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  1. How should a believer respond when they’re attacked by slander or false accusations, especially when the 'tongue feels like a sword' as described in Psalms 31, 64, and 140?
  2. In the heat of an argument, can verses like Psalm 141:3 and James 1:19 really help Christian couples resolve conflict God's way?
  3. What's the meaning of this "flying scroll"? (5:1)
  4. What does judgment mean in this passage?
  5. Why does Zimri execute the friends, as well as the family of Baasha (1 Kings 16:11)?
  6. When did the diaspora which Peter mentions in 1 Peter 1 start and end?
  7. What is the role of Elihu in the book of Job?
  8. Why include a final warning about adding or subtracting from this book? Revelation 22:18-19


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What does it mean to walk in the light?

November 15 2024

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Can the devil mislead one to feel saved?

In the question of salvation, can the devil mislead someone to feel saved, when he is unsaved actually? There four cases: God saves & God gives assur...

1 John 4:1 - 21

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why was Moses the greatest prophet ever? (Deuteronomy 34:10)

I think it was because "by an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king’s blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and...

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What should we learn from the tribe of Simeon?

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Should a wife protect her husband from flirtatious women or flirty relatives?

November 13 2024

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What is prayer?

I would say that prayer is human communication with God, either by words or thoughts. For Christians, those communications are made in the name of Jesus, and...

November 13 2024 Follow Vote Up

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What is prayer?

Philippians 4:6 - 7

November 13 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why is being a good person not enough to get you into heaven?

Good question. I love Ecclesiastes 7:20, "For there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins." Also, Romans 3:23 says, "For all have...

November 13 2024 5 Comments 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

When will Jesus return?

Fine question, Phil! God through 2 angels looking like men promised the disciples that Jesus would return in the clouds (Acts 1:11). But even Jesus didn't...

November 11 2024 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

What is the sign of Jonah Jesus spoke of?

When Jesus was confronted by Pharisees and scribes to show them a sign, Jesus said none would be given them except the sign of the prophet Jonah, Matthew...

November 11 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Danny Hickman

What should we learn from the life of Esther?

I think Mordecai summed it up nicely. He didn't get to speak directly to the Queen, but he got word to her by a eunuch who'd been assigned to attend to...

November 10 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is the battle of Armageddon?

Demons seem to deceive the world's kings to assemble against the good. It's the evil against the good. Apparently, these unclean spirits come out of the...

November 10 2024 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by WESLEY BARNARD

How can we honor the name of God?

I would like to add to the previous comment, which is acceptable. However, given the present circumstances in the Christian world today, where few know,...

November 10 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Janet Austin , Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author

What should we learn from the life of Paul?

Paul, as a follower of Christ Jesus, shows us the pain is inevitable but we have a choice to complain about it or not. We can replace our feelings with...

November 10 2024 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does the "ascending and descending of angels" refer to in John 1:51?

Great question, TeresaMarie! "We are climbing Jacob's Ladder." That was the title of a song our Aunt Lill taught us cousins as we spent the summer at our...

November 10 2024 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

When would the people of Israel and Judah seek God together (Jeremiah 50:4)?

Jeremiah 50:4: In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and...

November 10 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is Jacob's Ladder?

November 09 2024

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

How can we honor the name of God?

Great question! We can honor God's name first by coming to him in faith through his Son, Jesus Christ. The verse that supports this is John 3:18 "Whoever...

November 09 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is Jacob's Ladder?

"We are climbing Jacob's Ladder." That was the title of a song our Aunt Lill taught us cousins as we spent the summer at our Grandma Mor Mor's resort. I got...

November 09 2024 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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How can we honor the name of God?

Matthew 6:9 GNT This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honored.'

Matthew 6:1 - 34

November 09 2024 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does the Bible say about being happy?

I believe that yes, in so many words the Bible does command us to be happy, but this can only be done in the power of the Holy Spirit. And His power works...

November 08 2024 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

How do we know that the "Rapture" happens all at once and not over an extended time?

Good question, Tammy! In college, I was a member of Campus Crusade for Christ (now CRU). There, once a week on an evening all of us would sing, "I Wish We'd...

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How do we know that the "Rapture" happens all at once and not over an extended time?

November 07 2024

Answer by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

How do we know that the "Rapture" happens all at once and not over an extended time?

