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  1. What happened to the gentiles before Jesus came?
  2. How can believers be poor and rich at the same time? Revelation 2:9
  3. What witnessing principles can Christians learn from the lepers' response in 2 Kings 7:3–9?
  4. What is the meaning of the flying scroll in Zechariah 5, and how is it connected to God's judgment on thieves and liars?
  5. What did Paul mean by "dogs" in Philippians 3:2?
  6. How are believers supposed to 'learn Christ,' according to Ephesians 4:20?
  7. What does it mean that Christ "was crucified in weakness" (2 Cor. 13:4)?
  8. Why did the Lord favor Abel’s offering more than Cain’s?
  9. What can we learn from Paul's shipwreck on Melita (KJV) or Malta? Acts 27-28
  10. Why was God tired of sacrifices? Isaiah 1:11-14


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What exactly does "fall away" mean in Heb 6:6?

January 10 2019

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Had it ever rained before the Flood in Noah's day?

Something else to consider in this discussion is God's wonderful rainbow that he put in the clouds, as a covenant between God and man. Genesis 9:13-16 makes...

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January 10 2019

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

Why wasn’t the psalmist afraid of powerful and wicked people? (Psalm 49:5–9)

This same thought is expressed multiple times in the Psalms, such as in Psalm 23:4 and Psalm 118:6 (to name just two). The psalmist (David or otherwise) was...

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Answer by Yemlu Napoleon Ngafi

What does it mean that God has granted us 'everything we need for life and godliness?'

Personally I think this verse is talking about the things that our God has given to us who are in Christ. By His power he has given us everything we need to...

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Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Do we have two or three parts? Body, soul, and spirit?

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It is our soul/spirit that is saved and sealed by the Holy Spirit when we trust Jesus as our savior. Flesh and blood can not enter the kingdom because of sin...

January 10 2019

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Does Genesis chapter 1 mean literal 24-hour days?

January 10 2019

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

Why wasn’t the psalmist afraid of powerful and wicked people? (Psalm 49:5–9)

5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, 6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of the ...

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Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

What exactly does "fall away" mean in Heb 6:6?

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James, That doesn't fit with the text or grammar. It doesn't say, 'For it is impossible for one having believed to fall away' but rather it says it is...

January 10 2019

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What exactly does "fall away" mean in Heb 6:6?

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What the writer is saying, it is impossible for a believer who has been sealed by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13) to fall way because Christ died for all...

January 10 2019

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

How does Lot's wife looking back relate to us today?

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Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe says SALT is a Biblical image of judgment (Genesis 19:26; Deuteronomy 29:23; Judges 9:45; Jeremiah 48:9)

January 10 2019

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What does the Bible say about sadness?

January 09 2019

Comment by Steve Nearman , A sinner saved by grace. Luther Oklahoma

What does it mean to be 'born of water and the Spirit'?

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Stephen, There are no examples of anyone being saved by a water baptism in scripture. There are a few examples of people getting a Jewish water baptism just...

January 09 2019

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What exactly does "fall away" mean in Heb 6:6?

Some apply this verse today to superficial believers who renounce their Christianity or to unbelievers who come close to salvation, then turn away. Either...

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

If a Christian accidentally kills a person will s/he lose his/her salvation?

Even in the Old Testament (as indicated in the passage cited in the question), there was a distinction made between deliberate or premeditated killing, and...

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Must precept be upon precept?

January 09 2019

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

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

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Jennifer, what liberties are you speaking about which the government takes not explicitly mentioned? Abortion? Capital murder? Romans 13 is the excuse for...

January 09 2019

Comment by Jeannette Shields , Mom of three

What is the Satanic bible?

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Is the author of this so called ”bible” still alive that I may pray for his salvation, or would I be ‘wasting my breath‘? After all, Christ died for him too....

January 09 2019

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

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

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American historians have painted our founding fathers in a very positive light, for the most part. Whether they were corrupt, greedy politicians can only be...

January 08 2019

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What does it mean that love is not proud?

We don't put ourselves above other people, thinking they're wrong and we're right all the time, no! We're to love and treat each other right, plus be workers...

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

How does Lot's wife looking back relate to us today?

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Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe says SALT is a Biblical image of judgment (Genesis 19:26; Deuteronomy 29:23; Judges 9:45; Jeremiah 48:9)

January 08 2019

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

Should Christian women wear head coverings?

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WOW! Fantastic and thorough answer, Shanna. You really researched! Thank you! Agree!

January 08 2019

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

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The constitution is a document primarily of negative rights - that is, restrictions on what the government can do. It also lays out for methods of how laws...

January 08 2019

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Is the "Left Behind" series biblical?

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'Secret Return' might be a better way of phrasing it than secret rapture. E.G. the pre-trib rapture theory holds that Jesus must 'secretly' return and...

January 08 2019

Comment by lynn Sander

Is the "Left Behind" series biblical?

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Jennifer, I agree with your answer. My only hesitation is with your point #4. I grew up in churches that taught pretrib rapture and I’ve never heard anything...

January 08 2019

Answer by George Emerson

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

I am quite confident that a majority of our founding get father's were Christians. We're they faultless? No, as they are as we are from a fallen race. That...

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

What does the Bible say about pets?

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I like your comment especially: "The care we show an animal entrusted to us is a gauge of personal integrity: "A righteous man cares for the needs of his...

January 08 2019

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What are the "these things" Timothy and Christians are to "flee?" 1 Timothy 6:11 ESV

Paul uses active and forceful verbs to describe the Christian life, flee, follow, fight, lay hold on. We as Saints, must have an active faith, training,...

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Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

What does the Bible say about soul sleep?

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Other interesting related passages I didn't really think about in regards to death/the resurrection until I noticed it in another eBible topic today: Job 14:...

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What should we learn from the walls of Jericho falling down?

January 08 2019

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

Do we have eternal life in Christ now, or do we receive it in the future?

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Charles, but the believer does have eternal life now (John 3:36 NASB “He who believes in the Son has eternal life…”) therefore eternal life is not a future...

January 08 2019

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the importance of Christian baptism?

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Acts 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:13....

January 08 2019

Answer by Thomas Riccardi , Warrior Spirit

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

I believe a small percentage of them may have been Christian. However, the greed and power seizing and attaining riches in an ill gotten manner were rampant,...

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

What does Job mean in Job 14:7 about a tree that refuses to die?

As noted in the passage cited in the question, Job (in his discouraged state as a result of all the tragedy that had befallen him) was contrasting the way in...

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

Why weren't the Levites counted like all of the other tribes were?

I would say that, since God's direction to Moses in Numbers 1:3 centered specifically on counting males twenty years of age and older who were able to go to...

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