What is the story of Sarah and Hagar?
When Sarah and Abraham cast Hagar out, she was friendless. The Bible has much to say about friendlessness. Moses exhorts God's people in Dt. 31:6, "Be strong...
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Should Christians support the nation of Israel?
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by Kelli Trujillo
, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician
When a person is speaking in tongues at a church, are they speaking or praying to God, or are they making nonsense babble?
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Hi, John. The scriptures I mentioned have to do with different aspects of speaking in tongues, so I don't think it would make sense for all of them to be...
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by John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
When a person is speaking in tongues at a church, are they speaking or praying to God, or are they making nonsense babble?
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Kelli, are all of the scripture examples you list followed when you, personally, speak in tongues? Is there someone present to interpret? Is it an earthly...
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by Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What was God doing before He created the universe?
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AMEN!! Vincent, Chris, Joyce and Bobby and Chuck! Exactly! Understand what you all mean!!
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Why do so many Christians fail the 'practice what you preach' standard?
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What was God doing before He created the universe?
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What do I do if my friends are not believers, but I think God put me in their lives for a reason?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What would you say to a friend who said, "I do not believe in heaven or hell per se..."?
I would agree that God does reveal Himself in nature from the standpoint of an orderly universe. But that is not the only way He does so. Another way is...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What would you say to a friend who said, "I do not believe in heaven or hell per se..."?
I would agree that God does reveal Himself in nature from the standpoint of an expansive and orderly universe (Psalms 19:1-6; Romans 1:18-21). But that is...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is meant by "I have given you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions"?
Jesus spoke these words in Luke 10:19 following the return of the seventy-two disciples whom He had sent out to the various towns that He Himself would later...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Did God prepare the Lake of Fire and Heaven before He created the heavens and the earth?
In His teaching on the judgment of the sheep and the goats at the close of the age in Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus spoke in Matthew 25:41 of the eternal fire...
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by Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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, you are correct. That was a typo in the online version. (The hard-copy version of the text that I am looking at as I write this says, "Now if we mean...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
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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Tim, I read pages 23 and 24 of the online Mere Christianity pdf. I get the gist. It is good. But his one statement on p. 24 I think has a typo--"Now it we...
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Aurel Gheorghe
Did God prepare the Lake of Fire and Heaven before He created the heavens and the earth?
Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 details God's act of Creation but is silent about any Lake of Fire being created or planned. However, the lake of fire is being...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
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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Tim, I think further that she believes in natural theology because this is what she wrote to me: "For me, Christianity is not ritualized or full of rules,...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-wrath view of the rapture?
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There is an interesting analogy of a Jewish wedding to the rapture of the church, the bride of Christ. When a Jewish couple were betrothed, engaged to be...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
What should be the Christian view of Harry Potter?
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I take this answer (that sounds like one given by a person running for political office) to mean that this make believe story is okay for christian families...
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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."?
This is a tough question to answer without using quotes from scripture. So here goes... Remember that Job in the Bible was a very good man. He was blameless...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 command a rape victim to marry her rapist?
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If the fathers of those rape victims would have done what the men in the neighborhood I grew up in would do, NO, that kind of lawlessness wouldn't go...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What would you say to a friend who said, "I do not believe in heaven or hell per se..."?
You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink. There is nothing you can do. People believe what they want to believe, and unless they repent,...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-wrath view of the rapture?
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Much of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke were to the Jews. Gods chosen people. But, He came unto his own people, and His own people believed Him not....
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What does the Bible say about shunning?
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What we also need to know is that man in First Corinthians 5:5 was a child of God by faith alone. Turn such a one over to Satan to kill the flesh, so that...
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by John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?
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The document was not a religious one. It was done by religious men not wanting their denominations or religions to be responsible for violence and terror....
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How is it "work" to believe? (John 6:29)
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Our faith in John 3:16-18. Jesus said it, we believe it, and that settles it. John 6:47 John 6:40. We believe it because it is Gods word, and God can not...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?
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Yeah Jack, led...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 command a rape victim to marry her rapist?
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Myron, "Crying out" isn't a requirement to prove that a man forced himself on a woman. A man manipulates a child and has sex with her. She consents to the...
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by John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?
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Well said, Danny. Your last sentence is spot on, brother.
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by John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
What is the Christian view of Pilates?
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Wambui, as Houdmann stated, there are no religious or spiritual aspects of Joseph Pilates' method of strengthening the body. He did not include any spiritual...
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Jay Saunders
Why do so many Christians fail the 'practice what you preach' standard?
First of all who is perfect? Even if you're perfect on the outside for all the world to see, that does not expose the thought life. Perfection in this life...
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by Donna Williams
Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?
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Absolutely Danny!
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by Glenna Miller
How do I get my mind to stop questioning?
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I believe many of us have asked your question and felt the same as you at some point in time. Proverbs 3:5-8 and Philippians 4:6-7 are my personal go-to...
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How do I get my mind to stop questioning?
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus finished work on the cross. Satan is the accuser of the...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
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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Thanks for your answer, Tim. I'll let her know. I think she believes in natural theology--Question: What is natural theology? See Answers:...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?
I would ask whether the individual has ever encountered the Christian writings of C. S. Lewis (a former atheist who became one of the most influential...
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Who was Molech?
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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?
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Danny, referring to God, you meant "LED" instead of "He LEAD the nation of Israel in the form of a cloud by day, and a ... ", didn't you?
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?
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Isaiah 8 sets up Isaiah 9 beautifully. In 8 Isaiah tells the people that they are about to be overrun by the Assyrian army. "Be broken, O peoples, be...
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by Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
What is the legend of the dogwood tree? Was the cross Jesus was crucified on made of dogwood?
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The common Dogwood Cornus sanguinea is native to Eurasia so while it grows in Israel the wood is very hard and driving a nail into it would be quite...
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Donna Williams
How do I get my mind to stop questioning?
I would like to share this verse of Scripture with you in 1Corinthians 2:14 ESV, it reads as follows: "The natural person does not accept the things of the...
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by Janet Austin
, Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author
How do we explain to a Muslim why Jesus had to die for us?
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I would only change one thing in Michael’s wonderful answer: replace the words BELIEVING SINNERS, with ALL. Jesus died for ALL. That said, it’s important to...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?
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That's a good thing Donna Williams, seeking and getting instructions from the Holy Spirit. Even better is staying prayerful (keeping our minds on Him) and...
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Aurel Gheorghe
How do I get my mind to stop questioning?
The doctrine of predestination basically states that God has chosen some people to be saved and others to be lost - however, this doctrine is not Biblical....
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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard?
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by Jennifer Rothnie
, Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious
How is it "work" to believe? (John 6:29)
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Believing that a red car you can see is red because it is red is not faith, but sight. This is why Jesus told doubting Thomas "blessed are those who have not...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Who was Simon the Sorcerer?
Many Christians fled Jerusalem after the stoning of Stephen. Acts 8:4 KJV--"Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the Word."...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did Jesus ask the disciples to "watch and pray" in Matthew 26:41?
As indicated in the passages cited in the question, Jesus spoke these words upon finding Peter, James, and John asleep, after He had earlier specifically...