Should I use a paraphrase of the Bible?
A paraphrase is a retelling of something in your own words. A paraphrase of the Bible is different from a translation in that a translation attempts (to...
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Should I use a paraphrase of the Bible?
I agree with what I believe Mr Houdmann correctly identified as a major issue with exclusively using a bible paraphrase, pointing out that the paraphrase is...
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What was the Old Testament way of salvation?
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Was the Apostle Paul actually a false prophet?
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Is same-sex attraction a sin?
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Does voting for a person who backs abortion or supports same sex marriage make you complicit in their sin?
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What does it mean to 'spare the rod, spoil the child'?
What a tragedy when children are left to themselves, not knowing where or what the boundaries are and what the consequences of rebellion will be! I may be...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean to 'spare the rod, spoil the child'?
What a tragedy when children are left to themselves, not knowing where or what the boundaries are and what the consequences of rebellion will be! I may be...
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, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean to 'spare the rod, spoil the child'?
What a tragedy when children are left to themselves, not knowing where or what the boundaries are and what the consequences of rebellion will be! I may be...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean, "And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this comes judgment"?
“It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). The one thing that this verse does not mean at least is that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Isn’t this like the modern health-and-wealth gospel? (Deut. 28:1-68)
To me, the primary difference between the two would be that the passage from Deuteronomy conditions the benefits to be received upon obedience to God (which...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Isn’t this like the modern health-and-wealth gospel? (Deut. 28:1-68)
God will make you the head, not the tail; you’ll always be the top dog, never the underdog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of G...
Deuteronomy 28:13
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is belief the only requirement for salvation?
I understand the questioner's point, but I would say that Paul's statement to the jailer (as well as his writings, such as Ephesians 2:8-9) would be...
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John Adamson
Is belief the only requirement for salvation?
The jailor asked what he must do to be saved. Paul replied to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He didn't say that the jailor must be born again. He didn't s...
Acts 17:1 - 34
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did God let the israelites become slaves?
The descendants of Jacob (numbering only seventy people at the time) originally journeyed to Egypt as a source of food in response to a famine that was...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What do Christians mean when they say, "Born once, die twice. Born twice, die once"?
I would say that this expression is based on Jesus' statement to Nicodemus in John 3:3 that no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. By...
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How can we be "chastened" by pain? (Job 33:19)
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Bernadine Morgan
Why did God let the israelites become slaves?
Exodus 1:1 - 22
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Natsu Satsujinki
What is the significance of Jesus trying to bring the disciples' attention to the fact that only 7 loaves are left over after feeding the crowd in Mark 8?
I see it like this. The 5000 ate and that was that. They ate. Ask yourself where were foes food go when you eat? How long will it sustain you? Jesus had 7...
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Tony Railton
What is the difference between being a saint and sanctification?
The difference is that saints are ALL born again believers, not just beatified dead people by Roman Catholic Popes. Sanctified is what the Holy Spirit,...
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Kathy King
Is Luke 16:19-31 a parable or an account of events that actually occurred?
Jesus Christ rose from the dead and millions today don’t listen. However, Jesus was teaching this lesson while still alive and preparing his disciples....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did God cause his servant to suffer so? (Isaiah 53:10)
This is what John Phillips calls "the unfathomable mystery of Calvary"--"it pleased the LORD to bruise him" (under his heading, THE TRAGEDY OF THE CROSS...
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Why did Jesus turn our value system upside down? (Matthew 5:3-12)
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Is having friends with benefits or sex with different guys a mortal sin?
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How do I know what gifts God gave me?
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What is mortification of sin or the flesh?
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What does it mean to be double-minded?
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Is suffering always a result of sin (Lamentations 3:38-39)?
Suffering can come about for a number of reasons: 1. Job suffered - part of his 'education'. He ended up putting his hand over his mouth realizing he had...
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How do you proctect yourself from evil spirts or a ghost?
Matthew 8:28 - 33, "When He had come to the other side, to the country of Gergesenes, there met Him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs,...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can we be "chastened" by pain? (Job 33:19)
I would say that the idea being conveyed by the cited passage (which were words spoken to Job by Elihu) is that God can use the pain experienced by an...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can we be "chastened" by pain? (Job 33:19)
I would say that the idea being conveyed by the cited passage (which were words spoken to Job by Elihu) is that God can use the infliction of pain on an...
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What did Jesus mean with "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
The bible is not like any other book; it is a book written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and as such it is impossible that it contradict itself. God...
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Connie Rosario
Whose livestock is referred to in Exodus 9: 19?
The Lord told the Hebrews to shelter their livestock because any left outside will die. The Egyptians didn't get that warning or if they heard about it,...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can we be "chastened" by pain? (Job 33:19)
19 “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones, (NIV)
Job 33:19
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Is having friends with benefits or sex with different guys a mortal sin?
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How is salvation a free gift when Jesus tells us to count the cost of being a disciple?
This question almost answers itself with the way it's phrased. Salvation is free, and discipleship has a cost. "How is salvation free," is the first part....
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What did Jesus mean in John 14:27 when He said, "not as the world giveth, give I unto you."?
It's simple really. His kingdom isn't worldly. That would mean being baptized in church and repeating after the billions of indoctrinated children about...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is hyper-Calvinism and is it biblical?
If Calvinism is true, then man has an excuse for not believing the gospel and being saved. The bible says man has no excuse. Calvinism gives man an excuse. I...
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How do I know the Bible is not just mythology?
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Does simply accepting Jesus as your Savior prevent you from sinning?
When you believe in Christ Jesus by accepting him as your Lord and Saviour, you become a new person as the scriptures say in 1 Corinthians 5:17. Therefore,...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Must we give up everything we own for the "kingdom"? (Matthew 13:44–46)
Must we give up everything for the “kingdom”? No, I don’t think so. But I haven’t always felt like this. Once, in my teens, just after receiving Christ as my...
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Danny Hickman
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What did Jesus mean when He said 'Let the dead bury the dead'?
The apex of this thesis is very simple: 'Don't let societal traditions come between you and your relationship with the Lord.' Jesus came not to bring peace...
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How old was Isaac when Abraham offered him as a sacrifice?
Going by the Bible account on the age of Abraham: when Isaac was born being a 100 years of age and Sarah being 90, also considering other variables that were...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is the Christian's hope?
1. My hope encourages me, a Christian. John 14:3 Jesus said this to discouraged disciples, discouraged by his departure, encouraged by his return. Whenever I...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
If a person doesn't have God what is good based on?
I would say that the Bible addresses this question by its repeated statement in the book of Judges (Judges 17:6 and Judges 21:25) that (at the time of that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does Matthew mean when he says, "meaningless repetition"?
It might seem "natural" on a human level to think that the more often we repeat something (such as a request), or "remind" the party to whom we are directing...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Will Christians face the wrath of God?
John 3:18 Believers are no longer condemned. That have accepted Jesus on sacrifice for all sin, past, present and future sin for the free gift of eternal...