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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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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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...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the phrase mean, "with a strong hand and an outstretched arm"?
The expression ''with a strong hand and an outstretched arm'' is usually understood as being an expression of the power of God. It is used in this psalm,...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How do I convert to Christianity?
Romans 4:5: But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifieth the ungdodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Blessed is the man to whom...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean when God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil"?
You have asked a very interesting question, Robert! I often used to wonder about this myself. May I suggest an entirely different answer? I think it could be...
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Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (2 Chronicles 16:7-12)
2 Chronicles 16:1 - 14
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What or where is Zoan? Psalm 78:12 KJV
Psalms 78:12 “Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.”
Psalms 78:1 - 72
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What does it mean when God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil"?
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What is the baptism of/by/with fire?
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Jack Gutknecht
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How did Joseph know that to sleep with Potiphar's wife was a sin?
Joseph refused her advances because he knew it was dishonorable to sleep with the wife of his master (who deeply trusted him) and because it was sin—breaking...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What are the keys to resisting temptation?
To resist temptation, follow Joseph’s example in Genesis 39:7-10 where Joseph resists the temptation to commit adultery, better, Genesis 39:7-12. Also,...
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I am a Catholic. Why should I consider becoming a Christian?
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Why do some people refuse to believe in God, in spite of the evidence?
I can't address the specific case of the questioner's cousin, but I would say in general that the reason many people refuse to believe in God (no matter how...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did the people in Genesis live such long lives?
I think that "God granted those long lives so that we, looking back, could see from which we have fallen. In other words, those long lives testify that death...
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Anonymous
Why do some people refuse to believe in God, in spite of the evidence?
I have a cousin who's like this. I think he's a person who denies that God exists.
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, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How do I receive forgiveness from God?
Our sin debt was paid in full at the cross. Romans 4:7-8. Blessed is the man whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the Bible mean when it says 'The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God''?
Our English word fool comes from a Latin word that means “bellows,” suggesting that the fool is a person “full of hot air.” “There is no God.” Believing...
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What does putting God first really mean?
All good answers. And let’s remember also, how we treat others is how we treat God. We find this in Matthew 25:31-46 (esp verse 40). Also, I find it odd when...
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What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
Some believe that 11:11 stands for Jeremiah 11:11 and, possibly, other books with a chapter 11. They see it as a "wake up call" to pay strict attention to...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
There is no special significance to it, as discussed at: https://www.gotquestions.org/11-11-in-the-Bible.html (This is the same discussion on Mr. Houdmann's...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does this passage mean, “One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want”?
An empirical or "common-sense" view of giving might conclude that the more of their resources that people give away to charitable causes, the poorer it would...
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Tim Maas
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Why do people say worshipping Jesus is idolatry?
I would say that it would be because they regard Jesus as a mere man or human being, who would therefore not be worthy of the worship that should be reserved...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why is 'the devil made me do it' not a valid excuse?
Wiersbe says, "A popular television comedian always got laughs when he said, 'The devil made me do it!'" Who was that comedian? Flip Wilson. (In the 1970s)...
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What does this passage mean, “One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want”?
Please explain this message
Proverbs 11:24
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Is it wrong for a Christian to have a dream catcher?
In my opinion, yes it’s wrong. I can clearly see now at age 28, recently saved, that the occultism started at a very young age for me, and it was not my...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Is it true that 'where God guides, He provides'?
Where does this saying come from? The saying “where God guides, he provides” comes from a paraphrase of Isaiah 58:11. The Contemporary English Version of...
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What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
"A popular superstition involves the number 11, which in numerology is a 'Master Number' signifying spiritual awareness or psychic intuition." --Houdmann
Ecclesiastes 8:14 - 17
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Has anyone ever seen God?
Nope. John 1:18 says, "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." "God is invisible...
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Is God sovereign and/or do we have a free will?
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Is it true that 'where God guides, He provides'?
I would say that it IS true, but I would also say that, in God's omniscience, His provision may not take an exact form that we request or expect, but that...
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Tim Maas
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Why did God tell Jeremiah not to pray? (Jeremiah 7:16)
God, being omniscient, was aware that, regardless of whether Jeremiah interceded with Him for the people (as individuals such as Moses and Samuel had done in...
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Tim Maas
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Why does it matter that they "did not catch them breaking in"? (Jeremiah 2:34)
In my opinion, the passage is saying that, if the inhabitants of Jerusalem had caught the poor breaking into their homes, it would have given those...
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Tim Maas
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Why does it matter that they "did not catch them breaking in"? (Jeremiah 2:34)
In my opinion, the passage is saying that, if the Israelites had caught the poor breaking into their homes, it would have given the Israelites a valid excuse...