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Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What did Jesus mean when He said 'I AM'?

I AM, the way the truth and the life (John 14:6) he's the only way to salvation, eternal life, and heaven, none other but to Jesus Christ.

September 27 2018 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Bryan Naidoo , Post graduate and pastor

Should a Christian get insurance?

Firstly may I ask what is faith and what does faith entail? The scripture says anything which is not of faith is sin. When one wants to buy a new car and he...

September 26 2018 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Vattachal-Vadakketil Thomas John alias V T John , Rtd Joint.Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kerala. India

What is the true meaning of Christmas?

I would like to refer to Acts 17:22 to 34. St Paul who looked around the places of worship of the idol worshipers of Athens found among them a place for...

September 26 2018 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Does the Bible record the death of the apostles? How did each of the apostles die?

September 26 2018

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What is Christendom?

September 25 2018

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What is the key to making marriage last?

September 25 2018

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What did Jesus mean when He said "I am the door"?

September 25 2018

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

Why do English Bible translations say, "a child IS born" or "WILL BE born" in Isaiah 9:6 when the original Hebrew translation says, "WAS born" (happened already)?

I have not studied Hebrew grammar, but my understanding is that Isaiah is speaking in this verse in a tense known as the "Prophetic Perfect". Normally, use...

September 25 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How do I know I’m actually praying and not just talking out loud?

God (being omniscient) not only hears our words, but also knows even our thoughts. Being outside of time, He also has all of eternity to listen to even the...

September 25 2018 Follow Vote Up

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How is the church the Body of Christ?

September 25 2018

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What happened at the Council of Trent?

September 25 2018

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Does the Bible say that abandonment is a valid reason for divorce and remarriage?

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Should Christians try to force the kingdom on others?

September 25 2018

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

When did the Catholic Church begin praying to Mother Mary?

I'm not sure that it would be possible to pinpoint the date. I would say that the practice would not have been uniformly established prior to AD 380...

September 25 2018 Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Do we ever reach a point that we cannot be forgiven?

Believers have already had all their sins paid for by the Blood of Jesus. So we can never be condemned again. John 3:18 But we still reap what we sow, and if...

September 25 2018 2 Comments 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by AMOS Ismail

Why was Moses the greatest prophet ever? (Deuteronomy 34:10)

e.g. My opinion is that... I don't think the word "ever" should be in the question. Peradventure it fits in, let's consider this few thoughts together under...

September 25 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by JD Abshire

Is "faith" a gift or a process?

"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God." (Romans 3:10-11) If this is...

September 25 2018 10 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Should Christians try to force the kingdom on others?

We can only offer salvation to others the way Jesus did to us. We are told to preach the gospel to every creature. Some will believe and be saved. The...

September 25 2018 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jay Saunders

How can being gay be wrong if you've always felt attracted to the same sex, you're a devoted Christian, and it wasn't something you chose?

Lust is lust plain and simple and it is a sin. In my younger days before I came to know Jesus as my personal Lord and savior. I lusted for just about any...

September 25 2018 1 Comments 20 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why did Jesus say that He was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel?

Jesus came as the promised messiah to the nation of Israel. They as a nation rejected their own savior. After Jesus went to the cross salvation was opened to...

September 25 2018 3 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Croach

What is ChurchBOOM and is it biblical?

Leading a church or any ministry is difficult, ChurchBoom is a way to get better equipped. ChurchBoom is where we as leaders can sit down with pastors,...

September 25 2018 Follow Vote Up

Answer by David Willbanks , physician, church elder, former missionary to Camerooon

If you are once saved are you then always saved?

This is a difficult question that must be addressed because it has caused much confusion and anguish among Christians. The only way that we can find the...

September 25 2018 1 Comments 30 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Who is being "taken" in Matthew 24:40-41 ...?

In Matthew 24 Jesus make it abundantly clear who is being "taken." Although the text has been used by some to suggest a secret rapture where people will...

September 24 2018 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why do young widows incur condemnation for wanting to get married?

As I interpret the passage in question, Paul was saying that younger widows (under age 60) should not be allowed to make a vow of service to the church (in...

