How should a Christian respond to unanswered prayer?
I don’t believe there are any unanswered prayers. I believe God simply answers your prayer in one of three ways. 1. Yes 2. No 3. Wait until a later time.
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
What is point of the story of the crippled man at the healing pool?
Jesus could have healed everyone in the "great multitude" that was at the pool but He only healed one man! Someone said that the healing of just one man...
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Connor Jones
Does God condone sex slavery in Numbers 31:15-18?
Three days ago I was reading Numbers 31:15-18 when God gave the command to kill all the boys and the men, but the women were to be kept alive “for yourselves...
Numbers 31:15 - 18
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Patricio Villanueva
, Retired banker in search of the REAL TRUTH.
Where does the Old Testament refer to the Second Coming?
Bible students have mentioned that the celebrations contained and mandated by the Lord in Leviticus 23 have to do with our Savior, the Lord's son. The...
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Patricio Villanueva
, Retired banker in search of the REAL TRUTH.
Where does the Old Testament predict the coming of Christ?
The word has so many clues about many things contained in it. One of those is regarding the coming of the Messiah. Many say that the word does not give us an...
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Chet Shaner
, Retired Computer programer and Business Continuity Planer
What does James 1:20 mean when it says, "human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires"?
It took me some time to comprehend that all emotions are chosen by humans. And Jesus was fully God, but also fully human. Many people incorrectly say Jesus...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why is God going to send a strong delusion in the end times?
Why is God going to send a strong delusion in the end times? 2 Thess. 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they...
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What does the Bible say about bees/bee stings?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How could Eutycus be dead if he had life in him?
His life was in him only subsequent to Paul performing the miracle (Acts 20:10), not preceeding this (Acts 20:9).
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Elijah Jackson
What does it mean when God hardens whom he wants to harden?
I was talking with an atheist and he said this about the verse, "This seems to support Predestination and the violation of free will."
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What does James 1:4 mean when it says, "You will be perfect and complete, needing nothing"?
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Elijah Jackson
Why would God through Samuel tell Saul to "kill... even their babies"? 1 Samuel 15:3 CEV
In case you feel your question hasn't been satisfied I have found some other people who have answered it, and I will just echo their comments here: PROBLEM:...
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Anonymous
What does James 1:20 mean when it says, "human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires"?
James 1:20 NIV
James 1:19 - 27
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Where does the name of the chosen people as "HEBREWS" come from?
"Hebrew" as an adjective or adjectival noun is traditionally understood to be based on the name of Abraham's ancestor, Eber, mentioned in Genesis 10:21....
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Billy P Eldred
How can I be saved?
My answer will be short. The other answers tell you to be saved, all you have to do is believe. They are not wrong. But what many leave out is just how BIG...
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Billy P Eldred
Does the Bible say that an increase in technology is a sign of the end times?
The Bible gives us many prophecies that must take place before the time of the end, most of which have already taken place. I believe that some of those...
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How can I overcome disappointment with life?
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How can I overcome disappointment with life?
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How can I overcome disappointment with life?
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What does it mean to train up a child in the way he should go?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How could Eutycus be dead if he had life in him?
In my opinion, Eutycus was indeed dead, but it was the grasp of the apostle Paul (as a channel of Paul's faith) that enabled him to speak of Eutycus as alive...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How should a Christian view materialism?
Hebrews 13:5 And be content with such things as ye have, for He hath said, I will never leave you or forsake you. Part of our old nature is still...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How could Eutycus be dead if he had life in him?
Acts 20:9–10 especially. My problem is that verse nine says he was “taken up dead.” But in the very next verse, Paul said, “his life is in him.”
Acts 20:7 - 16
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What is 'perseverance of the saints' and is it biblical?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What might be some reasons that God is not blessing my life?
1. You haven’t asked for God’s blessing. “You do not have because you do not ask God” (James 4:2). All too often I am guilty of this. I just forget to pray...
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Alan Hitchner
What is the difference between the soul and spirit of man?
