believed the gospel, First Corinthians 15:1-4, and were sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise. Ephesians 1:13-14. Our guarantee...
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Jack, thanks for your comment. I appreciate it sir.
As I understand the theology involved, by His reference to Paradise, Jesus was not speaking of heaven, but of the intermediate state of blessedness of...
Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the alphabet of the Greek language in which the New Testament was written (similar to A and Z in the...
If Christ did not go to heaven until at least 3 days after His death, how can the thief be in paradise the day Christ died?
Luke 23:43
“The rest of the dead” are the wicked dead who will be raised and judged after the 1000 year reign of Christ. If you study the theology of Revelation (which...
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Great answer, Ezekiel! I remember using just that same verse you cited of Jesus in Matthew 11:23 saying, "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven,...
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Great answer, Ezekiel! I remember using just that same verse you cited of Jesus in Matthew 11:23 saying, "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven,...
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