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  1. What does it mean that the name of the city is ‘The Lord is There’ in Ezekiel 48:35?
  2. What are "pruning hooks" and "plowshares" in Micah 4:3?
  3. Does Daniel 9:24-27 predict the timing of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem?
  4. What does the Bible say about Christians and Israel?
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Does wearing a face mask displace trust in God?

August 26 2020

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

What encouragement is in the Old Testament for the Christian to eliminate distractions in his walk with God?

Verses that come to mind: Joshua 1:8: an admonition to read God's words and meditate on them continually Proverbs 3:6: God will direct the paths of those who...

August 26 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How did God create the heavens and the earth?

As indicated in John 1:1-3, God spoke everything in the universe into existence (all the aspects of creation outlined in Genesis 1, with the exception of...

August 26 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How should we live so as to prove we are trustworthy?

The very word "trustworthiness" indicates that it is not dependent on ourselves alone, but also on the perceptions of others. The most that we can do is to...

August 26 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What should we learn from Jesus' miraculous stilling of the storm in Matthew 8:23-27?

The apostles had seen Jesus perform miracles of healing (even including remote healing, such as that of the centurion's servant, which occurred just prior to...

August 26 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is "dross"? (Psalm 119:119)

After metallic ore (particularly in the case of precious metals such as gold or silver) is mined from the earth, the ore is subjected to a refining process...

August 26 2020 3 Comments Follow Vote Up

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

How should we live so as to prove we are trustworthy?

I.e. how can we demonstrate that we are trustworthy people, Christian who can be trusted?

1 Timothy 4:1 - 13

August 26 2020 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is "dross"? (Psalm 119:119)

119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes. (NIV)

Psalms 119:119

August 26 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What encouragement is in the Old Testament for the Christian to eliminate distractions in his walk with God?

37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Psalms 119:37

August 26 2020 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

What is the message in the whole chapter 9 of Exodus, which details the plagues of livestock deaths, boils and hail?

God is using the nation of Israel to 1) ILLUSTRATE how he leads people to repentance, and 2) FORESHADOW how he will save all believers from slavery to sin...

August 25 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jeff vankirk

What should a pastor do if a six- to ten-year-old child requests to be baptized? Should he refuse to honor the child's request?

It is my Biblical belief that any person that accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior has the privilege and should be baptized. I would explain to anyone who...

August 25 2020 2 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Rusty Black

Can a Christian lose salvation?

1 Corinthians 1:8-9 “He will also keep you firm to the end so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called...

August 25 2020 49 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Linds Szymczyk

What is Jesus saying when he says, "Whoever falls on this stone will be broken, but on whomever it falls it will grind him to powder"?

Over the years, this verse has been a guide for me when certain kinds of difficulties come my way or maybe when I have caused the difficulties. The stone is...

August 25 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Can I struggle with addiction and still be considered a born again Christian?

I as a Christian man struggle with a sexual addiction to the opposite sex. But 2 verses help me here: "For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises...

August 25 2020 2 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Is it wrong to skip church? (Hebrews 10:25)

Is it God’s will to go to church? Why is this important? Because sin is simply rebellion against the will of God. Going to church is not being in a building...

August 25 2020 2 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Can I struggle with addiction and still be considered a born again Christian?

Absolutely YES. We can struggle with all kinds of sins and addictions and still be a born again Christian. We are saved by the grace of God, as a gift from...

August 25 2020 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Rotimi EWEDEMI , Very keen Bible Researcher

How long will the devil, beast and false prophet mentioned in Revelation 20 be tormented?

In my opinion, the key to understanding what the term “forever” lies in understanding of what the term “torment" signifies. Bible scholars have understood...

August 25 2020 3 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How did God create the heavens and the earth?

Isaiah 44:24 ESV -Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, ...

Isaiah 44:24

August 25 2020 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Does wearing a face mask displace trust in God?

I humbly submit an opinion on this matter for your consideration a quick or studied reading of (Psalms 91) the ALMIGHTY provides for THOSE WHO DWELL in HIS...

August 25 2020 8 Comments 13 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Does our tithe all have to go to our church or can part of it go to a Christian ministry?

