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  1. Where did the quails come from when the Israelites complained?
  2. How can we fully trust God's personal care for us, as described in verses like 1 Peter 5:7, when life still feels overwhelming?
  3. How does the war between Israel and Persia fit Bible prophecy?
  4. Is this shaking of earth & heaven literal or symbolic (Revelation 6:12-17)?
  5. How does 1 Peter 5 teach us to live humbly in a culture obsessed with status and self-promotion?
  6. What does the Bible say about fate and destiny?
  7. Why did Abimelech murder his brothers?
  8. How can I be "on fire for Jesus"?
  9. What did Jesus mean, "My kingdom is not of this world"? John 18:36
  10. Are we Christ’s sheep because we believe, or do we believe because we are his sheep?


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Answer by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

Did blood and water literally come out of Christ's pierced side (John 19:34)?

Yes. John just describes what he saw, rather than speaking in symbols. It's also my understanding that this separation indicates heart failure prior to Jesus...

May 25 2025 Follow Vote Up

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

Was there anything outside of Eden when God planted it in the East, and was Adam created outside the Garden?

Since the Bible records (as noted above in Genesis 1:8) that God placed Adam in the garden after He had created him, this says to me that the actual creation...

May 24 2025 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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Did blood and water literally come out of Christ's pierced side (John 19:34)?

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. –Gospel of John 19:34

John 19:31 - 37

May 24 2025 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Carolyn Hostetter , Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator

Was there anything outside of Eden when God planted it in the East, and was Adam created outside the Garden?

Genesis 1:8 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one t...

May 24 2025 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Scott Broberg , Fig Tree Ministries

Who was the young man who fled naked in Mark 14:51-52?

While the exact identity of the young man who fled naked in Mark 14:51–52 remains uncertain, scholars have proposed several interpretive possibilities. Each...

May 23 2025 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Scott Broberg , Fig Tree Ministries

What exactly was the saving message that must be believed for eternal life preached by Peter?

This is a challenging and deeply theological question, and it highlights the tension between modern systematic theology and the dynamic, context-rich...

May 23 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Billy P Eldred

Why do Christians practice the indoctrination of children?

First of all, let me give you the simple answer. Because we are commanded to. The Bible tells us: Proverbs 22:6 NIV [6] Start children off on the way they...

May 23 2025 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Who are the spirits Jesus Christ went on to proclaim to in 1 Peter 3:19?

Who are the spirits Jesus Christ went on to proclaim to in 1 Peter 3:19? The verse says, "Christ went and preached to the spirits in prison." I take the...

May 22 2025 3 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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How did Paul survive his fight with wild beasts in Ephesus? 1 Corinthians 15:32

May 22 2025

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

What are the beatitudes?

Beautiful question, Bill! These Beatitudes are found in Mt 5:3-12 and Lk 6:20-23 (24-26). 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit (Matthew 5:3) You’re blessed when...

May 22 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

What exactly was the saving message that must be believed for eternal life preached by Peter?

Peter clearly presented the saving message when he wrote his first epistle. People are saved to a living hope and for an incorruptible inheritance, when they...

May 22 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does the Bible say about altar calls? Are altar calls biblical?

May 22 2025

Answer by ainsley chalmers , Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.

What does the Bible say about altar calls? Are altar calls biblical?

45 years ago I gave my heart to Christ. It was the most exciting event of my life though my then knowledge of scripture was minimal. 3 months post conversion...

May 22 2025 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why are Christians so strongly against premarital sex?

May 21 2025

Question by Anonymous
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What are some areas of Creation where God's wise design and rule are advantageous/merciful to us?

For example, the earth is not too close to the sun nor too far away. Job 38:8-11

May 21 2025 Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean that 'the Lord said to my Lord'?

What does it mean that 'the Lord said to my Lord'? (this is a question that also appears on studyandobey.com / Psalm 110.) It appears thusly: Who is the...

May 21 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What is the doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture? What does it mean that the Bible is sufficient?

May 21 2025

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What does "El Roi" mean for us today?

May 21 2025

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

What exactly did the 7th commandment mean?

By my understanding, although the Bible does use adultery in multiple passages (other than the Ten Commandments) as a symbolic metaphor for the sin of...

May 19 2025 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

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What did Jesus mean when He said to 'not cast your pearls before swine'?

May 18 2025

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Who are the spirits Jesus Christ went on to proclaim to in 1 Peter 3:19?

May 18 2025

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Why is Christianity such a bloody religion?

May 18 2025

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

Why is Christianity such a bloody religion?

