Carolyn Hostetter

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...

Comment • 4 More Answers • 1 Vote • Asked August 18 2023

What is the Word of God?

What is the Word of God? I thought this was a good question. The Word of God...

Comment • 7 More Answers • 1 Vote • Asked June 09 2023

Why did God choose Israel to be His chosen people?

Why did God choose Israel to be His chosen people? I think a couple of...

Comment • 5 More Answers • 1 Vote • Asked May 20 2023

What did Paul mean by these verses which have to do with being all things to all people?

 I have changed my question a little bit. How does this Scripture apply to...

1 Corinthians 9:19 - 23

¹⁹ For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more. ²⁰ And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law.

Comment • 1 Answer • Asked April 01 2023

What does God allow you to do?

This question was posed to me recently during a disagreement concerning other...

Comment • 1 Answer • Asked March 01 2023

Who are the "gods" mentioned in Psalm 138:1?

Psalms 138:1

¹ I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise.

Comment • 1 Answer • Asked November 16 2022

Does the total depravity doctrine mean that nobody can seek God?

I've come across many verses that indicate that we are to "seek" God;...

Acts 17:27

²⁷ So that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Comment • 3 Answers • 1 Vote • Asked August 23 2022

Is papal infallibility Biblical?

Merriam-Webster definition of infallible: 1. incapable of error : unerring,...

Comment • 5 More Answers • 3 Votes • Asked April 27 2022

Looking at the examples of Cain and Abel, and also Jacob and Esau, does this mean that there are children who are cursed even before they’re born?

I believe the verses that tell us specifically about being sealed by the Holy...

Comment • 3 More Answers • Asked April 08 2022

Do human beings truly have a free will?

John 15:16

¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Comment • 3 Answers • Asked February 28 2022

How can I know for sure that I will go to Heaven when I die?

How can I know for sure that I will go to Heaven when I die? Wow, there's so...

Comment • 7 More Answers • 3 Votes • Asked February 25 2022

As a Christian should I give financial support to a country that does not support Christianity?

I wouldn't support any country or government financially (except the US...

Comment • 3 More Answers • 2 Votes • Asked February 18 2022

What is a blessing according to the Bible?

My answer is short and sweet. When God blesses, he is conferring fullness of...

Comment • 5 More Answers • Asked February 18 2022

Are “wickedness” and “disobedience” the same or are they different?

I agree with James that through Christ, all believers have been made...

1 Comments • 4 More Answers • Asked February 18 2022

If we all adored Jesus as Mary did, who would do the work (Luke 10:39-42)?

I agree with Tim that sometimes our priorities are misplaced. And that, as...

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