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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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Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the purpose of the thousand-year reign of Christ?

It will be the kingdom of God on earth. The lion will lie down with the lamb, and children will put there hands in cobras dens and not be bit. Some of us...

June 17 2018 1 Comments 9 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is Pauline Christianity?

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The kingdom of God is not the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of God is the 1,000 year reign of Christ on the earth. Those believers living in those sins will...

June 17 2018

Answer by Robert Martin

How do I quit addiction to alcohol?

I quit by praying constantly, and with a little help from my friends. A good person you can talk to honestly about why you drink. I am counting my blessings,...

June 17 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by STANLEY S. DRANE

Should wine or grape juice be used for communion?

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I'm glad you asked. In answer to your question, grape juice should be used for communion, in the true churches, that teach against wine (alcohol).

June 17 2018

Comment by Aurel Gheorghe

What is the meaning when Jesus said He gives His own new name to those who endure?

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Salvador, Revelation 3:12 is very similar with Revelation 2:17 – in both texts the redeemed are given new names. Furthermore, the 144,000 will have their...

June 17 2018

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

Why did God make sex before marriage a sin if he blesses those who are not married with children?

I would agree that children are a blessing, but they are also a consequence and a responsibility. In my opinion, among the reasons that God made premarital...

June 16 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why does God allow sickness?

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What is praying in tongues? Is praying in tongues a prayer language between a believer and God?

June 16 2018

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What was the practice of casting lots?

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Why is Biblical Creationism so important?

June 16 2018

Question by Anna Thornton

Why did God make sex before marriage a sin if he blesses those who are not married with children?

Doesn't make sense to me that children, the product of sex, would be produced by people who aren't married if it's a sin for them to have sex.

Numbers 25:1

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What is Nibiru?

June 16 2018

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

Why kill the women and children in the battle against King Og of Bashan (Deuteronomy 3:6)?

I think that the primary considerations involved in God commanding the total destruction of various peoples (including non-combatant women and children) were...

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What does it mean that God will pour out His Spirit on all people?

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What should we learn from the life of Peter?

June 16 2018

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

Why didn’t God accept the people’s repentance after the Amorites overcame them in battle? (1:45)

I would say because God, being omniscient, knows when repentance is sincere and genuine, as opposed to when people are behaving from other motives (such as...

June 16 2018 Follow Vote Up

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

What is referred to in this passage by "the deep things" that the Spirit searches?

In my opinion, this verse is saying that, since the Holy Spirit (as one of the three Persons of the Godhead) is fully and truly God, He possesses the full...

June 16 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why worship a calf? (Deuteronomy 9:16)

I would say that Aaron chose a calf for the idol that he made (Exodus 32:4) due to its established association in the people's minds (from their time in...

June 16 2018 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

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

Why did God have to warn his people about sacrificing their own children? (Deut. 12:31)

As implied in the question, it would seem so intuitively obvious that people should not sacrifice their own children that God should not have even had to...

June 15 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What does the Bible say about our loved ones in heaven coming to visit us on Earth?

The Bible say absolutely nothing about the departed visiting us here on Earth. Actually, the Bible doesn’t say anywhere that upon death we go to heaven....

June 15 2018 10 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did God have to warn his people about sacrificing their own children? (Deut. 12:31)

Why did God have to warn his people about sacrificing their own children? (12:31)--” 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worsh...

Deuteronomy 12:31

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Comment by ruth sauls

What did Jesus mean by "My hour has not yet come"?

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Jesus made old wine at the wedding; his time to pour out 'new wine' hadn't come yet. He said "NO MAN" having drunk old wine immediately desires new. The...

June 15 2018

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Why does this passage referring to Adam and Eve talk about leaving a father and mother if Adam and Eve were the first people on earth?

It is important when we read the bible to understand who the author of the book was, when did they live and what audience they were writing for. The book of...

