How to avoid being used by others while maintaining love?
Jesus said He came to serve and not be served. As a follower of Christ, I am confused sometimes. Should I help my colleague? It’s her job but she passed it o...
John 15:13
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is the purpose of the thousand-year reign of Christ?
It will be the kingdom of God on earth. The lion will lie down with the lamb, and children will put there hands in cobras dens and not be bit. Some of us...
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Anna Thornton
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Robert Martin
How do I quit addiction to alcohol?
I quit by praying constantly, and with a little help from my friends. A good person you can talk to honestly about why you drink. I am counting my blessings,...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did God make sex before marriage a sin if he blesses those who are not married with children?
I would agree that children are a blessing, but they are also a consequence and a responsibility. In my opinion, among the reasons that God made premarital...
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Why does God allow sickness?
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What is praying in tongues? Is praying in tongues a prayer language between a believer and God?
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What was the practice of casting lots?
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Why is Biblical Creationism so important?
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Why did God make sex before marriage a sin if he blesses those who are not married with children?
Doesn't make sense to me that children, the product of sex, would be produced by people who aren't married if it's a sin for them to have sex.
Numbers 25:1
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Why kill the women and children in the battle against King Og of Bashan (Deuteronomy 3:6)?
I think that the primary considerations involved in God commanding the total destruction of various peoples (including non-combatant women and children) were...
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What does it mean that God will pour out His Spirit on all people?
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What should we learn from the life of Peter?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why didn’t God accept the people’s repentance after the Amorites overcame them in battle? (1:45)
I would say because God, being omniscient, knows when repentance is sincere and genuine, as opposed to when people are behaving from other motives (such as...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is referred to in this passage by "the deep things" that the Spirit searches?
In my opinion, this verse is saying that, since the Holy Spirit (as one of the three Persons of the Godhead) is fully and truly God, He possesses the full...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why worship a calf? (Deuteronomy 9:16)
I would say that Aaron chose a calf for the idol that he made (Exodus 32:4) due to its established association in the people's minds (from their time in...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did God have to warn his people about sacrificing their own children? (Deut. 12:31)
As implied in the question, it would seem so intuitively obvious that people should not sacrifice their own children that God should not have even had to...
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Aurel Gheorghe
What does the Bible say about our loved ones in heaven coming to visit us on Earth?
The Bible say absolutely nothing about the departed visiting us here on Earth. Actually, the Bible doesn’t say anywhere that upon death we go to heaven....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did God have to warn his people about sacrificing their own children? (Deut. 12:31)
Why did God have to warn his people about sacrificing their own children? (12:31)--” 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worsh...
Deuteronomy 12:31
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Why does this passage referring to Adam and Eve talk about leaving a father and mother if Adam and Eve were the first people on earth?
It is important when we read the bible to understand who the author of the book was, when did they live and what audience they were writing for. The book of...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why worship a calf? (Deuteronomy 9:16)
Why worship a calf? (Deuteronomy 9:16)--"When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the ...
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Is it wrong to feel someone is disturbing me by praying out loudly, for example at 4am?
The Bible states that the two greatest commandments are: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength." "And love your neighbor as...
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STANLEY S. DRANE
How do I quit addiction to alcohol?
I'm glad you asked. We see in Ephesians 5:18 (Matthew Henry Commentary): Drunkenness is a sin that never goes alone, but carries men into other evils. It is...
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Lawrence wong
, Disciple of iEsou ("Yeh-sou") christou
How do I quit addiction to alcohol?
Christ cast demons out of people. Any addiction is a condition where the person has lost control of their own ability to manage the problem. If you believe...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why kill the women and children in the battle against King Og of Bashan (Deuteronomy 3:6)?
"We completely destroyed them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying every city-men, women and children." (NIV)
Deuteronomy 3:6
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why didn’t God accept the people’s repentance after the Amorites overcame them in battle? (1:45)
And you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord did not listen to your voice or give ear to you. 46 So d you remained at Kadesh many days, the days t...
Deuteronomy 1:45 - 46
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What does it mean to worship the Lord in spirit and truth?
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Do pets / animals go to Heaven? Do pets / animals have souls?
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Which of the 30,000 Protestant denominations is the true church of God?
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When God flooded the earth, was the Garden of Eden also destroyed?
I think that the Garden of Eden was on the earth from Adam to Noah and the flood. Gen. 3:24 So he drove outH1644 (H853) the man;H120 and he placedH7931 at...
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What does the Bible say about oral sex?
God created different organs in the human body for different and unique functions. In oral sex, the mouth is being used with the natural sex organ. In God’s...
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What is the connection between prayer and fasting?
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Do pets / animals go to Heaven? Do pets / animals have souls?
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Why is serving God important?
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, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
What does the Bible say about torture?
The Bible says, in every case, that torture is a thing to be feared because of the pain it causes. Matthew 24:9, Hebrews 11:35, Hebrews 13:3, Revelation 9:5...
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Gregory Tomlinson
, Minister, husband,father,grandfather,vet., college graduate
Can a Christian 'give back' salvation?
Matthew 13: [18] Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. [19] When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the...
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Why did God judge the sin of Achan so severely?
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What does it mean to be "thirsty" in Rev 21:6?
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What should a Christian wife do if her husband leaves her and refuses to reconcile?
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, Saved by grace through faith in JESUS CHRIST.
What does it mean to worship the Lord in spirit and truth?
In His conversation with the Samaritan woman our Lord Jesus mentioned this point: “To worship God in Spirit and in truth." Worship means to fall prostrate...
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Michael Renoux
How do I quit addiction to alcohol?
I strongly recommend Celebrate Recovery. It is a Bible based 12 step program for recovery where Jesus Christ is our higher power.
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What is the conviction of sin?
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Why does this passage referring to Adam and Eve talk about leaving a father and mother if Adam and Eve were the first people on earth?
I agree that neither Adam nor Eve was "born" of both a human father and mother, as everyone since them (except for Christ) has been. However, I think that...
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Seamus Pettit
How do I quit addiction to alcohol?
Please join an AA GROUP that is based on the original teachings of bill. Only GOD can lift this burden from you. He is and always will be your Higher Power...
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Mogobo Kgomo
Why does this passage referring to Adam and Eve talk about leaving a father and mother if Adam and Eve were the first people on earth?
24 f Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and g be 3 joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:23 - 24