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  1. How can believers be poor and rich at the same time? Revelation 2:9
  2. What's the meaning of this "flying scroll"? (5:1)
  3. What witnessing principles can Christians learn from the lepers' response in 2 Kings 7:3–9?
  4. Why include a final warning about adding or subtracting from this book? Revelation 22:18-19
  5. How are believers supposed to 'learn Christ,' according to Ephesians 4:20?
  6. What does it mean that Christ "was crucified in weakness" (2 Cor. 13:4)?
  7. What does judgment mean in this passage?
  8. What is the role of Elihu in the book of Job?
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Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Should we remove our hats and caps when we pray?

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1Cor 16 offers 16 verses for instructions to the Corinthian church concerning the wearing of head coverings. Paul said a lot, but verse 16 summed it all up....

July 21 2019

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

How and why should we pray for our leaders?

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I pray for the shepherd more than I do the sheep. People crave leadership. If a captain gets it wrong, he will usually take the whole ship down with himself....

July 21 2019

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

Why are other gospels and writings done by original apostles and disciples not in the Bible?

All genuine Scripture is "God-breathed" (that is, inspired), as Paul indicated. However, Satan and his demonic forces would also have an interest in...

July 21 2019 Follow Vote Up

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

Do“sins of the father really affect their children? Numbers 14:18

I would say that the sins of the fathers affect their children not in the sense that God would regard the children as having also committed those same sins,...

July 21 2019 3 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why do we end our prayers with "amen"?

July 21 2019

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What does patience look like in a marriage?

July 21 2019

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

Why would a sluggard make such sensational claims? (Proverbs 22:13)

I would say that the point that the cited verse from Proverbs is trying to make is to emphasize through humorous exaggeration the lengths to which a sluggard...

July 21 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Do“sins of the father really affect their children? Numbers 14:18

“The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fa...

July 21 2019 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why are other gospels and writings done by original apostles and disciples not in the Bible?

If all scripture is God-breathed, as stated in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, it seems that some of the other writings by the apostles and disciples should have been inc...

2 Timothy 3:16 - 17

July 21 2019 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Should we remove our hats and caps when we pray?

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1Cor 11:4 was not meant to become commandment #15 or whatever. Directives like this, instructions about how to dress for worship probably came about because...

July 21 2019

Answer by Al Mark

Why is God going to send a strong delusion in the end times?

This idea of God sending a strong delusion in the end times is very similar to what Paul speaks of in the book of Ephesians about people being darkened in...

July 21 2019 1 Comments 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why would a sluggard make such sensational claims? (Proverbs 22:13)

July 20 2019

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What does the Bible say about faithfulness?

July 20 2019

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Is entire sanctification / sinless perfection possible in this life?

July 20 2019

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What does the Bible say about dating / courting?

July 20 2019

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

How should we be praying for our President?

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Good answer Kevin. You described my dilemma better than I could have done. A person like that seems to be a test case for a man such as me, who claims to...

July 20 2019

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

Should I pray for the President of the USA if I believe he is Muslim?

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Who do we know that is of a certain faith but claims to be of another? Who does that and why? I can't understand the purpose for claiming to be of a faith...

July 20 2019

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Who are 'the cloud of witnesses' mentioned in Hebrews 12:1?

July 20 2019

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What is hyssop? What was hyssop used for in the Bible?

July 20 2019

Comment by Philip Davies

Who are the Israelites in today's society that God was referring to as his chosen people?

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The key question and central issue is this: are people saved by individual faith in Jesus or are they saved because they are born Jews? If you say it's...

July 20 2019

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

What is hyssop? What was hyssop used for in the Bible?

‘Purge me’ Psa 51:7 This hyssop plant grew in Egypt, in the desert of Sinai, and in Palestine. It was capable of producing a stem three or four feet in...

July 20 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What is hyssop? What was hyssop used for in the Bible?

‘Purge me’ Psa 51:7 This hyssop plant grew in Egypt, in the desert of Sinai, and in Palestine. It was capable of producing a stem three or four feet in...

