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Tim Maas
Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
I was raised as a Lutheran, but now consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I have been married for 37 years, and have two married children -- a son who is an attorney, and a daughter who is a mathematics teacher -- as well as a granddaughter who was born in April, 2019, and another granddaughter who was born on 17 February 2020. I retired in 2013 after 35 years as a Quality Assurance Specialist (Ammunition Surveillance), which is a civilian (Civil Service) career program that inspects and classifies the Army's stockpile of conventional, guided missile, and toxic chemical munitions, so that the Army has an accurate picture of the serviceability and safety of its ammunition stockpile at any given time.
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What was the significance of these gemstones? (Exodus 39:10–14)
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What was the little book in Revelation? In other words, is the book a real book with pages like our books on earth, or something different?
I would say that the passage cited in the question was intended to evoke an...
"What did Jesus mean when he said, 'No one knows the Son except the Father'"?
I would say that the point that Jesus was making was that, although He was...
Is Satan strong enough to put horrible dreams in our heads while we sleep?
I would say that, although the Bible definitely records God as sending dreams...
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Why was it wrong to worship the Lord at the high places? (2 Chronicles 33:17)
The term "high places" referred to elevated locations that were used for...
Can only ordained priests serve communion?
I am not a Roman Catholic, but my understanding of canon law is that there...
What causes prayers to reach heaven when sometimes we may feel they get no higher than the ceiling, or that the heavens are brass? (2 Chronicles 30:27)
I would say that God (being both omniscient and omnipresent) is aware of all...
In Matthew 25, Jesus states that if we don't visit those who are sick or in prison, we'll be punished. Is He talking about people who are actually in prison or sick, or is he talking about those who are spiritually sick and/or bound?
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Why would anyone want to sacrifice their children? (2 Chronicles 28:3)
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What is Jeshurun?
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What sort of "revelry" did they indulge in? (Exodus 32:6)
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What is the purpose of our life on earth if we will live for all eternity in heaven?
I would say that God's original intent was that humans live forever on earth...
Why did God use a disease as punishment? (2 Chronicles 26:19)
I would say that, in the particular case cited in the question, God chose the...