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

What does Psalm 135:6 mean for the Coronavirus (Covid-19)?

God has both a decretive will (that is, things that He commands or causes to happen), and a permissive will (that is, things that He allows to happen)....

October 27 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is Halloween Satan's birthday?

To my knowledge, the origin of Hallowe'en is not at all related to Satan. It is one of multiple formerly pagan observances that were absorbed and changed to...

October 27 2020 Follow Vote Up

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

Are we all called to serve?

I would say that all Christians are called to serve, but not necessarily in the same role or capacity, or using the same spiritual gifts. God recognizes the...

October 27 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does Psalm 135:6 mean for the Coronavirus (Covid-19)?

The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. Psalm 135:6 or Psalms 135:6 “Whatsoever the ...

Psalms 135:6

October 27 2020 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Does Jesus command us not to worry? (Luke 12:22)

… A normal individual's nervousness is centered around… 40%—things that will never happen. An instance or anxiety is Martha, Luke 10:40, 41 30%—things about...

October 27 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why was a virgin birth necessary? (Matthew 1:23)

The virgin birth was necessary to avoid the transmission of original sin that has occurred in connection with every "normal" human birth ever since the...

October 27 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Does Jesus command us not to worry? (Luke 12:22)

To me, there is a distinction to be made between care and worry (or between thought and anxious thought). We are to use our abilities, intelligence, and...

October 27 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did God hurl satan to earth instead of another planet?

First, I would say that Satan would have been expelled from heaven prior to the acquisition of a sin nature by humanity, since Satan was the being...

October 27 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Movylene Haack

Should a Christian run for political office?

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John Jay a Founding Father, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789-95) stated that "If this country is to remain a Christian country, we must...

October 27 2020

Question by Anonymous
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Why did God hurl satan to earth instead of another planet?

It seems that we have enough of our sin nature and I can't understand him having access to us.

October 27 2020 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Denise Harrison Harrison

Did God live in darkness before He created light ?

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Psalm 139:12

October 27 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Q K

Is it right to expel unmarried lady who has become pregnant from the church?

It is humiliating. Always ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?" But discipline requires wisdom. Remember, all have sinned. Even the expeller has his or her...

October 27 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What should we learn from Jesus' forgiving and healing a paralyzed man?

They wanted to help so they chose to convey the man to the house where Jesus was, nevertheless the most exceedingly awful anticipated them, the house was...

October 27 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why is the Virgin Birth so important?

Both Mary and Joseph had a place with the house of David. The Old Testament predictions showed that the Messiah would be conceived of a lady (Gen. 3:15), of...

October 27 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why was a virgin birth necessary? (Matthew 1:23)

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Does this previous discussion on ebible.com address your question: https://ebible.com/questions/947-why-is-the-virgin-birth-so-important

October 26 2020

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

Why was a virgin birth necessary? (Matthew 1:23)

Matthew 1:23 New International Version (NIV) 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God wit...

Matthew 1:23

1 Vote October 26 2020 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What did David mean when he said, "I RUN to you to hide me" in Psalm 143:9, NLT?

Probably we should read, with the change of a single letter (חסחי for כסחי), unto thee have I fled for refuge. "Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord! I run to...

October 26 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is it right to expel unmarried lady who has become pregnant from the church?

In my view, the handling of this issue would depend in large part on the attitude of the woman herself. (Jesus told the woman caught in adultery that He did...

October 26 2020 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is meaning of the phrase, "...according to scriptures," in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4?

If the citation in the question was meant to be 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (rather than 1 Corinthians 3:4), I would say that Paul was indicating that Jesus' death...

October 26 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Was Noah's flood global or local?

October 26 2020

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

What did Jesus mean in John 14:27 when He said, "not as the world giveth, give I unto you."?

My understanding of the meaning that Jesus was conveying relates not to the nature of the act of giving, but of the gift itself. He was saying that an...

October 26 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What did Jesus mean in John 14:27 when He said, "not as the world giveth, give I unto you."?

◄ John 14:27 ► Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 14:27

October 25 2020 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Bob Wier , Ordained 6-25-2017

What does the Bible say about closed borders?

