What does it mean that our sins are like scarlet in Isaiah 1:18?
This is an interesting question, Jayne. "Sins as scarlet" (Isa 1:18), i.e., means as scarlet robes "glaring and habitual." Scarlet and crimson were the...
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by Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did parents sacrifice their children to false gods? (Psalm 106:37)
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No, I have not. (My reading preferences run mostly to history and non-fiction.) But I'll see if I can locate it.
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What is the purpose of marriage?
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Will there be any need for the Holy Spirit to dwell within us when we get to heaven? If not, what will be the role of the Holy Spirit in heaven?
Jesus said the role of the Holy Spirit while we are here on earth is to bring to remembrance the things Jesus said (John 14:25-26), testify about Jesus (John...
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What are the seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls in the Book of Revelation?
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by Danny Hickman
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Does Mark 16:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?
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Kevin, Mark 16:16 doesn't say "whoever is not baptized is condemned." It says 'whoever doesn't believe is condemned.' So, evidently you are misreading the...
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by Danny Hickman
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Should we tithe off our gross or net income?
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Gary you are being biblical which means you are telling it right. It's up to the pastors to do as you're doing and teach their congregations the truth, or...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Who are Oholah and Oholibah in the Bible?
In the Hebrew Bible, Oholah (אהלה) and Oholibah (אהליבה) (or: Aholah and Aholibah) are pejorative personifications, i.e. contemptuous/disparaging...
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What does the Bible say about soul sleep?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How did Paul and his companions purify themselves in the account of Acts 21:26?
My understanding of the purification in which Paul and his companions would have participated prior to entering the temple involved the use of a "mikvah" (or...
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What kind of pit was David in? (Psalm 40:2)
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Tim Maas
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Is the 7-day calendar based on Genesis 2:2-3, in which the seven day week was first mentioned?
From what I have read, although multiple cultures (such as Persia, Greece, India, China, and Babylon) in ancient times adopted or observed a calendar based...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who are Oholah and Oholibah in the Bible?
Oholah and Oholibah were names given by God to the prophet Ezekiel to represent Israel and Judah, respectively, following the division of the original twelve...
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by Kevin Honeycutt
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Does Mark 16:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?
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Danny, Mark 16:16, 1 Peter 3:21, Galatians 3:27 does!!!
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by Jack Gutknecht
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Was this a physical attack? (Song of Solomon 5:7)
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I hadn't thought of that; I would guess you're right, then.
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by Dorothy Mathieson
Why did Jesus heal only one person at the pool of Bethesda?
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To keep walking with God is the surest way to continue in the healing.
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by Dorothy Mathieson
Why did Jesus heal only one person at the pool of Bethesda?
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To keep walking with God is the surest way to continue in the healing.
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What can we learn from Hezekiah's prayer in 2 Kings 19:14-19?
If we read a bit more in the chapter, we see that God sent a messenger to Hezekiah. He tells Hezekiah that he heard him. In 2 Chronicles 32:20, we see...
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
What is the meaning of the Parable of one desiring to build a tower, and the king who wishes to go to war with another?
The meaning of the parable of the tower and going to war with a king who's stronger starts in the beginning of the chapter of Luke 14. Jesus heals a man...
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What was the practice of casting lots?
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Why did Jesus ask the man at the pool if he wanted to get well?
Perhaps the man after being crippled for 38 years had given up hope of ever being healed, or maybe he was afraid that if he were healed he would not be able...
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Jack Gutknecht
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Who are Oholah and Oholibah in the Bible?
Ezekiel 23:4
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Is Paul saying he wants married people to live as unmarried in 1 Corinthians 7:29?
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What is Jesus Culture? Is Jesus Culture biblical?
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How does God see me in Christ?
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What is a concubine? Why did God allow men to have concubines in the Bible?
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Who will go to heaven?
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Tim Maas
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Was this a physical attack? (Song of Solomon 5:7)
By my reading of the narrative, the events described in the passage cited in the question occurred in a dream, and thus were not an actual physical attack.
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is Paul saying he wants married people to live as unmarried in 1 Corinthians 7:29?
In my opinion, Paul is saying that any Christian's relationship with God takes precedence over any human relationship -- even one as close as marriage. He is...
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Gene Deloach
Is it wrong to be a Christian secretly in order to preserve your own life?
Matt 10:32-34 the words confess and deny are very specific words of action. To verbally confess has as its direct opposite action of verbally denying. I’m...
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by Chris Heier
, Retired, living in Mexico and Arizona
Who is the Queen of Heaven?
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Amen.
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by Chris Heier
, Retired, living in Mexico and Arizona
Who is the Queen of Heaven?
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Well said, Cindy. God the Father sent our Lord Jesus not to establish an earthly Jewish Kingdom. But to establish God’s Kingdom, the church, whose head is...
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What does the Bible say about the prosperity gospel?
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by Ezekiel Kimosop
Does God require Sabbath-keeping of Christians?
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Wow, great reflections here. I believe that Jesus consummated the Sabbath when He entered His rest so that those who are in Christ are not bound by the Law...
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Charles Crabtree
Is Paul saying he wants married people to live as unmarried in 1 Corinthians 7:29?
What is Paul really saying in this passage?
1 Corinthians 7:29
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by Danny Hickman
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Does Mark 16:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?
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All the members of the church I attend have been baptized, I don't have to read about the conversions in the book of Acts to know about baptism, Kevin....
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On what day of the week would the breaking of bread in Acts 20:7 have taken place? Would it be on our same calendar day in modern times?
During Apostle Paul's time, the 1st day of the week would be what is now called Sunday by the gentiles. The Hebrews called days of the week by numbers just...
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Shirley H
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Why ship your grain across the sea? (Ecclesiastes11:1)
These two verses Ecclesiastes 11:1,2 I believe are easier to understand in the KJV Bible. They read, "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What kind of pit was David in? (Psalm 40:2)
In my opinion, David was speaking of being lifted out of a slimy pit in a figurative sense, saying that whatever difficulties or troubles he had faced had...
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by Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why does Paul call Jesus the first to rise from the dead when other people had been raised from the dead, such as Lazarus?
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I can only suggest that perhaps Moses and Elijah (although alive) were somehow different in their post-earthly experiences than Jesus with respect to having...
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by Patricia Robinson
Is the 7-day calendar based on Genesis 2:2-3, in which the seven day week was first mentioned?
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Yes. However, one of the Roman emperors started an eight day week. It did not last long.
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by Danny Hickman
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Can man live without God?
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Continuing,... Lk 16 isn't about whether hell can be seen from heaven, or any of the other distractions this story causes to pop up into the minds of people....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What kind of pit was David in? (Psalm 40:2)
Psalm 40 New International Version (NIV) Psalm 40[a] For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me...