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Answer by Kenneth Heck

Why is a day measured from evening to morning in Genesis 1?

We think of a day as a 24-hour period which includes both daylight and darkness. But the word day in the first chapter of Genesis refers only to light, not...

December 26 2017 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Nils Jansma , Missionary in San Diego California

Why is a day measured from evening to morning in Genesis 1?

Why is a day measured from evening to morning in Genesis 1? As has been implied, I believe the term, “evening and morning,” is a metaphor for something...

December 26 2017 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by samue thornton

Where did Joel Osteen get the saying "this is my Bible I can do what it says I can do"?

He bootlegged or borrowed that Bible Affirmation from other prosperity gospel preachers. He may have added a new verse but most of it, I have heard before at...

December 26 2017 29 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What are some English words that have changed in meaning since the translation of the KJV?

In addition to the instances noted by Mr.Houdmann, the word "prevent", which was used in multiple verses in the King James Version (KJV) (such as 1...

December 26 2017 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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December 26 2017

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In light of Gal 3:12, is paying a tithe of 10 percent obeying the law or of faith?

December 26 2017

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

How should we interpret, "There will be two men in one bed; one will be taken, the other will be left"? Is this referring to homosexuality?

I would say that Jesus' emphasis in this passage was on the sudden and unexpected nature of the coming events of which He was speaking, rather than...

December 25 2017 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Serge Botans

How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?

I think there are 3 things that I would like to share with you: 1. expectations: you expected God to stop you being raped. God, for whatever reasons, does...

December 25 2017 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by marc waller

How should we interpret, "There will be two men in one bed; one will be taken, the other will be left"? Is this referring to homosexuality?

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. - Luke 17:34

Luke 17:34

2 Votes December 25 2017 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

If a woman pastor married my wife and me, is this considered acceptable in God's eyes?

Since Scripture declares that women cannot be pastors or preachers, is my marriage "legal" in the eyes of God, since it was done by a woman in the Methodist ...

1 Timothy 2:11 - 12

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Answer by Billye Miles Seale

How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?

You have asked a very hard question related to one many people have asked about God. “How can a good God allow bad things to happen to innocent people?” The...

December 25 2017 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Steven Scott , Grader for the Ontario Jail Ministry

Is there evidence that God answers prayer?

I can tell you of evidence that God not only answers prayers. He has answered mine within MINUTES! For years many have enjoyed my prize-winning cookies. The...

December 25 2017 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What do the tenants represent and symbolize?

December 25 2017

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What is the cause of all the anti-Semitism in the world?

December 25 2017

Answer by Belinda Cobb

How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?

Matthew 11:28 "Come unto to me, all ye that labour and are heavy ladden, and I will give you rest" All Christians go through things. Some seem worse than...

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Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?

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Why does Adam get blamed for the original sin and not Eve?

December 25 2017

Answer by ainsley chalmers , Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.

How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?

It is horrible what you had to endure as a child and my heart really goes out to you. I didn't know how to respond but God dropped these thoughts into my...

December 25 2017 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by mary reetz

How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?

That breaks my heart for you! The short answer is that God was repulsed by the evil and abhorrent act that was forced on you. His wrath will fall on any...

December 25 2017 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Croach

How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?

First of all I am so sorry you have had to endure and go through life with this. We can’t change how we feel and deal with past hurts that have caused us...

December 25 2017 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What was it like in the days of Noah?

December 25 2017

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What is new covenant theology?

December 24 2017

Question by Anonymous
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Why did the virgins need lamps and oil - what do they represent?

How do we relate this to modern times?

Matthew 25:1 - 30

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How can I bring my husband and children to God and help them understand his promises and eternal love?

December 24 2017

Answer by DAVID HALADAY

How does one prove that Christ was *not* created since He was fully human. He was conceived (dictionary defines this as "created") and walked among us?

One of the greatest evidences that Jesus is eternal is in found in the original Greek writing of the New Testament---John 1:1 "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD...

December 24 2017 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Dale Richardson

Is God male or female?

God is called the Father, Jesus is the Eternal Son, which is a reference that masculine, the lineage listed in Luke 3 is son to father. The bible presents...

December 24 2017 1 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Dan ODriscoll

What is the difference between Christians and Catholics?

As a life long Catholic, I do not recognize what people are describing as the Roman Catholic church. On the issue of salvation, Catholic teaching is clear....

December 24 2017 3 Comments 12 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How can I bring my husband and children to God and help them understand his promises and eternal love?

Salvation is not by association. Your husband and children will have to be born again the same as you were if you're actually a born again believer....

December 24 2017 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jeanette Green

Why do some Bible verse teach there is 'no fear in love', but other verses seem to say the opposite?

The fear of the Lord spoken of in Proverbs, is a reverent fear, a respect. The spirit of fear spoken of in Timothy is the spirit of fear, given in your mind...

December 24 2017 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Simplicius Pereira , Education Trainer & Trading Enterprenuer from Mumbai

Where is hell? What is the location of hell?

What is hell? Where is it? Is it eternal? Is it full of fire? Is God going to punish the people into eternal hell who disobeyed him or led a grave or mortal...

December 24 2017 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Richard M Schiller

What is the significance of 1,335 days mentioned in Daniel 12:12?

I am a student and scholar of 6000-year chronology of which people like to mismatch Adam and Flood and Armageddon. And in comparing the errors the...

December 24 2017 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?

I want to understand why God didn't stop it. I have a lot of anger. I do not want to serve someone who stood by while I was sexually assaulted as a child.

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Answer by Vattachal-Vadakketil Thomas John alias V T John , Rtd Joint.Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kerala. India

What exactly is a 'holy kiss'?

Holy Kiss of Peace In the Celebration of the Holy Qurbono [Eucharist] Holy Kiss of Peace is a regular practice of the Syriac Orthodox Church and the other...

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How is the Islamic idea of jihad different from the violence in the Bible?

December 24 2017

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How should a Christian view vaccinations/vaccines?

December 24 2017

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What are the causes and solutions for a hardened heart?

December 23 2017

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Can monotheism be proven?

December 23 2017

Answer by RICK PORTER , Chaplain [ Truckers Chapel ]-- Undeserving Child of God

Why is Biblical Creationism so important?

These are all very good points. I just want to add, without Genesis there is no 65 other books, for " In the beginning God" is what all the other books are...

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Why is Biblical Creationism so important?

December 23 2017

Answer by Doreen Lovell , Evangelist and Prayer Intercessor

What is the high Sabbath?

JOHN 19:31 “for the Sabbath was a High day To understand the significance and the timing one has to go back into the Old Testament as the New Testament is...

December 23 2017 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Mitzi Swift , One Who Seeks The Truth

How do I renew my mind?

1 Corinthians 2:16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. The scripture also includes "Do not...

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What does the Bible say about giving to the poor?

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What is the spiritual gift of mercy?

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What is the spiritual gift of faith?

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What should be different about a Christian marriage?

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What is Roman Catholicism?

December 23 2017

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What is Roman Catholicism?

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

If we are born in sin, how is it fair for God to judge us for our sin?

God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son that whoever believed in Him would not perish (suffer judgement) but have eternal life. God did not...

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What is the difference between Christianity and Judaism?

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