Let’s begin with a brief description of the stages or elements of this event, which are taken from John 11:25-26, John 14:1-3, 1 Cor 15:50-53, 1 Thes....

November 07 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by WESLEY BARNARD

How many years has man been on earth?

I would like to add to the answer already given on this question. All of the techniques used to calculate the age of ancient fossil remains, the dating of...

November 07 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Tammy Moody

How do we know that the "Rapture" happens all at once and not over an extended time?

The Bible describes the rapture as an event where some people are taken and others are left behind, such as when two men are in a field or two women are grin...

Matthew 24:40 - 42

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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Was the sin of Sodom selfishness rather than homosexuality (Ezekiel 16:49)?

In my opinion, although the Bible does recount the sexually-related sin of the inhabitants of Sodom in Genesis 19, the focus of Ezekiel in the cited passage...

November 06 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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Was the sin of Sodom selfishness rather than homosexuality (Ezekiel 16:49)?

In Ezekiel 16:49 Ezekiel described the sin of Sodom as selfishness: “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed ...

November 06 2024 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why would family and friends abandon one who suffers (Job 19:13-20)?

November 06 2024

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Who was Nathanael in the Bible?

November 06 2024

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What did Jesus mean when he said, "I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."

It is to highlight the meaning and power of grace based salvation. The status God gives to the saved is based on Jesus' death and suffering. John pointed to...

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Should we still keep the Ten Commandments?

November 04 2024

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

How would the returning exiles do away with idolatry which had been practiced for centuries (Ezekiel 11:18-20)?

Interpretations of Ezekiel 11:18 from multiple Biblical commentators, as noted at biblehub.com: Ellicott: "Chastened and purified by their chastisement, they...

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How would the returning exiles do away with idolatry which had been practiced for centuries (Ezekiel 11:18-20)?

18 And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. 19 w And I will give them one heart, and a new spir...

November 04 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does the bible say about frequent sleeplessness?

Good question! Number of Americans with stress-related insomnia: 1 in 5 Number on any given day who need more sleep; 45 million Percentage decrease in...

November 04 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Is prophesying against your enemies a prayer?

November 04 2024

Answer by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

Would I have to submit to my husband if he didn't love me as Christ loved the church?

All Christians are commanded to love, so we must ask why Paul is emphasizing it for husbands in this context. The social context was one where husbands had...

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Is it wrong to be a Christian secretly in order to preserve your own life?

November 04 2024

Answer by John Appelt

Why was it necessary to record the mother's name of most newly appointed kings in the OT?

In the Bible, several kings of Israel and Judah are introduced with the names of their mothers. This fact would be easy to overlook, but the Bible writers...

November 04 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What are the commandments of God mentioned in Rev. 12:17?

Good question, John! I think the commandments of God mentioned in Revelation 12:17 are the ordinances of the church, baptism and Communion (Matthew 28:19-20;...

November 03 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What does the Bible say about complaining?

November 03 2024

Answer by John Appelt

What is the meaning of the parables of fasting at the wedding feast, the old cloth, and the wineskins?

In Mark 2:18, the question was raised as to why the disciples of John and the Pharisees fasted, but the disciples of Jesus did not. In Mark 2:19-22, Jesus...

November 03 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Is it wrong to be a Christian secretly in order to preserve your own life?

November 02 2024

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Is it wrong to be a Christian secretly in order to preserve your own life?

November 02 2024

Answer by Philip Davies

Is it acceptable to God for a husband and wife to have sex while the wife is menstruating / having her period?

Reading through all these answers it is clear that responses fall into two major groups. On the one hand there are those who say that God's laws never change...

November 02 2024 11 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does the Bible say about complaining?

Someone has said, "You will find that, as a rule, those who complain about the way the ball bounces are usually the ones who dropped it." Unfortunately, if I...

November 02 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

What did Jesus say about the 2 foundations?

Matthew 7:24: Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. Every...

November 02 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

What does it mean that the wages of sin is death?

The phrase, “wages of sin is death,” is thought to be a general principle that death is due as wages to sinners. However, when its context is understood, it...

November 02 2024 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

What are the commandments of God mentioned in Rev. 12:17?

The "commandments of God" encompass all that will be "written in the hearts" of Israel for the establishment of Christ's return to earth and millennial...

November 02 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up