Abraham found favor with God, which led God to call him in Genesis 12. However, he was still an imperfect human being with free will. The Bible records...
Satan is, in a sense, the source of all human sickness and imperfection. If humans had not yielded to Satan's original temptation to disobey God in a vain...
Paul said we are not to judge those outside the church as God is their judge. But we are to judge those in the church, but make sure it is something from...
Grace come first because grace is God's love for us - love that was is and always will be. Faith is ours - our belief (faith) in God and Jesus Christ. God's...
Grace come first because grace is God's love for us - love that was is and always will be. Faith is ours - our belief (faith) in God and Jesus Christ. God's...
Short Answer: God commanded Abraham to be circumcised. God also commanded eight-day old baby boys to be circumcised. Circumcision was a command of God so the...
I interpret this single eBible question, in fact, as two questions: one about Timothy and one about the Jerusalem council. Allow me to address them...
I agree with all of the answers given: we Christians affirm that Yeshua (Jesus) has ALWAYS been the ONLY way to salvation. However, unknown to many...
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Do I have to confess my adultery to my spouse?
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What does the Bible say about obeying parents?
Peter cited this verse in Acts 2:16, during his address to the people at Pentecost (following Jesus' ascension ten days earlier), as a prophecy that was...
As a result of humanity's original decision to willfully and knowingly break its fellowship with God by disobeying Him and committing sin, each human...
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Can one be gay and Christian?
Although the words "courtship" and "dating" are not found in the Bible, we are given some principles that Christians are to go by during the time before...
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Can one be gay and Christian?
My Dear Brother in Christ, I firmly believe that change, real change can not come without true repentance. First, I must clarify my position. I believe in...
Please note, as a ministry, GotQuestions.org is not in agreement with all aspects of Covenant Theology. While we are for the most part in agreement with...
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What did Jesus mean when He said, 'Today you will be with me in paradise'?
Crystals of different types are mentioned in the Bible a few times. The Bible mentions rubies (Proverbs 8:11), sapphires (Lamentations 4:7), and topaz (Job...
I always want to start my answer to a question like this by stating that I do not know but my conjecture is: Jesus saw them from land and went out to them so...
First, we have to distinguish between oral "tradition" and oral "transmission." The term tradition implies a long-held belief or practice that is not...
A heave offering was a way of presenting one's offering to God, and it appears in the Old Testament along with burnt offerings, grain offerings, freewill...
Martha is a significant New Testament figure, a personal friend of Jesus, and someone with whom many women today identify. She lived in Bethany with her...
In the Bible, disrespect is always a bad thing, and respect is universally a good thing. Respect is admiration for a person because of his or her position,...
We live in a confused and fallen world, and that confusion extends everywhere, so that even the most basic questions, like "what gender am I?" become...
Eli in the Bible was a Jewish priest living in the days of the judges and serving God at the tabernacle in Shiloh, a city near the hill country of Ephraim (1...
Biblically speaking, the rainbow is the sign of a covenant that God made with the whole earth: He will never destroy the earth again with a flood. The...
Potter's House Christian Fellowship, officially called Christian Fellowship Ministries (CFM), was founded by Wayman Mitchell, a Pentecostal pastor, in 1970....
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How interested are Christians supposed to be in the spirit world?
Matthew in the Bible was one of Jesus' disciples. Matthew's Gospel, along with the Gospels of Luke, John, and Mark, is an inspired-and thus accurate and...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 to a nondescript family in western India, but when he died in 1948 he was one of the greatest political leaders...
A bribe is money or a favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a trusted position. The Bible is clear that giving...
That is, does one acknowledge and repent of their sin first, and then change their actions; or do they change their actions and then repent of their sin?
There are actually several men named Abimelech in the Bible. Some translations, such as the NIV, spell the name Abimelek. Either way, the name means "father...
The Sabeans were an ancient people group mentioned in the Bible as coming from a nation far away from Israel (Joel 3:8). They were a people of stature...
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How can God be intelligent if He is immaterial?
There are four "Servant Songs" of Isaiah that describe the service, suffering, and exaltation of the Servant of the Lord, the Messiah. All four songs show...
One of the most popular of the biblical proverbs is Proverbs 10:12, "Hatred stirs up conflict, / but love covers over all wrongs." Some translations read,...
Wasn't the very reason Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem to discuss and clarify that circumcision was not required (Acts 15:1-11)?
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Chapter 9 of Proverbs uses personification to describe wisdom and foolishness as women. Why would the author use women as his examples? The answer is found...
The Bible doesn't tell us how the apostle Peter died. The most commonly accepted church tradition is that Peter was crucified upside-down in Rome. Tradition...
In an increasingly unsafe world, people are seeking safety and security. Armies face each other across vast deserts, nations arm themselves with nuclear...
King David had many wives, according to the Bible, although only eight of them are named. Of the eight, five are mentioned only once. The other three wives...
Belshazzar was the last king of ancient Babylon and is mentioned in Daniel 5. Belshazzar reigned for just one year during the life of Daniel the prophet. His...
In my experience as a Messianic Jew (one who believes in Yeshua (Jesus) yet follows the Torah (Law) of Moses, I have found that many of the standard...
The Songs of Ascent are a special group of psalms comprising Psalms 120-134. They are also called Pilgrim Songs. Four of these songs are attributed to King...
When faced with a bad economy that threatens job security and savings accounts, it is natural to feel trepidation and some degree of insecurity. That said, a...
Paul uses the term inner man several times in his epistles (2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 3:16). Romans 7:22-23 says, "For I joyfully concur with the law of...
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