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  2. What happened to the gentiles before Jesus came?
  3. What witnessing principles can Christians learn from the lepers' response in 2 Kings 7:3–9?
  4. What is the role of Elihu in the book of Job?
  5. What is the meaning of the flying scroll in Zechariah 5, and how is it connected to God's judgment on thieves and liars?
  6. What did Paul mean by "dogs" in Philippians 3:2?
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  8. What does it mean that Christ "was crucified in weakness" (2 Cor. 13:4)?
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Answer by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

What are some biblical examples of foes falling in Psalm 27:2?

So many foes! But, here are some more... 1 Samuel 2:12,-22, 29,34 -Eli' sons. 1 Samuel 31:6. King Saul, his three sons and his armorbearer 2 Samuel 18:14-17...

September 19 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did Jesus call the Holy Spirit the "Advocate/Comforter/Counselor"? (John 14:16, 26)

He calls Him who He is, and He calls Him what He does. A prophet is called a prophet because he prophesies. A painter is called a painter because he paints....

September 19 2020 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Does wearing a face mask displace trust in God?

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"THE TRIANGLE OF DEATH" is the front of your face; being it's so close to YOUR BRAIN. Suppressed anecdotal evidence that students are getting FUNGAL and...

September 19 2020

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

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

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This "increase in knowledge" isn't the technological advances we've seen of late. God tries to gives us promises to hold onto. These promises have to be...

September 19 2020

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

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

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God has spoon fed us technological advances since the beginning of our lives here on this planet. Many major breakthroughs happened eons ago. It once took a...

September 19 2020

Comment by Ivan Gordon

Who was Elijah's father?

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Was reflecting on my prayer life and how far short I come. This drew me to the man who prayed fervently that it might not rain and the statement that the...

September 19 2020

Comment by John Matthews , Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker

Why does God allow us to go through trials and tribulations?

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I disagree with the view that it's God who causes death and destruction to prove a point. This statement from Mr. Houdmann states this in this quote from his...

September 19 2020

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

What are some biblical examples of foes falling in Psalm 27:2?

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I was telling someone the other day there are 195,000 U.S. Covid deaths. Today there are 200,985.

September 18 2020

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Can I struggle with addiction and still be considered a born again Christian?

Would overcoming your addiction save you? No, Jesus already saved you apart from anything we do or do not do. The GIFT of God is eternal life. Not a reward...

September 18 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is the difference between positional and personal holiness?

By my understanding, positional holiness is the holiness that is imputed to us by God because of our position or standing as believers in Christ, which...

September 18 2020 Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What are the essentials of the Christian faith?

Salvation is so simple as Paul said, it is the simplicity of the gospel that we are saved. John six:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on...

September 18 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Frank Scimeca

What is black liberation theology?

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I agree 100%

September 18 2020

Comment by Ezekiel Kimosop

What are the essentials of the Christian faith?

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Biblical truth.

September 18 2020

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

What blindness in part happens to Israel until the fullness of the gentiles has come in?

Some Jewish people have been saved throughout history, since Paul wrote his letter to the church in Rome. But the vast majority have remained spiritually...

September 18 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

What are some biblical examples of foes falling in Psalm 27:2?

David begins this Psalm with a bold declaration of faith. “The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—...

September 18 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Is there a barrier/river we must cross after death to be with the Lord? And are there scriptures pertaining to this?

According to Solomon, the wisest man ever lived, the body turns to dust and the spirit goes back to God, who gave it. The spirit of every person who dies...

September 18 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What are some biblical examples of foes falling in Psalm 27:2?

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Wow! Well thought through answer, Tim! I am impressed with your thoroughness. It's comprehensive (almost).

September 18 2020

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

Why does God allow Coronavirus and other catastrophes?

I.e. in the Bible what is said about why He sends disease and trouble?

September 18 2020 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What blindness in part happens to Israel until the fullness of the gentiles has come in?

In Romans 11:25 Paul is answering the question from Romans 11:1, “I ask, then, has God rejected his people?” The answer is no, and his explanation is that...

September 18 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What age will everyone be in Heaven?

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Things age due to time passing. There is no time in eternity. Also, the things that age in time don't go to eternity. There is no "young" and "old" where...

September 18 2020

Answer by Scott Broberg , Fig Tree Ministries

Is there a barrier/river we must cross after death to be with the Lord? And are there scriptures pertaining to this?

There is nothing in the Bible that says - in a literal sense - that we must cross a river after death to be with the Lord. Around the ancient world, there...

