How can I overcome sin in my Christian life?
You are being haunted by your old sinful nature, the nature that you were born with, the only nature that you had before you surrendered to Jesus. Your old...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I control sinful impulses?
Impulse control is never easy. All of us struggle with overcoming sinful impulses. James says, "Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is...
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D W
How can I control sinful impulses?
We are all born in sin. That is, we all inherit original sin. As long as we live in it, we commit daily sins. We leave that sinful nature behind when we...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I take control of my thoughts?
Many Christians struggle with this issue, especially in our highly technological world, but taking control of our thoughts is essential. Proverbs 4:23...
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D W
How can I take control of my thoughts?
Are you a Christian? If so, HE takes control of your thoughts as you yield to Him. If you are having difficulty in your thought life, then you need to spend...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?
Life is full of decisions we must make that do not have absolute, specific-by-name, how-to directions in the Bible. How many hours a day should my kids watch...
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D W
How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?
Are you a Christian? Did you experience re-birth? Before you were reborn you had only a sinful nature. At the split-second of your re-birth you were...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I know if I am in love?
Love is a very powerful emotion. It motivates much of our lives. We make many important decisions based on this emotion, and even get married because we feel...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How will I know when I have found the perfect spouse for me?
The Bible does not address how to find the "perfect spouse," nor does it get as specific as we might like on the matter of finding the right marriage...
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D W
How will I know when I have found the perfect spouse for me?
Place your faith, hope and trust in Him. He'll let you know. If you keep asking the same question, you are the one trying to figure it out.
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I know when God is telling me to do something?
Pray, especially when you're unsure of God's will for your life. "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I know what God's timing is?
The first thing we need to understand about God's timing is that it is perfect, just as all of God's ways are perfect (Psalm 18:30; Galatians 4:4). God's...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Is God real? How can I know for sure that God is real?
We know that God is real because He has revealed Himself to us in three ways: in creation, in His Word, and in His Son, Jesus Christ.The most basic proof of...
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D W
Is God real? How can I know for sure that God is real?
Open a Bible. Read Genesis 1:1, John 1:1ff, Hebrews 1:1ff, 1 John 1:1ff. ff = and following, until you see the answer, usually within just a few verses.
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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What is conditional election?
While the Bible clearly teaches that God elects people to salvation, there are disagreements as to the basis of that election. Conditional election is the...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I know what God's plan is?
Most Christians truly desire to understand God's plan for their lives. Yet there are many questions: how do I discover God's plan? How can I be sure?...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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How can I know God's will for my life? What does the Bible say about knowing God's will?
It is important to know God's will. Jesus said that His true relations are those who know and do the Father's will: "Whoever does God's will is my brother...
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D W
How can I know God's will for my life? What does the Bible say about knowing God's will?
God's will is that you receive Jesus as Savior. Once you have done that you are smack in the middle of His Will. As the Holy Spirit guides you, you are in...
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Mary Jackson
Where did Joel Osteen get the saying "this is my Bible I can do what it says I can do"?
[From moderator] This question is about the phrase 'this is my Bible I can do what it says I can do' and where Joel Osteen got it. We understand some ...
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D W
Why do so many preachers' kids walk away from the faith?
Apostacy is rampant all over the USA. Millions are approaching faith, then turning away. Millions genuinely, authentically profess faith, then drift away....
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D W
Why are there so many religions? Do all religions lead to God?
Christianity is not a religion. Christianity is faith in Jesus as Savior. Christianity is alone in leading to salvation by grace through faith. The reward...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Why are there so many religions? Do all religions lead to God?
The existence of so many religions and the claim that all religions lead to God without question confuses many who are earnestly seeking the truth about God,...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Why do so many preachers' kids walk away from the faith?
When preachers' kids, so-called PKs, walk away from the faith in which they have been brought up, it is a sad thing and a poor testimony to the truth of...
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Tim Beeker
Why do so many preachers' kids walk away from the faith?
Because they were never truly "in the faith" to begin with? With this being so, they never left to begin with. There is another question out here that...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Why are there so many televangelist scandals?
The term "televangelist" has almost universally negative overtones. Typical responses from people who are asked what they think about televangelists include...
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Tim Beeker
Why are there so many televangelist scandals?
