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

When did David hope to see the Lord? (Psalm 17:15)

When did David hope to see the Lord? (Psalm 17:15) Psalm 17:15 (NIV) "As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be sa...

December 26 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Should we give gifts at Christmas?

The bible says that we love because God first loved us so much that he gave [gift] his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but...

December 26 2018 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Does "God hate shrimp"?

December 26 2018

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Are civil unions with vows and/or marriage with a licence equal biblically?

A civil union with vows or a marriage with a license have nothing to do with a biblical marriage. These are cultural ceremonies concluding in a social and...

December 26 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Does "God hate shrimp"?

December 26 2018

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

In Psalms 25 what does it mean when it says, "His offspring will inherit the land"?

His seed shall inherit the earth. God remembers Isaac for the sake of Abraham, and Jacob for the sake of Isaac. Good men's sons have a goodly portion to...

December 25 2018 Follow Vote Up

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

Why is a bronze serpent used to save the Israelites in Numbers 21:8-9?

Why did God use a symbol of death to bring healing life (Numbers 21:8-9)? Is it ironic that medic alert bracelets use the insignia of a snake coiled around a...

December 25 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

How is the Lord a refuge for the oppressed? (Psalm 9:9-10)

God will never abandon those who seek him. God's promise does not mean that if we trust him, we will escape loss or suffering. It means that God himself will...

December 25 2018 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How can I overcome an addiction to internet porn? Can addiction to pornography be defeated?

Here is something I gleaned from CBN: "HALT": The acronym “HALT” may be helpful, reminding you not to get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired. Realize that...

December 25 2018 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why was Jesus never called Emmanuel? (Matthew 1:23)

Question: "Why wasn't Jesus named Immanuel?" Answer: In the prophecy of the virgin birth, Isaiah 7:14, the prophet Isaiah declares, “The Lord himself will...

December 25 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Why did God use a symbol of death to bring healing? (Numbers 21:8)

In Numbers 21:1-9 God tells Moses to place a brass serpent on a pole and anybody bitten by serpents could look at the brass serpent and be healed. As real...

December 25 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Why did God need Lot to leave Sodom and Gomorrah in order to destroy it if He is powerful enough to do whatever He wants?

The Bible is not only a collection of stories and events meant to inform and entertain us – the Bible is also “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and...

December 25 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why did God use a symbol of death to bring healing? (Numbers 21:8)

I would say that, as Jesus Himself noted in John 3:14, the bronze serpent (a symbol of death) in Numbers was meant to be a foreshadowing of Christ, in that...

December 25 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did God use a symbol of death to bring healing? (Numbers 21:8)

8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up ...

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What does it mean, "Hurt not the oil and the wine," in Revelation 6:6?

December 25 2018

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Why are there so many fake Christians?

December 25 2018

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

How is God a rock? (Psalm 18:2; Psalm 18:31; Psalm 19:14)

I would say that different passages of Scripture liken God to a rock from the standpoints of strength, solidity, protection, and advantage. As a rock is...

December 25 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Why was there no room in the Inn?

There was no room in the Inn because God had "ordained" it to be so. You see, every event in the "Birth, Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ" is...

December 24 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What should we learn from the life of Gideon?

December 24 2018

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Did Abraham obey God's Moral Law (Ten Commandments)?

December 24 2018

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

How is God a rock? (Psalm 18:2; Psalm 18:31; Psalm 19:14)

How is God a rock? (Psalm 18:2; Psalm 18:31; Psalm 19:14) The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refug...

December 24 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why do most Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah?

December 23 2018

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

What did David mean when he wrote that God would not abandon [him] to the realm of the dead? Psalm 16:10

As was the case with several prophetic verses in the Old Testament, the verse noted in the question had multiple levels of meaning, pertaining to both the...

December 23 2018 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Myron Robertson , Seeking God's heart

How can we discern counterfeit miracles?

