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

How should a Christian view hand based biometrics? Could it be the prologue to the mark of the beast?

Speaking just for myself, I would not attach any end-times significance to these developments. It seems to me that the mark of the beast is presented in...

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Should a Christian be patriotic?

August 17 2018

Answer by Rich Hazeltine

How can I forgive myself?

Jesus made a relationship with the Father possible by paying for our sin. That relationship does not depend on self-forgiveness. If one focuses on their sin...

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Question by Anonymous
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How should a Christian view hand based biometrics? Could it be the prologue to the mark of the beast?

My employer is about to compulsorily introduce hand based biometric scans for entry to/exist from the workplace and to access certain systems within the offi...

Revelation 13:16 - 17

August 17 2018 7 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Andrew Osakue , Ex: Chief T. Officer, Fish Farmer, Bible Teacher, Men Leader

Is Jesus saying we have to pay tithe in Matthew 23:23?

I believe our Lord Jesus Christ addressed two issues here: The issue of paying tithes and showing mercy, as well as being just and faithful. Reading between...

August 17 2018 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is Jesus saying we have to pay tithe in Matthew 23:23?

This verse is also repeated in Luke 11:42, 43. The next verse Jesus says, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are...

August 17 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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How can I forgive myself?

August 17 2018

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Can I remarry according to the Bible if I am divorced?

August 17 2018

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What is God’s stand on equality between men and women?

August 17 2018

Question by Barka Piyinkir Ndahi

How do we rightly distinguish the instructions of Jesus under the Old Covenant and his instructions that are under the New Covenant?

(for example, on this page https://ebible.com/questions/5676-does-the-pastor-of-the-church-receive-all-the-tithes, Matthew 23:23 was explained as being roote...

2 Corinthians 3:6

1 Vote August 17 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Karen Nygaard

How can I become more like Christ?

I agree with everything that has been stated, but would like to add: Acts 1:8 The Holy Spirit empowers us to live Christlike. We can do nothing in and if...

August 16 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is Jesus saying we have to pay tithe in Matthew 23:23?

In my opinion, the central point that Jesus is making in this passage (as He did on other occasions) is not regarding the requirement to tithe, but the...

August 16 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is the meaning of the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37?

August 16 2018

Answer by Raphael Ndukwe Kalu

Why did dreams seem to help people know God’s will in the Bible? (Judges 7:15) Does this apply to people today?

My personal view is that God through the ministry of the Holy Spirit desires to communicate and fellowship with people always. However, as a result of man's...

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Is it right for a Christian to date or marry a non-Christian?

August 16 2018

Question by Lawrie Yinka

Is Jesus saying we have to pay tithe in Matthew 23:23?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice ...

Matthew 23:23

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Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

What does it mean to judge impartially?

I humbly submit for your consideration that this simple concept and command is the foundation upon which rests the whole of Western jurisprudence a branch of...

August 16 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why would Achish, King of Gath, dismiss David as insane in 1 Sam 21:10-15 and accept him as a fellow warrior in 1 Samuel 27:1-12?

I would say that it was because, during the passage of time between the events in 1 Samuel 21 and 1 Samuel 27, Achish, the king of Gath in the land of the...

August 15 2018 Follow Vote Up

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

What is the bundle of the living? (1 Samuel 25:29)

These words were spoken by Abigail, the wife of Nabal, a descendant of Caleb (Numbers 13:6) of the tribe of Judah, who kept a large number of sheep and goats...

August 15 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why would Achish, King of Gath, dismiss David as insane in 1 Sam 21:10-15 and accept him as a fellow warrior in 1 Samuel 27:1-12?

David Flees to Gath 10 And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to (K)Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is n...

August 15 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What is the bundle of the living? (1 Samuel 25:29)

1 Samuel 25:29. "Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD...

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Why did Jesus tell Peter to 'feed my sheep' in John 21?

August 15 2018

Answer by Rich Hazeltine

What is the key to witnessing to Muslims?

Here's what comes to my mind when I read a question like this: Acts: 1. 1. The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and...