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You seem to think we are about this world. We are not. This is a fallen world, ruled by a demonic fallen angel, filled with the spiritually walking dead,...

October 25 2020

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Are there different levels of the devil?

October 25 2020

Question by Ralph Dcosta

Is it right to expel unmarried lady who has become pregnant from the church?

If one who is not married becomes pregnant, should the church expel such a person from the body of Christ? Ralph D’costa Ghana

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In scripture, what does "The Lord's Day" mean?

October 25 2020

Answer by Al Mark

Is prayer to saints or Mary biblical?

A proper interpretation of the Bible is key to its application. Luke 20:38 “Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.” We cannot...

October 25 2020 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What did David mean when he said, "I RUN to you to hide me" in Psalm 143:9, NLT?

If I am reading or understanding the original literal Hebrew text of this verse (as found on the http://biblehub.com website) correctly, there is no explicit...

October 25 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What did David mean when he said, "I RUN to you to hide me" in Psalm 143:9, NLT?

The full context of what is meant is probably: Psalm 143:7-11 (NLT) - Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away f...

October 25 2020 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why are Christians so afraid in this COVID-19 pandemic?

Great question, Grant! "Once the virus is deeply embedded in the body, it begins to cause more severe disease. This is where direct attack on other organs...

October 25 2020 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Donna Meek

Even though I’m mad, should I give?

I am so sorry for your loss. Your heart is broken from the loss - and possibly from your friend not understanding! Forgiveness is a gift for yourself - not...

October 25 2020 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does the Bible say about worry?

October 25 2020

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

How does the Holy Spirit help us identify fake news that harms our relationship with God?

To me, this would fall under the heading of discernment, which the Holy Spirit would grant as a spiritual gift to believers, in addition to furnishing the...

October 25 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why are Christians so afraid in this COVID-19 pandemic?

In my opinion, fear surrounding COVID-19 is connected with what is still unknown about it (especially all its possible modes of transmission), the suddenness...

October 25 2020 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why do Christians today only live 70-80 years when we’ve been born again?

The "threescore-and-ten" reference to the "normal" human life span in the cited psalm goes back even farther than David, since Psalm 90 (according to the...

October 25 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why does God keep sending his messengers to tell his people to repent when they refuse to listen to him?

As God said to Jeremiah in the passage cited in the question, His repeated calls to repentance were (and still are) signs of His love, mercy, patience, and...

October 25 2020 Follow Vote Up

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

Is Noah’s flood the result of God’s judgment on evil and wickedness or God’s mercy to alleviate suffering and begin again with one righteous man and his family?

In my speculative opinion, the timing of the Flood was both a judgment against the wickedness on earth at that time, and also a necessary measure (in God's...

October 25 2020 Follow Vote Up

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

Did God live in darkness before He created light ?

I would say that, as noted by the apostle John, God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5). God has thus by nature existed in that light...

October 25 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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How can we recognize the voice of God?

October 24 2020

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

What did Jesus mean about Elijah already coming?

Jesus was identifying the prophecy about Elijah's coming contained in Malachi 4:5 as having been fulfilled by the ministry of John the Baptist, to whom God...

October 24 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by J E

Why did Lamech say he should be avenged seventy-seven times to his wives?

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The book of Jasher isn't biblical. It's Apocrypha. The Apocrypha has been known to go against scripture, such as the Book of Enoch. I don't trust it. God is...

October 24 2020

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

What does the Bible say about closed borders?

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The real fruit of no borders: CHAOS “Mata, roba, viola, controla,” which means “KILL, STEAL, RAPE, CONTROL,” the informal catchphrase used by MS-13 members....

October 24 2020

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

Do women have to remain silent in church?

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The "instructions" (not commandment, the church doesnt operate under commandments) from Paul to the Corinthian church is to the Corinthian church that was...

October 24 2020

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

Does it violate religious liberty to close churches over coronavirus?

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I attend a church. The government didn't halt the services at the church I attend. My opening sentence is true. If you have a different experience, then...

October 24 2020