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What are some modern forms of idolatry?

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Why does unbelief appear to be increasing in the world today?

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How can I overcome my addiction to prescrption pain medication? What does the bible say about addiction?

I have been addicted to pain pills for about 15 years. 6 years ago I found freedom through Jesus. I was clean for a few years and my relationship with Christ...

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

What is the GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)?

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW) accurately translates the meaning of the original texts into clear, everyday language. Readable and reliable, GW is living,...

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What does it mean when Paul says to put off the old self and put on the new self?

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What does it really mean by "God chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy"?

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Are children punished for the sins of their parents?

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Why is 'You shall not commit adultery' in the Ten Commandments?

July 12 2019

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Does it show a lack of faith when you persistently ask for the same thing from the Father?

The answer depends on your relationship with God. Are you asking as his child in faith, or are you asking as someone who has no relationship with him but...

July 12 2019 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is God guilty of lying in 1 Kings 22:20–22?

God has two types of will -- decretive (things that He directly orders or causes to happen) and permissive (things that He allows to happen). In the...

July 12 2019 5 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is God guilty of lying in 1 Kings 22:20–22?

20 And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally,...

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July 11 2019 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is the significance of Elisha retrieving the iron axhead from the waters?

All of scripture is the story of Jesus. I think maybe that the stick, is symbolic of the cross of Jesus. He can and does rescue us. Most axe heads were not...

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Answer by Al Swilling , Sola Scriptura

Why did God command the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments to be placed 'inside' the Ark of the Covenant, but the Law of Moses 'beside' the Ark?

The stone tablets (Ten Commandments) were written by the Creator Himself with His own finger. The Ten Commandments represent God's character. Also, the first...

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What does it mean that God is a consuming fire?

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Why did God use a lying spirit to deceive Ahab?

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What is the significance of Elisha retrieving the iron axhead from the waters?

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How can we know that the Bible is inspired, infallible, and inerrant?

July 11 2019

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

Who are the other sheep in John 10:16?

The “fold” is Judaism (John 10:1), but there is another fold—the Gentiles who are outside the pacts of Israel (Eph. 2:11ff.). In our Lord’s first years of...

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What is the meaning of "many rooms" in John 14:2?

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Who is the son of perdition?

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What did Jesus mean by saying He is going "to prepare a place" for us in Jn 14:3?

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Why does God desire mercy and acknowledgement of Him instead of sacrifice?

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What should a husband do when his wife doesn't love him?

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Does it show a lack of faith when you persistently ask for the same thing from the Father?

July 11 2019

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

What is the significance of Elisha retrieving the iron axhead from the waters?

I would say that the significance of this account from a Christian standpoint would be its indication that God can and does miraculously intervene in human...

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How can I overcome sin in my Christian life?

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Why did God let King Ahab defeat Ben-hadad when King Ahab had done so much evil?

July 10 2019

Answer by Vylken Hemmings

What does it mean to "despise not prophesyings"?

It is speaking of prophetic utterance, not preaching. I have moved Prophetically for 38 years and there is a marked difference. I have studied this intently...

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

What did Jesus mean by saying He is going "to prepare a place" for us in Jn 14:3?

John 14:3 is a clear promise of our Lord’s return for His people. Some will go to heaven through the valley of the shadow of death, but those who are alive...

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Answer by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Does it show a lack of faith when you persistently ask for the same thing from the Father?

Does it show a lack of faith when you persistently ask the same thing in prayer? No... I think it shows the exact opposite. If my prayer hasn't been...

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Answer by Steve Kubenga

Must Elijah return before the end times?

When it comes to the holy scriptures, we need to watch how Jesus Christ refers to the scriptures himself. If we take Isaiah 61:1-2, the Lord Jesus did not...

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How can the book of Jeremiah be inspired if the original manuscript of Jeremiah perished? (Jeremiah 36:28)

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What is the difference between fornication and adultery?

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

Who is the son of perdition?

John 17:12 Grk “the son of destruction” (a Semitic idiom for one appointed for destruction; here it is a reference to Judas). The one destined to destruction...

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

What is the meaning of "many rooms" in John 14:2?

Good question, Tom! First, see the big picture: Christ’s Legacies to His Disciples 1 His Example of lowly love John 13:15 2 His Promise of a Home above John...

July 10 2019 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What should a husband do when his wife doesn't love him?

1 Corinthians 13:4, "Love suffers long and is kind,...is not provoked...endures all things." Ephesians 5:25, "Husbands, love your just as Christ also loved...

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

What are the meanings of “stolen,” “sweet,” and “secret” in Proverbs 9:17? How can they be pleasurable?

Life involves choice. Wisdom and folly are contrasted in the proverbs. Wisdom holds a banquet for life, folly leads to death. Choices have consequences....

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

How can the book of Jeremiah be inspired if the original manuscript of Jeremiah perished? (Jeremiah 36:28)

All scripture is inspired by God. Jeremiah believed that the God of Israel was the incomparable God of all creation, the Lord of all nature and history....

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What is the book of Tobit?

July 09 2019

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

Why did Jeremiah keep preaching when no one was listening? (Jeremiah 7:22–27)

I would say that the clearest answer to the question would be that that was what God had directed Jeremiah (in passages such as that cited in the question)...

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

Why did Jeremiah keep preaching when no one was listening? (Jeremiah 7:22–27)

I would say that the clearest answer to the question would be that that was what God had directed Jeremiah (in passages such as that cited in the question)...

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

How can the book of Jeremiah be inspired if the original manuscript of Jeremiah perished? (Jeremiah 36:28)

To me, the cited chapter from Jeremiah seems to clearly indicate that the words on the scroll that Jehoiakim cut and burned were subsequently repeated...

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Answer by N S , 4th-generation Bible-believing Christian

Why do Catholics believe that Mary's parents were Anna and Joachim?

A lot of people believe that the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:23 and the following verses is actually Mary's genealogy, and I think there's reasonably good...

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