Is God male or female?
Perhaps the best answer is that God is both male and female. God created us in His image. Also, "... male and female He created them." I don't need to tell...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Where do the people go that did not take the mark of the beast and have given their life for Jesus?
It seems to me that the individuals described in the question are the ones mentioned in Revelation 20, who are raised in the first resurrection at the time...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How did the Spirit of the Lord begin to stir Samson? (13:25)
In my opinion, this verse is merely indicating that, although Samson was appointed by God as a Nazirite even before his conception (as described in Judges...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How did the Spirit of the Lord begin to stir Samson? (13:25)
How did the Spirit of the Lord begin to stir Samson? (13:24-25)-- 24 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the Lord blessed him,...
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What was the significance of John's clothes?
The camel can endure days in scorching hot deserts while transporting precious cargo... John the baptist wearing this camel hair symbolizes John's purpose:...
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Daniel Coleman
Why did the angel tell Joseph to name his son Jesus if Isaiah said He would be called Immanuel?
I was doing a search for, "Did the angel really tell Joseph you are to name the child Jesus?", when I came across this posting. My thoughts are: if his name...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did Jesus say to the young man, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me"?
In my opinion, when Jesus spoke of the young man becoming "perfect", He was not meaning it in the sense of "sinless" (since no one, including Christ's...
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Derek Blake
, 45 Years a Christian, ex-aerospace engineer, now in Cornwall
What is the origin of Christianity?
I think that the answer is in the question. The name Christianity contains the element Christ. The word Christianity only came into being around 1300AD. The...
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Gregory Jones
Why did Jesus say to the young man, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me"?
How would selling all his possessions and giving them to the poor make him "perfect"?
Matthew 19:21
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Cindy Jennings
, 1 Saved by Grace
What is the difference between the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and being anointed by the Holy Spirit?
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit happens as soon as you believe and stays with you forever. You can quench or grieve Him (Eph 4:30, 1 Thes 5:19) by turning...
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Kelli Hamann
, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician
Does a person have control over speaking in tongues?
This is a great question! As someone who speaks in tongues daily, I have some ideas, but I'll start with what Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 14: 14 For if I...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does a person have control over speaking in tongues?
I would say that, since the ability to speak in tongues is a specific gift of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:10), the bestowing of it on an individual is...
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What is the Jubilee?
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Kingdom Bound
, Semi-Retired Home-school Educator/Advisor
Does a person have control over speaking in tongues?
Does the Holy Spirit take over a persons tongue until speaking in tongues is over, or does the person speaking in tongues actually have some control over it?
Acts 2:1 - 47
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Is it wrong to want to be famous?
Joseph, because he did the right thing, and did not commit adultery with Potiphar's wife, ended up in prison. But God promoted him to head over all Egypt as...
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Do Christians have the authority to rebuke the devil?
To rebuke literally means to reprimand sharply. How did Jesus rebuke satan in Matt:4 when tempted? He spoke the word of God saying, "It is written." We as...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Why did David pour out the water to the Lord in II Samuel 23:15-17?
The book of Lamentations in the Old Testament tells us. Lamentations 2:19, "Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart...
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Derek Blake
, 45 Years a Christian, ex-aerospace engineer, now in Cornwall
Why did Jesus teach in parables?
When I started preaching many years ago, I remember my mentor told me, "People remember two things, what the laugh at and what shocks them." If we look at...
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What does Isaiah 58:7 mean by "not to hide yourself from your own flesh?"
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What is "the letter" in 2 Corinthians 3:6 and what does it kill?
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What is the law of Christ?
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What does it mean to resist the devil, and why will resistance cause the devil to flee?
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What is spiritual blindness?
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If you have a lot of debt, can you temporarily stop tithing while paying off the debt?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What did it mean to draw out water and pour it out to the Lord in 1 Sam. 7:6?
