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  1. Will my dad, who was saved when he was young, still go to heaven even if he denounces God now?
  2. What is the connection between offering thanksgiving and avoiding sexual sin in Ephesians 5?
  3. Who are the people in this "great multitude"? Revelation 7:9
  4. How can someone be saved after living a life of sin?
  5. Does “the Lord will be your confidence” describe the Lord as the source of confidence or his nearness at one’s side?
  6. How is Christ "our peace"? Ephesians 2:14-17
  7. How did Solomon discover Jeroboam's plan to become king (1 Kings 11:40)?
  8. How could a prophet's execution be justified? (Jeremiah 26:20-23)
  9. How did God use Paul’s dangerous and delayed voyage and shipwreck on the way to Rome (Acts 27-28) to spread the gospel and encourage people’s faith?
  10. Is "the gospel of the kingdom" (Mt 24:14) and "the eternal gospel" (Rev. 14:6) the same?


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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 , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

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 , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

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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Who are the other sheep in John 10:16?

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What is the difference between fornication and adultery?

July 10 2019

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

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 , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

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...

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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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Should the title of 'reverend' be given to a church leader?

July 09 2019

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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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What is a spiritual journey?

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What does putting God first really mean?

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Who were the Samaritans?

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What does the Bible say about being in jail or prison?

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

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

22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: ...

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

Is silent prayer biblical?

Nehemiah 2:4-5 strongly suggests that silent prayer was Nehemiah's method of praying in this particular situation: The king asked Nehemiah an important...

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

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

28 “Take another scroll and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up.

Jeremiah 36:28

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

What is the significance of the dogs and birds eating those who died?(1 Kings 16:4)

NET "Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family 1 who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.” NET Notes 1 tn...

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

Who was the real historical Jesus?

Jesus is, not was, and He is, as the question asserts, an historical person. Simple and plain, Jesus is the only begotten Son of the living God (John 1:18,...

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Answer by Michael Harris , Elder - N.A.C.M,, Author, This Final Generation

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

The question is simple... "How can we KNOW that the Bible is inspired, infallible, and inerrant?" The answer has been the same for thousands of years. It is...

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Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Who are the elect of God?

The elect of God are those who have believed on Him as the only way of salvation plus nothing. Roman 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for...

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How and why can God be sorry?

July 08 2019

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

Why did it take thirty men to lift out one man? (Jeremiah 38:10)

I would say, first, that the cited passage does not indicate the depth of the cistern, or how many men were involved in lowering Jeremiah into it to begin...

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

Why did it take thirty men to lift out one man? (Jeremiah 38:10)

6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes i...

Jeremiah 38:10

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