How can I choose the right friends?
The first thing that would occur to me would be consciously choosing to frequent the types of venues (particularly those associated with work/school/church,...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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During the 1000 year reign, will people that took the mark of the beast be able to be saved?
To me, Revelation 14:9-11 appears to indicate that those who bear the mark of the beast will not receive a subsequent chance for salvation during the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did it mean to "not go beyond what is written"? (1 Corinthians 4:6)
1 Corinthians 4:6 “Not to go beyond what is written” is a debatable phrase, but the difficult Greek phrase used here, to mē hyper ha gegraptai, likely...
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How can we do "greater things" than Jesus did? (John 14:12)
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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What is a Sabbath of holy convocation?
By my understanding, every Sabbath was to be a day of holy convocation, when the people would meet together to worship God. However, there were also other...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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What did it mean to "not go beyond what is written"? (1 Corinthians 4:6)
I would say that Paul made this statement as a follow-on to his guidance earlier in the epistle (1 Corinthians 1:10-17; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9) cautioning the...
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Kathlelen Kelnhofer
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why do we say Christians are "born again"?
At the point when an individual consents to become renewed in the soul, it brings about some magnificent gifts immediately. They are: 1. Another status as an...
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Why did God also destroy animals in the Flood?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did it mean to "not go beyond what is written"? (1 Corinthians 4:6)
1 Corinthians 4:6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of...
1 Corinthians 4:1 - 21
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
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Is it true that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God?
First John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. First John 1:10. If we say we have no sin, we call God a liar. We...
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Why are God’s chosen people given three different names in different portions of scripture?
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Alan Hitchner
According to Jesus, who Is our neighbor?
Jesus had a different definition for neighbor than the local rulers, Pharisee, Scribes and certainly the Roman occupation forces. If we are to honor and be...
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Janet Austin
, Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author
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Should Christians try to evangelize atheists?
Yes, Christians should try to evangelize to atheists. I cannot say it better than Penn Jillette, the well-known magician, self-proclaimed atheist. He said: “...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
When Paul said Jesus first descended to the lower parts of the earth, where was this?
NET translation: "Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?" The NET Bible has in the...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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If the harvest belonged to the farmer, why was he prohibited from gathering everything? (Leviticus 23:22)
As God said in the verse cited in the question, the instruction to farmers not to reap to the very edges of their fields, but to leave some of the crop...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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Why do we say Christians are "born again"?
The phrase "born again" was used by Jesus in the passage from the gospel of John cited in the question while talking with Nicodemus, who was a member of the...
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Vijaya Lekamge
, A retired, part qualified Accountant
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What is the "cause" for weakness and illness referred to in 1 Corinthians 11:30?
I grew up in an assembly where every Sunday, we had a “Breaking of Bread” service. At the Breaking of Bread meeting, we had a message leading to individual...