Should we tithe off our gross or net income?
God required several tithes of the nation of Israel to provide for the priests running the temple and the Levites. Now that the temple has been destroyed, it...
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What is the Millennial Kingdom, and should it be understood literally?
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What does the Bible say about satire and/or sarcasm?
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What does the Bible say about respect?
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What does the Bible say about self-discipline?
What day is the Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday? Do Christians have to observe the Sabbath day?
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Gary, your comment is well articulated. We are not under the Law but under Grace. We therefore ought to worship God not on mountains neither on a specific...
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...
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What is the Christian view of smoking? Is smoking a sin?
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...
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...
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...
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....
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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
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?
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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?
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Does God exist? Is there evidence for the existence of God?
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...
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,...
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What does it mean to wait upon the Lord?
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,...
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...
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...
How does it help to be humble? (Psalm 25:9)
9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
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
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...
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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?
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.
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...
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...
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...