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  1. What can we learn from Paul's shipwreck on Melita (KJV) or Malta? Acts 27-28
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Answer by Dale Casselman , Christian/Circus Clown

What does the bible say about being born gay?

The Bible does not mention anywhere, anything about being born gay. It is described as a result of someone being turned over by God to a reprobate mind, and...

November 24 2020 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Dale Casselman , Christian/Circus Clown

Why do English Bible translations say, "a child IS born" or "WILL BE born" in Isaiah 9:6 when the original Hebrew translation says, "WAS born" (happened already)?

It is because it has already been ordained by God, and therefore it is done already. Just as prophesy can be certain that something will come to pass,...

November 24 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Dale Casselman , Christian/Circus Clown

What Bible translation is closest to the original written scriptures?

Find a comfortable read in each of the equivalence. Like Young's Literal, as your word for word. KJV, and NASB both come as a Strongs Concordence. So get the...

November 24 2020 12 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Fake Name

Is it biblical for a woman to marry a man with whom she had an affair before each one got a divorce?

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Pastor Tumlinson, Is it possible for the two people in this story to have a godly relationship which is a good witness to others? I'm in a similar...

November 24 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sower?

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Why the fruit inspectors get it wrong. You can not tell an unbeliever from a believer by how they live, only by what they say. A lost person may go to...

November 24 2020

Answer by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Will God give us what we want just because we ask? (Luke 11:9–13)

Matthew 6:28,29, "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that...

November 24 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Grant Abbott , Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

How can a young Christian handle the threats of divorce in a marriage that was started on faulty ground?

Jesus commands us not to divorce our spouse for any reason, except for sexual immorality (Matthew 5:32). We are to remain in a marriage with an unbelieving...

November 24 2020 Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How should we view Romans 3:23 when it comes to babies and children?

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Well, we do know all children who die before a certain age are saved. They are not accountable for sin. They can not break Gods laws until they realize it.

November 24 2020

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Is the church missing during the events from Rev 4 to Rev 20?

November 24 2020

Award for Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

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When is the Rapture going to occur in relation to the Tribulation?

November 24 2020

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What is the theory of the 'rapture' of the church?

November 23 2020

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How should we view Romans 3:23 when it comes to babies and children?

November 23 2020

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

How should we view Romans 3:23 when it comes to babies and children?

Salvation is desperately needed by all, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Salvation comes about by grace through faith...

November 23 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean that all have sinned?

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Yes, James, thanks for reminding me of First John 1:8. Navigators' had this too in The Topical Memory System.

November 23 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does it mean that all have sinned?

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Amen Brother. The GIFT of God is eternal life. Not a reward for good behavior. First John 1:8 First John 5:13. These things have I written unto you that...

November 23 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How do I live my life for God?

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John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into...

November 23 2020

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

What does it mean that all have sinned?

All Have Sinned (Navigators Topical Memory System--when I was in high school and college I studied the TMS, the Topical Memory System). All Have Sinned from...

November 23 2020 2 Comments 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What are "the cherubim" of 2 Samuel 22:11?

The cherubim are an order or rank of the angelic beings who serve God. In popular thought, they are commonly conceived of as beings of small stature, but...

November 23 2020 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Suegra Feliz

Was Isaac born to Abraham and Sarah without physical contact between them?

According to Paul in Galatians 4:29, Ishmael was born "in the ordinary way," but Isaac was born "by the power of the Spirit." This suggests that, just as in...

November 23 2020 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Is the church missing during the events from Rev 4 to Rev 20?

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When Jesus comes for the church, the body of believers, he comes in the clouds and we go to meet Him in the air. The rapture of the church saved by grace and...

November 23 2020

Answer by Bruce Lyon , Elder: Restoration Fellowship Assembly

How do I live my life for God?

How should we live for our God and Father Yehovah? The way to live for our God and Father Yehovah is to obey the words He gave to the lord Messiah Jesus to...

November 23 2020 1 Comments 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did Jesus call the Father the only true God?

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He is the main genuine God rather than the numerous ones that are "called divine beings," 1 Corinthians 8:5-6.

November 23 2020

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

Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?

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Jesus said He would "come as a thief in the night." Teresa, have you ever known a thief to announce his impending arrival? Of course, I've read Luke 21 quite...

November 23 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Is the church missing during the events from Rev 4 to Rev 20?

