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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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Is speeding a sin?

October 26 2018

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What is the spiritual gift of interpreting tongues?

October 26 2018

Comment by Sesar Garcia

Why did God have the Israelites ask the Egyptians of their silver and gold jewelry?

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Thanks, that was a great answer.

October 26 2018

Comment by Terri Armen

What does the Bible say about the end of the world?

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I think a couple of things are important to emphasize, especially for those who aren’t very familiar with major events of the last days. For the believer you...

October 26 2018

Answer by Ed Pfohl

Can people in heaven look down and see us?

I have a question for Selma Moses: "If he is righteous at death, his soul and spirit go to heaven awaiting the resurrection of the body (2 Cor 5:8; hp....

October 26 2018 11 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What should we learn from the life of Samson?

October 26 2018

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

Why did David insist on paying for the threshing floor? (1 Chronicles 21:24)

This same incident is also recounted in 2 Samuel 24. David was aware that the plague with which Israel was being afflicted was a judgment from God against...

October 26 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Jason Withrow

Were Cain and Abel twins?

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There a multiple references to fallen Angel's mating with women. Also, the reference of bruising head to heal is a reference to 2 two in the womb (ying and...

October 26 2018

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

Why did David insist on paying for the threshing floor? (1 Chronicles 21:24)

Why did David insist on paying for the threshing floor? (1 Chronicles 21:24) 24 But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price....

October 26 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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October 26 2018

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Are the visions of people who glimpse hell in near-death / after death experiences real?

Near-death experiences (NDEs) seems to be ubiquitous lately - stories about those who “died” and came back, who recount being in hell or heaven, even though...

October 25 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How do we know that Jesus is coming again?

I would say that we know this because: 1) it was predicted even in the Old Testament, in passages from Jeremiah, Amos, Zechariah, and Joel, which speak of...

October 25 2018 Follow Vote Up

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Why did God give us four Gospels?

October 25 2018

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

What did Jesus mean by telling his disciples that "Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours?'

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AMEN! Thank you both! Brother Andy and Sister Cindy, wonderful answers to this question. Nothing left to be said except AMEN!!! Be Blessed Lena Williams

October 25 2018

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

How does one reconcile John 15:7-8 and Matthew 6:19-24?

I would say that that question is addressed by passages such as James 4:3 ("When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you...

October 25 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is the difference between a righteous person and spiritual person?

I would say that a spiritual person would be an individual who lives and acts with an awareness that there is more to human existence than can be found in...

October 25 2018 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What will we look like in heaven?

October 25 2018

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What is praying in the Spirit?

October 25 2018

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How can I become more motivated for soul winning?

October 25 2018

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What does it mean in Matthew 6:24 where the Bible says, "You cannot serve God and mammon?"

Jesus says we can have only one master. We live in a materialistic society, where many people serve money. They desire for money, and what it can buy far...

October 25 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Len Thies , Bible researcher and author

What happened on each of the days of Creation?

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For the record, the word, "create" only occurs in three verses in Genesis 1:1-31. God created the Universe in verse 1; God created animals in verse 21; and,...

October 25 2018

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What does it mean to worship in the splendor of his holiness? (1 Chronicles 16:29)

Genuine praise also involves ascribing glory to God. This means, that we give credit, where credit is due. Remember this in your worship, and give God all...

October 25 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and why are they important?

October 24 2018

Answer by Derrol PORTER , Emancipated by the Liberating King

If I believe in the trinity and that Jesus was crucified, buried and rose again is that enough to get into heaven?

I realize when you say you believe in the trinity, you are speaking of the Godhead, God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. However there is another...

October 24 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why is virginity so important in the Bible?

October 24 2018

Comment by Rich Hazeltine

How does God judge those who were raised in non-Christian cultures and have been taught their entire life that their own religion (such as Islam or Hinduism) is correct, and Christianity is wrong?

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Ezra King I wonder how everyone will hear the gospel and then the end will come. Do you suppose there will be a pause in births so that no one will miss the...

October 24 2018

Comment by Ed Pfohl

What is Free Masonry and what do Free Masons believe?

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Restoring the Foundations has provided a series of prayers for the release from Masonry. Masonry is evil and can affect people for generations.

October 24 2018

Comment by Cindy Jennings , 1 Saved by Grace

Why do people die with Illness when the Bible says, "By His stripes we are healed"?

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I would also say that Mark 16:17-18 applied to the apostles Jesus sent out, not to all believers. Those signs were all experienced (except for drinking...

October 24 2018

Comment by Cindy Jennings , 1 Saved by Grace

Why do people die with Illness when the Bible says, "By His stripes we are healed"?

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Wanda, is it really in His will for us to be healthy and prosperous? Were the disciples all healthy (think of Paul with the perpetual thorn in his side) and...

October 24 2018

Question by Dinganie Soko

How does one reconcile John 15:7-8 and Matthew 6:19-24?

In Matthew 7:7-8 and John 15:7-8 Jesus promises that God would bless his people with answered prayers (for whatever they ask basically) while in Matthew 6:19...

October 24 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Are the visions of people who glimpse hell in near-death / after death experiences real?

I think that God would be capable of providing such experiences, but I also think that they may have other causes stemming from the mental or psychological...

October 23 2018 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Are the visions of people who glimpse hell in near-death / after death experiences real?

I hear a lot of people on YouTube having clinically died and then experiencing hell. They all seem to return back to life as converted Christians. Could thi...

October 23 2018 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean to worship in the splendor of his holiness? (1 Chronicles 16:29)

In my opinion, the verse is saying that, just as sin is regarded in Scripture as the epitome of hideousness or of an "anti-God" orientation, the infinite...

October 23 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean to worship in the splendor of his holiness? (1 Chronicles 16:29)

What does it mean to worship in the splendor of his holiness? (1 Chronicles 16:29) 23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day aft...

October 23 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Cindy Jennings , 1 Saved by Grace

What is the outer darkness in Matthew 22:13?

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Len, The verse you use says those who reject Jesus will be cast into the eternal hell along with the devil and fallen demons. If hell isn't for man, why does...

October 23 2018

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What is dispensationalism and is it Biblical?

October 23 2018

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Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira for lying?

October 23 2018

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is a true Christian?

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Can a person become a disciple without ever being saved? Yes. Following Jesus never saved anybody. Believing the gospel is what saves us. Then we can become...

October 22 2018

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

Why does this genealogy give Jabez extra attention? (1 Chronicles 4:9–10)

I would say that it was because, in contrast to the disobedience to God and the worship of other gods or idols that so often characterized Israel's spiritual...

October 22 2018 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

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

If I believe in the trinity and that Jesus was crucified, buried and rose again is that enough to get into heaven?

To me, one of the simplest summaries of the process of salvation is found in Romans 10:9 when Paul wrote, "But if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is...

October 22 2018 2 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What’s the meaning of unclean lips? (Isaiah 6:5)

In the passage cited in the question, the prophet Isaiah had just seen a vision of God in all His splendor, glory, and holiness. His immediate reaction was a...

October 22 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is a true Christian?

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We do not repent of sin to be saved. We repent, change our mind and believe the gospel. Turn from trusting in what we do to save us, and trust in what Jesus...

October 22 2018

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

What’s the meaning of unclean lips? (Isaiah 6:5)

What’s the meaning of unclean lips? (Isaiah 6:5) Isaiah 6:5 5"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people...

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Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is a true Christian?

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True believers are saved by faith alone in Christ alone without works. So, whether a saved persons life changes, has nothing to do with salvation which is a...

October 22 2018