I have done much study on this topic recently and my response is NO we are not to forgive IF they remain unrepentant. Firstly, everyone must be held...
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Can Christians live their best life now?
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What is Armstrongism? Is the Worldwide Church of God a cult?
There are five crowns that are mentioned in the New Testament that will be given to believers. All crowns will be given after the last judgement, but we will...
I don't know who coined this Christian phrase. However, I do know the Biblical reasoning behind it: Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by...
It is so much harder to forgive someone when they have not asked for forgiveness. This makes it an attitude of the heart. God is always ready to forgive a...
Forgiving another is more about the benefit you receive than the transgressor's release. The lack of forgiveness is a prime factor that leads to bitterness....
Revelation 2:12-17 continues with the third of seven messages to the churches of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) during the apostle John's time. Each of these...
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How can I overcome the fear of death? How can I stop being scared of dying?
Genesis 6:3{AMP} Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to...
I struggle with this subject because I have friends that are in a homosexual relationship living as husband and "wife". I have witnessed to them and am...
God does forgive us of our sins but what if we are doing the same sin over and over willfully? Hebrews 10:26-31 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have...
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Do Christians have to keep asking for forgiveness for their sins?
The phrase bind the strong man (or strongman) is a reference to a passage in the book of Mark, where Jesus is responding to some Jewish scribes who were...
The gates of ancient cities were important as a means of providing access to the city while maintaining security. The Bible speaks of the gates of Jerusalem...
The phrase spiritual bondage does not appear in the Bible, but Scripture does speak of unbelievers' being in bondage to sin (Acts 8:23; Romans 6:6, 16, 19;...
The patience of Job is remarkable. James 5:11 speaks of Job's endurance in his affliction: "You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord...
During the future tribulation period, the world will be ruled by a godless man presiding over an evil governmental system. The Bible associates this...
In philosophy, historicism is an approach to history that assigns a particular meaning to an event according to that event's context within the arc of...
There are two men called Lazarus in the Bible. The first Lazarus is the subject of a story told by Jesus (Luke 16:19-31). Lazarus was very poor, probably...
Let us assume for a moment that theAdam and Eve story is not to be understood literally. What would be the result? Would Christianity remain essentially the...
The word empath comes from the word empathy, which is defined as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another." An empathetic person is one...
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches believe that the dead bodies of some of the saints remain miraculously incorruptible, that is, their bodies...
In Matthew 5:27-28, Jesus equates lust with adultery. This establishes a biblical principle: if it is a sin to do something, it is also a sin to desire to do...
God's omnipresence is His attribute of being everywhere at once. He is omnipresent even when we do not experience His presence; He is here, even if we do not...
In theology, federal headship is one theory used to explain imputation-how Adam's sin was imputed to all his descendants and how Christ's righteousness was...
The Hamsa (also spelled Khamsa) is a Middle Eastern amulet supposedly symbolizing the "Hand of God." The Hamsa is shaped like an open hand and is used as a...
Praying for others-and this applies to prayer in general-is an easy thing to question. Why should we pray if God already has our best interests at heart? He...
God hears everything, including prayers. He is God. Nothing gets by Him (Psalm 139:1-4). He is sovereign over everything He created (Isaiah 46:9-11). So the...
The Bible does not specifically mention saving for retirement, per se, and it doesn't mention 401(k) plans, IRAs, or the like. However, the Bible does speak...
Tarot cards are associated with divination-unlocking the secrets of the future by occult, supernatural means. Divination is strictly prohibited in the Bible....
Abraham is the only person in the Bible who is specifically described as remarrying after the death of a spouse (Genesis 25:1), but the Bible nowhere...
It took love and mercy that only God could possess to provide humanity, despite its universal sin and evil, with a means to nevertheless have eternal life...
Joseph's father says exactly what the dream means in Gen 37:10 and refuses to believe it. Young Joseph, having already angered his older brothers by their...
Our society today confuses "forgiveness" with "reconciliation". We absolutely MUST forgive another, whether or not they repent and ask for forgiveness, BUT...
I and my father are one. Jn 10:30. So we cannot separate them in a true sense. Jesus is the expression of God the father's love. Jn 3:16. Jesus is the...
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What are the covenants in the Bible?
As recipients of salvation through grace, we have an obligation to forgive others regardless of whether they have asked for forgiveness or not and whether...
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Should a Christian attend the wedding of a gay couple?
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Are Jesus and Satan brothers?
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What is Mythicism?
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How many times has Jerusalem been destroyed?
From the wording of the passage, it appears to me that God is angry with them because their behavior is indicative of pride, superficiality, and...
Joseph was the second youngest of twelve brothers born to Jacob, who was called Israel. In Genesis 37:3-4 we read, "Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of...
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What does the fourth commandment mean?
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