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Jack Gutknecht
Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
I was a factory worker almost all my life, now retired. I used to be an addict. I fought against this sin in my life, but I could not win at all. But I came to Christ through a Billy Graham crusade to which my grandmother took my sister and me in 1964. I played 12-string guitar in both our English and Spanish worship services at the church for 5 years and taught kids for about 50. The "ABC/DTS graduate" means that I graduated from Arizona Bible College 'magna cum laude' and from Dallas Theological Seminary. I got "The Map and Compass Award" from Scottsdale Bible Church for getting my carload lost so many times on College and Career outings. I haven't changed much. We are proud cat owners of a Domestic Shorthair tabby, "Sophie," who was a kitten abandoned at a busy intersection in Atlanta and who crawled into the wheel well of the car of my brother-in-law, while he was paused at a stoplight. A nearby car had to call his attention to her before the light turned green!
Recent Activity
How do we number our days?
1. Appreciate each and every moment of our short lives (the shortness of our...
Did Jesus’ disciples break the Jewish Sabbath law? (Matthew 12:1-5)
PROBLEM: Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the...
Matthew 12:1 - 5
1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.
Wasn’t killing too severe a punishment for the prophets of Baal? 1 Kings 18:40
PROBLEM: Doesn't this seem like an example of religious intolerance? Further,...
1 Kings 18:40
40 And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
Why did the prophets of Baal cut themselves (1 Kings 18:28)
Context: 1 Kings 18:27-28 New International Version (NIV) 27 At noon Elijah...
1 Kings 18:28
28 And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
What kinds of fruit (besides those mentioned in Galatians 5) does the Holy Spirit produce in the life of the Christian, if any?
The fruit of the Spirit includes peace: Galatians 5:22-25 See also Romans...
What is "a broom tree"? (1 Kings 19:4)
1 Kings 19:3-5 NET Bible -- 3Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his...
What is "a broom tree"? (1 Kings 19:4)
HCSB but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a...
1 Kings 19:4
4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
What kinds of fruit (besides those mentioned in Galatians 5) does the Holy Spirit produce in the life of the Christian, if any?
I know Galatians 5:22-23 list the fruit of the Spirit, but are there other...
Galatians 5:19 - 22
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality. 20 Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions.
Is there any power in positive thinking?
According to Mayo Clinic: for "Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk to...
How do Christians know that the Word of God has power?
The word of God has power which can be shown in 3 ways: 1. It is active...
Is "a table" that the Lord prepares a symbol of something else in Psalm 23:5? If so, what?
Psalm 23:5 “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you...
Is "a table" that the Lord prepares a symbol of something else in Psalm 23:5? If so, what?
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my...
Psalms 23:5
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
Why is 'taming the tongue' so difficult?
James 3:8 says, “But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full...
What does it mean that unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain?
127:1 Unless Yahweh builds a house Probably refers to a dynasty—the parallel...
What does "blood" symbolize in the Bible?
When I was just a boy, if I had a good friend that I wanted as a blood...