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What will we be doing in heaven?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can I know for sure that I will go to Heaven when I die?
St. Paul said in the Bible, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did Jesus mean when He said to 'not cast your pearls before swine'?
Matthew 7:6: Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls in front of pigs. These images characterize God’s kingdom—and Jesus’ teaching about it—as...
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MONA FERNANDEZ
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How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?
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donna reyes
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How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?
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S. Michael Houdmann
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How can I know for sure that I will go to Heaven when I die?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did Joab kill Amasa? (2 Samuel 20:10)
Joab was fiercely loyal to his uncle David, but he was also very ambitious, causing him to be suspicious of anyone (such as Amasa) who gave Joab reason to...
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Chris Eleam
, Chris Eleam
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Jack Gutknecht
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How do I cast my cares, worries and anxieties on God?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Joab kill Amasa? (2 Samuel 20:10)
2 Samuel 20:9-10 says, 9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 Amasa was no...
2 Samuel 20:1 - 26
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Todd Rushing
Can a Christian man marry a woman who once was a man?
I have e seen several of you mention here that women are XX chromosomes and men are XY chromosomes, but no one has mentioned the fraction of a percent of the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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What is the purpose of marriage?
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Judy Perry Drewett
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What does it mean to be a born again Christian?
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Steve Friesen
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What does it mean to be a born again Christian?
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S. Michael Houdmann
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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Fig Tree?
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Tim Maas
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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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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
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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
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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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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...