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  1. What is the significance of God the Father Jehovah being repeatedly (many times) referred to as 'the living God' in Scripture?
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  3. What cataclysmic event does this describe (2 Peter 3:10, 12)?
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Why is there so much interest in the second coming of Christ?

January 19 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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None of this stated above has anything to do with what I understand the political correctness argument to entail. No one to my knowledge has petitioned any...

January 19 2018

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How ought we to act if we are citizens of heaven?

Colossians 3:3 Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When we accept...

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Comment by David Sullivan

How do Roman Catholics view salvation?

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Ephesians 2: 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one...

January 19 2018

Comment by Brandon Hughes , Regular Worker Guy

What is the difference between Christians and Catholics?

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Dan, concerning the last portion of your answer explaining the parable of the sheep and goats: my Catholic friends tend to understand this in reverse order...

January 19 2018

Comment by David Huffman

Was Jesus an angel of God at any point in the Bible?

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I agree with the answers provided. However, it comes about from certain beliefs held by Jehovah's Witnesses. Their doctrine says that Jesus was Michael the...

January 19 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Should Christians be involved in politics?

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Thankfully EVERYTHING evolves, even the Church. If the Church stayed the same as it was when Paul was alive we would have a real mess on our hands. Women...

January 19 2018

Answer by Chris Dibbern

Why do so many people seek after signs and wonders?

Miracles and signs are good things. You may request them for yourself in humility. I like to pray to know whether I should ask, even before I ask for the...

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Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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Friends "Decent and Polite" does not tear food from the mouths of children via vengeful bankrupting litigation; for the parent's high crime of holding or...

January 19 2018

Answer by Mike Allen

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

It is wonderful to know (Ephesians) that God foreknew us. Because He is beyond time and knows all things so before we were born, God knew us in the womb and...

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Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

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God made the way of salvation by faith. Romans 1:16 It is to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. How do we come to Christ? By...

January 19 2018

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

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Logically, regeneration cannot precede faith. The Titus 3:5 is giving a sequence following faith. Note that it is describing how he saved us, not "how we got...

January 19 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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A long dissertation is not a sign of being on the righteous side of an issue. A hair style or ear jewelry doesn't offend sensible people. I wish I could...

January 19 2018

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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I'm not sure how the topic of earrings/jewelry came up, but it is a good example. Politeness would take the culture into account regarding what earrings to...

January 19 2018

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

What is the meaning of 'heart of stone' in Ezekiel 36?

In my opinion, although the word "flesh" is used in various Biblical passages in a negative sense to refer to carnality (as in Romans 7:25), or to something...

January 19 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson In a truly free...

January 19 2018

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What does the Bible say about the necessity of attending church?

January 19 2018

Answer by Bartley Verner , Elder Emeritus, Christ Presbyterian Church PCA

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

The ordo salutis does not seem to have a timeline, or temporal sequence of events, but it is a logical order. In Titus 3:5 we see a sequence in the language...

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What is the meaning of 'heart of stone' in Ezekiel 36?

I am thinking there has got to be some type of Spiritual message in this passage. Why would this particular word be used-stone-and the 'flesh' as a replacem...

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Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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I've been the minority in many situations where I've had many different character attacks based on the group I've been perceived to belong to. Many of these...

January 18 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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PC is not the same as politeness as you say. The demonizing of being careful to not offend those who are DIFFERENT or few in number is the reason for the...

January 18 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

While involved in sin, should a christian be involved in a Bible Study?

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I agree. "Involved in sin" makes what the sin is to sound major in scope. If only the sinless goes to Bible study Bible study would cease to function.

January 18 2018

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How can we experience true freedom in Christ?

January 18 2018

Answer by Ed Besselman

Did the Israelites in the book of Exodus cross the Red Sea or the Reed Sea?

It's only with an English version of the Bible can you even ask that question. Red? Or Reed?... (like a scribe missed a letter). If you look at the real...

January 18 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by JD Abshire

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

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Acts 11:18 "When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life."...

January 18 2018

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Is God's love conditional or unconditional?

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What is the meaning of the tree of life?

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How should a Christian view climate change?

January 18 2018

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Why does God desire mercy and acknowledgement of Him instead of sacrifice?

January 18 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Should Christians be involved in politics?

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The question is about speaking out against politicians. Should people who are in an eternal relationship with the Lord limit themselves and refrain from...

January 18 2018

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

Where are all these books and annals of Persia, etc?

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I can't vouch for its source materials, its authenticity, or its contents, but there is a paperback volume for sale titled "The Book of the Chronicles of the...

January 18 2018

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

Faith cometh from hearing, hearing from the word of God. Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your...

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Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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An effective preacher who preaches the gospel preaches the grace of God available to all who confess their sins. Pointing out the sin that so easily ensnares...

January 18 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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The question is about PC. PC is being used to demonize the practice that WAS "Being descent and polite to people you disagree with for whatever reason." In a...

January 18 2018

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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For some examples: Restricting a book from a grade school library based on swearing/adult themes is based in social politeness. Restricting a website from a...

January 18 2018

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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Political Correctness is not the same thing as politeness, though there is a slight crossover. Being politically correct is "conforming to a belief that...

January 18 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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What has been renamed "Political Correctness " is, always has been and will be, what is known as being decent and polite. The tone of the offenders and their...

January 18 2018

Answer by Edwin Danny Reaid

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

We might ask: Are we capable of regenerating (changing) our own “nature” in order to choose God? Or, is that “nature” of man first regenerated (changed) by...

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Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Does regeneration precede or follow faith?

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Romans 3:10 says righteousness via the law is impossible. It doesn't say fallen man cannot have faith - quite the opposite - the chapter says all men, fallen...

January 17 2018

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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Christianity is no more offensive than any other belief system. Many people are offended when the idea is offered that their beliefs are shallow and untrue....

January 17 2018

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?

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The Merriam Webster dictionary of politically correct is as follows: "conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political...

January 17 2018

Comment by Robert Broyles

What does it mean "the dead in Christ shall rise first" if to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord?

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2 Cor 5:1 "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens....

January 17 2018

Answer by David Huffman

What is transubstantiation?

Michael Houdmann has handled well the Roman Catholic definition of transubstantiation and the direct biblical answer to the doctrine. I would add this...

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Answer by Kenneth Heck

What is the second death?

In my opinion, the second death is the death of the soul. True death isn't simply separation from God, but the literal dissolution of both body and soul. A...

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