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  1. How can believers be poor and rich at the same time? Revelation 2:9
  2. What happened to the gentiles before Jesus came?
  3. What witnessing principles can Christians learn from the lepers' response in 2 Kings 7:3–9?
  4. What is the role of Elihu in the book of Job?
  5. What is the meaning of the flying scroll in Zechariah 5, and how is it connected to God's judgment on thieves and liars?
  6. What did Paul mean by "dogs" in Philippians 3:2?
  7. How are believers supposed to 'learn Christ,' according to Ephesians 4:20?
  8. What does it mean that Christ "was crucified in weakness" (2 Cor. 13:4)?
  9. Why include a final warning about adding or subtracting from this book? Revelation 22:18-19
  10. Why was God tired of sacrifices? Isaiah 1:11-14


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"Jesus wept" in John 11:35, why did He weep?

January 10 2019

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

Why wasn’t the psalmist afraid of powerful and wicked people? (Psalm 49:5–9)

This same thought is expressed multiple times in the Psalms, such as in Psalm 23:4 and Psalm 118:6 (to name just two). The psalmist (David or otherwise) was...

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What does it mean that God has granted us 'everything we need for life and godliness?'

Personally I think this verse is talking about the things that our God has given to us who are in Christ. By His power he has given us everything we need to...

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Had it ever rained before the Flood in Noah's day?

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Does Genesis chapter 1 mean literal 24-hour days?

January 10 2019

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

Why wasn’t the psalmist afraid of powerful and wicked people? (Psalm 49:5–9)

5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, 6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of the ...

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What does the Bible say about sadness?

January 09 2019

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What exactly does "fall away" mean in Heb 6:6?

Some apply this verse today to superficial believers who renounce their Christianity or to unbelievers who come close to salvation, then turn away. Either...

January 09 2019 4 Comments 12 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

If a Christian accidentally kills a person will s/he lose his/her salvation?

Even in the Old Testament (as indicated in the passage cited in the question), there was a distinction made between deliberate or premeditated killing, and...

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What does it mean to have mustard seed faith?

January 09 2019

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How does Lot's wife looking back relate to us today?

January 09 2019

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Must precept be upon precept?

January 09 2019

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What does it mean that love is not proud?

We don't put ourselves above other people, thinking they're wrong and we're right all the time, no! We're to love and treat each other right, plus be workers...

January 08 2019 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by George Emerson

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

I am quite confident that a majority of our founding get father's were Christians. We're they faultless? No, as they are as we are from a fallen race. That...

January 08 2019 1 Comments 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by STANLEY S. DRANE

What are the "these things" Timothy and Christians are to "flee?" 1 Timothy 6:11 ESV

Paul uses active and forceful verbs to describe the Christian life, flee, follow, fight, lay hold on. We as Saints, must have an active faith, training,...

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January 08 2019

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What is original sin?

January 08 2019

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What does the Bible say about pets?

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What should we learn from the walls of Jericho falling down?

January 08 2019

Answer by Thomas Riccardi , Warrior Spirit

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

I believe a small percentage of them may have been Christian. However, the greed and power seizing and attaining riches in an ill gotten manner were rampant,...

January 08 2019 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does Job mean in Job 14:7 about a tree that refuses to die?

As noted in the passage cited in the question, Job (in his discouraged state as a result of all the tragedy that had befallen him) was contrasting the way in...

January 08 2019 1 Comments Follow Vote Up

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

Why weren't the Levites counted like all of the other tribes were?

I would say that, since God's direction to Moses in Numbers 1:3 centered specifically on counting males twenty years of age and older who were able to go to...

January 08 2019 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Frederick Bryant

What is the importance of Christian baptism?

Baptism is required of believers and it must be understood that only believers can be baptized, symbolic to being buried with Christ and then resurrected...

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Answer by Frederick Bryant

Why is church attendance important?

I say that we must be obedient to the Word of God. The Scripture says, "Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together, as the manner of some is; but...

January 08 2019 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Charles Yeager

Do we have eternal life in Christ now, or do we receive it in the future?

No, you do not have eternal life yet but the true believer has the promise of eternal life by way of the down payment of the Holy Spirit. There are two types...

January 08 2019 5 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does Job mean in Job 14:7 about a tree that refuses to die?

7“ For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. 8“ Though its roots grow ...

Job 14:7 - 22

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Why weren't the Levites counted like all of the other tribes were?

Is there an explanation as to why the Levites were not to be counted?

Numbers 1:47 - 49

January 08 2019 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Matthews , Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker

What is the purpose of marriage?

The biblical purpose of marriage was for a man and woman to join together for populating the earth. Gen 2:24 and Gen 9:1 A civil ceremony was never required...

January 08 2019 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?

January 08 2019

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

Which churches or religions preach that there is heaven when people die but nobody goes to hell?

The question sounds as if it might be referring to the doctrines of either universalism (where everyone is saved) or annihilationism (where, by my...

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What is the difference between Sheol, Hades, Hell, Lake of Fire, Paradise, and Abraham's Bosom?

January 07 2019

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What does the Bible say about what foods we should eat (kosher)? Are there foods a Christian should avoid?

January 07 2019

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Does this passage, John 3:16-17, tell us that God sent Jesus to die for our sins?

January 07 2019

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

When did Mary know for certain that Jesus was the Son of God?

I would say that Mary knew from a factual standpoint (and also believed through faith) that the child she would bear would be the Son of God from the moment...

January 07 2019 Follow Vote Up

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Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

January 07 2019

Question by Kathlelen Kelnhofer

When did Mary know for certain that Jesus was the Son of God?

Luke 2:16-19: " 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby m lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying ...

Luke 2:48 - 51

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Answer by John Matthews , Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker

Were the Founding Fathers of the United States Christians?

It doesn't matter whether or not the founding fathers were Christians, Jews, Muslims or Buddhists. This nation was founded by brilliant men who prohibited...

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Question by Alfred Luthringer

What will the end days be like?

2 Timothy 3:1

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Answer by Anthony Clinton , Teacher in China

Is the "Left Behind" series biblical?

It is clear that the rapture and the one time resurrection of the righteous dead are married and cannot be separated. Therefore the timing of that one time...

January 07 2019 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Which churches or religions preach that there is heaven when people die but nobody goes to hell?

My daughter went to a church that was telling her that everybody goes to heaven, nobody goes to hell. Also, this church was preaching from a few books of the...

January 07 2019 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is the sin unto death?

January 07 2019

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If an unmarried couple has sex, are they married in God's eyes?

January 07 2019

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January 07 2019

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

January 07 2019

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