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
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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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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
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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...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What was a watchman, and what did he do? (Ezekiel 3:17)
As indicated in the passage from Ezekiel cited in the question, a watchman was an individual who was responsible for monitoring an assigned area...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What did it mean to cover with the corner of a garment? (Ezekiel 16:8)
A man covering a woman with his garment or cloak (or a woman covering herself with a man's garment or cloak (Ruth 3:7-9)) was an action in biblical times...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is “putting out a fleece”? (Judges 6:36-40)
In Judges 6:11, Gideon was visited by a being identified as "the angel of the Lord" (considered by many Bible commentators to have been God Himself in the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did it mean to cover with the corner of a garment? (Ezekiel 16:8)
What did it mean to cover with the corner of a garment? (Ezekiel 16:8) -- 8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What was a watchman, and what did he do? (Ezekiel 3:17)
14 The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord on me. 15 I came t...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is “putting out a fleece”? (Judges 6:36-40)
What is “putting out a fleece”? (Judges 6:36–40)-- 36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised— 37 look, I will place a ...
Judges 6:22 - 23
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Why didn't Matthew mention the names of three kings in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Matthew 1:8 Matthew didn't include three kings after king Jehoram: 1) King Ahaziah 2) King Joash 3) King Amaziah The above three kings were missing in...
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What is the difference between hope and faith?
Hebrew 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The prophecy of Christ is our substance for the hope of...
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What did Jesus mean when He said 'Let the dead bury the dead'?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who would've harmed Cain if God hadn’t put the mark on him?
In my opinion, Cain's words reflected the "intuitive" idea of blood-revenge, in which the taking of a human life was deemed serious enough (just by normal...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why does the devil want people to sin? What does he "gain" from this?
Ever since his rebellion against God (because of his desire to replace God as the supreme power in the universe) and his consequent expulsion from heaven,...
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Jack Croach
What is the difference between hope and faith?
This faith is a complete trust or confidence in something. Faith involves intellectual assent to a set of facts and trust in those facts. For example, we...
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Karen Burr
Will Jehovah's Witnesses go to heaven?
JW's do NOT believe that Jesus was born from Mary. They believe that Jesus is Michael the Angel that was sent down from Heaven. They also do not read the...
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Why does the devil want people to sin? What does he "gain" from this?
Does sinning make the devil stronger against God? I don’t understand the motivation of the devil. What if there were more people who died with sin than who r...
Mark 1:13
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the difference between hope and faith?
As Hebrews 11:1 puts it, "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hope is a wish or desire. Faith gives...