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  1. What's the meaning of this "flying scroll"? (5:1)
  2. What witnessing principles can Christians learn from the lepers' response in 2 Kings 7:3–9?
  3. Why include a final warning about adding or subtracting from this book? Revelation 22:18-19
  4. How are believers supposed to 'learn Christ,' according to Ephesians 4:20?
  5. What does it mean that Christ "was crucified in weakness" (2 Cor. 13:4)?
  6. What does judgment mean in this passage?
  7. Why does Zimri execute the friends, as well as the family of Baasha (1 Kings 16:11)?
  8. When did the diaspora which Peter mentions in 1 Peter 1 start and end?
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  10. Why did the Lord favor Abel’s offering more than Cain’s?


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Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is a Christian Testimony?

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Is Your Honesty Above Question? As a schoolboy, I worked with my father during the summer months. Each morning we stopped to pick up the early edition of...

December 18 2022

Answer by Justin Hale

What does the groaning refer to in Romans 8:26?

My personal experience with this follows the analogy of scripture that we begin as 'infants in Christ' drinking only 'milk' and continue to develop into...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

How does the Bible define success?

In the sense of prospering, "success" is the translation of sakhal, שָׂכַל "to be wise," "to prosper" (Josh 1:8, "Thou shalt have good success," the King...

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December 18 2022

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

How does the Bible define success?

The first passage that came to my mind when I read this question was Jeremiah 9:23-24: "This is what the LORD says: 'Let not the wise man boast in his...

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Does the Bible mention Alexander the Great?

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What can we learn from the wife in the home (Proverbs 5:15-20)?

December 17 2022

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Why were Adam and Even driven out of the Garden of Eden?

December 17 2022

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What does the Bible say about the greatness of God?

December 17 2022

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Who is Jesus Christ?

December 17 2022

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Did we all inherit sin from Adam and Eve?

December 17 2022

Answer by Justin Hale

How could a loving God kill the first born children of Egypt?

Scripture explains that GOD defines 'love' very differently than the world because He actually is 'love' itself, (1 John 4:8,16), and because His version of...

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Comment by Matthew curtis

Who was the first Jew?

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Nope!

December 17 2022

Answer by John Appelt

Why did God send the Israelites to Egypt for 400 years?

The thing is, God did not send the Israelites to Egypt for 400 years. Genesis 15:13 does not specify Egypt as the place, even though it was one place where...

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Answer by Justin Hale

How did Adam and Eve sin?

'Adam and Eve' were nothing like most people imagine them to be, since we can really only relate to them AFTER they sinned. Originally, Adam and Eve were not...

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Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is your personal testimony of salvation?

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Good testimony, Paul! Sorry to see that your webpage is no longer available to read, https://paultheslave.wordpress.com/the-pilgrimage-of-this-slave/

December 17 2022

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is your personal testimony of salvation?

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Billy, good answer! I sold Amway too so I can identify with you there.

December 16 2022

Answer by Justin Hale

When Jesus was in the belly of the earth, did he continue his ministry preaching to previous generations?

I believe that this is a reference not to a proclamation of the gospel of salvation to souls awaiting it, but to something else, since no one dying in a...

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Comment by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

How did Adam and Eve sin?

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1 Timothy 2:14"And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." It appears also that Adam knew what he was doing. He chose...

December 16 2022

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

How did Adam and Eve sin?

Eve first, and then Adam, sinned by disobeying God's command not to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:16-17). (Although only...

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What can we learn from the woman in the street (Proverbs 5:1-14, 21-23).

December 16 2022

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Why does one Bible verse say, "When the righteous cry, God hears," and another verse says, “There are none righteous, not one"?

Context is very important in understanding what a scripture passage is saying. The "none righteous" passage from Romans is from a context of explaining why...

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How did Adam and Eve sin?

Genesis 3:1 - 24

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Which activities are beneficial to Christians during the Advent season?

December 15 2022

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Hebrews 10:26 mean concerning 'willful sin?'