June 15 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why worship a calf? (Deuteronomy 9:16)

Why worship a calf? (Deuteronomy 9:16)--"When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the ...

June 15 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Gregory Tomlinson , Minister, husband,father,grandfather,vet., college graduate

Can a Christian 'give back' salvation?

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Returning to the bondage of sin does not make you unborn, just sin-stained, in need of repentance, and redoing the first works of faith over which is turning...

June 15 2018

Answer by Billy P Eldred

Is it wrong to feel someone is disturbing me by praying out loudly, for example at 4am?

The Bible states that the two greatest commandments are: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength." "And love your neighbor as...

June 15 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

How do I quit addiction to alcohol?

I'm glad you asked. We see in Ephesians 5:18 (Matthew Henry Commentary): Drunkenness is a sin that never goes alone, but carries men into other evils. It is...

June 15 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Lawrence wong , Disciple of iEsou ("Yeh-sou") christou

How do I quit addiction to alcohol?

Christ cast demons out of people. Any addiction is a condition where the person has lost control of their own ability to manage the problem. If you believe...

June 15 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why kill the women and children in the battle against King Og of Bashan (Deuteronomy 3:6)?

"We completely destroyed them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying every city-men, women and children." (NIV)

Deuteronomy 3:6

June 15 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why didn’t God accept the people’s repentance after the Amorites overcame them in battle? (1:45)

And you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord did not listen to your voice or give ear to you. 46 So d you remained at Kadesh many days, the days t...

Deuteronomy 1:45 - 46

June 15 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean to worship the Lord in spirit and truth?

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Do pets / animals go to Heaven? Do pets / animals have souls?

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Which of the 30,000 Protestant denominations is the true church of God?

June 15 2018

Answer by Esther Carrington

When God flooded the earth, was the Garden of Eden also destroyed?

I think that the Garden of Eden was on the earth from Adam to Noah and the flood. Gen. 3:24 So he drove outH1644 (H853) the man;H120 and he placedH7931 at...

June 15 2018 1 Comments 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Victor Sopeju

What does the Bible say about oral sex?

God created different organs in the human body for different and unique functions. In oral sex, the mouth is being used with the natural sex organ. In God’s...

June 15 2018 13 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is the connection between prayer and fasting?

June 15 2018

Comment by Billy P Eldred

What is the doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture? What does it mean that the Bible is sufficient?

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To me there is a danger in ALL man made doctrine. I believe that this is one such. There was a movie made and released in 2002 called "Time Changer" which...

June 15 2018

Comment by Salvador Silva

What is the meaning when Jesus said He gives His own new name to those who endure?

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Aurel… Thank you for your kindness to comments my question and provided all the names of Jesus. However, what I am asking is not about names that tribute for...

June 15 2018

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why should I (a Jehovah's Witness) consider becoming a Christian?

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We not become a Christian by calling ourselves one. We become Christian by believing that Jesus is God in the flesh and He is the only savior. That there is...

June 15 2018

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

Is it wrong for a christian to dance to secular music?

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Probably, 1 Corinthians 10:31 which is "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."

June 15 2018

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Do pets / animals go to Heaven? Do pets / animals have souls?

June 13 2018

Comment by Nils Jansma , Missionary in San Diego California

How does the Cambrian Explosion fit within the framework of young-earth creationism?

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Yes, I'm familiar with Walt Brown's hydroplate theory. If you look closely at the fine print he admits that it would never happen without God's direct...

June 13 2018

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Why is serving God important?

June 13 2018

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

What does the Bible say about torture?

The Bible says, in every case, that torture is a thing to be feared because of the pain it causes. Matthew 24:9, Hebrews 11:35, Hebrews 13:3, Revelation 9:5...

June 13 2018 2 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Gregory Tomlinson , Minister, husband,father,grandfather,vet., college graduate

Can a Christian 'give back' salvation?

Matthew 13: [18] Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. [19] When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the...

June 13 2018 14 More Answers Follow Vote Up