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Does God punish us when we sin?

October 04 2019

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How is Christ the "atoning sacrifice"? 1 John 4:10

"Propitiation" ("atoning sacrifice") signifies the satisfying of God’s holy law. “God is light” (1 John 1:5), and thus He cannot willfully ignore or overlook...

October 04 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Dean Fugett

What did Jesus mean when He said 'he who is without sin can cast the first stone'?

Jesus knew that the motives of the accusers were insincere, another effort to entrap him. He revealed that they were all guilty of sin and needed to be...

October 04 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Where was Zechariah when he wrote this book?

Zechariah 1:1

October 04 2019 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How is Christ the "atoning sacrifice"? 1 John 4:10

Jesus is the propitiation. He is everything. Think of the tabernacle in the wilderness. He dwells within us. Greek word, hilaskomai. It has 3 meanings. To...

October 04 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why could Ruth take grain belonging to others? (Ruth 2:2)

Ruth was a relative of Boaz. But more importantly - see Leviticus 23:22. "When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of...

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What is the prayer of salvation?

October 04 2019

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What does it mean that the lamb was slain "from the foundation of the world?"

October 03 2019

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Was Jonah’s message of doom untrue? (Jonah 3:4)

4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Jonah 3:4, NIV

Jonah 3:4

October 03 2019 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How did God send his word to Jonah? (Jonah 1:1)

Jonah 1-2 New International Version (NIV) Jonah Flees From the Lord 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh...

Jonah 1:1

October 03 2019 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Were women actually eating their own children? (Lamentations 4:10)

Cannibalism of their own children was predicted in Deuteronomy 28:49-57 and Jeremiah 19:3-9. I just can't imagine getting so desperate that I would turn to...

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What does the Bible mean when it says 'The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God''?

October 03 2019

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What does it mean that God will not despise a broken spirit and contrite heart?

October 03 2019

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Why could Ruth take grain belonging to others? (Ruth 2:2)

Ruth was aware of the law which allows foreigners, widows, and orphans to take grains, fruits and other produce from fields. God gave Moses the gleaning law,...

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How can I know if the desires of my heart are from God?

October 03 2019

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

When is it right to disobey authority? (Acts 4:19)

Context, Acts 4:18-20 18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John replie...

Acts 4:19

October 03 2019 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Who ate Edom’s bread? (Obadiah 1:7)

"In your confederacy" refers to the nations who were allies of Edom. They were in a covenant with them. These nations were eating with the people of Edom....

October 03 2019 Follow Vote Up

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

How was Babylon like a threshing floor? (Jeremiah 51:33)

Babylon in the Bible is representative of the world. God's ways are higher than our ways. To follow them is to not follow God. One day judgement will come....

October 03 2019 Follow Vote Up

Answer by David Furman

When did Good Friday begin to be observed?

A problem with the establishment of the Good Friday holy day, was that the church leaders who did so hundreds of years after the crucifixion quite simply got...

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Answer by Charles Crabtree

Why did Jesus have to die?

While Jesus was on earth be forgave sins and said it was to show he could forgive sin on earth. In the law of Moses the poor that did not have a sheep, goat,...

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What was the tent of meeting?

October 03 2019

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Is God fair?

October 03 2019

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When Jesus was nailed to the cross did the nails go through His hands or His wrists?

October 03 2019

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did God curse the ground? What is this "cursed earth"?

17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the...

Genesis 3:17 - 19

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did Jonah run from God? (Jonah 1:3)

But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went ab...

October 02 2019 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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Why did God take Enoch and Elijah to Heaven without them dying?

October 02 2019

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Is abortion ever acceptable?

October 02 2019

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What should the Christian view be of transgenders wanting rights just like everyone else?

October 02 2019

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What does the Bible have to say about gay adoption?

October 02 2019

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Should Christians be concerned about the idea of Sharia Law?

October 02 2019

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How does creationism vs. evolution impact how a person views the world?

October 02 2019

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Can God lie?

Can God Lie? Internal evidence says, “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do...

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What does the Bible say about bestiality?

October 02 2019

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What was Jesus' message to the church in Ephesus in Revelation?

October 02 2019

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What is Fundamentalism?

We had this in seminary. Some say there are 5 fundamentals: see above S. Michael Houdmann's answer. My pastor teaches there are 14 of which I will list only...

October 02 2019 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does the Bible say about health?

First Timothy 4:3-5 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe...

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Were fish and sea creatures also destroyed during the Flood?

October 02 2019

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What are the twelve tribes of Israel?

October 02 2019

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Were Adam and Eve saved? How many children did Adam and Eve have? When were Adam and Eve created?

October 02 2019

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Was Satan the serpent in Genesis chapter 3?

October 02 2019

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Was Noah's flood global or local?

October 02 2019

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What are the consequences of sin?

October 02 2019

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why could Ruth take grain belonging to others? (Ruth 2:2)

2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”

Ruth 2:2

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

How was Babylon like a threshing floor? (Jeremiah 51:33)

33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to ...

Jeremiah 51:33

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Why did God use Adam's rib to create Eve?

October 01 2019

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Are intrusive thoughts sin? Are spontaneous violent, sexual, or blasphemous thoughts sin?

October 01 2019

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Should a Christian use social networking tools (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, etc.)?

October 01 2019

Answer by Roland Womack , a Deacon, Retired auto Mechanic

Should a Christian use social networking tools (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, etc.)?

I use Facebook to connect with my family. I also put bible verses on it. Last week, I posted a bible verse, and a day later I went back and notice someone...

October 01 2019 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Who ate Edom’s bread? (Obadiah 1:7)

Obadiah King James Version (KJV) 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador i...

Obadiah 1:7

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