Why can we have hope in hard seasons? How many different reasons?
Good News Translation Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement ...
Romans 15:4
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Does the teaching on tithing in Malachi 3:9-10 apply to us today?
Not in the least! Actually, tithing 10% is practically bondage, putting a ball and chain on God's people! Let's start with why the tithe was instituted: Abel...
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Emo Tenorio
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What is the significance of the sword mentioned by Jesus in Luke 22:36?
I humbly submit for your consideration the Words spoken by the Lord to expose the significance while addressing His friends then and now. (Luke 22:34) Jesus...
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What is the New World Order?
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Why did Jesus call the Canaanite woman a dog?
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Why do some people insist on practicing and studying the 7 feasts and is it necessary for today's Christian?
The theme of the bible is Spiritual Life. The events in the bible show us how we got this life at creation; how we lost this life through the fall into sin;...
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What is the significance of the sword mentioned by Jesus in Luke 22:36?
The sword is a symbol of warfare, conflict and self-defence. Swords were used by people to fight against their enemies. In the context of this verse, Jesus...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does "makes her commit adultery" mean? (Mattthew 5:32)
Jesus appears to be assuming that the divorced wife will subsequently marry another man (as she would have been entitled to do under the Mosaic Law, and as...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the significance of the sword mentioned by Jesus in Luke 22:36?
In my opinion, Jesus' mention of a sword could not have been an actual recommendation for the use of violence by His followers against opponents (especially...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does "makes her commit adultery" mean? (Mattthew 5:32)
Matthew 5:32 says “everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality makes her commit adultery.”
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean to worship God in truth and in Spirit?
Jesus spoke these words to the Samaritan woman whom He met at the well in Sychar, as recounted in John 4:1-42. In an attempt to divert Jesus from a...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Has God stopped creating within the universe ever since the downfall of Lucifer and humankind?
Genesis 2:2 indicates that God completed the creative activity that He had engaged in on the six days of creation noted in Genesis 1, which was why He rested...
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Grant Abbott
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Why did the Lord get angry with the people over the quail in Numbers 11?
When the people of God fail to give thanks for God's provision in our lives we are guilty of sin. All sin makes God angry because it means we are indulging...
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Why use a symbol of work and slavery to picture rest? (Matthew 11:29)
When we try to live the Christian life in our own strength, like the Jews tried to do in keeping the Mosaic law, it is heavy and hard work, because we are...
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Grant Abbott
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What did Solomon mean when he spoke of “a time to keep silence” in Ecclesiastes 3:7?
God gives us another reason to keep quiet in Amos 5:13. "Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil." We live in evil times and...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did the Lord get angry with the people over the quail in Numbers 11?
God had already miraculously fed (and had continued to feed) the Israelites with manna (Exodus 16), so it would seem that their desire for meat noted in...
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Why did the Lord get angry with the people over the quail in Numbers 11?
Numbers 11:1 - 35
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why be "clothed in white" and anointed with "oil"? (Ecclesiastes 9:8)
The wearing of white garments is mentioned in multiple places in the Bible as a symbol of joy, honor, or purity (2 Chronicles 5:12; Esther 8:15; Mark 16:5;...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why be "clothed in white" and anointed with "oil"? (Ecclesiastes 9:8)
8 Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
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What does it mean to worship the Lord in spirit and truth?
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How can we give careful thought to our paths? (Proverbs 4:26)
To eliminate distractions in our Christian lives, we can pray along with the psalmist, Psalm 119:37 “Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why use a symbol of work and slavery to picture rest? (Matthew 11:29)
A yoke means work, as originally oxen were united together to farm land. Yokes meant heavy, hard work because the yokes themselves were heavy and wooden...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean when Jesus says "my yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30)?
A yoke means work, as originally oxen were united together to farm land. Yokes meant heavy, hard work because the yokes themselves were heavy and wooden...
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Why didn’t mankind repent after the plagues in Revelation 9:21?
Jesus tells us in Matthew 24 that many will fall away, people will betray each other and hate one another. False prophets will arise and deceive many. There...
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What did Jesus mean by "whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" in Matthew 16:25?
You have to read it in context. Jesus is talking about Calvary where he'll make an offer to the world paid upfront with his life in exchange for whoever...
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What should we learn from the life of Barnabas?
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What is the message in the whole chapter 9 of Exodus, which details the plagues of livestock deaths, boils and hail?
Exodus 9 God is displaying His mighty power. In Egypt many gods were worshipped. Hathor and Apis (gods worshipped in Egypt) were depicted as cattle. Thus God...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
How should we react to corrupt government? (Psalm 94:20-23)
I think the book of Daniel provides a great example for us to follow. Daniel and his 3 friends were taken to Babylon to be trained in the culture and...
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What does the Bible say about getting a sex change?
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What is the spiritual gift of mercy?
Someone once or twice told me that I forgive easily. Mercy is one of the common graces of the Christian character. It may be related to giving to the needy...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What was the secret to such a long life? (Genesis 5:3-32)
In my opinion, the extreme longevity of individuals recorded in Genesis was not indicative of any "secret" to long life, but was attributable to the fact...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What was the secret to such a long life? (Genesis 5:3-32)
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years...
Genesis 5:22
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How will God put our bodies back together after we have turned to dust?
The account of creation in Genesis 1 indicates that God made the entire universe from nothing, merely by speaking it into existence through the agency of His...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who is Ben Hur in the movie produced in 1959? Was he the same Ben Hur mentioned in the Bible?
The movie version of Ben-Hur was based on the novel of the same name by Lew Wallace, who had been a Union general in the American Civil War, and who wrote...
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Can / Should we interpret the Bible as literal?
The Bible is many books in one book. All of it is Truth. You either believe all of it or none of it. Mainly it is a biography of God and Jesus and the Holy...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did Solomon mean when he spoke of “a time to keep silence” in Ecclesiastes 3:7?
I can think of another passage of Scripture that ties in here, 1 Peter 3:1, that“If any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words...
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Grant Abbott
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What was the Old Testament way of salvation?
The Old Testament way of salvation includes the following conditions: 1. Faith believe that God’s word in the Old Testament is True and they need to trust it...