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  1. How should a believer respond when they’re attacked by slander or false accusations, especially when the 'tongue feels like a sword' as described in Psalms 31, 64, and 140?
  2. In the heat of an argument, can verses like Psalm 141:3 and James 1:19 really help Christian couples resolve conflict God's way?
  3. What evidence from Scripture and history confirms that Jesus is truly the Christ—the promised Messiah?
  4. What's the meaning of this "flying scroll"? (5:1)
  5. Why did Abimelech murder his brothers?
  6. Why does Zimri execute the friends, as well as the family of Baasha (1 Kings 16:11)?
  7. When did the diaspora which Peter mentions in 1 Peter 1 start and end?


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What does it mean "to cast your care upon The Lord?"

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Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (16:7–12)

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What can we learn from the contest on Mt. Carmel in 1 Kings 18?

June 19 2024

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

What does it mean, "God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation"?

Good question, Noli. Before we meet Jesus personally, we are all God's enemies. Once He choses and saves some of us, we have been reconciled or brought back...

June 19 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What can we learn from the contest on Mt. Carmel in 1 Kings 18?

Good question. First, see the big picture: The Triumph of Faith Elijah on Mount Carmel. Carmel—the fruitful place: certainly fruitful for God. 1 Faith’s...

June 18 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

What vow was Paul adhering to when he had his hair cut?

I believe the vow that Paul made was for the purpose of entering the synagogue at Ephesus (as stated in the next verse). Acts 18:18-19 "And Paul after this...

June 18 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What can we learn from the contest on Mt. Carmel in 1 Kings 18?

Idolatry has consequences, both in blinding people to the flaws in their viewpoint, and to the eternal result of that viewpoint. Everyone must choose whom...

June 18 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Who was this Herod who was smitten and killed by an angel in Acts 12:23?

Good question, Jabulani! He was "the grandson of Herod the Great, and the son of Aristobulus and Bernice. He became Herod Agrippa I. Caligula gave him the...

June 18 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What can we learn from the contest on Mt. Carmel in 1 Kings 18?

In verse 27 when the prophets of Baal were not having any luck getting their fire started: "About noontime Elijah began mocking them. 'You'll have to shout l...

1 Kings 18:20 - 40

June 18 2024 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What did the genealogies in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 show about Jesus’ lineage?

They show that through both His (apparent) royal paternal lineage (as given in Matthew) and His biological maternal lineage (as contained in Luke), He was...

June 17 2024 Follow Vote Up

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Why would God make it so animals have to kill and eat each other to survive?

I ask this in particular because in the future, He will change animals to be vegetarians according to Isaiah 65:25: “The wolf and the lamb shall feed togethe...

Isaiah 65:17 - 25

June 17 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why did Jesus refer to his mother as "woman" at the wedding in Cana?

Yes, Saleem, good question! It does sound a little harsh and maybe even that He was being short with her. But He was not under her supervision anymore, not...

June 17 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did marrying a Canaanite displease Esau's parents?

I hold to a different view, HARAGAKIZA Jean Baptiste. (Good question, by the way). Taking a wife from the family of his uncle Ishmael, Esau maybe thought...

June 17 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

What does it mean by, "Man plans his ways while God directs his steps"?

Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. The proverbs of Solomon tell us that everyone may think their actions are...

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Are the Anunnaki in the Epic of Gilgamesh the Nephilim mentioned in the Bible?

June 17 2024

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What is servant leadership?

June 17 2024

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Why was it necessary for Jesus to go through Samaria?

June 17 2024

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Why did Jesus refer to his mother as "woman" at the wedding in Cana?

June 17 2024

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What is the book of Psalms?

June 16 2024

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What does the groaning refer to in Romans 8:26?

June 16 2024

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What is the sea of forgetfulness?

June 16 2024

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Why does the writer of Proverbs pick on wives? (Proverbs 21:9)

June 16 2024

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What does it mean to be one flesh in a marriage?

June 16 2024

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Will Jesus' second coming be as a thief in the night or will the trumpet blow for all to hear?

June 16 2024

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What are the greatest miracles in the Bible?

June 15 2024

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What’s the best way to confess sins? (Proverbs 28:13)

I've always found l John 1:9 a pretty simple explanation of confession of sin, complete forgiveness of the sin and of all unrighteousness. To reap the...

June 15 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Donna Williams

What is the leaven of the pharisees?

In this passage of Scripture concerning the leaven of the Pharisees, I would like to share that Jesus was also dealing with their hypocrisy. In the preceding...

June 15 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What is the importance of the parting of the Red Sea?

June 15 2024

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

Why did marrying a Canaanite displease Esau's parents?

It was clear from Isaac's instruction to Jacob that he wanted Jacob to marry a woman from among those who were faithful to the one true God who had...

June 14 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean to fear God?

June 14 2024

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

Who was the old prophet from Bethel, and who was the young prophet he lied to?

Good question, Nelson! We don't know who the old prophet was; he is unnamed. What we do know about him is that he had sons (how many is unknown) who reported...

June 14 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Billy P Eldred

Who are the saints in Rev. 13:7 on the earth that the Antichrist can make war with on the earth?

In my opinion, these are the saved people who have not already been killed in the first 3 years of the 7 year tribulation. These are not just people who have...

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Did Jesus ever refuse to cure any sick infant who was brought before him?

June 14 2024

Answer by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

Can some sins be forgiven "in the age to come" (Matthew 12:32)?

Yes. Israel's sins will be forgiven when Christ physically returns to earth to establish Israel's kingdom of priests to the world. Acts 3:12-21 "And when...

June 14 2024 Follow Vote Up

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Why did God say not to let anyone know about His miracle with Jairus’ daughter in Mark 5:43?

I would say that, as impressive as Jesus' miracles were (especially the raising of individuals from the dead), they were not the primary focus of His...

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What does the Bible say about luck?

June 14 2024

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What is the best way to explain the gospel to an unbeliever?

June 14 2024

Answer by Juvon Carmichael

Why did Saul not recognize David after he defeated Goliath?

In my understanding of this, it's not that David was unrecognizable, or that they were seeking clarification about his father. In 1 Samuel 16:19-22 we see...

June 14 2024 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Can some sins be forgiven "in the age to come" (Matthew 12:32)?

Matthew 12:31: And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32: Anyone who spe...

Matthew 12:22 - 32

June 14 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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What is an appropriate level of intimacy before marriage?

June 13 2024

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What is this coming wrath? (1 Thessalonians 1:10)

June 13 2024

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

What does the Bible say about people who are transgender?

I think the way modernism would have to view Genesis 1:27 is this: "So God created people ['those assigned male at birth' (AMAB) and 'those assigned female...

June 13 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is the King James Version (KJV)?

June 12 2024