There is a standard found in the merriam-webster dictionary for the term "soul" and the term "spirit". It is clear to me when I remember the phrase " Not a...
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Patricio Villanueva
, Retired banker in search of the REAL TRUTH.
What might be some reasons that God is not blessing my life?
We know that our Lord is our Celestial Father. And a good father loves his sons/daughters and as such he will reward or punish his kids according to their...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why are God’s chosen people given three different names in different portions of scripture?
I would express it by saying that the terms "Hebrew", "Israelite", and "Jew" (in that order) represent a progressive narrowing of references to God's chosen...
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Emo Tenorio
, Shomer
Would seven years of famine be unusual? (Genesis 41:27)
I humbly submit a seven year famine period is somewhat unusual, reasonably one could attach a deeper "SOD" that which profits meaning. Scripture represents...
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John Moyo
, Christian youth teacher
Why would God speak to a nonbeliever like Pharaoh? (Genesis 41:16)
My answer to the question is quite simple: God, being God, created everything, including Jews and Gentles, believers and non-believers, merciful and cruel,...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What are some good reasons to memorize Scripture?
What are some good reasons to memorize Scripture? It strengthens the believer (Psalm 119:92), makes him fruitful (Psalm 1:2-3), obedient (Psalm 119:11),...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Would seven years of famine be unusual? (Genesis 41:27)
Secular sources (such as an article on Wikipedia that is viewable at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famines) indicate that various famines throughout...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why would God speak to a nonbeliever like Pharaoh? (Genesis 41:16)
God can and has worked through anyone including non-believers to get what He wants to be done. Consider Abimelech, who was given a divine dream (Gen. 20:3-7)...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean to wait upon the Lord?
Good question, Jafeda! Kelli was right when she said "wait upon" means as the Hebrew lexicon of the Old Testament, Brown-Driver-Briggs, also says: I. [קָוָה]...
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Emo Tenorio
, Shomer
What are some good reasons to memorize Scripture?
In my humble opinion a very causal assessment of our little sphere indicates the coming apart of many revered or trusted subsystems. Personal responsibility...
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Anonymous
Why are God’s chosen people given three different names in different portions of scripture?
Why are God's chosen people called "Hebrews" 18 times: OT, 3 times, NT, "Israelites" 16 times: OT, 2 times: NT and "Jews" 89 times: OT, 168 times: NT? I beli...
Exodus 9:15
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Chris Dibbern
Why would God speak to a nonbeliever like Pharaoh? (Genesis 41:16)
God loves the non-believers like Pharaoh and wants to draw them into a good relationship with him (Romans 5:8, Isaiah 65:1). He does this a lot because his...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What are Red-Letter Christians?
Most believers are red letter Christians. We believe What Jesus said.. John 3:16-18. John 6:47. John 10:28-29. John 3:18. Believers have eternal life,...
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Was Jesus black?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What was Jesus' message to the church in Laodicea in Revelation?
Each of the 7 churches receives counsel from the counselor as each of them had received commendation except one, this church here, Laodicea. This sole church...
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Patricio Villanueva
, Retired banker in search of the REAL TRUTH.
Why do many worship and do Sabbath on Sunday instead of Saturday?
The Lord rested on the seventh day, shabbat, from His work of Creation. Also His Son rested on the seventh day from His work of Redemption. He said: I'll...
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Aurel Gheorghe
If Jesus had not yet ascended to the Father, how could He have committed His Spirit to the Father?
Luke 23:46 and John 20:17 pose a real problem if we believe in an immortal soul doctrine. Jesus on John 20:17 clearly says “.....I have not yet ascended to...
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Michael Chappelle
, Retired Aircraft Structural Repairman/Machinist
Does a Christian rest until the rapture or is he in heaven at the time of his death?
Paul said, 'For me to live is Christ; to die is gain'. I believe that when the Bible mentions that a dead person is only sleeping, it is referring to the...
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Jack Gutknecht
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What was Jesus writing in the dirt when the Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery?