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Is, "Grace Got You," by Mercy Me, a theologically sound song?
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Jennifer Rothnie
, Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious
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Gregory Jones
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Nancy Landers
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How can God be intelligent if He is immaterial?
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Tom Lackey
, Born again, semi-retired, short term missionary to Scotland
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How should a Christian view the separation of church and state?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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Should Christians be concerned about the end times?
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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What should we learn from the life of Nehemiah?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does "cross" symbolize in the New Testament?
I would say that the cross (in whatever context it is used in the New Testament) is a symbol of death. Most importantly, it represents the willing sacrifice...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Why are we taught that we would go to heaven when the Bible says that a new earth will be created?
Heaven is the temporary resting place for every Christian [believer in Jesus] and every Old Testament Saint [believer in God] until Jesus comes again to give...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does "cross" symbolize in the New Testament?
Luke 9:23; Matthew 10:38, but I'm sure there are other verses in the Gospels and in Paul's writings that deal with what the symbol of the cross means. I k...
Luke 9:23
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What does it mean to "not walk according to the flesh"?
First, we have to know how we get the Spirit to be saved. First Corinthians 15:1-4 That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, that He was...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
When we are glorified are we going to know good and evil in the new heaven and earth?
At his second coming, Jesus Christ will destroy, vanquish and annihilate all evil, wickedness, corruption and decay from the face of the earth. Jesus will...
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Sung Park
, Father to 4 Boys & "Assiduous Contemplater" of the Word
Silver Teacher award!
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What did Paul mean by everything belongs to you in 1 Corinthians 3:21-22?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Was not Lucifer in charge of the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve inhabited it?
The passage in question is Ezekiel 28:11-19, which is often cited as having a double meaning with respect to the king of Tyre and also the fall of Lucifer....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does it mean in 1 John 3:2 that "when He appears we shall be like Him?"
Yes, we are a little like Him now as we are being transfigured (2 Corinthians 3:18). (NLT) “So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect...
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Myra Sanders
What was the meaning of 5 gold tumors and 5 gold rats the Philistines sent as a 'guilt offering' aside from being the number of Philistines rulers?
Swollen lymph nodes is a symptom of bubonic plague which is transmitted by animals such as the mice in the land of the Philistines. This is why the offering...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Was not Lucifer in charge of the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve inhabited it?
A coworker asked me this question, and although he couldn't remember the exact chapter in the Bible he based his question on, I believe it is Ezekiel 28. Ad...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How is God's Word a "source of hope" to the believer?
First Corinthians 15:1-4 That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, that He was buried and rose again on the third day, according to the...
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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What does the Bible say about transformation?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Do miracles prove Jesus’ divine mission? Luke 16:31
People who aren't open to God will hear only “thunder,” while those who are open hear the very voice of God (cf. John 12:27-29)....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
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Do we have freedom or responsibility to wear face masks during COVID-19?
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Do people in heaven know what is going on earth?
The bible records at least two people whose souls [spirits] knew what was happening on earth through the events of Jesus' Transfiguration. "About eight days...
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Idorenyin Etuk
What is the unity of the faith in Ephesians 4:13?
The Ministry gifts were given for edification of the Church, to build every member of Christ till we all come to believe alike about Christ, know Him in the...
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Chris Dibbern
What is state/role of the saved one after death, before return of Jesus?
One day the Holy Spirit recommended that I read a short book called "The Order of Time" by Carlo Rovelli (a physicist). It's really fascinating stuff! It's...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Does wearing a face mask displace trust in God?
Wow...people’s lungs after having COVID are worse then the worst smoker's lungs!...as far as damage to the lungs goes.... So, no, wearing a face mask DOES...
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Gary Wofford
Do we have freedom or responsibility to wear face masks during COVID-19?
For some people, I agree with the answer provided by Tim Maas. However, as a physician, I would point out that there are many reasons why not everyone is...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Do people in heaven know what is going on earth?
