Why does unbelief appear to be increasing in the world today?
The increase in disbelief has been coming for as long as I can remember; our enemy, the devil is very busy (he started in the Garden of Eden). Now we have...
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Adeep Srivastava
, A Christian
Why did God destroy so many people—including wives and children—for the sins of a few? (Numbers 16:21-35)
During the Old Testament even the keepers of laws (mere human beings) were allowed to kill a person if the person committed a terrible sin. They were allowed...
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Bryan Naidoo
, Post graduate and pastor
Can restoration occur after a pastor has been caught in a scandal?
This question has been argued by many learned scholars. Some quote the restoration of King David after committing adultery and murder, claiming there is room...
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Derrol PORTER
, Emancipated by the Liberating King
What is the Biblical concept of righteousness?
I would like to sum up what I have read in these answers. Righteousness has a two facet application when it comes to Christianity. First, there is Positional...
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Do we have two or three parts? Body, soul, and spirit?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What's left in place of Tyre today? Ezekiel 26:14
From Ezekiel 26:14, "never be rebuilt" is best understood to mean that Tyre's glory and prestige would never be restored. It took Nebuchadnezzar 13 years to...
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What is the sea of glass mentioned in Revelation 4:6 and 15:2?
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What is the second death?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How did the sun’s shadow go back? (Isaiah 38:7–8)
Of course, one possibility for the believer is that it is just something that God miraculously made to happen (as He had earlier in the case of Joshua...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What's left in place of Tyre today? Ezekiel 26:14
Aside from the ruins of the ancient city of Tyre that remain in modern times, my understanding is that the the city's former location corresponds to the site...
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What is the New King James Version (NKJV)?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What's left in place of Tyre today? Ezekiel 26:14
14 I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lor...
Ezekiel 26:14
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How did the sun’s shadow go back? (Isaiah 38:7–8)
4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I h...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What is the New King James Version (NKJV)?
The NKJV was commissioned in 1975 (BTW, the year I graduated from seminary) by Thomas Nelson Publishers. One-hundred-and-thirty respected Bible scholars,...
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Do we receive mansions in heaven?
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Do we receive mansions in heaven?
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What is the correct interpretation of John 20:23?
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What should we learn from the life of John the Baptist?
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Does Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 contradict what Jesus said about divorce?
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Jack Gutknecht
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What does the Bible say about second chances?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What is the Biblical concept of righteousness?
Like Abraham, Noah's righteousness was God's gift in response to his personal faith. Both Abraham and Noah believed the Word of God "and it was counted to...
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What does the Bible say about prostitution? Will God forgive a prostitute?
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Who are the sons of God mentioned in Romans 8:19 and how will they be revealed?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why would a human call himself a god? (Ezekiel 28:2)
This ruler exalted himself above God and deserved the judgment that God would bring upon him. Although the specific identity of the prince and king of Tyre...
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What does it mean to be immoral?
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What does the bible mean in Colossians 3:1-2 by "looking for the things that are above"?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 contradict what Jesus said about divorce?
I would say that the difference between Jesus and Paul on this subject is the issue of whose side the initiative is on. According to Jesus, a Christian is...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Does Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 contradict what Jesus said about divorce?
1 Corinthians talks about a Christian who has an unbelieving mate. At one point, Paul says, “But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a si...
1 Corinthians 7:10 - 16
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What is the Baha'i faith?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why would a human call himself a god? (Ezekiel 28:2)
In the case of the ruler of Tyre, I would say that the pride of which Ezekiel spoke arose from the wealth that he had been able to amass from his position --...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why would a human call himself a god? (Ezekiel 28:2)
28 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘In the pride of your heart you ...
Ezekiel 28:1 - 2
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What is the origin of Valentine's Day, and should Christians celebrate it?
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Jack Gutknecht
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What does the Bible say about thankfulness/gratitude?
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Why did Jacob give Joseph a coat of many colors?
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Why did God use Adam's rib to create Eve?
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Why did God send the Israelites to Egypt for 400 years?
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Why did God put the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in Eden?
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Should we live in terror of God? (Proverbs 1:7)
The Old Testament phrase, "the fear of the Lord," means piety/reverential trust. A hatred of all evil. We are expected to accept that the Lord's judgements...
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What is Wicca? Is Wicca witchcraft?
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Why does the power of God bring salvation to the Jews first?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why does the power of God bring salvation to the Jews first?
The gospel reached “to the Jew first” in the ministry of Jesus Christ (Matt. 10:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 3:26). How wonderful it is to have a message of...
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What was the significance of the ephod?
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Why is the lack of visions and divinations considered a punishment?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What did God mean when he said, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" in Jeremiah 1:5?
I would say that the statement in Jeremiah 1:5 does not reflect any pre-natal existence on the part of any of us, but instead is a product of God's...
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Vincent Mercado
, Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3
Should we live in terror of God? (Proverbs 1:7)
FILIAL FEAR: Fear of some impending evil based on love and reverence for the one who is feared. Actually filial fear is close to love that dreads offending...
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Kathy King
Is saying OMG or words like 'geez' still taking the Lord's name in vain?
Exodus 20:7 KJVS [7] Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. I’m...
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Anonymous
What did God mean when he said, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" in Jeremiah 1:5?
Were we with God (like spirits) before he made Heaven and Earth or were we just a thought in his mind before he formed us in the belly?
Jeremiah 1:5
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Charles Crabtree
Why did God require animal sacrifices in the Old Testament?
My thoughts on this question are that God wanted something that was important to a person. In the beginning people were farmers and herdsmen. Their animals...
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What is the Septuagint?
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What does it mean that the trees clap their hands in Isaiah 55:12?