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Mr. Houdmann's answer goes into great lengths to specify reasons for stoning a disobedient child but begins by saying that Christians are no longer under the...
The failure of Israel to drive out all the nations living in Canaan was apparently a conscious, willful, and disobedient decision on their part. This is...
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Simply put those who comes to Christ, are those who are convicted under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit . For God is Spirit and shall be worshipped in...
13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maakah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
Joshua 13:13
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What should be the order of priorities in our family?
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Here's the thing, though. Creation alone speaks to the existence of a Creator. You don't look at a painting and wonder if there was a painter, a building and...
Looking directly into a bright light can damage the human eye; staring into the sun or a powerful light like a laser can burn a hole in it, or cause...
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Thank you Jean for sharing a very heartfelt struggle...Rejoice, rejoice in the Lord always. our experience was similar, Praise God, He will never forsake us....
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God offers salvation as a free gift of God. To everyone that believes. But we have to believe it to receive the free gift. How do you know you are saved?...
Not all secular music is the same. I enjoy secular music that is written to be fun and not carry a heavy message. Like anything of the world, that message of...
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Are there different levels of Heaven?
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For a believer, God may show mercy and He may not. That is his will. If a believer goes off and lives a sinful life style, God may take them before their...
Acts 7:60 states Stephen prayed that the sin of killing him not be laid to their charge. Although Saul did not physically throw a rock, in his heart he did....
It seems to me that the circumstances described in the question are similar to the point that Paul raised in Romans 6. The fact that those who have placed...
God, as the creator of an orderly universe, designed it to function in accordance with predictable principles that humans were given the intelligence and...
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I would flip this statement on its head and suggest that EVERYONE has a world view, even atheists. Those who don't follow God promote abortion, gay marriage,...
Circumstances 1. Both Zachariah and Elizabeth were righteous before God - not sinless but righteous 2. walked in the commandments and ordinances of the LORD...
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I would flip this question on its head and ask why are liberals against the death penalty for a person who understands the law and its penalty but for...
How could the sun stop (Joshua 10:13-14)? Wouldn't the earth have had to stop, instead, and everything go flying off? 13 So the sun stood still, and...
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Repentance for salvation is just a change of mind, to believing in Jesus as the only way of salvation by grace. Never again trusting in what we do to save...
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Our God is in three persons who are in complete agreement. God the Father, God the Son, Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit who lives in everyone who has ever...
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David's prayer was a prayer of confession, not repentance. Repentance is a change of mind. First John 1:9 says we are to confess our sins. Repentance for...
The word of God clearly states that a wavering man or woman will receive nothing from the Lord. When you need thousands of dollars to cover an expense, it...
I was listening to a minister and he said that when you sin, you should not ask for forgiveness because you were already forgiven when you gave your life to ...
Colossians 2:14
Jesus here, speaking to His disciples, is saying that everyone who is a true follower of His must derive grace and strength from Him – just as a branch does...
I believe the general guideline is given in Genesis 1:25. "God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and...
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John, the “Documentary Hypothesis” (JEDP) is a theory developed by 19th Century European scholars - and while still taught today in some circles, JEDP has...
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Firstly I don’t like the word trinity because it means different things, I have heard many various interpretations of the trinity. I personally prefer the...
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As far as I can tell, there are no "celebrations" or "seasons" such as Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter, in Scripture. These events are tradition and not...
James is speaking in this passage specifically of requests for wisdom (James 1:5), which (as noted in Proverbs 1:7) begins with the reverent fear of God. Why...
Although the passage from Acts (Acts 7:57-8:1) does not record Saul (Paul) as having participated in the actual stoning of Stephen, the Bible does say that...
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Our new transfigured bodies will be physical bodies, but not of flesh and blood, for flesh and blood can not enter the kingdom because of sin in the flesh....
James 1:6 Why would God not answer our prayer because we doubt when we try so hard to trust and believe?
James 1:6
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I see what you mean, just ask Pete Doherty of The Libertines band. He's a poignant example.
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Paul was the apostle given by God to the gentiles to preach salvation by grace. That it was a gift from God to all that believe, to the Jew first, and also...
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Ambition can also be a drive to learn to become a doctor to help others in a chosen field of medicine. We have to keep a balance between ambition and...
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Aurel, only the Talmud considers Moses to have written the Torah or Pentateuch, and he did so with tears. In actuality, most biblical scholars believe the...
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Hi, a couple of things I happen to know about that. The original writing was ”ka’aru” which means to pierce. It was changed to ka’ari, which means “like a...
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Excellent answer James! A vote up I give you. --ANDY--
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What does it mean to glorify God?
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Why did God require animal sacrifices in the Old Testament?
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What is a quiet time?
In my opinion, Jesus in this verse is expressing an idea similar to His words in Mark 4:18-19, where He (again using a metaphor from the process of planting)...
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What does it mean to be an ambassador for Christ?
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Ex 34:7 - see Ex 20:5-6. What this means is that when parents turn from God, it's highly likely that subsequent generations will do so as well, not that...
This does not seem like something we would necessarily see as good. I realize that God's ways are higher than my ways, so does this mean that God will take ...
John 15:2
My experience is that this woman can have the blessing of Jesus to repent and receive forgiveness for her original adultery and the adultery caused by...
Having studied the Scriptures on this for 13 years, and knowing personal testimonies of others who have come to understanding, there are a lot of Bible...
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