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First Corinthians 15:51-53 And First Thessalonians 4:13-18. John 3:18 Believers will not go through the time of Jacobs trouble, the 7 year tribulation...

November 23 2020

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Is the church missing during the events from Rev 4 to Rev 20?

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James, most of those passages you bring up are talked about elsewhere on eBible. Briefly, though: I Cor 15:51-33 - About the Resurrection at the Second...

November 23 2020

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What does it mean to surrender to God?

November 23 2020

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

What are "the cherubim" of 2 Samuel 22:11?

See also 2 Samuel 22:7 7 “In my distress I called to the Lord; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ...

2 Samuel 22:11

November 22 2020 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?

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AMEN! Keep looking up! Wait and watch! God always keeps His promises. In the meantime, pray that more will see, and believe, don't look around, look to Him!

November 22 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sower?

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The fruit is the gospel of all grace apart from works. Our works can not save sinners. Only Jesus finished work on the cross apart from works. Romans 4:4-8....

November 22 2020

Answer by Donna Williams

Is it wrong to attend two (or more) different churches?

It saddens me that the body of Christ is in so much bondage to the religious church system, to put it in simple terms the organized church. The saints in the...

November 22 2020 22 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Billy P Eldred

Is the church missing during the events from Rev 4 to Rev 20?

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Great job as always, Jennifer. I would add one note. Rev 1:3 tells us the Revelation is a book of prophecy. 1 Cor 14:22 tells us that Prophecy is for...

November 22 2020

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Do Proverbs 26:4 and 26:5 contradict? How can both verses be true?

November 22 2020

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

Why did the God of the Bible stop talking to humans?

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This is an awesome commentary! We are blessed to know that our Father still leads and guides us even when we don't perceive it (Job 33:14). I think you...

November 22 2020

Answer by Thomas Underwood

Why did God change the laws that man must obey from the Old to New Testament?

It is true that all ceremonial laws, to some extent were changed, but the laws of abominations and other sinful acts were not removed from the law. Paul...

November 22 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean that there is no condemnation in Christ?

The phrase “no condemnation,” i.e. “there is, therefore, no condemnation” has to do with the law. The law brings condemnation and death. Why? Because no one...

November 22 2020 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What are some psalms of hope for when the holidays hurt?

My recent favorite is Psalm 34. Seeking always leads us to seeing. And what we see is what we get. If we choose to see the deliverance God offers, we will...

November 22 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How are we "sinners saved by grace"?

Great question, Robert! The grace of God is the quality of God's character by which he shows himself compassionate, accepting, and generous to sinful human...

November 22 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What are some psalms of hope for when the holidays hurt?

Some suggestions (all based on the fact that God is always with us, and hears us whenever and wherever we call on Him or need Him): Psalm 3 (Key verse: “But...

November 22 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Teresa McAllister

Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?

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In Luke 21, Jesus says, "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the...

November 22 2020

Comment by Teresa McAllister

Should we relate the current COVID 19 crisis to the signs of the end times?

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It seems to me that the Church is waking. It has fallen asleep as did all ten of the virgins in Matthew 25. This state of slumber is what has contributed to...

November 22 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What are Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism?

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We are all born with a sense of right and wrong. Before the fall Adam did not know sin. Then his eyes were opened. We are not so depraved that we can not...

November 22 2020

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

Who was Clement?

His name means "kind" or "tolerant. "He was a Christian of Philippi who worked with Paul (Phil. 4:3). Conceivably the biblical dad with a similar name...

November 21 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does it mean that all have sinned?

November 21 2020

Comment by Gregory Boldon , Christian Military Veteran Warrior for God

How long did it take God to create the world?

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Thank you Mr. Allen. A very concise answer to the conception of creation (evolution) over billions of years beginning with a "big bang". Thanks also to Mr....

November 21 2020

Comment by Billy P Eldred

Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?

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Thank you for kind words NL. I will accept the blessings and may God bless you even more so especially this upcoming Christmas season. The verse in John is...

November 21 2020

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How can we have peace from the Holy Spirit while we are experiencing physical or emotional pain?

November 21 2020

Answer by ainsley chalmers , Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.

What is the meaning of life? Why care?

One of the questions asked in our catechism booklet in primary school was this question "What is the meaning of life"? The basic answer which we learnt by...

November 21 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up