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"Weakened faith" Mr Hall, isn't synonymous with a "loose grip" on our salvation, the way some of us imagine it to mean. With many of us, the salvation saga...

December 15 2022

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Hebrews 10:26 mean concerning 'willful sin?'

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Mr Hall, real forgiveness is what we are promised when we confess to our sinfulness. We aren't forgiven until we sin again; we are forever forgiven. People...

December 15 2022

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Hebrews 10:26 mean concerning 'willful sin?'

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Mr Hall, we are forgiven of our sin (of being born an unbeliever) when we hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and believe it. Once we confess that we need the...

December 15 2022

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Who are the 'fearful' in Revelation 21:8?

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Liked your last line as it applies to all of us, I think.

December 15 2022

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When did Good Friday begin to be observed?

December 15 2022

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

What does the Bible teach about starting a business ?

Always go the second mile. Do more than anticipated and expected. Surprise others by paying attention to the little things that others don't. Be different....

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Answer by Jay Strickland

When Jesus was in the belly of the earth, did he continue his ministry preaching to previous generations?

When the Bible states Jesus went to "the lower parts of the earth," it is not saying he went to Hell or hades. The phrase includes a genitive absolute. It is...

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Comment by Jay Strickland

Who are the seven kings in Revelations 17:10?

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Yes, you are correct. When John writes, "And one now is," he is showing us when the book was written. He is writing it when the 6th king was alive, Nero....

December 14 2022

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Hebrews 10:26 mean concerning 'willful sin?'

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I agree with you Mr Kraft; if willful sin keeps anyone from going to heaven, the place will be as empty as traffic court during the Civil War. Everybody sins...

December 14 2022

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does the Hebrews 10:26 mean concerning 'willful sin?'

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Mr Bard, if you thought you were saved (forgiven of your sin, which is being born in unbelief) just because of your "little prayer as a kid" (your words),...

December 14 2022

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Who was Molech?

"The word translated “hell” is gehenna. It comes from a Hebrew phrase “the valley [ge] of Hinnon,” referring to an actual valley outside Jerusalem where...

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Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

How could a loving God kill the first born children of Egypt?

1. Pharaoh had already ordered that every newborn Israelite male be killed (Exodus 1:8-22). 2. God publicly warned Pharaoh and Egypt what would happen, but...

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Answer by John Appelt

Was Jesus actually born in September?

The traditional date for the birth of Jesus is not likely December 25. The idea that it was a Christianized adaptation of a pagan holiday is not likely...

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Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What things in this world have a true eternal value?

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"If you are exercising your spiritual gifts, you are playing a significant role in the body of Christ and doing that which has eternal value." I believe this...

December 14 2022

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What things in this world have a true eternal value?

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"Treasure in heaven." Heaven is the only place where a real treasure awaits our arrival. Deep inside of us we realize that; but we have trouble imagining...

December 14 2022

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Who are the Christmas angels?

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This is an interesting question. First, there was Gabriel who is named the angel who visited Zechariah to tell him the news of his wife Elizabeth’s...

December 14 2022

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Does the Bible mention Alexander the Great?

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I appreciate this well-written answer to this question that my own son-in-law asked me. Thank you, Michael!

December 14 2022

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December 13 2022

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December 13 2022

Answer by Tim Maas , Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

Who are the 'fearful' in Revelation 21:8?

In my opinion, the term "fearful" (which is perhaps better translated by other versions of the same verse as "cowardly") is applied here to individuals who...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Is Jesus the only way to heaven?

My grandmother, whom we called Mor Mor, took my sister and me to a Billy Graham Crusade. I did not know it then exactly, but I wanted to know the way to...

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Answer by Derek Hole

When did Good Friday begin to be observed?

It must be remembered that, as in Gen, 1:5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the...

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Answer by Justin Hale

What was "lacking in" [their] "faith"? (1 Thessalonians 3:10)

All genuine Christians walk the same overall path of faith: "Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence,...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Does the Bible mention Alexander the Great?

Alexander the Great according to the Easton's Bible Dictionary, was the king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the "belly...

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