July 20 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean that the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother?

July 20 2019

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

Is God guilty of lying in 1 Kings 22:20–22?

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Good work, Shantkumar! Your two references to Proverbs (Pro 16:1 and Pro 4:3) will show up if you will just change them to Prov. 16:1 and Prov. 4:3. But...

July 20 2019

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

Why would a sluggard make such sensational claims? (Proverbs 22:13)

13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

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

How should we be praying for our President?

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It's not easy to sincerely petition God for such a completely self-centered person. It's much easier to want to see such a person humbled to the point of...

July 20 2019

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Is God guilty of lying in 1 Kings 22:20–22?

July 20 2019

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Should a Christian that lives in America vote for a Muslim president?

July 20 2019

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What does the Bible say about a death bed conversion?

July 20 2019

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What does the Bible say about a Christian staying single?

July 20 2019

Answer by Jeremy Low , Semi-retired business strategist

Does the Bible support Communism?

If one is to focus on the economics of communism and the Bible, there are countless situations wherein the Bible wealth were shared with the poor believers....

July 20 2019 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Yemlu Napoleon Ngafi

With God, family and church in mind, how do you determine what it is to serve God and to serve the church?

Many people think that God's work is absolutely about church work such as tithing, cleaning the church and praying for the pastor. While it is true that the...

July 20 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Chip Creech

Is God guilty of lying in 1 Kings 22:20–22?

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The best study on Pauls thorn in the flesh, that will help all, I believe is at gracethrufaith.com by Jack Kelly, titled “My grace is sufficient for thee” ....

July 20 2019

Answer by Kevin Heins

How should we be praying for our President?

Great question, and an issue of obedience that i have found more challenging now than ever. To obey the biblical mandate to honor dishonorable leaders and...

July 20 2019 3 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean that the dead know nothing?

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We have a bible full of people whose names will never be forgotten, though they've been dead for 2 to 6 thousand years (Genesis 1- Rev 22). Truth and...

July 20 2019

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does it mean that all have sinned?

Not only are we are all sinners, there is none righteous, no not one. Romans 3:10 One sin, we have to go to hell forever to pay for that one sin. God has to...

July 20 2019 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Akinrelere Sunday

What are the ways to keep my fire burning to serve the Lord?

There are several ways to keep your fire burning to serve the Lord. Let's take a look at Leviticus 6:12: "The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must...

July 20 2019 Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Do Christians have to obey the Old Testament law?

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Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith, and not by the deed of the Law. If we were under the law we would have something to boast...

July 20 2019

Comment by Ursula Monroe

What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

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I believe it was climate change caused by some event or cause. Just like we’re going through one now caused by an event. The earth was a tropical world until...

July 20 2019

Answer by Larry Pollard

Was Mary Magdalene considered an apostle or a disciple?

Throughout the good book, when Jesus speaks about a disciple or apostle he acknowledges male or female with he, she or a name. In only one instance has this...

July 20 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Pearce Elliott

When should I pray to the Father, when should I be praying to the Son, when should I be praying to the Holy Spirit?

In Matthew 6:9, Jesus directs his disciples "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." I don't see anywhere...

July 20 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Was Jesus Christ married? Did Jesus have a wife?

July 19 2019

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

How was Judah's nakedness exposed? (Lamentations1:8)

In the verse cited in the question (as in other passages in Scripture), the city of Jerusalem is personified as a woman whose figurative "husband" is God, in...

July 19 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is the meaning of the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37?

July 19 2019

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Who was Athaliah in the old testament?

July 19 2019

Answer by Shantkumar S. Kunjam , An Indian, Mennonite Church, Pastor, Administrator, Bishop,

With God, family and church in mind, how do you determine what it is to serve God and to serve the church?

God, family and Church: God is our Creator and Lord. So God has first demand on our services and ministries. But God brings us humans into the world in a...

July 19 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up