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How could the sun stop (Joshua 10:13-14)? Wouldn't the earth have had to stop, instead, and everything go flying off?

How could the sun stop (Joshua 10:13-14)? Wouldn't the earth have had to stop, instead, and everything go flying off? 13 So the sun stood still, and the moon...

July 02 2018 1 Answer

Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives, but Paul said not to do so?

Ezra 10:10 - 44

PROBLEM: Ezra made all the returning Israelites put away their “pagan wives” because they were “adding to the guilt of Israel” (Ezra 10:10). However, when...

May 12 2020 2 Answers

Who dashed infants to pieces? (Nahum 3:10)

Nahum 3:10

Context: 8 Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall. 9 Cush and Egypt were her...

October 16 2019 2 Answers

What does the Bible say about the universality of sin?

1 John 1:8 8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:10 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to...

March 20 2019 1 Answer

What is God's Word?

Can someone give me a summary? Ps 33:4; Jn 17:17 2Sa 22:31 ppp Ps 18:30; Pr 30:5 1Kings 8:56; III Kings 10:10 Ps 103:20 Ps 119:89,152; Isa 40:8; 1Pet. 1:25...

1 Vote January 21 2020 4 Answers

What does it mean that the earth was divided in Genesis 10:25?

Genesis 10:25

"25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan." Who divided it? How was it...

1 Vote February 05 2014 3 Answers

Why seventy years? (29:10)

Jeremiah 29:10 - 14

10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place....

July 03 2019 2 Answers

What is whitewash in the biblical sense? (Ezekiel 13:10–12, 14–15)

Ezekiel 13:10 - 12

10 “‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, 11...

1 Vote August 04 2019 2 Answers

What is the relationship between the spiritual gifts of 'a message of wisdom' and 'distinguishing between spirits'?

To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to...

July 21 2013 1 Comment 1 Answer

What is the significance of the number 12 in scripture?

The number twelve is mentioned in scripture about 187 times. The first indication of twelve was back in Genesis chapter 28:10 in the story of Jacob's dream....

April 12 2018 1 Answer

Does Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 contradict what Jesus said about divorce?

1 Corinthians 7:10 - 16

1 Corinthians talks about a Christian who has an unbelieving mate. At one point, Paul says, “But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a...

August 19 2019 1 Answer

If a prayer for healing is not answered, why might this be?

Luke 11:10

What do you take Luke 11:10 to mean? Will we receive, find, and have opened the things we look for while we are on earth, or will we not know until after we...

6 Votes November 27 2013 1 Comment 2 Answers

How many people will go to Heaven as opposed to Hell?

Matthew 7:14

"Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." How few is few? 100, 50, 10, 1? Does this mean...

3 Votes October 01 2013 2 Answers

What does "cross" symbolize in the New Testament?

Luke 9:23

Luke 9:23; Matthew 10:38, but I'm sure there are other verses in the Gospels and in Paul's writings that deal with what the symbol of the cross means. I know...

January 16 2021 3 Answers

Is the Gospel Passage in Mark 8:36 in any way related to Matthew's description of Satan tempting Jesus with 'rule over the whole world'?

Mark 8:36

Basically, are the two Gospel passages Mark 8:36 and Matthew 4:8-10 directly connected or related to each other? For what shall it profit a man, if he shall...

0 Votes October 02 2013 2 Answers

Do we lose our salvation if we fail to tell others about Jesus (Matthew 10:32-33; Luke 12:8-9)?

Matthew 10:26 - 33

Matthew 10:32-33 32"Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33But whoever disowns me before others, I will...

October 31 2021 3 Answers

Who were to serve as God's "witnesses"? (Isaiah 43:10-12)

Isaiah 43:8 Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears! 43:9 All nations gather together,...

April 21 2024 1 Answer

Why did the people of Israel later face oppression again after God promised David that he would provide a homeland where they would never be disturbed or oppressed?

And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won’t oppress them as...

April 18 2014

How does Matthew 27:9-10 fulfill prophecy?

Matthew 27:9 - 10

Matthew speaks Judas and the thirty pieces of silver as being a fulfillment of prophecy from Jeremiah. My bible notes reference Jeremiah 32:6-9. I am having...

6 Votes April 06 2017 3 Answers

How much did the disciples actually know about Christ's crucifixion and resurrection before it happened?

Matthew 10:2-9 tells of Jesus choosing, commissioning and sending his disciples out to preach. How is it that much later after telling them he would be...

2 Votes November 17 2013 2 Answers

To be counted righteous, Christ's righteousness has to be imputed on us. If so, why then was Cornelius said to be righteous in Acts 10:22 yet he was yet to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior?

Could there be another way righteousness is worked? If so, how is it yet it is only through Christ that we are counted righteous? Could Cornelius have been a...

1 Vote November 10 2014 3 Answers

Why do some Christians that believe we must keep the 10 commandments only advocate nine, believing the fourth commandment abolished?

That is, for those Christians that believe we must keep the ten commandments or should keep them as part of our spiritual walk, why is there a seemingly...

4 Votes August 21 2014 4 Answers

Why does Jesus share this illustration about sparrows? What is His point?

Matthew 10:26 - 33

Matthew 10:29-31 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your...

1 Vote October 30 2021 2 Answers

How is God a shield? (Psalm 84:11)

How is God a shield? (Psalm 84:11, NIV) 10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God...

January 23 2019 3 Answers

How are God’s righteousness and wrath connected? (Psalm 7:11)

How are God’s righteousness and wrath connected? (Psalm 7:11) 10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge and a God...

March 11 2019 3 Answers

How did the prophets tithe and to whom? Did they tithe to themselves?

I am starting a ministry to take the gospel out of the church through entertaining means. We will use Christian music and scripts to give our message of...

1 Vote January 15 2014 1 Comment 1 Answer

Should Christian silence be considered public denial of God?

I not talking about merely missing an opportunity to acknowledge God, but more specifically repeated refusal to acknowledge God to professing atheists in a...

2 Votes June 10 2014 3 Answers

What is the significance of the difference between the first set of the 10 commandments and the second set?

Rabbinic teachings say the first set had 172 words and the second set had 17 less words. The second set lacked "tov" Hebrew value of 17, which God said afer...

October 28 2016 2 Answers

When God called Adam while he was hiding from God in Genesis 3 was God seeking to fellowship with him?

Genesis 3:8 - 10

8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the...

1 Vote June 13 2014 2 Answers

Did Jesus have a soul before He was in human form?

If God has a soul (Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:30, Isaiah 42:1, Matthew 12:18, Hebrews 10:38), does this mean the Second Person of the Trinity already had...

0 Votes February 15 2016 2 Answers

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