This is an understandable question, but I would say that they do not. In Isaiah 65:17, God says that, in the new heaven and the new earth that He will...
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Tony Railton
Should I believe in organized religion?
Christianity is not a religion like Buddhism, Islam, or Hinduism. These religions rely on their believers doing “works” and “good deeds”, although...
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Janet Austin
, Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author
Does the Bible teach situational ethics?
Situational ethics is a difficult topic to discuss. I think it can be Biblical at times for some of the very same reasons that Michael Houdmann thinks it...
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jim novak
, General Manager of a commercial printing company
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Is, "Grace Got You," by Mercy Me, a theologically sound song?
I do not know those who wrote the song. But, I believe they were basing it on Romans 11:6, and Romans 5:20 Where sin abounds grace much more abounds. John...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does the Bible say about government as far as "God being in control" is concerned?
The verses I value as important enough even to memorize are Psalm 22:28; 62:11; 115:3; Proverbs 21:1; Daniel 2:21; and Matthew 28:18 as far as God being in...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Why would God snatch the truth from our mouths? (Psalm 119:43)
This verse 43 is connected to the preceding verse. The Psalmist is using hyperbole (the language of exaggeration) to declare how important it is to him that...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Do miracles prove Jesus’ divine mission? Luke 16:31
The bible says that faith comes from hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17) and the gospel is the power of God for salvation (Romans 1:16). As mentioned in...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What are the prophets and Samuel prophesying in 1 Samuel 19:20
Although prophesying is commonly thought of as the predicting of future events, the Greek origin of the word itself means simply "to speak on behalf of"...
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Gloria Gaxiola
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Tom Huntford
How are predestination and election connected with foreknowledge?
Nobody knows this. Nobody. There is a passage in the Bible, at the end of a section of scripture where these things are told us by God, which shows us so...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Do miracles prove Jesus’ divine mission? Luke 16:31
I would say that Jesus intended the miraculous works that He performed to be a witness as to His divine identity, and He Himself indicated this is in...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How could Moses have written these words of self-praise in Exodus 11:3?
Even though the authorship of the first five books of the Bible is commonly attributed to Moses (which may very well be the case), there are also selected...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why would God snatch the truth from our mouths? (Psalm 119:43)
To me (and to put a more positive construction on what the psalmist is saying), the psalmist is not speaking of the possibility of God forcibly depriving him...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Do miracles prove Jesus’ divine mission? Luke 16:31
The writer of Hebrews declared that God bore “witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit” (Heb. 2:4). On the o...
Luke 16:31
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How could Moses have written these words of self-praise in Exodus 11:3?
Exodus 11:3 3(The LORD made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh's officials and by ...
Exodus 11:3
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why would God snatch the truth from our mouths? (Psalm 119:43)
Psalm 119:43 NIV "Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws."
Psalms 119:43
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What does it mean that God redeems our pain and sorrows?
Our pain and sorrows in this life have 3 possible causes: 1) the sins we have committed, 2) the sins others have committed against us, 3) the sinful effects...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean that God redeems our pain and sorrows?
The question appears as though it may be in reference to a book titled Pain Redeemed by a woman named Natasha Metzler. I have not read the book, but my...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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Should Christians get vaccinated?
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Joyce Wall
What does it mean that God redeems our pain and sorrows?
Is this even scriptural?
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S. Michael Houdmann
, Got Questions Ministries
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Why is there so much confusion regarding the teachings of the Bible?
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David Law
Silver Evangelist award!
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How are we to understand the sequence and part that man plays in his salvation?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is "sedition" in the Bible?
The dictionary definition of sedition is "conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch." In the Old Testament, the...
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Scott Broberg
, Fig Tree Ministries
What solemn lessons can we learn from the Parable of Dives (the rich man) and Lazarus?
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is a COMPLEX parable. We must first remember that is a parable. Parables are stories told to convey a difficult...