Does questioning God demonstrate a lack of faith?
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Matthew Amos
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John Appelt
Who is being "taken" in Matthew 24:40-41 ...?
The identity of those taken in Matthew 24:40-41 is debatable. The context, Matthew 24-25, is the sermon Jesus gave, which is called “The Olivet Discourse.”...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can I excel in building up the church?
Paul made the comment cited in the question in the context of the granting of gifts by the Holy Spirit, with particular reference to the gift of speaking in...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can I be ready to be caught up in the Rapture?
This is a very pertinent question! The easy answer is to "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved." You don't have to go through The...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What power did the ark have? (1 Chronicles 13:10, 14)
The ark contained (among other things) the stone tablets on which God Himself had written the Ten Commandments. Because of its sacred nature, and by God's...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Was this Obadiah the prophet who wrote the book of Obadiah? (1 Chr. 9:16)
By one count and exposition, there were thirteen separate men named Obadiah (a name meaning "servant of the LORD") mentioned in the Old Testament. The...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What does the Bible say about vampires?
Blood is mentioned in the Bible not less than 400 times. Vampire legends may have originated with the nephilum. Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33. Genesis 9:4...
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Jack Gutknecht
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What is Christian Missions?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did God mean when he said to David, "When you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go to the battle"?
Great question, Riza! I was fascinated by this when I first read it. God is on our side! With Him on our side like this, how can we fail? With God on our...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What power did the ark have? (1 Chronicles 13:10, 14)
10 The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God. ... 13 He did not ta...
1 Chronicles 13:1 - 14
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Was this Obadiah the prophet who wrote the book of Obadiah? (1 Chr. 9:16)
16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathit...
1 Chronicles 9:1 - 44
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John Appelt
What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sower?
The common sight of one sowing the seed in a field is the basis for Jesus’ parable of the sower, Matthew 13:3-9. It is most helpful that Jesus further...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why was John put in prison in Mark 1:14?
As recounted in Matthew 14, Herod Antipas (the tetrarch of Galilee) put John the Baptist in prison for saying that the marriage of Herod and Herod's wife...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did Jesus mean when He instructed us to love our enemies?
What did Jesus mean when He instructed us to love our enemies? Matthew 5:44 There’s NO WAY! In my flesh, that is, in my own strength, can I love my enemies....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did Jesus mean when He said 'Ask and you shall receive'?
John 16:23–28 contains a promise made by Jesus for us to believe. The central theme of this paragraph is prayer: “Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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What is the Synoptic Problem?
When the first three Gospels-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-are compared, it is unmistakable that the accounts are very similar to one another in content and...
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John Appelt
What is the Synoptic Problem?
The “synoptic (see together) problem” supposes that since Matthew, Mark, and Luke are more alike than the “autoptic (see by itself)” gospel of John, that one...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Why would obeying God in war disqualify David from building the temple? (1 Ch22:8)
2 Samuel 7:56: "Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the Lord, would you build a house for me to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in a house since the time...
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
If you are once saved are you then always saved?
To say that a born again Christian can lose his or her salvation means that Satan is more powerful than is Jesus Christ! You are saying Satan can un-save a...
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John Appelt
Why did Jesus start His ministry at the age of thirty?
Luke 3:23 states that Jesus was about thirty years of age when He began His ministry. Granted, the words “His ministry” are added but they fit the context....
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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What is Christian Missions?
Christian missions is following Christ's call: sharing the Gospel with the lost world through God's wisdom and strength.Christian missions is obeying...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is Christian Missions?
A Christian mission is an organized effort to spread Christianity to new converts. Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Jesus say, “If you love me, keep my commandments”?
Good question, Charles James! 1 John 3:21: "Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from...
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Why is “if” someone repents we are to forgive stated here? Are we to not always to forgive whether the offender asks for forgiveness or not?
'Are we to forgive whether we're asked of the offender or not?' That's not how forgiveness is done. Being asked to forgive doesn't make it happen. If you...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Why did 70,000 die while the sinner lived? (1 Chronicles 21:14)
Deuteronomy 17:17: "Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold." Remember God is...
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Guilherme Basílio
Who am I supposed to choose when put in a situation between my own child or my husband, who is not my son's biological father?
If you are going through this choose your son. He needs you more than a grown man who doesn't respect him. Anywhere you will find a man, but you won't find...
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Mark Denman
Is it sinful to enjoy materialistic things?
There are few things we can be reminded of here. God blessed many people in scripture with wealth and material things. His desire is to bless us and it’s not...
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Charles James
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
How can I find comfort when an unsaved loved one has died?
Both of my parents and my older brother and my older sister all died without ever acknowledging Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior as far as I know. I...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What kind of hobbies can Christians have?
Good question, Hairy Animals. I have hobbies such as Scripture Memorization, ebible.com asking and answering questions, biking, guitar and piano playing and...
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John Appelt
Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter to the Lord?
Jephthah, a judge in Israel, made a vow to God, Judges 11:30-31. It seems clear that Jephthah had to honor a rash vow and that he had his daughter burnt on...
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Did David use his sinfulness from birth as an excuse for his later sins? (Psalm 51:5)
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What does the Bible say about stress?
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Tim Maas
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Why is the sinlessness of Jesus so important?
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Why does God allow birth defects?
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, Writer, Artist, Founder of Chapter 13 Poet Society
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Why does God allow sickness?
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Why does God allow sickness?
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Why does God refer to Himself in the plural in Genesis 1:26 and 3:22?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How important is conscience to the Christian life?
Good question, Ainsley! The problem of putting too much importance on the conscience is this: It must be purged (Heb. 9:14, cleansed) because it can be evil...
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, Seeker of wealth turned paramedic
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Is the movie "The Passion of the Christ" Biblically accurate?
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
Why did God give the Ten Commandments to his people, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to live up to them perfectly?
This will be the shortest answer I have ever given. Two reasons: One, Satan demands that we prove ourselves holy by keeping the Old Testament law. God gave...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How important is conscience to the Christian life?
As described by Paul in Romans 2, conscience is an attribute given by God to all humans (even to those without knowledge of His word as found in the Bible)...
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John Appelt
What should we learn from the walls of Jericho falling down?
The account of the walls of Jericho falling down tells a lot about God’s working. Jericho was the first target for destruction when Israel entered into their...
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ainsley chalmers
, Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.
How important is conscience to the Christian life?
The Catholic Church seems to put great importance on the matter of conscience.
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the phrase mean, "with a strong hand and an outstretched arm"?
God is a spiritual Being, but the cited verse is applying anthropomorphic (human-like) attributes to Him (since, as the Bible notes, He created humans in His...
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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"?
Psalm 136:12 "with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever;"
Psalms 136:1 - 26
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the Bible say about sex before marriage?
When asked this question, I usually refer this person to the last half of Hebrews 13:4, "4 Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy...