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Answer by Lena Wms , Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?

I have a bit of a different take on this... as to how this relates to us today. 2Tim 3:16-17 For this to be profitable for me today, I must look at where I...

August 31 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Evan Doan

What is the New Covenant?

The "new covenant," first prophesied in Jeremiah 31, is in fact the 8th and final covenant that God established throughout biblical history. Each covenant...

August 30 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Wayne Rhodes

What did Jesus mean by "whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" in Matthew 16:25?

I had a black man jump in my car when I lived in southern California and he had a gun and he jumped in the back seat and he said do you believe in God? I...

August 30 2018 1 Comments 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Evan Doan

Was the Apostle Paul actually a false prophet?

The notion that Paul was a false prophet is nothing new. In Acts 21:17-25 we see the first documented reference to Paul being accused of apostasy (and...

August 30 2018 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?

Israel’s system of tithes and offerings, as instructed by God, included three components: the first tithe, the second tithe, and the offerings. The first...

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

What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?

I would say that, although it is common to associate the word "tithe" with the portion of assets that God commanded Israel to give back to Him, the word...

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What are the Ten Commandments?

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How to avoid being used by others while maintaining love?

August 30 2018

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What does the Bible say about dating / courting?

August 30 2018

Answer by Ubah Richard

What does it mean to be 'born of water and the Spirit'?

The scripture is direct, pellucid and axiom. Being born of water and spirit denotes and connotes being born of the word of God. Allowing the word to pass...

August 30 2018 13 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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What is the tithe spoken of in Deuteronomy 14:23?

Is the tithe to be eaten or given to the church?

Deuteronomy 14:23

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What does it mean to be a part of the family of God?

August 30 2018

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Why were the gentile believers in Acts 15 given these simple rules instead of requiring them to obey the laws of Moses?

One of the problems the early church faced was that some Jewish Christians had come from Judea to Antioch saying that Gentiles cannot be saved unless they...

August 29 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did Barzillai forego the king’s favor? (2 Samuel 19:34–37)

Barzillai (first mentioned in 2 Samuel 17:27) was a wealthy eighty-year-old man who had been one of those who continued to support and protect David when...

August 29 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why were the gentile believers in Acts 15 given these simple rules instead of requiring them to obey the laws of Moses?

The rules or laws cited in the question represented a shortening of the hundreds of commandments and ordinances that had been contained in the Law given to...

August 29 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Derrol PORTER , Emancipated by the Liberating King

Could God create a rock so heavy He could not lift it?

Reading God's Word tells me, God wouldn't create anything He couldn't lift. What would be the purpose, none. God is the God of order and reason. 1...

August 29 2018 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did Barzillai forego the king’s favor? (2 Samuel 19:34–37)

Why did Barzillai forego the king’s favor? (2 Samuel 19:34–37) 34 But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up t...

2 Samuel 19:34 - 37

August 29 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Varghese Purakkat

Why at times did Jesus call the disciples brothers and at other times he called the disciples children?

Jesus has two aspects blended in one person: Jesus as the son of man and Jesus as the God aspect of the Trinity. When he addresses the disciples as brothers...

August 29 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the Christian's hope?

Hope is found all through scripture. All of the promises of God are to us who believe on Jesus as the only way of salvation by grace. First Corinthians...

August 29 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Evan Doan

What does "divers places" or "various places" mean in Matthew 24:7?

Something fascinating to take note of is that William Tyndale, who translated the NT directly from Greek instead of the Latin Vulgate in the early 1500’s,...

August 29 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by larry price

Why were the gentile believers in Acts 15 given these simple rules instead of requiring them to obey the laws of Moses?

Explain what it means that gentiles are only bound to not have idols, not fornicate, not eat of strangled meats, and not eat blood. Are these all gentiles ha...

Acts 15:28 - 29

August 29 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why at times did Jesus call the disciples brothers and at other times he called the disciples children?

I would say that, when Jesus spoke of His disciples as His brothers (in passages such as Matthew 12:46-50, or Matthew 28:10, for example), He was either...

August 29 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Kilian Kean , Telecommunications Engineer (Retired)

What does the Bible say about dating / courting?

God is the ultimate match maker. Jehovah-Jireh, God will provide. A believer must be the person God wants them to be in order for God to present the mate...

August 29 2018 2 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Rich Hazeltine

Does the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 apply to the entire Bible or just the Book of Revelation?

One must consider that Paul was speaking to Timothy about the Hebrew scriptures. I don't think Paul himself would assign such authority to his own writing in...

August 29 2018 2 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Does 1 Peter 3:21 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?

August 29 2018

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

How to avoid being used by others while maintaining love?

Jesus came to serve others. His service delivered God's love to them. Jesus also came to deliver his message about the kingdom of God. He told them what the...

August 28 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

What are some examples about money becoming your master and you start serving it?

Trying to answer your question, using the two examples, is like the Pharisees writing volumes of books to identify every violation of the Mosaic law, and...

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Is the movie "The Passion of the Christ" Biblically accurate?

August 27 2018

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Is Mormonism a cult? What do Mormons believe?

August 27 2018

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What is a Gentile?

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Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Why did God sometimes change a person's name in the Bible?

In my view, the following name changes: Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel, Simon to Peter and Saul to Paul; were all public declarations by God that this...

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What is the difference between a sect and a cult?

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

What is Paul saying when he said, "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying"?

In my opinion, Paul was warning Timothy in this passage (1 Timothy 1:4) not to allow the Christians to whom he was ministering to become caught up in...

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Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Was the Apostle Paul actually a false prophet?

It is important that we see Paul was chosen by God to be a preacher to the Gentiles. But also to the Greeks. Romans 1:16. He also preached the gospel of all...

August 27 2018 2 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does "divers places" or "various places" mean in Matthew 24:7?

I would say that the apostles would have interpreted Jesus' words as applying to the known world at that time, but (in my opinion) Jesus (as God) could also...

August 26 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Why was Moses punished so harshly? (Numbers 20:12)

In my view Moses was not being punished at all. God simply decided to end Moses’ ministry as a servant and prophet of God. But why did God do that? I believe...

August 26 2018 1 Comments 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What are some examples about money becoming your master and you start serving it?

We live in a materialistic world that encourages spending. We are assaulted daily by commercials trying to convince us that no matter how much we have, we...

August 26 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Doreen Lovell , Evangelist and Prayer Intercessor

Who / what were the Nephilim?

WHO OR WHAT WAS NEPHILIM, Genesis 6: Nephilim is derived from the root “fall” meaning either “the fallen ones” or ones who fallen (violently) upon others”...

August 25 2018 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

How can I learn to hate my own sin?

Why do you want to hate your sin? Why not, instead, learn to love the Lord, your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Learn to love all the...

August 25 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Max Kirk

Why was Moses punished so harshly? (Numbers 20:12)

Moshe had already been instructed to strike the rock once, previously when Israel first entered the wilderness. Here at the end of the 40 year wilderness...

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What does it mean "Elijah must come first and restore all things" in Matthew 17:11?

August 25 2018

Answer by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Is being holy even possible, since only God is holy?

I think we need to clarify some things regarding this statement in the question: "only God is holy." The word "holy" is first used by God to tell Moses the...

August 25 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Ovie Omeleh

Why was Moses punished so harshly? (Numbers 20:12)

My opinion to the question and answers is that we have to look at the story from God's point of view. All these events are means of God communicating His...

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