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  1. How does the assurance of eternal life (1 John 5:13) relate to our confidence in prayer (1 John 5:14-15)?
  2. Why should David get a place for his parents to be able to inquire of the Lord since they could have been with him in the cave of Adullam?
  3. What can we learn about discipleship from what Jesus says about sheep and shepherds (John 10:1-21)?
  4. What does "the love of God" mean in 1 John 5:3, God's love for us, our love for God, or both?
  5. What is the meaning of Hebrews 9 verse 23 where it says, "Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these"?
  6. How can we seek to dwell in the Lord's house daily? (Ps27:4)
  7. Why does 2 John 10 tell us not to receive certain people when Jesus told us to love our enemies?
  8. How can the resurrection power we celebrate at Easter impact our marriage?
  9. What is the Church of God Worldwide Association, and is it founded totally on the truth found in the Bible?


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Answer by GodsChild Forever , Evangelist, Christian Blogger and Writer

What does it mean that our righteousness needs to "exceed the righteousness of the scribes and pharisees"?

The pharisees and scribes were considered to be the most righteous people during the times of Jesus. Jesus rebuked them sharply and exposed that they were...

May 07 2020 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Ben Jones , Retired Professional Photographer

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

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We are inclined to think that the human heart is for the most part "good." We say things like "he has a really good heart" or "she has a heart of gold" or...

May 07 2020

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How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?

May 07 2020

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What does it mean to be a born again Christian?

May 07 2020

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

Has the Bible been corrupted, altered, edited, revised, or tampered with?

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I don't see a good reason to concern myself with what a muslim believes about the bible or anything else that I believe in. I had a young man "unfriend" me...

May 06 2020

Comment by Gene Coleman

What is the Salvation Army, and what do they believe?

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John Matthews, we agree that the spiritual Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the required Baptism don’t we?

May 06 2020

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Does it violate religious liberty to close churches over coronavirus?

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According to American Jurisprudence, a legal encyclopedia, UNCONSTITUTIONAL official acts are void: The general misconception is that any statute passed by...

May 06 2020

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How can I know if I am one of the elect?

May 06 2020

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

Who are the "other sheep"?

The “fold” is Judaism (John 10:1), but there is another fold, the Gentiles who are outside the covenants of Israel (Ephesians 2:11-13 KJV). This is what...

May 06 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What was the meaning of Jesus walking on water?

I think it was to teach us that: 1) Sometimes we feel battered by the storms. Mt 14:24 2) Sometimes we feel the darkness has won. Mt 14:25 3) Sometimes we...

May 06 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

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I often hear this diatribe, this cliche that 'the only Jesus people will see is the Jesus in you.' I've met Jesus in a spiritual way. He is the light that we...

May 06 2020

Comment by ainsley chalmers , Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.

What does the Bible say about the ice age?

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There is a dvd by Dr Michael Oard entitled "The great ice age" (floodgeologyseries.com) in which he describes the mechanism of the post flood ice age and how...

May 06 2020

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

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

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Where would you rather your teenage children meet and congregate, at a church or some place else? Are you afraid they are angering God by "smoking and...

May 06 2020

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

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

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Maybe you're trying to "sell" something that can't be obtained TO SELL. Forgiveness of sin is what is being offered to young and old. Nobody is offered...

May 06 2020

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

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

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I disagree with the heart of this; that the way to convince young people (or anyone else) that the gospel is worth looking into is for the church...

May 06 2020

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

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

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Continuing, The children who struggle the longest are usually the ones who weren't "indoctrinated" in the gospel as little kids. Yes, indoctrinated. That's...

May 06 2020

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

Why are so many young people falling away from the faith?

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I agree with you Mr McGuffey. Mr Houdmann blames 2 political issues that he thinks is taught to young people in school for the "falling away" that happens,...

May 06 2020

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

If God is all-powerful, why does He not just kill Satan?

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Logical Faith, Evidently, we have a different opinion about logic. God didn't make Satan sin (if that's what you typed) and He didn't create sin (if that's...

May 06 2020

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Why does God allow evil men like Hitler and Saddam to come into power?

May 06 2020

Answer by Tom R

What did Jesus mean in Luke 22:36 about buying a sword?

I understand the pacifist's stand in this life. We don't have to look any further back in man's history than WWII and France to see how that principle worked...

May 05 2020 16 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Eric Duncanson

Where and when did the wise-men meet Jesus?

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Bob, Just the other day my wife and I were discussing how Matthew's and Luke's nativity account timelines seem to contradict each other. After really reading...

May 05 2020

Comment by Carl Capuano

If Jesus was God, how could He pray to God? Was Jesus praying to Himself?

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Loved your answer Dale. We err when we try to thoroughly understand principles of the Godhead. The depth of our understanding is like a drop in the Ocean of...

May 05 2020

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Does the Bible prophesy a one-world government and a one-world currency in the end times?

May 05 2020

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

How did sprinkling an unclean person with the ashes of an "heifer" provide sanctifying and purifying of the flesh?

