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What are the factors which make man special from all the other creatures?
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Steve Nearman
, A sinner saved by grace. Luther Oklahoma
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Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
Why would Jesus need to return if when we die, we already go to heaven?
Death has no power over believers as they are alive spiritually 'in Christ' now and already in heaven. We just do not have the ability to physically realize...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Silver Evangelist award!
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How should we understand the Lion and the Lamb passage?
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Walrus theCat
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Why would Jesus need to return if when we die, we already go to heaven?
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John Wheeler
Can/should a Christian who is a virgin marry someone who is not a virgin?
A Christian who marries another Christian under the eyes of God in a Christian wedding are both virgins. They remain virgins until death parts them. Under...
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Lee McLaurin
Should the comma be placed before or after the word "today" in Luke 23:43?
I have read so many articles and comments regarding the placement of "the comma" with reference to the word TODAY in Luke 23:43. For me though, Ben...
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Fran Joa
, Interested in God and hopeful
Can we draw the conclusion from Matthew 5:28 that if a married person lusted after another in their mind, then the spouse is free to divorce them per Matthew 19:9?
Can we draw the conclusion from Matthew 5:28 (But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does the Bible say about a death bed conversion?
I agree that the thief on the cross (Luke 23:39-43) is perhaps the only death bed conversion recorded in the Bible. "Jesus answered the repentant thief with...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does hell look like? How hot is hell?
Hell is a place of darkness (Matthew 8:12). I really love darkness when I'm trying to sleep (just ask my wife)! I definitely see it as God's provision for...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
According to Revelation 16:14 can demons perform miracles?
In my opinion, the cited verse does indicate the ability of demons to perform miraculous acts, which agrees with Jesus' warnings to His followers in Matthew...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What are good Old Testament scriptures for bereavement?
Psalm 30:5b Psalm 34:18 Psalm 147:3 Isaiah 40:9-11, 28-31 Lamentations 3:31-32
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Silver Evangelist award!
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What advice does scripture give about mental tics and OCD thoughts that loop and repeat, unbidden and unwanted?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Gold Evangelist award!
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Who were the Samaritans?
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Aurel Gheorghe
What does it mean, "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten"?
King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, wrote the book of Ecclesiastes late in his life. The book is a reflection on his life and what he learned. And...
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Aurel Gheorghe
What does it mean in James 2:10 that anyone who breaks one law becomes guilty of breaking them all?
James here is talking about the Ten Commandments (TC) and the importance of being obedient to God's law - not only the commandments we like but all ten of...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Silver Evangelist award!
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What does the Bible say about a death bed conversion?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
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Is God fair?
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Ezekiel Kimosop
Silver Evangelist award!
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Is God fair?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
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Is God fair?
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Jennifer Rothnie
, Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious
Silver Evangelist award!
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Ezekiel Kimosop
Is God fair?
Is God fair? Yes He is! Even in the exercise of His moral justice, Scripture teaches that God does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Silver Evangelist award!
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What is meant by "the courts of our God"?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who are the modern day people that the Israelites drove out of the promised land?
My understanding is that any modern-day genetic descendants of the tribes or nations that biblical Israel defeated in occupying the Promised Land would be...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
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What does hell look like? How hot is hell?
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Cindy Jennings
, 1 Saved by Grace
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What is meant by the scripture, "for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance?"
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How does one commune with a lukewarm Christian?
Good question, Helena! My motto has always been, first, lead by example. Leading by example is a leadership style where you model the behavior you want to...
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J Buckareff
Who are the modern day people that the Israelites drove out of the promised land?
When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaa...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What charges are formally brought against Jesus, and did he defend himself?
The Jewish Sanhedrin charged Jesus with blasphemy for having claimed to be the Son of God (Matthew 26:63-66; Mark 14:61-64; Luke 22:66-71). (Jesus truthfully...
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julie kal
Why did God call the people "Virgin Israel"? (Jeremiah 31:4)
The expression "virgin of Israel" is the another way of saying we must be born of God's will/born again, as opposed to be born of our self will. Being...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why did the soldiers draw back and fall to the ground when Jesus said, "I am He," in John 18:6?
Jesus has applied to himself the divine Name of Exodus 3:14, “I AM.” Therefore this amounts to something of a theophany which causes even his enemies to...
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Renwick Harms
How old was Isaac when Abraham offered him as a sacrifice?
In my opinion, Isaac was probably 33 years old. The number one reason being the age of Jesus dying on the cross. Most Christians would agree that everything...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Did Jesus mean we should literally pluck out our eyes and cut off our hands in Matthew 5:29-30 and 18:8-9?
Did Jesus mean we should literally pluck out our eyes and cut off our hands in Matthew 5:29-30 and 18:8-9? No, obviously not, otherwise, every red-blooded...
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Carolyn Hostetter
, Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator
How can believers be in the world, but not of the world?
All such good answers and better than mine. I love reading them. I look at it like this. The first time I was born, I was physically born into this world as...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Silver Evangelist award!
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What is meant by "the courts of our God"?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why was Jesus compelled to go through Samaria?
Although Jesus had told the apostles with regard to their evangelistic travels not to go to the Samaritans from a mission standpoint (Matthew 10:5), the only...
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John Appelt
Why does Psalms 82 say, "You are gods."? Are we gods?
In Psalm 82:6, the writer Asaph quotes God saying, “You are gods.” It is literally, “You are elohim.” In the majority of occurrences in the Old Testament, “...
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Andrew Osakue
, Ex: Chief T. Officer, Fish Farmer, Bible Teacher, Men Leader
What is the key to making marriage last?
Loving and submitting to each other. EPH 4:32, 5:21.
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Joseph LaClair
In Genesis 2:17, man is told that if he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that he would "die". Since physical death did not exist up to that point, what did it mean to "die"?
The idea that man was created immortal is pure conjecture. God gave them food. Genesis 1:29-30. God created EVERY tree whose fruit yields seed for food.They...
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Donna Williams
How do I follow Christ when I have no life?
Dear Anonymous: It sounds like you are in a place of despair, which will inevitably make you feel hopeless. May I say that I can relate! We may be living in...
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Todd Rushing
What is the KJV Only movement? Is the King James Version the only Bible we should use?
Without being proficient in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, it is impossible to completely rely on any one translation. For instance, the word "love" in the New...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Silver Evangelist award!
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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sheep and Goats?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Silver Evangelist award!
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How can believers be in the world, but not of the world?
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Dale Richardson
Silver Teacher award!
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Did Jesus mean we should literally pluck out our eyes and cut off our hands in Matthew 5:29-30 and 18:8-9?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean, "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten"?
The views expressed by the author of Ecclesiastes (commonly regarded as Solomon) are those of someone "under the sun" -- that is, from a naturalistic...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did Israel sojourn in Egypt?
The nation of Israel (which, at the time, consisted of only seventy people in the household of Jacob (otherwise known as Israel (Genesis 32:28)(Exodus 1:5))...