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  1. If God wants all men to know Him, why harden Pharaoh's heart?
  2. What is meant by “righteous judgment"?
  3. What does it mean that God or that God's greatness is "unsearchable"?
  4. How could God command people not to kill in Exodus 20:13, and then, in Exodus 21:12, command that murderers be put to death?
  5. What was the "law of retaliation" meant to achieve (Exodus 21:23-25)?
  6. What is meant in John 20:23 where Jesus says if you forgive sins, they will be forgiven, if you retain them, they’ll be retained?
  7. Why did Jesus refuse to answer the false charges (Mark 14:61)?
  8. What exactly does "they kept your word" mean?
  9. Does repentance prevent catastrophies (Joel 2:12-14)?
  10. Why would God enlist a pagan nation to punish His people? 2 Chronicles 36:17


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

Does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 command a rape victim to marry her rapist?

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Gary W and John Matthews, both good doctrinal comments. The New law is not a new one per the Apostle John, and at the same time it is new, per John (1 Jn...

July 07 2020

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

What is wrong with being a grouchy giver? (as opposed to a "cheerful giver" in 2 Cor. 9:7) The job still gets done.

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"Giving is for rewards in Heaven." Isn't that what drove Martin Luther to break from the Roman Catholic Church? Buying your way to heaven? I would be a...

July 07 2020

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

What does the Bible say about a Christian serving in the military?

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The New Testament does deal with persons in the existing army of the time, but Jesus never exhorted his followers to join the military. Jesus, and others,...

July 07 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Is Romans 7:14-25 describing a believer or an unbeliever?

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Romans 3:23 ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God. All, not some, but all. Romans 3:10 There is none righteous, no not one. When we trust Jesus...

July 07 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How does predestination work as described by scripture?

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The only difference between heaven and hell is John 3:18. John 1:12 and Romans 1:16 Romans 4:5-8 John 6:40. First Timothy 2:4 First John 2:2. Romans 6:23....

July 07 2020

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

What is the story of Sarah and Hagar?

When Sarah and Abraham cast Hagar out, she was friendless. The Bible has much to say about friendlessness. Moses exhorts God's people in Dt. 31:6, "Be strong...

July 07 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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Should Christians support the nation of Israel?

July 07 2020

Comment by Kelli Trujillo , Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician

When a person is speaking in tongues at a church, are they speaking or praying to God, or are they making nonsense babble?

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Hi, John. The scriptures I mentioned have to do with different aspects of speaking in tongues, so I don't think it would make sense for all of them to be...

July 07 2020

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

When a person is speaking in tongues at a church, are they speaking or praying to God, or are they making nonsense babble?

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Kelli, are all of the scripture examples you list followed when you, personally, speak in tongues? Is there someone present to interpret? Is it an earthly...

July 07 2020

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

What was God doing before He created the universe?

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AMEN!! Vincent, Chris, Joyce and Bobby and Chuck! Exactly! Understand what you all mean!!

July 07 2020

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Why do so many Christians fail the 'practice what you preach' standard?

July 07 2020

Award for David Armstrong , Just a follower of Jesus. I believes the Bible is G-D's Word

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What was God doing before He created the universe?

July 06 2020

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

What would you say to a friend who said, "I do not believe in heaven or hell per se..."?

I would agree that God does reveal Himself in nature from the standpoint of an orderly universe. But that is not the only way He does so. Another way is...

July 06 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What would you say to a friend who said, "I do not believe in heaven or hell per se..."?

I would agree that God does reveal Himself in nature from the standpoint of an expansive and orderly universe (Psalms 19:1-6; Romans 1:18-21). But that is...

July 06 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What is meant by "I have given you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions"?

Jesus spoke these words in Luke 10:19 following the return of the seventy-two disciples whom He had sent out to the various towns that He Himself would later...

July 06 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Did God prepare the Lake of Fire and Heaven before He created the heavens and the earth?

In His teaching on the judgment of the sheep and the goats at the close of the age in Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus spoke in Matthew 25:41 of the eternal fire...

July 06 2020 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?

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Yes, you are correct. That was a typo in the online version. (The hard-copy version of the text that I am looking at as I write this says, "Now if we mean...

July 06 2020

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

How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?

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Tim, I read pages 23 and 24 of the online Mere Christianity pdf. I get the gist. It is good. But his one statement on p. 24 I think has a typo--"Now it we...

July 05 2020

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Did God prepare the Lake of Fire and Heaven before He created the heavens and the earth?

Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 details God's act of Creation but is silent about any Lake of Fire being created or planned. However, the lake of fire is being...

July 05 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?

