Why did Barzillai forego the king’s favor? (2 Samuel 19:34–37)
David wanted to reward Barzillai by caring for him at his palace in Jerusalem. Not only did David want to express his thanks, but by having so important a...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why look for a virgin to warm the king? (1 Kings 1:2)
Why look for a virgin to warm the king? (1 Kings 1:2) 1 Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep ...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What is God like?
The best way to discover God is to find Jesus. In Hebrews 1:3 the bible says "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is the difference between religion and spirituality?
When we are born into this world it is by water. Our mothers water breaks and we are born physically, but are dead spiritually. When we trust Jesus as our...
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Evan Doan
Why were the gentile believers in Acts 15 given these simple rules instead of requiring them to obey the laws of Moses?
The 4 injunctions imposed on gentile believers in Acts 15 first appear in Genesis 1-3 (see below) and mimic Leviticus 17 & 18 like clockwork. Each of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What were the cords of the grave? (2 Samuel 22:6)
To me, in 2 Samuel 22:5-6, David is just using four different metaphors, or figures of speech, to express how close he came on multiple occasions during his...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What were the cords of the grave? (2 Samuel 22:6)
The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. (2 Samuel 22:6, NIV)
2 Samuel 22:6
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Randy Weaver
, Business Owner
What is the love of Christ?
It’s this: Romans 5:8 (CSB) But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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How do we know that the biblical books selected are the ones God wanted selected?
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Lena Wms
, Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer
What is the marriage supper of the Lamb?
I like Brother Houdman's answer with this one exception, the church is not the Bride. If we look at the Song of Solomon, we can plainly see that the mother's...
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Lena Wms
, Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer
What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?
I have a bit of a different take on this... as to how this relates to us today. 2Tim 3:16-17 For this to be profitable for me today, I must look at where I...
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Evan Doan
What is the New Covenant?
The "new covenant," first prophesied in Jeremiah 31, is in fact the 8th and final covenant that God established throughout biblical history. Each covenant...
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Wayne Rhodes
What did Jesus mean by "whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" in Matthew 16:25?
I had a black man jump in my car when I lived in southern California and he had a gun and he jumped in the back seat and he said do you believe in God? I...
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Evan Doan
Was the Apostle Paul actually a false prophet?
The notion that Paul was a false prophet is nothing new. In Acts 21:17-25 we see the first documented reference to Paul being accused of apostasy (and...
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Aurel Gheorghe
What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?
Israel’s system of tithes and offerings, as instructed by God, included three components: the first tithe, the second tithe, and the offerings. The first...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?
I would say that, although it is common to associate the word "tithe" with the portion of assets that God commanded Israel to give back to Him, the word...
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What are the Ten Commandments?
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How to avoid being used by others while maintaining love?
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What does the Bible say about dating / courting?
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Ubah Richard
What does it mean to be 'born of water and the Spirit'?
The scripture is direct, pellucid and axiom. Being born of water and spirit denotes and connotes being born of the word of God. Allowing the word to pass...
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Anonymous
What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?
Is the tithe to be eaten or given to the church?
Deuteronomy 14:23
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What does it mean to be a part of the family of God?
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Why were the gentile believers in Acts 15 given these simple rules instead of requiring them to obey the laws of Moses?
One of the problems the early church faced was that some Jewish Christians had come from Judea to Antioch saying that Gentiles cannot be saved unless they...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did Barzillai forego the king’s favor? (2 Samuel 19:34–37)
Barzillai (first mentioned in 2 Samuel 17:27) was a wealthy eighty-year-old man who had been one of those who continued to support and protect David when...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why were the gentile believers in Acts 15 given these simple rules instead of requiring them to obey the laws of Moses?
The rules or laws cited in the question represented a shortening of the hundreds of commandments and ordinances that had been contained in the Law given to...
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Derrol PORTER
, Emancipated by the Liberating King
Could God create a rock so heavy He could not lift it?
Reading God's Word tells me, God wouldn't create anything He couldn't lift. What would be the purpose, none. God is the God of order and reason. 1...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Barzillai forego the king’s favor? (2 Samuel 19:34–37)
Why did Barzillai forego the king’s favor? (2 Samuel 19:34–37) 34 But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up t...
2 Samuel 19:34 - 37
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Varghese Purakkat
Why at times did Jesus call the disciples brothers and at other times he called the disciples children?
Jesus has two aspects blended in one person: Jesus as the son of man and Jesus as the God aspect of the Trinity. When he addresses the disciples as brothers...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is the Christian's hope?
Hope is found all through scripture. All of the promises of God are to us who believe on Jesus as the only way of salvation by grace. First Corinthians...
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Evan Doan
What does "divers places" or "various places" mean in Matthew 24:7?
Something fascinating to take note of is that William Tyndale, who translated the NT directly from Greek instead of the Latin Vulgate in the early 1500’s,...
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larry price
Why were the gentile believers in Acts 15 given these simple rules instead of requiring them to obey the laws of Moses?
Explain what it means that gentiles are only bound to not have idols, not fornicate, not eat of strangled meats, and not eat blood. Are these all gentiles ha...
Acts 15:28 - 29
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why at times did Jesus call the disciples brothers and at other times he called the disciples children?
I would say that, when Jesus spoke of His disciples as His brothers (in passages such as Matthew 12:46-50, or Matthew 28:10, for example), He was either...
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Kilian Kean
, Telecommunications Engineer (Retired)
What does the Bible say about dating / courting?
God is the ultimate match maker. Jehovah-Jireh, God will provide. A believer must be the person God wants them to be in order for God to present the mate...
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Rich Hazeltine
Does the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 apply to the entire Bible or just the Book of Revelation?
One must consider that Paul was speaking to Timothy about the Hebrew scriptures. I don't think Paul himself would assign such authority to his own writing in...
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Gregory Jones
Why at times did Jesus call the disciples brothers and at other times he called the disciples children?
Is there any significance?
Matthew 21:5
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Does 1 Peter 3:21 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?
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, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
How to avoid being used by others while maintaining love?
Jesus came to serve others. His service delivered God's love to them. Jesus also came to deliver his message about the kingdom of God. He told them what the...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What are some examples about money becoming your master and you start serving it?
Trying to answer your question, using the two examples, is like the Pharisees writing volumes of books to identify every violation of the Mosaic law, and...
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Is Mormonism a cult? What do Mormons believe?
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What is a Gentile?
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Why did God sometimes change a person's name in the Bible?
In my view, the following name changes: Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel, Simon to Peter and Saul to Paul; were all public declarations by God that this...
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What is the difference between a sect and a cult?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is Paul saying when he said, "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying"?
In my opinion, Paul was warning Timothy in this passage (1 Timothy 1:4) not to allow the Christians to whom he was ministering to become caught up in...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Was the Apostle Paul actually a false prophet?
It is important that we see Paul was chosen by God to be a preacher to the Gentiles. But also to the Greeks. Romans 1:16. He also preached the gospel of all...
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Gregory Jones
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does "divers places" or "various places" mean in Matthew 24:7?
I would say that the apostles would have interpreted Jesus' words as applying to the known world at that time, but (in my opinion) Jesus (as God) could also...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Why was Moses punished so harshly? (Numbers 20:12)
In my view Moses was not being punished at all. God simply decided to end Moses’ ministry as a servant and prophet of God. But why did God do that? I believe...