August 15 2018 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean to judge impartially?

I would say that, as Moses indicated in Deuteronomy 1:16-17, judging impartially would have meant making a ruling in any particular case based only on the...

August 15 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Doreen Lovell , Evangelist and Prayer Intercessor

What does it mean that the Lord is my Shepherd?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD? PSALM 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” SHEPHERDS guard their flocks at night whether in the...

August 14 2018 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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What does it mean to judge impartially?

The men selected by Moses were set over the people in the desert and told to judge impartially. What does that mean?

Deuteronomy 2:1 - 25

1 Vote August 14 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Christopher Petitti

What does it mean to be 'born of water and the Spirit'?

In John 3:3 Jesus said that unless one was born again, he could not see the Kingdom of God, and in v.5 He says that unless one is born of water and the...

August 14 2018 13 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does the Bible say about the virgin Mary?

August 14 2018

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

Is it true when you are sick you are under a curse?

Nothing on earth happens without God's permissive will. The Bible records instances where God used (and would still be capable of using even today) illness...

August 14 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Gregory Jones

Is it true when you are sick you are under a curse?

Acts 5:16

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Is hell real? Is hell eternal?

August 14 2018

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

How can an evil spirit be from the Lord? (1 Samuel 19:9)

I would take the passage in question to be saying that the evil spirit did not originate from God, but that it was allowed by God's permissive will to...

August 13 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Andrew Rodriguez

Do we have an appointed time of death?

There are many verses in scriptures where it indicates we all have an appointed time to die. In order for it to be appointed, doesn't it also mean it has to...

August 13 2018 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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When can music be considered 'Christian music'?

August 13 2018

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What are the Christian themes in Prince Caspian?

August 13 2018

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

Why was Reuel also called Jethro?

Although the manner in which "Jethro" is used appears to treat it as a name, my understanding is that it was actually a title, since its meaning in Hebrew is...

August 13 2018 Follow Vote Up

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

If a person wants to lay hands on the sick, to speak in tongues, or to prophesy, does s/he need to be saved and submitted to Jesus, or are these skills given to anyone and everyone whom God chooses?

Since the function of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Christ, and to build up His body (the church), I would say that the gifts or powers mentioned in the...

August 13 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by bernard bunag

Why was Reuel also called Jethro?

Exodus 3:1

1 Vote August 13 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Lena Wms , Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

If a person wants to lay hands on the sick, to speak in tongues, or to prophesy, does s/he need to be saved and submitted to Jesus, or are these skills given to anyone and everyone whom God chooses?

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, first allow me to say that I believe that God can and does use anyone He chooses to present to us the Light of His Son...

August 13 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What is Kwanzaa? Should a Christian celebrate Kwanzaa?

August 13 2018

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What is the New Covenant?

August 13 2018

Answer by Lena Wms , Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

Why did God punish David's son instead of David himself for his sin?

I have a bit of a different take on the first child of David and Bathsheba being taken by the LORD. Yes, it was a punishment on David, and David should have...

August 13 2018 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Why did God direct Noah to build the ARK?

I humbly submit for your consideration a few thoughts on the matter. There was wide spread human DNA manipulation-corruption via the forced cross breeding of...

August 13 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jay Saunders

What should we learn from the life of Elisha?

The life of Elisha reveals to us that with God's will and help all things are possible when faith is manifested in our great God though the name of Jesus...

August 12 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jay Saunders

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

In the time of Jesus no one sacrificed more in the care of his sheep than a Shepherd. His entire life was spent in the care of his sheep. Jesus protects us...

August 12 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jay Saunders

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

I am Jay Dennis Saunders. In my research of the meaning of my names, I found that I am Joyful Worshipper Son of Thunder; that is the root meaning of my three...

August 12 2018 2 Comments 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How can we know what parts of the Bible apply to us today?

Many go through the bible and pick out verses to make the bible say what they already believe instead of what it says. Satan blinds the eyes of unbelievers...

August 12 2018 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Does Mark 16:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?

August 12 2018

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What is Trinity Sunday?

August 12 2018