How can there be subordination in the Trinity?
Would collaboration within the trinity be considered heresy? Why or why not? It is often difficult to use human terms to explain divine operations. I see the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How will this current physical world end?
Great question, Reverend C.H. Cooper! I think it was in a high school speech class in Scottsdale, Arizona, where I first encountered this question. The way...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does it mean in Proverbs 18:16 that your gift will make room for you?
Is this a bribe? (Proverbs 18:16; 19:6) No, and bribery is wrong, but the gift mentioned here is not a bribe. It's just not smart to seek an audience with...
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John Moyo
, Christian youth teacher
How does one humble himself/herself?
Humility is always putting others before self. The perfect example of humility comes from Jesus who, though He was God chose to become human for humanity's...
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Why will God "answer" before someone calls? (Isaiah 65:24)
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Donna Williams
How does one humble himself/herself?
In the epistle written to the saints in Philippi, apostle Paul says in 2:5, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus." This is the work of the...
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
How did Noah and his family take care of all the animals on the ark?
There didn't need to be two dogs, two wolves, two dingoes, two coyotes, or two jackals, because all of them are of the same "kind of animal", in other words...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How does one humble himself/herself?
The more that you can move your thoughts and actions away from an inward focus on yourself, and on your own wants, needs, and accomplishments -- or away from...
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How can it be said that we have everlasting life when we still die?
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Aurel Gheorghe
What and where is "the abyss"? (Revelation 9:2)
The word for “bottomless pit” in Greek “abussos,” is translated in English as "abyss." That same word is used in Genesis 1:2 in the Greek version of the Old...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Is paradise a different place than heaven?
Paradise is probably a Persian word (Pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's garden." It came in course of time to be used as a...
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David Lloyd
What are the names of the 12 kinds of fruits on the tree of life?
I understand this passage to be saying the tree provides a new batch of fruit each month, so that it is always in blossom and always yielding fruit. The...
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In scripture, what does "The Lord's Day" mean?
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, Emancipated by the Liberating King
What are we saved from?
There is a three point message about this question that has been used by me and several others to illustrate exactly what the name Jesus means. [1] Humans...
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Aurel Gheorghe
What are we saved from?
“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matt 1:21). This text makes it clear why...
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What were the 400 years of silence?
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How did Noah and his family take care of all the animals on the ark?
For example, how did they make sure the animals were fed, watered, bedded etc. and their waste products disposed of?
Genesis 6:1 - 22
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Donna Williams
What should we learn from the life of Joseph?
I believe the story of Joseph was and is a foreshadow of the life of Christ. Many of the Jews rejected their Messiah during Jesus' earthly ministry as they...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What are we saved from?
Jesus Christ saved us from the condemnation of law Gal 3:13 See also Ac 13:38-39 Jesus Christ saved us from God’s wrath 1Th 1:10; 5:9 Jesus Christ saved us...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the basis of our salvation, the salvation of believers?
The salvation of believers is grounded solely and completely in their faith in the redemption from sin that Jesus achieved through His sinless life,...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What are we saved from?
People should honestly answer the question of whether they are looking forward to their own temporal deaths. It seems to me that the natural "human" response...
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What is the purpose of marriage?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What is the basis of our salvation, the salvation of believers?
I.e. in what is our salvation grounded?
Ephesians 2:4 - 10
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What and where is "the abyss"? (Revelation 9:2)
Literally "the bottomless pit" is "the shaft /pit/well of the abyss" in the Greek. Another commentator says the bottomless pit in the Greek should be...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What are we saved from?
Sometimes when I am witnessing, the unbeliever will ask me, "What are we saved from?" What's the best answer for him?
John 3:16
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Where were the fish during the flood?
I would say that there were no fish on the Ark, both because they could have survived under the conditions of the Flood, and also as indicated by multiple...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What and where is "the abyss"? (Revelation 9:2)
The English word "abyss" directly derives from the Greek word used in this verse. It is the same word that the demons possessing the Gerasene demoniac used...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Who or what is Abaddon/Apollyon?
As Michael said, "Apollyon" is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Abaddon, meaning "destruction"; in the New Testament this name is given to the angel who...
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Allen Dicker
What is the Hebrew Roots movement?
Christianity is simply an extension of Biblical Judaism. It is indeed important for gentile Christians to understand their Jewish roots to fully understand...
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Donna Williams
Who was talking to Daniel 10:12-13?
I believe it was possibly the angel Gabriel. See Daniel 8:15-27; 9:20-27. Only Gabriel and Michael are specifically mentioned in the Old and the New...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What and where is "the abyss"? (Revelation 9:2)
NIV When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
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Al Mark
Who are the Jehovah's Witnesses and what are their beliefs?
Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in the deity of Christ - without that, how are they any different than other religions of the world? Christ cannot have...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who was talking to Daniel 10:12-13?
In my opinion, more than one speaker is indicated in Daniel 10:5-21. The Being mentioned in Daniel 10:5-9 was the pre-incarnate Christ. The being referenced...
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What are other religions' concepts of getting to heaven?
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What is the Shekinah glory?
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Merijn Visser
What commandments are Jesus referring to in John 14:15?
If you say these commands only refer to the 10 commandments, or the 2 greatest commandments (Matt 22:37-39), or to love one another (John 13:34) you will...
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Donna Williams
What is the significance of the resurrection?
I believe that Hosea 6:1-2 is a prophecy of the resurrection of Christ. In the NKJV it reads as follows: "Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has...
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Kilian Kean
, Telecommunications Engineer (Retired)
Can a Christian lose salvation?
Did you know that the Law in the Old Testament has no provision for a woman to divorce her husband? The only way out of a marriage was death or a written...
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Chris B
If God is all-powerful, why does He not just kill Satan?
Joshua 24:15 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then CHOOSE for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors...
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Helmut Fischl
, Retired
What was the exact date Jesus rose from the dead?
This is quite easily answered. He died in the middle of Daniel’s 70th week during Passover festival on Friday. He rose on Sunday morning, the first day of...
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Why were Adam and Even driven out of the Garden of Eden?
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When there is a natural disaster such as vast bush fires in Australia is it God's anger against laws allowing things like abortion and euthanasia? God disciplines those He loves, so should we pray against these disastrous events?
Looking at natural (or made man disaster), often we are tempered to think that these horrific events are God’s punishment caused by a specific sin or sins....
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Is it wrong for a couple to live together before marriage?
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Why were Adam and Even driven out of the Garden of Eden?
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Why did God rest on the seventh day of creation?
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Myron Robertson
, Seeking God's heart
How are we to interpret Jesus' words about the bread and wine being His body and blood (Mark 14:22-24; see also 1 Corinthians 11:24-25)?
It is important to remember that Num 12:5-9 says that everything spoken to a prophet is symbolism (dark sayings, riddles) and that Jesus said of the law of...
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Should we worship Jesus?