September 24 2018 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

Answer by Ezekiel Kimosop

Who is being "taken" in Matthew 24:40-41 ...?

Who is being taken in Matthew 24:40-41 depends how we interpret the object of the message of Matthew 24. Those who believe that Jesus was speaking about His...

September 24 2018 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is this "spirit [that] glided past my face, and the hair on my body ..." which Eliphaz the Temanite told Job about?

In my opinion, in this passage, Eliphaz the Temanite is representing the spirit to whom he is referring as being God coming to him in visible form in a...

September 24 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Who is being "taken" in Matthew 24:40-41 ...?

In my opinion, the emphasis in these verses is on the separation or differentiation that will occur at the close of the age between the saved and the...

September 24 2018 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is "faith" a gift or a process?

Faith itself (in any degree) is a gift of the Holy Spirit, as Paul noted in Ephesians 2:8-9. As a gift, the initial endowment of faith is a one-time event....

September 24 2018 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is Jesus saying when he says, "Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?"?

Immediately prior to the verse cited in the question, Jesus had been emphasizing to His disciples the importance of always being ready (from a spiritual...

September 24 2018 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

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

Who is being "taken" in Matthew 24:40-41 ...?

Matthew 24:40-41 (ESV) Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding oat at the mill; one will be take...

1 Kings 15:1 - 4

September 24 2018 6 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

Should Christians try to force the kingdom on others?

In answer to your question: No! we can't force people to be saved, we have to pray for them, that they will accept the Lord as their personal Savior, and...

September 24 2018 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

Does God exist? Is there evidence for the existence of God?

In answer to your question, Yes! God does exist. Even though we can't see him, he sees us, he dwells in our Christian lives day by day, he know our hearts...

September 24 2018 10 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is this "spirit [that] glided past my face, and the hair on my body ..." which Eliphaz the Temanite told Job about?

Job 4 English Standard Version (ESV) 4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 15 A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

Job 4:4

2 Votes September 24 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

How do we know that Jesus is coming again?

We know that Jesus is coming again because the Bible promises that He will return, and we trust the Bible as the Word of God. Jesus came the first time just...

September 24 2018 2 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Fiona Anne

Can a flu shot insert the mark of the beast?

Revelation 13:11 - 18

September 24 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

How can we acquire wisdom?

The best way to acquire wisdom is to ask God for it. "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and...

September 24 2018 Follow Vote Up

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How can we acquire wisdom?

September 24 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

When will the two Witnesses in Revelation begin their work?

The Bible tells that the two witnesses are two 'olive trees' and the two 'candlesticks', which points to the two witnesses as being symbolic, not literal...

September 24 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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How can being gay be wrong if you've always felt attracted to the same sex, you're a devoted Christian, and it wasn't something you chose?

September 24 2018

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

If God created the universe, did He create the chaos within the universe as well?

GOD IS THE CREATOR. SOVEREIGN, KING. Isaiah 45:6,7, " I Am The Lord, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness..." Whoa! What is this -...

September 24 2018 Follow Vote Up

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How can being gay be wrong if you've always felt attracted to the same sex, you're a devoted Christian, and it wasn't something you chose?

September 24 2018

Answer by Randall Tuura

Did Jesus know everything God the Father knew?

I believe that the Person Of Jesus was the God of the Burning Bush. The First Chapter of the Gospel of John clearly shows him as the got of creation. "And...

September 24 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Randall Tuura

If Jesus was God, why did He not know when He would return?

It has to do with the three persons of the Godhead. In one place, John records Jesus as saying, "all that the father hath given me shall come to me..." (John...

September 24 2018 9 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What is the Christian's hope?

I'm glad you asked, the Christian's hope, is to live for the Lord daily, continuing to read and studying his word, be faithful to God, and his church, be...

September 24 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Ray Todd

If homosexuality is a sin, why didn't Jesus ever mention it?

Jesus was sent to minister ONLY to God's covenant people the Jews to fulfill said covenant made to Abraham. Since he was to minister only to the Jew they...

September 24 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up