Water was a relatively scarce and precious commodity in the Middle East. Thus, to draw water, only to then pour it out in a religious context, was symbolic...
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Penny G. Vera
, PBX Operator Nationwide Insurance/Mascot-Costume home biz.
Why aren't people reading the bible anymore? How can people know God, but not know the Bible?
Here we go, this is my understanding. Second part first. How can people know God but not know the Bible? By word of mouth. By being fed God's word by others...
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Jenni Taylor
How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God, and not the Apocrypha, the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon, etc.?
In order to know that scripture is the Word of God we can check to see if the principles taught in it match up with or confirm the truths taught in the...
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Are we as born again believers mandated by God to tithe?
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Agnes Stuart
Why did dreams seem to help people know God’s will in the Bible? (Judges 7:15) Does this apply to people today?
God does speak in dreams and visions today just as Peter said in Acts 2:16 - 17: 'No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “‘In the last days, God...
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What is the purpose of the church?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does this fire … from Abimelek refer to? (9:20)
Gideon, whom God had appointed judge over Israel in Judges 6 in order to free Israel from its subjugation to the Midianites (which God had allowed to happen...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does this fire … from Abimelek refer to? (9:20)
What does this fire … from Abimelek refer to? (Judges 9:20) King James Version Judges 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the ...
Judges 9:4 - 5
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Derek Blake
, 45 Years a Christian, ex-aerospace engineer, now in Cornwall
When you sin, is it true that you don't need to ask for forgiveness because Jesus already nailed your sin to the cross?
I think the answer is pretty obvious. If we read Matthew 6:7-14 (also in Luke) we find the Twelve asking Jesus for advice on how to pray, and Jesus instructs...
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Tim Darden
, Retired from corporate America
Why did the leper say to Jesus, "If you are willing, you can make me clean"?
The leper's response has always been a bit curious to me, as well. Maybe the leper was acknowledging that he was in the presence of the Lord who does...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is it a sin to swim in public pools according to the Bible?
If I am interpreting the question correctly, I would say that swimming in a public pool (or any similar setting, such as a beach) would not be a sin in and...
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I am a parent; how can I let go of my adult children?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did dreams seem to help people know God’s will in the Bible? (Judges 7:15) Does this apply to people today?
I would say that, although God would certainly be capable of speaking to people through dreams or visions today, there might not be as much need for Him to...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
When Jesus returns for that last battle will his soldiers be resurrected people or angels?
I would say that, in the context of the events described in the vision given to John in Revelation, the "army" mentioned in Revelation 19:19 represents...
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Gregory Tomlinson
, Minister, husband,father,grandfather,vet., college graduate
Who was Lilith / Lillith? Does the Bible say anything about Adam having another wife before Eve?
Michael answers this very well, and and I would only augment it with: God gave Moses the Genesis account of creation, I believe to set the record straight,...
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Gregory Tomlinson
, Minister, husband,father,grandfather,vet., college graduate
If the penalty for our sins is eternity in Hell, how did Jesus' death pay our penalty if He did not spend eternity in Hell?
I do believe the case can be made for eternal punishment, and hell being a place of torment. Luke 16: 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did dreams seem to help people know God’s will in the Bible? (Judges 7:15) Does this apply to people today?
Why do dreams seem to help us know God’s will today? (Judges 7, esp. verse 15) -- 13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a...
Judges 7:15
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What does 1 Peter 2:9 mean when it refers to believers as peculiar people?
What makes us a peculiar people is that we know we have eternal life because we have believed the gospel of our salvation. Peter is writing to the Hebrew...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why didn't Matthew mention the names of three kings in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Perhaps the names of these three kings were omitted from Matthew's genealogy as a reflection of a negative judgment on that portion of David's line because...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did the leper say to Jesus, "If you are willing, you can make me clean"?
In my opinion, the leper's statement was indicative of 1) his faith in the ability or power of Jesus to heal him of his disease; 2) the respect that was due...