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Tim, the only person who can make anyone a disciple of Jesus Christ is Jesus Himself. No amount of Christian upbringing or exposure will make a believer out...
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What is amillennialism?
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Acts 9:31, 36 Now there was...
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I love your reference, Titus 2:7-10, and your comment that "good works instruct young Christians and make Christianity's opponents ashamed." Presently, I am...
"About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church" (Acts 12:1).
Acts 12:1 - 5
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And, yes, John, rape is a horrific and reprehensible act, but he also betrayed his father, David (see 2 Sam 13:6–7).
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John, I'd have to say that yes, maybe the recollection of his own sin with Bathsheba adversely affected his judicious handling of the matter. I believe I...
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What day is the Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Do Christians have to observe the Sabbath day?
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Jack, you did not answer the question. It sounds like "Oh well, like father, like son," which is certainly no excuse for the act. David did not follow the...
17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. The Genealogy of David 18 Th...
Ruth 4:13 - 17
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Well-researched, my brother.
Our good works are a means of visibly showing our love for Christ, and our obedience to Him (John 14:15) If faith is not manifested in good works, it is a...
I take the five women being referred to in the question to be as follows: Tamar, who tricked her father-in-law Judah into conceiving a child with her, after...
See especially Matthew 1:1-6 The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah 1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Ab...
Matthew 1:1 - 17
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What did Jesus mean when He said 'I AM'?
Ephesians 2:10 says, "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Ephesians 2:1 - 10
There are only two sins that can send a person to hell. One can not be committed now. Those who said Jesus did his miracles by the power of Satan sinned...
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A heathen is one who has not accepted Jesus as their savior. Believers are counted righteous by faith alone in Christ alone. Romans 4:6 We have His...
The Bible teaches that Jesus is the “firstborn from the dead” (Col 1:18) because He is. Bible mentions several persons being resurrected, however, none of...
Who will inherit the land (Psalms 37:9, 11, 22, 29)? --THE GODLESS or THE GODLY? The Hebrew word (ʼeʹrets) and the Greek (ge) words for “earth” can refer to...
Varying translations of the verse from Psalm 37 referenced in the question (which makes a point similar to Jesus' beatitude) render the word most familiarly...
The five smooth stones that were meant for 5 lords of the Philistines: 1 Sam.17:40,49; 2 Sam. 8:1; 2 Samuel 21:15-22. I would surmise that he did not go into...
Perhaps he chose five to make it easier to find one in a hurry in his leather bag. Actually the stone that David hurled at Goliath didn't kill the giant....
Matthew 5:5 says, "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.(D) D. Psalm 37:9, 11, 22, 29; Ro 4:13 (NIV) Experts say Jesus was bas...
Matthew 5:2 - 12
We are like a boat in the water. We are in the water, but the water is not supposed to be in the boat. I grew up spending summers in northern WI, boating a...
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Are Israel and the church the same thing? Does God still have a plan for Israel?
In the New Testament, John tells his followers: “He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me” (John 1:15). This informs us that Jesus was...
He was the man who outlived all human beings at 969 years old. The oldest man in the Bible could not have been more than 369 years old when his grandson Noah...
Abraham was neither resurrected in an eternal, glorified body (as only Jesus was), nor taken from earth without dying (as Enoch and Elijah were).The parable...
I am in agreement with the two previous answers, and would like to encourage you as well. Continue to pray for your daughter; the Word of God tells us that...
My children are the same age. I started with David and Goliath. I knew that there was a place I could relate to them on a practical sense as to what giants...
To me, the most "natural" lead-in to a gospel conversation would be any of the frequent situations that can arise in this life (and not even necessarily...
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I agree with Jennifer Rothnie's 2014 comment on Jedah Pleiter's answer below as to the meaning of Methuselah's name ("when he is dead it shall be sent")...
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My opinion is that he died of old age, Phillip.
Hi Melissa, So we have a 16 and 13 year-old. As I see it, it depends on what they’ve been around in their young lives when it comes to Bible reading and...
I have long believed, even before I married, that I as a Christian bachelor the Lord would bring me a woman to marry. I based this on Genesis 2:22, “And the...
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Agree with you John Matthews.
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Bruce, evolution is not a religion. One can believe in evolution and still believe in the triune God. Some believe that Genesis, written thousands of years...
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You should write a book Nick!!! I would totally buy it. A very insightful comment. Bravo!!
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Univeralism always leaves out faith. We have to believe the gospel to be saved. And faith is not a work. It takes no effort to believe something is true....
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Jack, hope I can clarify my question. Both the "Law of Moses" and the "Stone Tablets" had God's Ten Commandments written on and in them. Question: Why did...
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Does the Bible teach that the earth is flat?
Michael has said in one of his other 2 websites (gotquestions.com and compellingtruth.com, by the way), that “The Gospel of Mark is quick and fast-paced and...
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Do the dead remember anything? Psalm 88:11
I would say that humans always have free will, which is an essential component of them being responsible for the consequences of their actions and decisions....
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"Force" in the sense of "make me." Would God make me marry someone I'm not attracted to? Would He lead me to do it? I.e. Would God make me marry someone I...
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