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Why would Achish, King of Gath, dismiss David as insane in 1 Sam 21:10-15 and accept him as a fellow warrior in 1 Samuel 27:1-12?

David Flees to Gath 10 And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to (K)Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not...

August 15 2018 1 Answer

Does God want me to stay in an unhappy marriage?

I married someone who made believe he was a Christian right before I married him 11 years ago. I have been with him off and on for 27 years. Its been 11...

October 28 2013 6 Answers

Why is the account of the two robbers crucified with Jesus different in Luke than they are in Matthew and Mark?

Luke 23:39 - 43

The account of the two robbers in Luke 23:39-43 differs from that of Matthew 27:38,44 and Mark 15:27,32. In fact, Matthew and Mark's gospels say both of the...

3 Votes January 27 2014 1 Answer

Did Jesus die on the cross or just swoon? (Matthew 27:48)

Matthew 27:45 - 56

48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. Many skeptics, as well as...

November 14 2021 3 Answers

Does John 20:23 mean a sinner can be forgiven after death?

John 20:23

This passage basically states if you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven them. A Christian minister suggested to me,according to this passage, that if...

December 09 2019 1 Answer

Why do Christians live like we can keep ourselves alive?

John 12:25

Why do we strive so hard to hang on to life in this world, when Jesus is calling us to give it away? Psalm 22:27-31 All the ends of the earth will remember...

February 18 2021

Why did David order the death of the Amalekite who had come to him with news of Saul's death?

2 Samuel 1:1 - 16

I agree that the Amalekite had (falsely) reported that he had killed Saul (undoubtedly hoping to ingratiate himself with David). I also realize that God had...

June 17 2018 1 Answer

Why does the writer of Proverbs pick on wives? (Proverbs 21:9)

Proverbs 21:9

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. 19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife....

1 Vote March 27 2019 4 Answers

Why did God use a disease as punishment? (2 Chronicles 26:19)

Why did God use a disease as punishment? (2 Chronicles 26:19) 16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the...

November 12 2018 1 Answer

Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

Matthew 27:51

Context: 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top...

November 12 2019 1 Answer

Did Jesus come to judge the world or not? (John 3:17)

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. According to this verse, God did not “send His Son...

June 08 2022 3 Answers

Should we help someone who does not deserve it?

Proverbs 3:27

This is my personal experience. I know a person who used to take lift in my bike always when he sees me. He is healthy enough to walk and his office is just...

2 Votes August 08 2014 1 Comment 3 Answers

Why does Paul say that it was 430 years from the time of delivering the promise to Abraham to the time when the “Law” was given, when it actually was 645 years?

Galatians 3:17

Abraham was 75 when the promise was given (Genesis 12:4). 25 years later, he begat Isaac at 100 years of age (Genesis 21:5), Isaac begat Jacob when he was...

10 Votes November 06 2014 9 Answers

Does Job 7:9 contradict the Bible’s teaching about resurrection? I.e. had Job given up hope? (7:8–10)

Job 7:9

The Scriptures teach that all people will be raised corporally from the tomb (cf. Dan. 12:2; 1 Cor. 15:22; Rev. 20:4–6). In fact, Jesus said that one day “...

March 25 2020 2 Answers

Why does Paul call Jesus the first to rise from the dead when other people had been raised from the dead, such as Lazarus?

Acts 26:22 - 23

Why does the apostle, Paul, in his defense in Acts 26, starting mid-verse 22 thru 23, refer to Old Testament prophesies saying, "I am saying nothing beyond...

1 Vote February 22 2018 6 Answers

How should we as Christians deal with the homosexual situations and issues taking over the media today?

Leviticus 20:13

I'm confused as the Bible seems to contradict itself, such as in Leviticus 20:13, Leviticus 24:17, Matthew 7:1, and Luke 10:27. This is a really bad...

11 Votes April 04 2015 1 Comment 15 Answers

If water baptism is so important, why does the Bible not reference Jesus having water-baptized the twelve apostles?

If before the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, water baptism was so prevalent and important, why did Jesus not appear to have first of all water-baptized His...

1 Vote March 19 2015 2 Answers

What was a "scribe’s knife"? (Jeremiah 36:23)

Jeremiah 36:23

0 What was a "scribe’s knife"? (Jeremiah 36:23) Context: 20 After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the...

September 19 2019 3 Answers

Why did God destroy so many people—including wives and children—for the sins of a few? (Numbers 16:21-35)

27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones...

July 28 2019 2 Answers

Why did Jesus ask the disciples to "watch and pray" in Matthew 26:41?

Matthew 26:35 - 41

35 But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same. Gethsemane 36 Then Jesus went...

July 04 2020 1 Answer

Can I be fully healed and made whole?

John 10:1 - 42

Hello all, I am a woman, who went thru 5-6 years of OCD. I studied all aspects of it. It was unhealed wounds. I was wrestling in spiritual terms with a...

4 Votes May 21 2013 4 Answers

Who are those that God brings with Him, who have fallen asleep in Jesus, as referred to in 1 Thess. 4:14?

1 Thessalonians 4:13 - 17

In 1 Corinthians 15:50-57 we understand this perishable body will be raised and take on it's eternal form. In death, I have always presumed that my spirit...

4 Votes August 17 2014 1 Answer

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