September 18 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

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

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Many times the bible says something vague and we almost always get an extra helping of secular ideas of what this theological book is referring to. In fact,...

September 18 2020

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

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

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I think God says it the way He does to give us a hint that KNOWLEDGE would increase GREATLY BEFORE Jesus returned. I don't think it is anymore than that. The...

September 18 2020

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

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

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I think Mr Houdmann is talking about "repentance" in general. I don't see how what he said and the way he said it can be misconstrued to get that he means...

September 18 2020

Comment by Paulus Aludhilu , Stores Controller @ Coca-Cola Namibia

What is black liberation theology?

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You know Frank Scimeca, Black Liberation Theology may be a cult but still if there are people who are not part of them but still behaving in a cultic way,...

September 18 2020

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

What blindness in part happens to Israel until the fullness of the gentiles has come in?

The Jewish people in Jesus' time focused on the Old Testament prophecies that spoke of the Messiah as a conquering deliverer who would defeat Israel's...

September 17 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is there a barrier/river we must cross after death to be with the Lord? And are there scriptures pertaining to this?

Jesus promised the repentant thief in Luke 23:40-43 that he would be with Him in Paradise that day, with no mention of any delay caused by a barrier that he...

September 17 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Does it violate religious liberty to close churches over coronavirus?

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Dr. Barbara Ferrer the $465,411.00 director of the Los Angeles county public health department. Considering that it's a health department, one would...

September 17 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does it mean, "Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it"?

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Those who say it is possible to live in sinless perfection are self righteous hypocrites. The bible says our righteousness is filthy rags before God. Romans...

September 17 2020

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

What are some biblical examples of foes falling in Psalm 27:2?

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Psalm 20:7-8 says 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They have bowed down and fallen; But we...

September 17 2020

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

What are some biblical examples of foes falling in Psalm 27:2?

Brown-Driver-Briggs, (BDB), the Hebrew lexicon of the Old Testament lists this verb, 3 letters (3 “radicals”,--we called them this in seminary) as נָפַל433...

September 17 2020 2 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Simon Paul

Why did God use a lying spirit to deceive Ahab?

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Thanks brother for the insight, really helped me this morning.

September 17 2020

Comment by Enoch Ilisia

What is the theory of the 'rapture' of the church?

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Michael, how do you reconcile your teaching above with 2 Thess. 1: 7, "Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire...

September 17 2020

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

How does God give us glory? What does that mean?

I think God gives us his glory in at least 5 different ways. 1. Through creation God made human beings very good. We are a little lower than the angels. God...

September 17 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did the sacrificial system require a blood sacrifice?

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Jack, how about this, in Genesis 3:21, " Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. So, God sacrificed one, maybe two of...

September 17 2020

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How does predestination work as described by scripture?

September 17 2020

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

What would be considered Baal worship today?

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Jack: It's an example of the industrial mainstream media complex doing the bidding of THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR. Now some would be very quick to...

September 17 2020

Answer by Joe cattani

What does it mean, "Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it"?

I believe Paul is explaining why we sin and how we can stop. If one depends on the law to save them from sinning you will always fail. Although Paul praises...

September 17 2020 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why did David choose five smooth stones before going to fight Goliath?

September 16 2020

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

Why does the Bible have to tell us to be kind to one another?

I would say that the same question might apply to the general command to love our neighbors as ourselves. We must be told to do that because, apart from...

September 16 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why does the Bible have to tell us to be kind to one another?

And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Ephesians 4:32

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Comment by Ezekiel Kimosop

Is raising the dead still possible today?

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The only two aposties who raised the dead under the Acts of the Aposties are Peter and Paul. This, in my view, was for authentication of their Apostolic...

September 16 2020

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

What are some ways God tells you how much you matter to him?

Jesus not only came to save us, He calls us His friends. (John 3:16; 15:15 ESV) Answered Prayer--“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my...

September 16 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What are some ways God tells you how much you matter to him?

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Wow, Tim, I never knew Martin Luther said all that relevant stuff about God's care!

September 16 2020

Comment by Michelle Hanson

Is is right to pray that God would remove an ungodly wife from my son's life?

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Thank you I appreciate the insight you have given me

September 16 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why do so many preachers' kids walk away from the faith?

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Paul kept the faith for rewards in heaven, not for receiving the free gift of eternal life. Romans six:23. First Timothy 2:13. If we believe not, He abideth...

September 16 2020