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Great advice Jennifer! Simplicity is so exciting. Jesus is so wonderful, all you have to do is ask sincerely. The grace of God is astounding. If you believe...
I believe it means exactly as it says, in context. They were waiting beside the Jordan, and the 'this Jordan' refers to the river in front of them.
When I was “saved”, I didn’t know what salvation was. All I knew was that something had happened to me, and that I was different. A friend at church gave me...
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What is Heaven like?
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What is the best description of who God is?
Good question, Richard. Dwight Moody says this: Supposing I should state that last night a man came into this place and lost a very valuable present;...
1 Chronicles 16:11 NET Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence 1 continually! NET Notes 1 tn Heb “face.” Now seek the Lord your God...
Church hopping can be good or bad looking at the the reasons for doing so. Jesus was once concerned about whether there will be people with faith when he...
Non-Christians often ask the Christian, “But how can the God of love allow any of his creatures to suffer unending misery?” The question is, how can he not?...
Non-Christians often ask the Christian, “But how can the God of love allow any of his creatures to suffer unending misery?” The question is, how can he not?...
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Why did God speak to Moses out of the burning bush?
Is the fire spoken of literal fire? It is an accepted law of language that a figure of speech is less intense than the reality. If “fire” is merely a...
The Bible describes hell as a place of outer darkness, a lake of fire, a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth, a place of eternal separation from the...
“But so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water.” This establishes the context for the purpose of the baptism of Jesus. John's...
"God Is Love." Agape [ἀγάπη, agapē], the love theme of the Bible, can only be defined by the nature of God. John affirms that "God is love" (1 John 4:8). God...
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There are a number of terms in the NT sometimes translated 'Hell' that do not all necessarily refer to the same place: Hades, Gehenna, and Tartarus. Gehenna...
Down Under A politician awoke after an operation and found the curtains in his hospital room drawn. “Why are the curtains closed?” he asked the nurse. “Is it...
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Amen, James. A wonderful testimony! --ANDY--
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Thank you for your response , Mr EWEDEMI. The penultimate sentence of your response, reads: "So, what do “ Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last”, mean?...
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Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, First Corinthians 15:1-4, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; To...
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Update: This morning while sitting at a stop light I noticed a young lady standing at a bus stop smoking a cigarette... I can only guess, but I got the idea...
Psalm 24:7, "Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in." Jeremiah 29:13, "And you will...
Several metaphors related to 'nailing' things to the cross are sometimes tossed around in the church or used as sermon points: Nailing our sins, temptations,...
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What does Romans 9:21 mean in regards to molding people for different purposes?
Basically, I say this. Yes, man can physically live in this world without accepting God in his life, but I know for fact they will not be completely happy....
A Nazarite is: (Hebrew form Nazirite), the name of such Israelites as took on them the vow prescribed in Numbers 6: 2-21. The word denotes generally one who...
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Michael, your answer only presents two positions, and leaves out the third which is prominent in scripture: God chose before time that He would "choose"...
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When was the book of Revelation written?
Firstly we need to understand the difference between what was spoken figuratively and that which was spoken literally. Food has been designed for earthly...
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Mr Matthews, I couldn't have said all you said any better than you said it. I believe EVERYBODY with an ounce of decency knows how horrible abortions are....
Good question, Lena! “Face” according to Dr. Warren Wiersbe in Num. 6:25 is a symbol for Acceptance/Blessing (Face Shine on You). The last line of the...
When I was a pastor for 7 years, I loved the form of the benediction given in Nu 6:22-27, and the most common form still used today in 2 Cor 13:14. I would...
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Continuation Nonetheless, I acknowledge and appreciate the scriptures you quoted. In response to your post, I humbly request we refer to 2 Peter 3: 15-16. “...
CONFOUND - kon-found': The physical origin of spiritual terms is well illustrated by one of the principal Hebrew words for "confou: "In Gen 11:7,9, according...
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Who was Cain's wife? Was Cain's wife his sister?
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AMEN. Peter was so like us. We can be easily swayed, especially under pressure. But we must remember to always stay close, and pray first. The evil one is...
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Is eating meat on Good Friday a sin?
Why is Jesus going to return on a white horse? In ancient times a white horse was used by a conquering king who would ride into a city conquered. The...
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Mr Matthews, Mr Houdmann seems to sometimes marry conservative political opinion with biblical scholarship. I'm a political liberal, what with me being an...
Two comments on "white" and "stone" are included: 1 "White" or “bright.” The Greek term λευκός (leukos) can refer either to the color white (traditional...
When I look out into the expanse and see the sun moon and stars hanging there with nothing to hold them up, it tells me that the One who put them there and...
Good question, Dixon! I think that seed is a figure of speech in 1 Peter 1:23. "The Word of God is the instrument God uses to produce new birth (cf. Matthew...
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It's fine to love Peter, but Mr Houdmann said it right in his answer. Peter was just like many of us today; he was too arrogant to recognize that without...
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What is 'perseverance of the saints' and is it biblical?
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The Old Covenant commanded the nation of Israel to observe the Sabbath (Deuteronomy 5:12, Exodus 31:13) because God had delivered them from slavery in the...
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I have to love your answer. You see things far deeper than the surface. We all have a problem in the flesh. If we could have lived right, then Jesus died in...
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