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

How do I interpret my dreams biblically?

Since the Bible (including in the case of Pharaoh's dream noted in the question) treats the genuine interpretation of dreams as something that is granted by...

June 26 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How can I forgive those who sin against me?

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Malinda, I know what you're saying when you say 'the older I get the more offended I have become, and the more bitter I seem to have become, and the harder...

June 26 2020

Question by Cody Shelby

How do I not be scared of the rapture because only God knows the true date?

Basically I just want to live a long life but I’m just curious how do I not worry about the rapture happening because I know in Mathew it says that no man kn...

Matthew 24:36

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

How do I not be scared of the rapture because only God knows the true date?

To me, the ultimate focus of Christians, even during their earthly life spans (which, no matter how long they may be, are still just the blink of an eye in...

June 26 2020 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does the Bible say about sadness?

June 26 2020

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

Why did Jesus say authority was given to him to execute judgement because he is the "Son of Man"? Wouldn't "Son of God" make more sense?

The Father has submitted all judgment to the Son (John 5:22) and has given Him the position to execute judgment (John 5:27). Today Jesus Christ is the...

June 26 2020 2 Comments 14 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is the cause of all the anti-Semitism in the world?

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Philip, your reference to Hitler was accurate, I believe. After I had just become a Christian in high school, my mentor, Darrow, shared this: "Hitler hated...

June 26 2020

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

What does the Bible say about saying, "please," when we pray?

If the use of the word "please" when praying is meant as an expression of a genuine added degree of urgency or intensity to the words or requests spoken by...

June 26 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What age will everyone be in Heaven?

June 26 2020

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

Why did Jesus say authority was given to him to execute judgement because he is the "Son of Man"? Wouldn't "Son of God" make more sense?

We hear the word judge and we think of someone adjudicating law, passing judgement, someone deciding cases, administering justice. That's not the way "judge"...

June 26 2020 3 Comments 14 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Pete Van Zyl

How should Christians respond to the current protesting over police brutality and racism?

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Absolute Truth (God's word to us) is too Important to allow it to be killed in the streets - for the sake of "peace"! It is written - "When they cry peace...

June 26 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the divine spark?

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When Adam sinned he knew the difference between good and evil. We are all born with a conscience of right and wrong. Most people saved or no believe stealing...

June 26 2020

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

Does the Bible mention Alexander the Great?

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The bible calls the book of Daniel prophecy. You're calling it a historical accounting posing as prophecy. What is "divinely inspired" about reporting the...

June 26 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Does God punish us when we sin?

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First Corinthians 5:5 Turn such a one over to Satan to kill the flesh, so that his Spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. This was a born again...

June 26 2020

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

Why is Solomon not mentioned in the great hall of faith in Hebrews?

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Lost people don't get revelations that are counted as words from God. Lost people aren't used as God's mouthpieces. I don't understand that kind of thinking....

June 26 2020

Comment by John Matthews , Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker

Does God punish us when we sin?

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James, of what rewards do you speak? Good works are a result of being saved, not the other way around. Do you think God keeps a ledger and adds and subtracts...

June 26 2020

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What is noetic science?

June 25 2020

Question by Mogobo Kgomo

What does the Bible say about saying, "please," when we pray?

Is it scriptural to say "please" when we pray?

Luke 11:1 - 54

June 25 2020 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Charles Kincade

What happens to our soul at death?

On the 6th day God used the earth to make man and then He breathed His Spirit of life into man - and man became a living soul (A + B = C, where C is the...

June 25 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

What happens to our soul at death?

According to Genesis, humans receive life from God (Gen 2:7). God “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (KJV). God...

June 25 2020 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why do Sunday worshipers refer to "Acts 20:07" to support their choice to worship on Sunday, the 1st day of the week?

Some Christian researchers accept the early church starting to meet on Sundays not long after Christ becoming alive again, out of appreciation for the Lord's...

June 25 2020 3 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Do we need to be aware of the spiritual battle that is taking place around us?

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Amen to that. We are here to get people into the kingdom of God by faith alone. John 3:18 John 6:47. And, we are to occupy until He comes. First...

June 25 2020

Answer by Jessica Smith

Why did Solomon call himself "only a little child"? (1 Kings 3:7)

This verse I believe was Holy Spirit inspired, like much of the Old Testament used to teach future generations of believers and those who are called to be...

June 25 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Brian Ansell , Retired school teacher, now sell homemprovements i

Am I my brother's keeper?

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As Christians we are responsible for loving our neighbour, that is all who are not ourselves. We are asked to love them like we love ourselves, we are not...

June 25 2020

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Why do Sunday worshipers refer to "Acts 20:07" to support their choice to worship on Sunday, the 1st day of the week?

Acts 20 has been used by some to support the idea that the seventh-day Sabbath has been replaced with Sunday, the first day of the week, as early as the...

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Is speaking in tongues evidence for having the Holy Spirit?

June 25 2020

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Will your body become whole at resurrection if you are cremated?

God who created us certainly can recreate us from ashes, regardless the manner in which the body was disposed at death. The result of cremation or slow decay...

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Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Does "caught up" refer to the rapture?

The Dispensationalism doctrine, made popular by John Nelson Darby, asserted that Christ’s coming would occur in two stages: an invisible secret rapture, (or...

June 25 2020 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why is it reasonable to believe that Pharaoh’s daughter adopted Moses?

To me, Exodus 2:10 specifically and definitively addresses this issue by saying, "When the child [Moses] grew older, she [Moses' birth mother] took him to...

June 24 2020 Follow Vote Up

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

Will your body become whole at resurrection if you are cremated?

Since the Bible speaks of martyrs being sawn in half (Hebrews 11:37) (in addition to all the Christians who have suffered similar fates -- including...

June 24 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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How do I interpret my dreams biblically?

Genesis 41:1

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Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is spiritual blindness?

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Spiritual blindness is not believing the gospel. First Corinthians 15:1-4 That Christ died for our sins, all of them forever so that we can never be...

June 24 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Does putting all the emphasis on God's grace in salvation actually make Christians care less about their moral choices?

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Faith is not the gift. Eternal life is the gift when we believe it. Romans 6:23 John 3:18 Romans 3:26-28 John 6:47 John 3:16. Faith cometh from hearing,...

June 24 2020

Comment by Susan Jeavons

What should be the Christian perspective on nudity in art?

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Michael, you said, "It does not matter what the intent of the picture is-if it incites lust in someone's heart, then there is a problem." Wouldn't this also...

June 24 2020

Comment by Gary Wainwright , Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Father, Civil Engineer

Can people in heaven look down and see us?

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While the ‘dead in Christ’ are present with the Lord in heaven, their bodies are not because their bodies still remain in the grave. The ‘dead in Christ’...

June 24 2020

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

What does the Bible say about life on other planets?

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Steven Scott, I don't know if there are other life forms out there, and it doesn't matter to me if there is, but if there is they wouldn't necessarily need a...

June 24 2020

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

How should Christians respond to the current protesting over police brutality and racism?

Police brutality is a sure sign of systemic racism in a culture. When police deal differently with people because of their ethnicity, skin colour, economic...

June 24 2020 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Am I my brother's keeper?

No, we are not responsible for our brother when he is not with us. But when he is, we are. Cain's answer to God, in the form of a question, is what I...

June 24 2020 1 Comments 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Does God promise to protect us?

Great question, Scott! God promises to rescue and sustain the righteous when they fall. (Psalm 34:19: "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the...

June 24 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Does God promise to protect us?

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Anand, what about Revelation 14:9-11, especially Revelation 14:11? 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the...

June 24 2020

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

How many years has man been on earth?

If one accepts the timeframe calculated by Bishop Ussher, in which the days of creation as mentioned in the Bible refer to literal 24-hour days, and the...

June 24 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

In Psalm 37:23, what does "he delighteth in his way" mean?

It appears that the consensus of opinion among the translators or interpreters of this verse (including those found on the website http://www.biblehub.com)...

June 24 2020 2 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

In Psalm 37:23, what does "he delighteth in his way" mean?

Does it mean the God is satisfied with the good man's life, or does it mean that a good man willingly accepts the Lord's guidance? Psalm 37:23-25 King ...

Psalms 37:23

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