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Tim, I think further that she believes in natural theology because this is what she wrote to me: "For me, Christianity is not ritualized or full of rules,...

July 05 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-wrath view of the rapture?

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There is an interesting analogy of a Jewish wedding to the rapture of the church, the bride of Christ. When a Jewish couple were betrothed, engaged to be...

July 05 2020

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

What should be the Christian view of Harry Potter?

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I take this answer (that sounds like one given by a person running for political office) to mean that this make believe story is okay for christian families...

July 05 2020

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

How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?

This is a tough question to answer without using quotes from scripture. So here goes... Remember that Job in the Bible was a very good man. He was blameless...

July 05 2020 2 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 command a rape victim to marry her rapist?

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If the fathers of those rape victims would have done what the men in the neighborhood I grew up in would do, NO, that kind of lawlessness wouldn't go...

July 05 2020

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What would you say to a friend who said, "I do not believe in heaven or hell per se..."?

You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink. There is nothing you can do. People believe what they want to believe, and unless they repent,...

July 05 2020 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-wrath view of the rapture?

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Much of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke were to the Jews. Gods chosen people. But, He came unto his own people, and His own people believed Him not....

July 05 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does the Bible say about shunning?

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What we also need to know is that man in First Corinthians 5:5 was a child of God by faith alone. Turn such a one over to Satan to kill the flesh, so that...

July 05 2020

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

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

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The document was not a religious one. It was done by religious men not wanting their denominations or religions to be responsible for violence and terror....

July 05 2020

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How is it "work" to believe? (John 6:29)

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Our faith in John 3:16-18. Jesus said it, we believe it, and that settles it. John 6:47 John 6:40. We believe it because it is Gods word, and God can not...

July 05 2020

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

Does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 command a rape victim to marry her rapist?

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Myron, "Crying out" isn't a requirement to prove that a man forced himself on a woman. A man manipulates a child and has sex with her. She consents to the...

July 05 2020

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

What is the Christian view of Pilates?

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Wambui, as Houdmann stated, there are no religious or spiritual aspects of Joseph Pilates' method of strengthening the body. He did not include any spiritual...

July 05 2020

Answer by Jay Saunders

Why do so many Christians fail the 'practice what you preach' standard?

First of all who is perfect? Even if you're perfect on the outside for all the world to see, that does not expose the thought life. Perfection in this life...

July 05 2020 9 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Glenna Miller

How do I get my mind to stop questioning?

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I believe many of us have asked your question and felt the same as you at some point in time. Proverbs 3:5-8 and Philippians 4:6-7 are my personal go-to...

July 05 2020

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How do I get my mind to stop questioning?

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus finished work on the cross. Satan is the accuser of the...

July 05 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?

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Thanks for your answer, Tim. I'll let her know. I think she believes in natural theology--Question: What is natural theology? See Answers:...

July 05 2020

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

How would you answer a friend who said, "I am not a biblical literalist and not a sin-focused or original sin believer."?

I would ask whether the individual has ever encountered the Christian writings of C. S. Lewis (a former atheist who became one of the most influential...

July 05 2020 5 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Award for S. Michael Houdmann , Got Questions Ministries
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Who was Molech?

July 05 2020

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

Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?

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Danny, referring to God, you meant "LED" instead of "He LEAD the nation of Israel in the form of a cloud by day, and a ... ", didn't you?

July 05 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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Isaiah 8 sets up Isaiah 9 beautifully. In 8 Isaiah tells the people that they are about to be overrun by the Assyrian army. "Be broken, O peoples, be...

July 05 2020

Comment by Ben Jones , Retired Professional Photographer

What is the legend of the dogwood tree? Was the cross Jesus was crucified on made of dogwood?

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The common Dogwood Cornus sanguinea is native to Eurasia so while it grows in Israel the wood is very hard and driving a nail into it would be quite...

July 05 2020

Answer by Donna Williams

How do I get my mind to stop questioning?

I would like to share this verse of Scripture with you in 1Corinthians 2:14 ESV, it reads as follows: "The natural person does not accept the things of the...

July 05 2020 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Janet Austin , Lover of God. Right to the Soul, author

How do we explain to a Muslim why Jesus had to die for us?

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I would only change one thing in Michael’s wonderful answer: replace the words BELIEVING SINNERS, with ALL. Jesus died for ALL. That said, it’s important to...

July 05 2020

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

Should churches consider non-face-to-face meetings given the current Covid-19 situation?

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That's a good thing Donna Williams, seeking and getting instructions from the Holy Spirit. Even better is staying prayerful (keeping our minds on Him) and...

July 05 2020