In Leviticus 17:11, God says that life is in the blood, and that’s why blood was used in sacrifices—it showed that sin leads to death and that a life had to...

May 18 2025 2 Comments 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Gary Butler

What exactly did the 7th commandment mean?

I'm just wondering if this question meant idol worship, or at the time it was written about having more than one wife?

Exodus 20:4

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

Why did God open up the path through the Red Sea at night instead of day?

As I read it, the fact that the dividing wind blew all night (coupled with the workings of the pillar of fire and the cloud as described in Exodus 14:19-20)...

May 17 2025 Follow Vote Up

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

Who was Ahitophel?

Ahithophel may have been Bathsheba’s grandfather—2 Samuel 11:3 names her father as Eliam, and 2 Samuel 23:34 identifies Eliam as Ahithophel’s son. If that's...

May 17 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Who killed Saul?

By my reading, Saul killed himself by falling on his sword, as indicated in 1 Samuel 31:4. The account of Saul's death in 2 Samuel 1 was a deliberate...

May 17 2025 Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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Who killed Saul?

Why does 1 Samuel 31:4 say Saul fell upon his sword and 2 Samuel verse 1 says a man killed Saul?

1 Samuel 31:4

May 17 2025 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why is corporate worship important?

One of the importance of corporate worship is the opportunity to be blessed by other believers through the exercise of their gifts. A prophecy can come...

May 17 2025 1 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by WESLEY BARNARD

How does young earth creationism handle the apparent evidence for millions of years in the fossil record?

Mr. Houdmann’s take on this question is very sound and reasonable up to a point. There are areas where I know he has made mistakes and I hope my contribution...

May 17 2025 1 Comments 9 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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Why did God open up the path through the Red Sea at night instead of day?

I'm just wondering if there is any significance and/or advantage to crossing during the night since I imagine they were tired from their journey and probably...

May 17 2025 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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Does the Bible say anything about a black Pope in relation to the end times?

May 17 2025

Answer by John Appelt

Why did Jesus say, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Psalm 22:1 is said to be quoted by Jesus. The fact is, He did not quote it. This “Psalm of David,” as the heading states, is David’s poem or song describing...

May 17 2025 16 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

When will the tribulation begin?

Matthew 24:7: For nations shall rise against nation, and kingdoms against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers...

May 17 2025 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What did Jesus mean when He said the first will be last and the last will be first?

May 15 2025

Answer by Joh Ab

What does it mean, "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten"?

Jesus mentions about the hell fire more than a dozen times in the Bible. Christ said, "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the...

May 15 2025 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

Was man brought forth in iniquity or made upright? Psalm 51:5

We must remember that this Psalm is a deep lament over personal sin, expressed with typical Hebrew hyperbole. Ezekiel 18 makes it clear that children aren't...

May 15 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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Why is 'You shall not covet' in the Ten Commandments?

May 14 2025

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

What started Baal-worship during the wilderness wanderings (Ps 106:28-31)?

Psalm 106:28: They joined themselves also unto Ba’-al-pe’-or, and ate the sacrifice of the dead. At the beginning of creation, Cain and Abel, the sons of...

May 14 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why is there a discrepancy in the numbers in 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18?

Looking in my NKJV Nelson study Bible, the explanation is a copycat's error. However I looked in every other version I have and they all say the same thing....

May 14 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Did King David rape Bathsheba?

To me, the more accurate phrasing would be to say that David took advantage of Bathsheba based on his power as king and the disparity in their positions. The...

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Question by Anonymous
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Did King David rape Bathsheba?

Psalms 51:1 - 19

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What is the story of Abraham and Lot?

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How do "ministering spirits" help those who are to inherit salvation?

May 13 2025

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

What did Jesus mean by saying that we are blessed when people insult or persecute us for His sake?

What did Jesus mean by saying that we are blessed when people insult or persecute us for His sake? Matthew 5:11-12, New International Version: 11 “Blessed...

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May 12 2025

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

Why were we “children” or “objects” of wrath? Ephesians 2:3

This phrase, “children” or “objects” of wrath in Ephesians 2:3 reminds us of the deep impact Adam's sin had on every one of us. Because of his choice, we...

May 11 2025 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Billy P Eldred

If I am saved and all of my sins are forgiven, why not continue to sin?

My answer to this question won't be popular here but I think you, the one who asked this question, needs to read this. We do not own salvation. What we have...

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What should I look for in a Christian boyfriend?

May 11 2025

Question by Anonymous
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Why is there a discrepancy in the numbers in 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18?

2 Samuel 10:18, says: “And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed 700 charioteers of the Syrians, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded Shobach t...

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