Because they are so scandalous? (Is. 4:1)
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Tim Beeker
Why are there so many tragedies among celebrities?
People of all walks of life lack meaning in their lives. People seek after happiness and/or status, only to find that they are both elusive. It is only in...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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If His name was Yeshua/Yehoshua, why do we call Him Jesus?
Some people claim that our Lord should not be referred to as "Jesus." Instead, we should only use the name "Yeshua." Some even go so far as to say that...
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Tim Beeker
If His name was Yeshua/Yehoshua, why do we call Him Jesus?
The word "Jesus" is simply a fabrication. The Messiah's name is YeHoshua, meaning "Yah is deliverer." Yeshua simply means "deliverance". The Messiah was...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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After His resurrection, why did Jesus tell Mary not to touch Him, but later tell Thomas to touch Him?
Jesus tells Mary, "Touch Me not" (John 20:17, KJV); but then later, speaking to Thomas, He says, "Reach hither thy finger and behold My hands; and reach...
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Stephanie Brooks
What does the Word mean when it says that God is not a respecter of men?
Acts 8:35. And said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; which is to be understood, not of the substances of men, but of the outward...
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Catherine Swiney
Why did God tell Jeremiah to tell the king and his queen mother to take a lowly seat?
This verse is proof that Jeremiah's prophecy given in 2 Kings 24:1-12, had come true. The king at this time was Jehoiachin who's father was Nebuchadnezzar,...
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Scott Wright
What does the Word mean when it says that God is not a respecter of men?
My view is that God is like our "Lady of Justice" that is blind folded and holding scales in many court houses around our country. The blind folded lady...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Why is the idea of eternal damnation so repulsive to many people?
In the shifting winds of modern cultures, the idea of everlasting torment and damnation is difficult for many people to grasp. Why is this? The Bible makes...
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Seth Freeman
Why is the idea of eternal damnation so repulsive to many people?
I would personally worry about the person who isn't concerned with the idea of eternal punishment. Even for those of us who should have no fear of it - it's...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Why are there so many tragedies among celebrities?
Suicides, drug overdoses (whether by illicit or prescription drugs), divorces, alcoholism, financial disasters - why are celebrity tragedies like these so...
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Seth Freeman
Why are there so many tragedies among celebrities?
There are more tragedies in the inner city every week than among celebrities in a year. The difference is that celebrities are on TV.
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Why is leprosy talked about so much in the Bible?
In the Bible, the word leprosy is mentioned upwards of 40 times, depending on the Bible version being used. Leprosy was common in Bible times, and the many...
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Seth Freeman
Why is leprosy talked about so much in the Bible?
Because it was a prevalent disease at the time. We don't see it around much here because of modern medicine. But it was a disease that they could relate to...
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Anonymous
What does the Word mean when it says that God is not a respecter of men?
Could it be that He is no respecter of persons, but a respecter of what one offer him? God received Abel offering, but refused or despised Cain,s.
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Does the Bible mention schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is mentioned nowhere explicitly in the Bible. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder characterized most commonly by hearing voices and...
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D W
Why did God tell Jeremiah to tell the king and his queen mother to take a lowly seat?
Jehoiachin, and his mother Nehushta, represented Jerusalem (king & queen mother). Jerusalem was living in general denial of God. God warned them that...
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Greg Herwaldt
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Karla Mcgrath
What does the Word mean when it says that God is not a respecter of men?
I have always thought that it meant that he does not play favorites between His children. He doesn't respect a person because of a position such as "King" or...
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D W
What does the Word mean when it says that God is not a respecter of men?
Open your Bible to read the original, Acts 10:34-35, then read this dynamic equivalent.translation: The Apostle Peter said, "Of a truth I now see that God...
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Johnnatta Giles
, Spirit Filled Christian
What does the Word mean when it says that God is not a respecter of men?
I have heard a lot of people say this. But I'm not really sure what the word respecter even means? I've also found it in the word. I have tried to look at my...
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D W
Why did God make salvation such a narrow path?
Romans 10:8-13. Lead up to that passage with John 14:6, John 3:16-17, John 3:3, John 5:24. Once you have genuinely, authentically professed Him as Savior,...