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Jack Gutknecht
ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
I am a factory worker. I came to Christ through a Billy Graham crusade to which my grandmother took my sister and me in 1964. I have played 12-string guitar in both our English and Spanish worship services at the church. 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!
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How can I cultivate thankfulness when I don't feel very thankful?
Yes, thanksgiving is commanded by God, as Mr. Tim Maas has so aptly said...
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How can I cultivate thankfulness when I don't feel very thankful?
1 Thessalonians 5:18
18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Why didn’t the disciples have enough faith? (Matthew 17:20)
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you...
Why schedule so many fasts? (Zechariah 8:19)
19 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth,...
Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)
Context: 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up...
Matthew 27:51
51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
What did Jesus mean when He said, 'I and the Father are one' (John 10:30)?
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What does the Bible say about giving to the poor?
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What was the "fourth watch"? (Matthew 14:25)
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Matthew 14:25
25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
How does the teacher of the law who becomes a disciple bring out old and new treasures? (Matthew 13:52)
52 He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a...
Matthew 13:52
52 Then He said to them, "Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.
Must we give up everything we own for the "kingdom"? (Matthew 13:44–46)
44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the...
How can we learn to trust God like the prophet Habakkuk?
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