August 24 2020

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Is it wrong to skip church? (Hebrews 10:25)

Please remember that we are not saved by perfect church attendance. If one feels ill, probably is best to stay home, especially if a contagious illness is...

August 24 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Can I struggle with addiction and still be considered a born again Christian?

"For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity" (Prov 24:16). Although the devil likes to point to our...

August 24 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What would have been wrong with turning stones into "bread"? (Matthew 4:3-4)

Under different circumstances turning stones into bread would have been just another day in Jesus’ life on earth; however, here Jesus was being tempted by...

August 24 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is a kinsman redeemer?

August 24 2020

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What does it mean to resist the devil, and why will resistance cause the devil to flee?

August 24 2020

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Does this Bible passage mean that Satan planted evil people?"

August 24 2020

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

Was Jonah's father killed by Ninevites?

To my knowledge, Jonah's father Amittai is mentioned only twice in Scripture (2 Kings 14:25 and Jonah 1:1), both of which speak of him only in connection...

August 24 2020 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Does this passage in 1 Timothy 6 condone/accept slavery?

Slavery, bondservant are basically the same. Using the NKJV translation, let's look! Genesis 44:16, "Then Judah said, 'What shall we say to my Lord? What...

August 24 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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Can I struggle with addiction and still be considered a born again Christian?

I accepted Christ about 9 years ago. I backslid for a few years but God was always there with me, protected me from a lot of things, and waited for me to com...

John 3:16

3 Votes August 24 2020 5 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

What is the basis for the new birth (John 3:14-18)?

Jesus explains the new birth to Nicodemus in John 3:1-14. He said no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again. To enter the kingdom of God...

August 24 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Is it true that David never erred from God’s precepts or did he go astray from them?

David knew that forgiveness of sin was included in God’s precepts. David knew he did not live a perfect life but he also knew how to get forgiven and how to...

August 24 2020 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Ben Jones , Retired Professional Photographer

Does this passage in 1 Timothy 6 condone/accept slavery?

The New Testament (and the Apostle Paul) is not giving a general approval of the institution of slavery in this passage. What he is concerned with is that...

August 24 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Dannie Murdoch , Father and Grandfather. Former Deacon for maintenance.

Is being drunk in the Spirit a biblical experience?

Having witnessed this first hand and listened to the preachers who peddle this experience as coming from God, I can humbly state that this phenomenon of...

August 24 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Nolan Schmidt

Was Jonah's father killed by Ninevites?

Jonah 1:1 - 17

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Does it violate religious liberty to close churches over coronavirus?

August 24 2020

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

How can "ancient laws" be relevant today? (Psalm 119:52)

The fact that God gave humans an inborn conscience indicates to me that, even before He codified His commandments in written form (that is, the "moral law"...

August 24 2020 Follow Vote Up

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

What would have been wrong with turning stones into "bread"? (Matthew 4:3-4)

Jesus had fasted during His time in the wilderness as an exercise in spiritual discipline by subordinating the desires of His physical nature to God the...

August 24 2020 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Do Christians really need to attend church? (Hebrews 10:24–25)

To me, any discussion of church attendance for Christians that proceeds from an implication that such attendance is by nature an obligation or a burden is...

August 24 2020 3 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What would have been wrong with turning stones into "bread"? (Matthew 4:3-4)

3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written, ...

Matthew 4:3 - 4

August 24 2020 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is it wrong to skip church? (Hebrews 10:25)

25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (NIV)

August 24 2020 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Do Christians really need to attend church? (Hebrews 10:24–25)

24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but e...

August 24 2020 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How can "ancient laws" be relevant today? (Psalm 119:52)

"I remember, Lord, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them." (NIV)

Psalms 119:52

August 24 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What is the basis for the new birth (John 3:14-18)?

As Jesus said to Nicodemus just prior to the passage cited in the question, that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is...

August 24 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Does God still speak to us today?

August 24 2020

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

Does Psalms 90:10 refer to the rapture?

I have always understood the time frames mentioned in the cited passage to be referring to the customary human life span, rather than having any connection...

August 23 2020 Follow Vote Up