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  1. How should a believer respond when they’re attacked by slander or false accusations, especially when the 'tongue feels like a sword' as described in Psalms 31, 64, and 140?
  2. In the heat of an argument, can verses like Psalm 141:3 and James 1:19 really help Christian couples resolve conflict God's way?
  3. What's the meaning of this "flying scroll"? (5:1)
  4. What does judgment mean in this passage?
  5. Why does Zimri execute the friends, as well as the family of Baasha (1 Kings 16:11)?
  6. When did the diaspora which Peter mentions in 1 Peter 1 start and end?


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

What day is the Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Do Christians have to observe the Sabbath day?

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John, keeping the Sabbath was a commandment of the Old Covenant to the Children of Israel (Deuteronomy 5:12) which was given to them by God through Moses...

April 25 2019

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What is the Christian view of smoking? Is smoking a sin?

April 25 2019

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

Why did God want to scatter people? (Genesis 11:9)

As noted in Genesis 11:6-7: "The Lord said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be...

April 25 2019 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by James James , Computer professional, post graduate

Do we deserve to be loved by God?

We are not worthy of God's love due to our sinful nature, but God's love is eternal. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that...

April 25 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Does the Bible teach mortal and venial sin?

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Romans 3:23 All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. All have sinned. Romans 3:10 There is none righteous, no not one. One sin, and you go to hell...

April 25 2019

Answer by James James , Computer professional, post graduate

Did Jesus have a soul before He was in human form?

Jesus was perfect human and true God, complete human and complete God at the same time. The divinity and humanity of Jesus was distinct attributes in Him....

April 25 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How is a person who lacks self-control like a city whose walls are broken through? (Proverbs 25:28)

Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

April 25 2019 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by John Smith

What day is the Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Do Christians have to observe the Sabbath day?

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Thanks Cindy: My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and His Apostles followed His Command to "Remember the Sabbath Day". (Exodus 20:8) "Day of Rest.") The purpose...

April 25 2019

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

Why did God want to scatter people? (Genesis 11:9)

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abro...

April 25 2019 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How does everything we do flow from the heart? Proverbs 4:23

In this passage (as elsewhere in Scripture), the heart (because of its central role in maintaining life) is used as a metaphor for the human mind or brain,...

April 25 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Who was Abishai? (1 Chronicles 18:12)

12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1 Chronicles 18:12

April 25 2019 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

My mother found a necklace that she did not buy but rather was found in the road near a local mall and decided to keep it for herself. What would you have do...

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Why is waiting on God so difficult?

April 25 2019

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What does it mean to be a stumbling block to someone else?

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What is spiritualism?

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What opportunities are there for Christian service outside of the church?

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How can we experience true freedom in Christ?

April 25 2019

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Does God exist? Is there evidence for the existence of God?

April 24 2019

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

How does it help to be humble? (Psalm 25:9)

I would say that it not only "helps" to be humble, but it is an absolutely essential prerequisite in order to achieve a proper relationship with God. It is...

April 24 2019 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Do we deserve to be loved by God?

I would say that any love that humans receive from God is a totally undeserved gift of pure grace and mercy on His part (Ephesians 2:8-9). As Isaiah said,...

April 24 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean to wait upon the Lord?

April 24 2019

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

How will our resurrection body be different from our current body?

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Agree that our new body will be recognizable. During the transfiguration on the Mount, (Matthew 17, Luke 9, Mark 9, and 2Peter 1) Jesus, Moses and Elijah,...

April 24 2019

Answer by Lena Wms , Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

If we ask God a question about a particular situation, how will we recognize His answer?

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I can only speak from personal experience and perspective, not as an authority with the exception that I do have God's...

April 24 2019 Follow Vote Up

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

Why does God allow wars?

Matthew 24:,6,7 - "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not...

April 24 2019 Follow Vote Up

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

How does it help to be humble? (Psalm 25:9)

9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

1 Vote April 24 2019 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How does everything we do flow from the heart? Proverbs 4:23

How does everything we do flow from our HEARTS? Proverbs 4:23 NIV Proverbs 4:23 New International Version (NIV) 23 Above all else, guard your heart...

Proverbs 4:23

April 24 2019 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Cindy Jennings , 1 Saved by Grace

What day is the Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Do Christians have to observe the Sabbath day?

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John, "Remember" doesn't always refer to something that happened in the past. If I tell my kids to "remember to lock the door," I'm not necessarily reminding...

April 24 2019

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Does the Bible call Christians to defend the faith / argue for the faith?

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Is there an angel of death?

April 23 2019

Comment by Randy Weaver , Business Owner

What is the meaning of the Parable of the Leaven?

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I believe that the leaven in the parable is false teaching, the same as well the birds nesting in the branches of the mustard tree.

April 23 2019

Question by cindy simons

Do we deserve to be loved by God?

John 3:16

April 23 2019 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Dottie Wendler

What should be our response as Christians when people say that 'gay marriage is ok as long as it doesn't affect me personally?'

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As Americans, we are incredibly privileged by God to live in a nation where, no matter how divided we are, at the end of every four or eight years, two...

April 23 2019

Comment by Meluleki Maphosa , Amateur Bible Student

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

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I cannot thank you enough for this comment. Perhaps just to add that the way to eradicate sin permanently from the universe is to let it play out to...

April 23 2019

Comment by John Smith

What day is the Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Do Christians have to observe the Sabbath day?

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Michael, I find after reading your answer to the question "What does the bible say about Rest and relaxation?" completely different than what you're writing...

April 23 2019

Answer by Glen Rogers , Minister

Why was it wrong to build a tower? (Genesis 11:4)

The stated purpose for building this city was to prevent them from being scattered. This violated the mandate of the Lord in 9:7 to “Be fruitful and...

April 23 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What does the Bible say about oral sex?

Sodomy (/ˈsɒdəmi/) or buggery (British English) is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal...

April 23 2019 13 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

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

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Not only is some measure of free will necessary for true unforced love and relationships to exist, but it is also worth considering that if there was no, or...

April 23 2019

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

Does God hear (answer) the prayers of a sinner (unbeliever)?

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God hears everything!! He doesn't have to hear, God knows us before we are ever produced, before the foundation of the world. Abraham didn't know God before...

April 23 2019

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

If we ask God a question about a particular situation, how will we recognize His answer?

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Sometimes, in fact many times, the easiest path is actually the wrong path. "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that...

April 23 2019

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

What does the Bible say about rest and relaxation?

“Rest” according to Nave’s Topical Bible is recommended by Jesus, Mark 6:31, 32; 7:24, with Matt. 8:18, 24. "And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart...

April 23 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What did Jesus mean when He said "I am the way and the truth and the life"?

First, see the big picture: What Christ Is—The True God 1 John 5:20 1 He is ‘the Truth’ John 14:6—Let us believe Him 2 He is ‘the true God’ 1 John 5:20—Let...

April 23 2019 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up