You must learn to dig into the scriptures for yourself to get an answer to this matter, mostly BECAUSE that will be the only way to discern these matters on...

December 23 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jay Saunders

Who is currently in Heaven?

Justification comes through faith during the old and new covenants. Yet if you remember Enoch was justified because he walked with God. What does walking...

December 23 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What did David mean when he wrote that God would not abandon [him] to the realm of the dead? Psalm 16:10

What did David mean when he wrote that God would not abandon [him] to the realm of the dead? Psalm 16:10 Psalm 16 A miktam[c] of David. 9 Therefore my h...

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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Rich Fool?

December 23 2018

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Should we, as Christians, watch television (TV)?

December 23 2018

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Should Christians be tolerant of other people's religious beliefs?

December 23 2018

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

Why was Jesus never called Emmanuel? (Matthew 1:23)

Other passages in the Old Testament that clearly pertain to the coming of the Messiah (including others by the same prophet (Isaiah) who wrote the prophecy...

December 23 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Should Christians recycle? How should a Christian view recycling?

Bible Verses about Recycling John 6:12 ESV And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be...

December 23 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why was Jesus never called Emmanuel? (Matthew 1:23)

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call h...

December 23 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What are "the plagues written in this book" of Revelation 22:18?

I would agree with Mr. Maas' Revelation 9 and 16 references. Revelation 9: 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates...

December 23 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by acey gamblin

How does one know one has the Holy Spirit? What are the signs?

The new testament church began on the day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-4, also read Acts,10:44,45,46,Acts 19:19:5,6.Tongues are a sign that you have receive the...

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What does the Bible say about eating disorders (e.g., anorexia, bulimia)?

December 22 2018

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

How is the Lord a refuge for the oppressed? (Psalm 9:9-10)

Since this psalm is noted as having been written by David, I would say that, in this verse, David was drawing from his own experience with regard to the...

December 22 2018 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did God need Lot to leave Sodom and Gomorrah in order to destroy it if He is powerful enough to do whatever He wants?

If God had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, while not requiring Lot and his daughters to leave in order to survive, I would say that their situation would not...

December 22 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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Why did God need Lot to leave Sodom and Gomorrah in order to destroy it if He is powerful enough to do whatever He wants?

If God is omnipotent, couldn't he have destroyed everything except the good people and their belongings?

Genesis 19:1 - 38

December 22 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How is the Lord a refuge for the oppressed? (Psalm 9:9-10)

How is the Lord a refuge for the oppressed? (Psalm 9:9-10) 9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 10 Those ...

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

Should a Christian have hobbies?

I would say Mark 6:31, what Jesus said to his followers: "And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there...

December 22 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What should we learn from the life of Hannah?

Most of this I found from calligraphyforGod: Hannah Bible Character Study Notes Character Study Key Verse Now, these things happened as examples for us so...

December 22 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Robert Ross

How does a believer faithfully share Christ while still loving and accepting non-believers where they are?

In Matthew 16 :18 Jesus stated “I will build my church and the Gates of Hell will not stand against it”. The “church “ He here prophesied into existence is...

December 22 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What is the Latin Vulgate Bible?

December 21 2018

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

What are "the plagues written in this book" of Revelation 22:18?

I would say that the plagues being referred to are primarily those that are described in Revelation 8-9, as well as in Revelation 16, although there are also...

December 21 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Oun Kwon

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

Hebrew word ra' [H7451] + spirit occurs in 1Sam 16:15, 16; 18:10; 19:9. Also Judge 9:23. Most translates as 'evil spirit'. However, English word 'evil' is...

December 21 2018 3 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What are "the plagues written in this book" of Revelation 22:18?

What are "the plagues written in this book" of Revelation 22:18? 22:18 "I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: ...

December 21 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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How interested are Christians supposed to be in the spirit world?

December 21 2018

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What is the difference between a reverend and a pastor?

December 21 2018