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Should Christians celebrate Christmas?

April 23 2016

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What to do if you feel like you've "lost your fire" for God?

Can God take away the fire you once had inside for Him because you aren't listening to Him? For example, it seems when you pray, He isn't hearing your prayer...

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

Can God 'give, then take it away'?

The quotation in the question is from Job 1:21, and was Job's reaction to the loss of his children and his wealth as a result of the affliction that God had...

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Why do people die?

April 23 2016

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What is the sword of the Spirit?

April 23 2016

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

What is the intermediate state?

After study on this subject, I am personally convinced that, the moment we die, we are outside of time. There is no "intermediate state", because there will...

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Can God 'give, then take it away'?

What does the saying 'God gives and takes away' mean?

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Why do people die with Illness when the Bible says, "By His stripes we are healed"?

April 23 2016

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How do I receive forgiveness from God?

April 22 2016

Answer by Linda Gillard

What is the key to making marriage last?

I can sum it up in one word. OVERLOOKING. Overlooking all the little things that annoy and frustrate each orher. As a Christian mom (and foster mom for 34...

April 22 2016 1 Comments 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Does the Bible support hypnotherapy for problems?

In Acts 10:10, Peter is described as falling into a trance, through which God symbolically communicated to him that old distinctions between Jews and...

April 22 2016 Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why are there so many different Christian interpretations? If all Christians have the same Bible, and the same Holy Spirit, should not Christians be able to agree?

I had been in a church for 18 years that grew more and more legalistic. They did preach the gospel and most of the bible, but they began making their own...

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Is the Rapture the same as the Second Coming of Christ?

April 22 2016

Answer by Hugo Röhland , X Military: Army, Navy, Electrician, Self Employed, Pension.

What was Jesus writing in the dirt when the Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery?

Not only has there been any, non what so ever recordings of Jesus writing in the sand, but as a matter of fact, the early MOST reliable manuscripts and other...

April 22 2016 9 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Are Christians free to worship God any day of the week?

Are Christians free to worship God any day of the week? Absolutely! But this is not what Paul is talking about in Romans 14:5. Paul here is addressing Romans...

April 22 2016 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Susan Stribich

What was Jesus writing in the dirt when the Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery?

Problem: John 7:53-8:11 is not contained in the earliest and best manuscripts and was almost certainly NOT an original part of the Gospel of John. This text...

April 22 2016 4 Comments 9 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Ferdy Mercado , Engineer, Church Elder at Horizon Church and Ministries

Catholics pray with the sign of the cross - in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Is this wrong?

The only way to know whether it is wrong or not is to look upon the practices of Jesus and the apostles in the Bible. I have never read in the Bible that...

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Answer by Ferdy Mercado , Engineer, Church Elder at Horizon Church and Ministries

Where did sickness come from?

Sicknesses and diseases were products of sin (Romans 6:23). And since all man sins (Romans 3:23), we are all susceptible to it. They also came from Satan...

April 22 2016 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Which feasts were celebrated by the Jews?

The Festival of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6-8), conducted immediately after the Passover observance (Exodus 12:1-14 and Leviticus 23:5) Firstfruits...

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Does God hate? If God is love, how can He hate?

April 22 2016

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

What does the "yoke of slavery" refer to in Galatians 5:1?

The "yoke of slavery" to which Paul is referring is dependence upon obedience to the Mosaic Law (rather than, or in addition to, faith in Christ's death and...

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Was Sunday ever established as the official day of worship for New Testament Christians?

April 22 2016

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Where did the woman that Cain married come from?

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Does God hate? If God is love, how can He hate?

April 22 2016

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What does the Bible say about dating / courting?

April 22 2016

Answer by Andy Mangus , I am a Christian since October 1979 & devoted truth seeker.

As a Christian is there any one religious group or leader we should follow?

My short answer would be this: God tells us in His Holy Word, the BIBLE, "to take up our cross and follow Him". He tells us "to trust in the Lord with all...

April 21 2016 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Andy Mangus , I am a Christian since October 1979 & devoted truth seeker.

Where did sickness come from?

Sickness had it's roots that began in the Garden of Eden, with Adam and Eve being disobedient to God's first "Thou Shalt Not...." The Garden of Eden was that...

April 21 2016 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Faustino Ngombo , Bible/Theology student; IT Technician

When did animals become carnivores?

I personally suppose that animals became carnivores after the Flood, when God instituted animals as food for men (see Gen. 9:1-4).

April 21 2016 2 Comments Follow Vote Up

Answer by Andy Mangus , I am a Christian since October 1979 & devoted truth seeker.

What does it mean to test God?

My simplistic answer would be one of extreme caution for each and every child of God and others as well. We are not to 'tempt the Lord thy God, for only He...

April 21 2016 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by JD Abshire

Why is there a thousand year cut off period before Satan is let out of hell, and the ones who worship with the Lord comes to an end? What's next for them?

Although many believers will be martyred during the great tribulation (Revelation 6:9-11) and most of earth's population will be killed during the battle of...

April 21 2016 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why is there a thousand year cut off period before Satan is let out of hell, and the ones who worship with the Lord comes to an end? What's next for them?

Although many believers will be martyred during the great tribulation (Revelation 6:9-11) and most of earth's population will be killed during the battle of...

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Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the true gospel?

Many people believe they can be saved by keeping all of Gods laws. That only leads to self righteousness and pride. The law was given to show us we are...

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What does it mean to test God?

In the Bible, there are examples of both an acceptable and unacceptable kind of testing God. It's acceptable to "test" God in regard to tithes and offerings,...

April 21 2016 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why does Isaiah 40:2 say the Israelites were punished doubly for their sins?

I know of no direct reference in Scripture as to what specifically comprised the "double punishment" referred to in this verse. Although the words in...

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What does Paul mean when he says to not let anyone judge us in regard to keeping the Sabbath?

April 21 2016

Answer by Kenneth Heck

Why is there a thousand year cut off period before Satan is let out of hell, and the ones who worship with the Lord comes to an end? What's next for them?

The time of the Christian dispensation is three days, or about 3,000 years. Christ himself said (Luke 13:32) " Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold I cast out...

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Why does Isaiah 40:2 say the Israelites were punished doubly for their sins?

Did they receive double punishment for their sins? Where is this found in the Bible?

Isaiah 40:2

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Where did the woman that Cain married come from?

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What is self-control (fruit of the Holy Spirit)?

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Why does God create people when He knows they are going to go to hell?

April 21 2016

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What is the book of Enoch and should it be in the Bible?

April 21 2016

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

Does Jesus explain why some will search for Him, but will not find Him?

I don't believe that Jesus Himself specifically spelled out the answer to your question in the passage cited. However, as I see it, Jesus was speaking to...

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Does Jesus explain why some will search for Him, but will not find Him?

2 Timothy Chapter 2 Hebrews 2 Galatians 5

John 7:34

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How can I be a good Christian?

April 20 2016

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

What does Hezekiah mean by the shadow going forward or backward ten steps?

The "steps" referred to in the verse were steps on a stair-shaped timekeeping device called the "stairway of Ahaz" mentioned in the next verse (2 Kings...

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Answer by Susan Stribich

Why do people die with Illness when the Bible says, "By His stripes we are healed"?

The phrase, "by His stripes we are healed" comes from Isaiah 53:5, a Messianic text that tells us of Christ's redeeming work on the cross. 5 He was wounded...

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What does the clause "his days shall be 120 years" mean in Genesis 6:3?

April 20 2016