An empirical or "common-sense" view of giving might conclude that the more of their resources that people give away to charitable causes, the poorer it would...
I would say that it would be because they regard Jesus as a mere man or human being, who would therefore not be worthy of the worship that should be reserved...
Wiersbe says, "A popular television comedian always got laughs when he said, 'The devil made me do it!'" Who was that comedian? Flip Wilson. (In the 1970s)...
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Proverbs 11:24
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Is it wrong for a Christian to have a dream catcher?
In my opinion, yes it’s wrong. I can clearly see now at age 28, recently saved, that the occultism started at a very young age for me, and it was not my...
Where does this saying come from? The saying “where God guides, he provides” comes from a paraphrase of Isaiah 58:11. The Contemporary English Version of...
"A popular superstition involves the number 11, which in numerology is a 'Master Number' signifying spiritual awareness or psychic intuition." --Houdmann
Ecclesiastes 8:14 - 17
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Just because a man or a woman tells a fiance they are "a christian," doesn't mean that person has truly been born again. Maybe they've attended church...
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That's not how hearts are changed.. I'm not saying Asenath's heart wasn't "turned to the One True God," I have no way of knowing that either one way or the...
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"Joseph no doubt won his wife over to the Hebrew faith." Really? No doubt? Why? Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. Did Esau practice the same faith as Isaac...
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Man will always justify his sin. Hitler justified murdering 6 million Jews, Russians believe Ukraine belongs to them, al Quida believe America is evil and...
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I bet there are many atheists with offspring who believe in Jesus. Being the offspring of a "pagan" doesn't make a person unwinnable to God. God saves! Being...
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When we baptize in the "name" of... we baptize "by the authority" of... that's the point of it. When we bow "at the name" of Jesus, it means we bow to his...
Nope. John 1:18 says, "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." "God is invisible...
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Is God sovereign and/or do we have a free will?
I would say that it IS true, but I would also say that, in God's omniscience, His provision may not take an exact form that we request or expect, but that...
God, being omniscient, was aware that, regardless of whether Jeremiah interceded with Him for the people (as individuals such as Moses and Samuel had done in...
In my opinion, the passage is saying that, if the inhabitants of Jerusalem had caught the poor breaking into their homes, it would have given those...
In my opinion, the passage is saying that, if the Israelites had caught the poor breaking into their homes, it would have given the Israelites a valid excuse...
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Very interesting answer, Tim!
Jeremiah 2:34 On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this ...
Jeremiah 2:1 - 37
Jeremiah 7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
Jeremiah 7:1 - 29
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We are all sinners. First John 1:8. But sin brings forth death. Romans 6:23 For the penalty for sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through...
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All believers are born again by the Holy Spirit the second they accept Jesus free gift of eternal life. The gospel. First Corinthians 15:3-4. That Christ...
They shouldn't. The first converts to Christianity in the book of Acts were all Jews. Romans 1:16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is...
NAVE (Nave’s Topical Bible) lists only 2 references for “nagging”: Judg. 14:17; 16:16. Pressure can also come in the form of psychological force upon an...
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Absolutely! Jesus declared, "IT IS FINISHED!" There are two absolutes in scripture, Faith and Blood! It is the way, the only way!
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A great commentary. However, I would like to add one more essential doctrine. And this is the incarnation which confirms Jesus Christ is truly God and truly...
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Food is food and, as such, is not evil. If it tastes good, eat it. If it's Halal or Kosher or anything else, it should not matter to a Christian. We say...
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Gen 1:1 says God created the heaven and the earth and the earth was without form and void... lifeless and uninhabitable, nothing more. God then proceeds to...
There are several different groups of Greek manuscripts of the New Testament have been found. While they mostly agree, there are some minor differences...
In my opinion, the cited verse is referring to the coming (at the time that Amos prophesied) gap of approximately four hundred years that would elapse...
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Unnatural acts are those that are contrary to the accepted customs at the time these passages were written. I would most certainly include same sex relations...
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Romans 4:5. The thief on the cross. He was saved the instant he believed apart from any works or self effort. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on...
Golgotha was most likely located near the souther summit of the Mount of Olives. "Golgotha" can also be translated as "the place of the poll", or the place...
A Thursday crucifixion solves all the apparent issues typically associated with the Gospel accounts while preserving their inerrancy. It is also consistent...
Amos 8:11 says, "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land - not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for wat...
Amos 8:1 - 14
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I am sure you agree that God gave us eyes to see and ears to hear. I heard this morning that there are 40,000 "vaccine" related deaths. A family member was...
God did not save the Ninevites as a nation that would go to heaven. He saved the nation for turning from their evil ways so that they would not be destroyed....
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There's a scripture that says believers are to be of the same mind. As long as there are believers who think there's something wrong with having a boyfriend...
I'm not sure that the BIble addresses imagined illnesses directly, but I am aware of passages (particularly in Proverbs, such as Proverbs 22:13 and Proverbs...
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What happens after death, before the Resurrection?
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What happens after death, before the Resurrection?
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Shirley: The long suppressed medical data that took court orders to release is slowly being made available, to REAL science-based personnel. The governmental...
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What is the Gap Theory? Did anything happen between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?
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