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What should be done if a husband and wife disagree on tithing / how much to give?
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Jim Tumlinson
, One beggar leading others to where the bread is
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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How does a prostitue reduce someone to a loaf of bread (Proverbs 6:26)?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What’s wrong with standing up for our rights (Luke 6:29–30)?
The potential problem with Christians "standing up for their rights" is that, depending on how vigorously they do so, it may damage their witness to others...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What’s wrong with standing up for our rights (Luke 6:29–30)?
The problem with Christians "standing up for their rights" is that it damages their witness to others with regard to the fact that this world is not the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What’s wrong with standing up for our rights (Luke 6:29–30)?
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. 30 Give to...
Luke 6:29 - 30
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What did Jesus mean when He said, "When you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go."
As John 21:19 (the verse following the verse cited in the question) notes, Jesus was indicating by these words the type of death that Peter was to die --...
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stan jones
Where did the water come from that Elijah used when he was building the altar on Mount Carmel?
Mt Carmel Is no more than 15 - 20 miles from the Mediterranean sea and it was possible while the false prophets were preparing their alter Elijah had water...
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Addie Maynard
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What does it mean to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is wrong with being a grouchy giver? (as opposed to a "cheerful giver" in 2 Cor. 9:7) The job still gets done.
The thought expressed in the verse cited in the question is not unique to Christianity, to the Bible, or even to a religious context. It was also articulated...
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Jay Saunders
What does John 3:16 mean?
What is the word equitable mean? When I was a child there was an insurance company called Equitable Life. Equitable means fairness. In bartering it means...
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Emo Tenorio
, Shomer
Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?
A very timely inquiry during these perilous times and places. I humbly submit for your consideration the Words spoken by the Lord to His now friends. Jesus,...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What were the seven last words of Jesus Christ on the cross and what do they mean?
The last thing Jesus said was, "IT IS FINISHED". Than is an accounting term which means PAID IN FULL. He paid our sin debt in full so we could never be...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How could Jesus be made sin when He was sinless? (2 Corinthians 5:21)
The type of action of which Paul was speaking was prefigured in the Old Testament by the ritual involving the scapegoat (as described in Leviticus 16:20-22),...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How could Jesus be made sin when He was sinless? (2 Corinthians 5:21)
2 Corinthians 5:21 King James Version (KJV) 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in...
2 Corinthians 5:21
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does "Zion" here refer to heaven? (Isaiah 35:10)
As with many prophetic passages from the Old Testament, I would say that the verses cited in the question were meant to have both a near-term and long-term...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Was this prophecy fulfilled by Jesus (Isaiah 35:5–10)?
Although Jesus did not quote the words of the cited verses exactly (as He did with the different passage from Isaiah that He read in the synagogue at...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the crown of glory (1 Peter 5:4)?
In this passage, Peter is addressing the elders among the Christians to whom he is writing, who have a special responsibility for leadership and setting an...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the crown of glory (1 Peter 5:4)?
In this passage, Peter is addressing the elders among the Christians to whom he is writing, who have a special responsibility for leadership and setting an...
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Paul Bayne
, Business Owner, Husband and Father of Four Kids & Blogger
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Should a Christian attend a gay affirming Christian church?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Does "Zion" here refer to heaven? (Isaiah 35:10)
10 and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will ...
Isaiah 35:10
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Was this prophecy fulfilled by Jesus (Isaiah 35:5–10)?
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6 Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue sho...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What is the crown of glory (1 Peter 5:4)?
4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
1 Peter 5:4
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What should we learn from the life of Joseph?
I love the 3 things about Joseph revealed to us in Genesis 39. The background for this story which starts out as a sordid story is this: Joseph had suffered...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How does God guide us (Psalm 23:3)??
I would say that the primary means by which God guides us are 1) by His expressed will and commands as contained in the Bible; 2) by indications of His will...
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Donna Williams
Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?
I believe that we should continue to assemble ourselves together as we have been instructed by the word of God. The Bible tells us that the just shall live...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How does God refresh our souls (Psalm 23:3)?
Aside from the ways in which the thought in this verse is expressed in the translations noted in the question, other versions of Scripture render it as, "He...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why prepare a meal "in the presence of … enemies"? (23:5)
I would say that what David was expressing in this verse was both the utter safety of the protection that God was providing to him, and also the bold manner...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How does God guide us (Psalm 23:3)??
3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (NIV)
Psalms 23:3
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How does God refresh our souls (Psalm 23:3)?
Psalm 23 King James Version (KJV) 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 3 he refreshes my sou...
Psalms 23:3
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why prepare a meal "in the presence of … enemies"? (23:5)
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (NIV)
Psalms 23:5
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If reincarnation is not true, why do some people remember their past lives?
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Robert Evans
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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How can we know whether or not King Solomon went to heaven?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What are the "rod" and "staff" in the 23rd Psalm 23, and why are they comforting?
What and Why are These a Source of Comfort? The 23rd Psalm has been a source of comfort to myriads of people in life and in death. Consider the following...
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Jim Tumlinson
, One beggar leading others to where the bread is
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If I was the one who committed adultery should I divorce my spouse?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why do most Christians believe that we will inhabit heaven?
Most Christians including I believe in Heaven because Jesus believed in heaven (John 3:13, an amazing verse! See, too, Luke 23:43 -- He told the penitent...
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
Why did some of the disciples doubt Jesus even after they touched/handled his body in Matthew 28:17?
My guess is they had all witnessed the brutal crucifixion, the centurion thrusting the spear into Christ's body. And the blood and water flowing out of His...
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
Why did Jesus not pay tax (according to Matthew 17)?
I have often wondered if someone was fishing and accidentally dropped that coin into the water, and the fish, thinking it was food, opened his mouth and...
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Cathy Milligan
How as a Christian how do I grow in my fellowship and walk with the Lord?
You need to develop a daily private praise & prayer time. Time spent in His presence, being still. As with any relationship you have, it didn't "just...
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Why do most Christians believe that we will inhabit heaven?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why does God sometimes cause human suffering just so at the end he can bring glory to Himself?
First, I would say that the presence of suffering, disease, evil, and death in the world are all consequences of sin (disobedience to, and rebellion against,...
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Derrol PORTER
, Emancipated by the Liberating King
Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?
I believe that because of other signs, such as Israel reestablished as a nation, and more and more wars in Middle East, we can add this type of pandemic...
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Adjei Marfo
How as a Christian how do I grow in my fellowship and walk with the Lord?
1Peter 2:2 KJV As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. We grow as Christians by committing to the study of the WORD...
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John Moyo
, Christian youth teacher
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What are the ways that God reveals Himself, e.g. Psalm 19:1, but I'm sure there are other ways? I.e. what are the means by which God reveals Himself?
From my youth through my teenage years I was taught to look for God in the creation (Psalm 19:1; Acts 14:17) as I grew up spending every summer in northern...
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Should the title of 'reverend' be given to a church leader?
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What are alms? What is almsgiving?