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Tim, I especially liked your answer likening this sacrifice to Christ's: "As she [the red heifer] was slain without the camp, so Christ (compare Heb...

May 05 2020

Answer by Charles Crabtree

Does the Bible say anything about making a second marriage a success?

Yes. Jeremiah 3:8 NASBS says: And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her...

May 05 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Helmut Fischl , Retired

What is the Hail Mary that Catholics say so often?

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Dear John, let me expand on my comment from 2015 above. The Bible says one thing and one thing only about "the state of the dead": They are asleep in the...

May 05 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What should a person do if he or she has found an item not belonging to him/her?

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A couple of days ago, my wife got a call telling her they found a cell phone and thought it might belong to her. She said no, she still had hers. A short...

May 05 2020

Comment by Remy M

Is it okay for Christians to listen to jazz?

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Your answer has been my third clear confirmation to continue not only playing but actually creating jazz/soul music that glorifies God. I just want to say...

May 05 2020

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

Why did Satan tempt Eve to eat the forbidden fruit instead of Adam?

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I don't think Satan tempted Eve and not Adam. The way I read it, the couple was together. Eve was doing the talking but Adam was there with her. Was he not...

May 05 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does it mean that Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith?

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If God is the one who gives us the faith, then He has to give the faith to everyone or it would not be grace. First John 2:2, And He is the propitiation for...

May 05 2020

Answer by Jeffrey Smith

What should a person do if he or she has found an item not belonging to him/her?

I once went to a Salvation Army second hand store in Perth (Australia) and bought an as-new pair of shorts for $5. At home though I discovered $5 in one of...

May 05 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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May 05 2020

Award for Nathan Toronga , Christian Elder.

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Why did God accept Abel's offering but reject Cain's offering? Why did Cain then kill Abel?

May 05 2020

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May 04 2020

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

How can we avoid the "wages of sin" and escape the spiritual death Romans 6:23 mentions?

In a word, by faith. Temporal death and eternal separation from God -- who is holy (without sin) -- were imposed upon all humans as the just penalty for the...

May 04 2020 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

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

How can we avoid the "wages of sin" and escape the spiritual death Romans 6:23 mentions?

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our LORD." (New International Version )

Romans 6:23

May 04 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How did sprinkling an unclean person with the ashes of an "heifer" provide sanctifying and purifying of the flesh?

The ritual being referred to in the passage from Hebrews cited in the question was commanded by God in Numbers 19:1-10. As I see it, all such rituals in the...

May 04 2020 2 Comments Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Moyo , Christian youth teacher

Is it possible to go to heaven now and come back to tell the experience?

The simple answer to the question is "Yes," there are several accounts of people who were declared clinically dead by doctors, resuscitated back to life, and...

May 04 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How did sprinkling an unclean person with the ashes of an "heifer" provide sanctifying and purifying of the flesh?

13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (KJV)

Hebrews 9:13

May 04 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Gary Wainwright , Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Father, Civil Engineer

What is the Hail Mary that Catholics say so often?

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John, no one is disputing the biblical claim that Mary was the mother of Jesus and also the mother of Jesus’ brothers and sisters, however she is not the...

May 04 2020

Answer by Daniel Pech

Did God literally create the Earth in six 24-hour days?

The universal self evidence of Divine design in Creation (Romans 1:20; Psalm 19:1-4a) is a powerful evidential 'fulcrum' upon which to leverage a...

May 04 2020 29 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does the "husband of one wife" phrase in 1 Timothy 3:2 mean? Can a divorced man serve as a pastor, elder, or deacon?

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Mr Osakue, I'm not sure what your stance is, all I understand is that you think Mr Houdmann's answer "will suffice." I don't know what that means for an...

May 04 2020

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How can God’s grace be in vain? (2 Corinthians 6:1)

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace ye are saved, through Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. You can...

May 03 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why is John chapter 3 verse 16 popular?

I would say that John 3:16 is so frequently cited because of the concise manner in which it summarizes in one verse the gospel message. It affirms that there...

May 03 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why is John chapter 3 verse 16 popular?

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." New Inter...

John 3:16

May 03 2020 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Andrew Osakue , Ex: Chief T. Officer, Fish Farmer, Bible Teacher, Men Leader

What does the "husband of one wife" phrase in 1 Timothy 3:2 mean? Can a divorced man serve as a pastor, elder, or deacon?

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In response to Danny Hickman: In my opinion, your view is contrary to what the Bible says. We can’t use logic to replace the dictates of the word of God. The...

May 03 2020

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

Why do we pray before eating meals?

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I like this prayer for after we've eaten and have some dirty dishes. Lord Jesus, thank you for the grace These dishes represent: Sufficient food and living...

May 03 2020

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

What should we learn from the life of Jeremiah?

1. Jeremiah shows us the fullness of God's character. We live in a world that has an impoverished view of God. Jeremiah challenges us by putting on display...

May 03 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is the Hail Mary that Catholics say so often?

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Gary, Mary was the mother of Jesus (God). No other can claim this fact. Mary was dedicated and lived a holy life and therefore she is as holy as any other...

May 03 2020