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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Fig Tree?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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What is the difference between a born again Christian and 7th Day Adventists?
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Donna Williams
Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
Dear Anonymous: I have had the same experience with having evil thoughts against the Holy Spirit, and I was tormented by the fear of committing the...
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Ezekiel Kimosop
Silver Evangelist award!
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Does Satan attack our thoughts?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean to wait on the Lord?
Waiting on God is really hard for me to do! I like to move, and that sometimes gets me in trouble, more often than I would like to admit. Just ask my wife,...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
We are all sinners to a degree, because we cannot be made perfect in the flesh. Only our soul/spirit is saved. Colossians 2:13. We have been forgiven all...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
Commentaries on Matthew 12:22-32, Mark 3:22-30, and Luke 12:10 that I have read (and that have been very comforting to me) have indicated that the blasphemy...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Silver Evangelist award!
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What is concupiscence?
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Pearce Elliott
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
God, in the Garden of Eden, had one man and one woman. This was God's original design. The first mention of more than one wife is in Genesis 4:19 "And Lamech...
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leslie coutinho
What does it mean that there will be a famine of hearing the words of the Lord?
As revealed to the prophet Amos, the whole chapter 8 refers to the coming of the end times. The Lord said, “I will not pass by them anymore, for the buying...
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Anonymous
Will God forgive blasphemous thoughts toward the Holy Spirit that you want to repent of if you consider those thoughts intentional? Is it possible to be forgiven for having had such thoughts?
If you thought horrible things you want to repent of thinking against the Holy Spirit because you were tempted or angry, can you be forgiven? I just feel emp...
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Todd Rushing
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
While the Bible does not specifically address polygamy, it has to be taken in the context of the times. For ancient Israel and the region, life was hard, and...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Who will not go to heaven?
Unbelievers. John 3:18. Believers are no longer condemned, but unbelievers are condemned already because they have not believed on the name of the Son of...
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Truc Pham
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
They had more than one wife but this is not according to God's command in Genesis 2:24. Jesus re-stated this command: 4 He answered, “Have you not read that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
If David, Solomon and other prophets can marry more than once, why not Christians?
I would say that the change is accounted for by the fact that, by the time of the New Testament (where references to marriage speak of a man having only one...
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Robert Hibbard
, Retired Christian High School Teacher
Who will not go to heaven?
On one level, this is easy: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will will be saved,.... (Acts16:31). This and many other verses clearly state belief in...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Silver Evangelist award!
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Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God? (This is a very good question, Carolyn!) Total depravity means that no one is able in and of...
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Pierre Dippenaar
Who will not go to heaven?
It is sometimes confusing why people have different views, thus, concerning the applicability of the law of Moses, and the ten commandments, I thought that t...
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Mehboob Ellahi
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John Hull
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
By my understanding, as indicated by verses such as Ephesians 2:8-9, even the faith that saves us does not come from ourselves, but is a gift from God...
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Carolyn Hostetter
, Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator
Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?
I've come across many verses that indicate that we are to "seek" God; however, it seems that the total depravity doctrine says that mankind is so depraved th...
Acts 17:27
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How long did Adam live before Eve was created?
In my opinion, this question can only be answered or inferred in terms of events, rather than specific time frames given in the Bible. I'd say that it would...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean, “Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children”?
Although Hagar bore Ishmael to Abraham, she was a slave. She stands for Mount Sinai in a figurative sense because, under the Old Testament, the Jewish people...
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
How long did Adam live before Eve was created?
How long was Adam alone before God created Eve?
Genesis 2:7
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did David kill two thirds of the Moabites?
Why would David be so brutal? But we very well could ask why David was so lenient in allowing 1/3 to live! Yes, his leniency could be, as Mr. Maas said,...
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Thaddeus Irvine
Is universalism / universal salvation Biblical?
I believe that Michael is biblically correct. In 1 Corinthians, the whole book is written to the Church; check 1 Corinthians 1:2. The Bible makes clear that...
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leslie coutinho
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who do the lioness and cubs represent? (Ezekiel 19:2–9)
In my opinion, the lioness represents the "mother" nation of Israel, which is succeeded (following the captivity of the ten northern tribes) by the...
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Donna Williams
Was Jeremiah possibly paraphrasing Psalm 1 here? (Jeremiah 17:7–8)
I believe that Jeremiah was definitely paraphrasing Psalm 1. He, like the psalmist, was contrasting the godly and the ungodly. The psalmist was sharing the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does "compel them to come in" mean in Luke 14:23?
Luke 14:23 "And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.'" Traditionally...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Was Jeremiah possibly paraphrasing Psalm 1 here? (Jeremiah 17:7–8)
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD: In contrast, the one who trusts in the LORD will be like a tree planted by the waters, whose leaf will be green....
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Why did David kill two thirds of the Moabites?
This takes us back to Genesis 49:9,10. Look at Jacob's last words to Judah. The Lion of Judah will carry the scepter. The scepter will not depart from Judah...
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Billy P Eldred
How do I know the Bible is not just mythology?
One of my (many) favorite verses is Luke 19:40. “”Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does "compel them to come in" mean in Luke 14:23?
In my opinion, when Jesus spoke of "compelling" those in the second group to come in, He was not speaking of the use of brute force, but of overcoming...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does "compel them to come in" mean in Luke 14:23?
When I first read of this, Jesus' command to His disciples [implied], I worried that it sounded like Jesus was saying to force people to receive the gospel. ...
Luke 14:12 - 24
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Who do the lioness and cubs represent? (Ezekiel 19:2–9)
Begin with Ezekiel 19: 2: And say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
Ezekiel 19:1 - 7
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What should we learn from the tribe of Judah?
Since God appointed Judah to be the royal tribe, it was logical to associate the tribe with the lion, the king of the beasts. (See also Num. 24:9; Ezek....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What or where is Zoan? Psalm 78:12 KJV
"Zoan was a city in Egypt (Numbers 13:22) -- Numbers 13:22 (ESV) says, '”They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Jesus ask the crowd to sit down in groups of fifty?
My opinion is that of Paul's injunction to the Corinthians, "Let all things be done decently and in order." God is a God of order. More things can be...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Was Jeremiah possibly paraphrasing Psalm 1 here? (Jeremiah 17:7–8)
I believe that Jeremiah 17:7, parallels Isaiah 30:18. "Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Jesus ask the name of the demon in Mark 5:9?
Good question, Adewale Ademola! To the evildoer, anonymity is always preferable to identification. --Robert L. (Bob) Deffinbaugh, a graduate of Dallas...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)
Asa was a man who made a good beginning and lived a life of faith, but when it came to his final years, rebelled against the Lord. —Wiersbe Tim was right:...
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leslie coutinho
Is it true that 'where God guides, He provides'?
It’s true that “where God guides, He provides,” for no one can come unto Him unless you are led by His Spirit to His Son and to the Father. (John 6:44 /...
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What does the Bible say about doing drugs?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)
The passage cited in the question presents negative aspects of Asa's reign that are not discussed in the other primary account of his rule found in 1 Kings...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What or where is Zoan? Psalm 78:12 KJV
By my understanding, Zoan (the name of which comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "stronghold") was a city on one of the branches of the Nile. (The Greeks...