What is the difference between the Holy Spirit and Holy Ghost?

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All believers have His Spirit in them through the new birth when we believed the gospel of our salvation. Ephesians 1:13 Hebrews 13:5 He will never leave us...

March 12 2018

How could Mary be acceptable to birth Jesus if she was born into sin?

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What is the literal translation for "seed" in the Greek? "Sperma". So Christ (as the son of man) "was made of the [sperma] of David". Let's go back to my...

March 12 2018

March 12 2018

What happens to a person who commits a terrible crime, such as a child rapist, when he dies?

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"There is ample Scriptural evidence to support the idea that the spirit is nothing else but the breath of life." Have you considered the events and...

March 12 2018

How can we live joyfully, knowing a loved one may be in hell?

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Matthew 10:28 English Standard Version (ESV) 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul...

March 12 2018

What happens to a person who commits a terrible crime, such as a child rapist, when he dies?

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Aurel, the soul / spirit returns to God but the Bible doesn't say the breath of life is dead or unconscious in the presence of God. James 2:26 ‘For just as...

March 12 2018

Is there a 'second blessing' subsequent to salvation?

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Hi, Cindy What you say has been taught for years. Unfortunately it simply does not accord with scripture. Yes at the end of time the gifts of the Spirit will...

March 12 2018

What is the 'Free the Nipple' movement and how should a Christian respond to it?

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The 'Free the Nipple' movement is about promoting equality between the sexes. It fights for the rights of women, particularly their right to go shirtless...

March 12 2018

How could Mary be acceptable to birth Jesus if she was born into sin?

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Clearly Jesus was and is God. There was never a time when He wasn't God. He has no beginning and no end. That's Jesus as "the son of God". However, Jesus as...

March 12 2018

Is it wrong to ask God to show us signs?

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God speaks to us today by his word or through the Holy Spirit. If you have not salvation, you have not the connection with God that is needed to hear his...

March 12 2018

How should a Christian view gun control?

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Further Madelyn, I repeat: I understand fully what you and others are saying about using guns for whatever purpose you deem desirable or necessary. My...

March 12 2018

Will Catholics go to heaven?

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I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church. I left in my late teens when I found that Catholic beliefs don't follow the Bible. (Call no one Father, but your...

March 12 2018

How should a Christian view gun control?

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Hi Madelyn, thanks for joining in the discussion. God has no need to change His personality, but He does change His instructions. During the Caanan WAR...

March 12 2018

What is the Immaculate Conception?

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Thomas, you stated that "Mary" had "no normal conception of the male spermatozoon with the female ovum". I will agree that she did not have intercourse with...

March 12 2018

What happens to a person who commits a terrible crime, such as a child rapist, when he dies?

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Gary, spirit/soul is the breath of life that God breathed into Adam’s nostrils (Gen 2:7). Body+spirit (breath of life) = living being. At death, the process...

March 11 2018

What happens to a person who commits a terrible crime, such as a child rapist, when he dies?

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JD, is never a good idea to speculate about who will be saved and who will be lost – that is God's prerogative. My Heavenly Father is a loving and...

March 11 2018

How could Mary be acceptable to birth Jesus if she was born into sin?

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Mary came from the seed of David. Luke 3:31-32 Jesus did not need a human father to be David's descendant. Jesus was God. John 20:28 As such, He is sinless...

March 11 2018

Is there a 'second blessing' subsequent to salvation?

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The Books of Acts reflect the church in transition from the OT to the NT. New believers were more or less 'certified' as actual believers in Christ by...

March 11 2018

Just how narrow is the narrow gate?

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How narrow is it? First, let's talk "in relation to". If you compare the width of Jesus to the width of every other man who ever lived, then it is narrow...

March 11 2018

Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?

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Hi Jennifer. As always I highly respect your opinions and appreciate your comments. As to the explanation about the modifiers, how many other instances in...

March 11 2018

Is it wrong to ask God to show us signs?

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I have asked GOD for a sign sometimes but only according to His will. Usually it is about something that I think the Bible neither rejects or condones....

March 11 2018

What happens to a person who commits a terrible crime, such as a child rapist, when he dies?

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If the person who commits the sin is truly sorry then yes, God will forgive.

March 11 2018

What is lasciviousness?

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Once we have been saved and received the gift of the Holy Spirit our soul/spirit is never in jeopardy. But if we live in those sins we can lose our life and...

March 11 2018

How should a Christian view gun control?

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Oh and one more thing I just thought of.. I guess I am having a rather hard time understanding why the military and police are more qualified to carry guns...

March 11 2018

How should a Christian view gun control?

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Hi Mr. Hickman, I have been following the discussion between you and Mr. Johnson and just find myself with one question. If Christ did not encourage weapons,...

March 11 2018

What happens to a person who commits a terrible crime, such as a child rapist, when he dies?

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Aurel, "Any unconfused and deliberate sin is enough to destroy any hope of eternal life." What If I was driving down the road, saw a scantily clad woman and...

March 11 2018

How could Mary be acceptable to birth Jesus if she was born into sin?

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So, Robert, are you saying that Jesus was NOT God? That He was not perfect and sinless? If so, our faith is in vain indeed. He was never opposed to the...

March 11 2018

What day did Passover fall on preceding Jesus resurrection?

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So Jesus was crucified on Thursday, not Friday, and fulfils what He said about being three days and three nights in the grave, the sign of the prophet Jonah....

March 11 2018

How do we defend verses like Psalms 37:25 when there ARE so many starving children?

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The dark domain's theology of conquest via it's devious theater of the bizarre where "The Children" are but simple stage props, to drive the emotionalist...

March 11 2018

How could Mary be acceptable to birth Jesus if she was born into sin?

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Cindy, you stated that "your sin nature comes from your father, not your mother." You conclude that since Jesus had no earthy father He couldn't have assumed...

March 11 2018

Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?

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Thanks Billy. I respect your effort to review scripture. I took note of your perspective on the term in the KJV of "generations". Other literal versions say...

March 10 2018

Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?

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From (cont) ...can and have made a way for us to be forgiven for our imperfections, sin included. May God bless.

March 10 2018

Does the Bible say that only 144,000 people make it to heaven?

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Dear Rotomi, The Bible makes it clear that no one will dwell on a “glorified earth,” for there will be no earth subsequent to the Second Coming of Christ Mt....

March 10 2018

How should a Christian view gun control?

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Mr Johnson, I don't judge believers who carry guns. I understand why people decide to arm themselves in a dangerous society. But I disagree with the notion...

March 10 2018

What to preach at a funeral when a young man committed suicide?

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Reviewing someone's good qualities at their funeral goes without question. No matter how good our qualities may be, however, they will never get us into...

March 10 2018