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  1. Should I allow my 18-year-old daughter to continue to live with me after telling me she is gay?
  2. How can one become a “partaker of the divine nature”?
  3. What does the potter’s work in Jeremiah 18:1-6 teach us about God’s authority over our lives and His ability to reshape us when we go astray?
  4. Does Ezekiel prophesy about an invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar which never actually took place? Ezekiel 29:17–20
  5. How do we glorify God and enjoy him forever?
  6. Will there be an ocean in the new heaven?
  7. How do we minister unto the Lord?
  8. Why would Pharaoh "console" himself when he saw that his fate was the same as the great nations of the past (Ezekiel 32:31)?


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Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is decisional regeneration / decision theology?

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You will not find one verse in the bible that says to repent of sin for salvation by grace. It says, repent, and believe the gospel. Repent means to change...

August 17 2018

Answer by Karen Nygaard

How can I become more like Christ?

I agree with everything that has been stated, but would like to add: Acts 1:8 The Holy Spirit empowers us to live Christlike. We can do nothing in and if...

August 16 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is Jesus saying we have to pay tithe in Matthew 23:23?

In my opinion, the central point that Jesus is making in this passage (as He did on other occasions) is not regarding the requirement to tithe, but the...

August 16 2018 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is the meaning of the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37?

August 16 2018

Answer by Raphael Ndukwe Kalu

Why did dreams seem to help people know God’s will in the Bible? (Judges 7:15) Does this apply to people today?

My personal view is that God through the ministry of the Holy Spirit desires to communicate and fellowship with people always. However, as a result of man's...

August 16 2018 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Is it right for a Christian to date or marry a non-Christian?

August 16 2018

Question by Lawrie Yinka

Is Jesus saying we have to pay tithe in Matthew 23:23?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice ...

Matthew 23:23

2 Votes August 16 2018 5 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Glory Oziegbe

Why are all of our righteous acts considered filthy rags?

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All our works, which include giving, visiting the sick, praying, praising God, all..... Reason is that we are sinners, not good people, God's enemies, and...

August 16 2018

Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

What does it mean to judge impartially?

I humbly submit for your consideration that this simple concept and command is the foundation upon which rests the whole of Western jurisprudence a branch of...

August 16 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why would Achish, King of Gath, dismiss David as insane in 1 Sam 21:10-15 and accept him as a fellow warrior in 1 Samuel 27:1-12?

I would say that it was because, during the passage of time between the events in 1 Samuel 21 and 1 Samuel 27, Achish, the king of Gath in the land of the...

August 15 2018 Follow Vote Up

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

What is the bundle of the living? (1 Samuel 25:29)

These words were spoken by Abigail, the wife of Nabal, a descendant of Caleb (Numbers 13:6) of the tribe of Judah, who kept a large number of sheep and goats...

August 15 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why would Achish, King of Gath, dismiss David as insane in 1 Sam 21:10-15 and accept him as a fellow warrior in 1 Samuel 27:1-12?

David Flees to Gath 10 And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to (K)Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is n...

August 15 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What is the bundle of the living? (1 Samuel 25:29)

1 Samuel 25:29. "Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD...

1 Vote August 15 2018 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Dave Smith

How did Judas die?

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I appreciate your correlation of the data and interpretation regarding the purchase of the field. I believe the "hanging" that Judas did, however, was the...

August 15 2018

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is the Illuminati conspiracy?

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The whole idea of one world government started with Nimrod. God intervened and created different languages. There have been many since. Hitler had in mind...

August 15 2018

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

How should a Christian view gun control?

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We have a terror-connected imam running a creepy survivalist compound With an insane diabolical plot to train children to do the terrorism of school...

August 15 2018

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

How do we respond to criminal behavior? Do we speak out against it?

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We have a terror-connected imam running a creepy survivalist compound With an insane diabolical plot to train children to do the terrorism of school...

August 15 2018

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Why did Jesus tell Peter to 'feed my sheep' in John 21?

August 15 2018

Answer by Rich Hazeltine

What is the key to witnessing to Muslims?

Here's what comes to my mind when I read a question like this: Acts: 1. 1. The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and...

August 15 2018 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean to judge impartially?

I would say that, as Moses indicated in Deuteronomy 1:16-17, judging impartially would have meant making a ruling in any particular case based only on the...

August 15 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Doreen Lovell , Evangelist and Prayer Intercessor

What does it mean that the Lord is my Shepherd?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD? PSALM 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” SHEPHERDS guard their flocks at night whether in the...

August 14 2018 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Anonymous
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What does it mean to judge impartially?

The men selected by Moses were set over the people in the desert and told to judge impartially. What does that mean?

Deuteronomy 2:1 - 25

1 Vote August 14 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Doreen McCaugherty

Is the United States a Christian nation?

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To stay a nation in Christ requires His people standing in relationship with Him. That means understanding His power within to serve His purposes on earth....

August 14 2018

Answer by Christopher Petitti

What does it mean to be 'born of water and the Spirit'?

In John 3:3 Jesus said that unless one was born again, he could not see the Kingdom of God, and in v.5 He says that unless one is born of water and the...

August 14 2018 13 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What does the Bible say about the virgin Mary?

August 14 2018

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

Is it true when you are sick you are under a curse?

Nothing on earth happens without God's permissive will. The Bible records instances where God used (and would still be capable of using even today) illness...

August 14 2018 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Question by Gregory Jones

Is it true when you are sick you are under a curse?

Acts 5:16

1 Vote August 14 2018 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by Vattachal-Vadakketil Thomas John alias V T John , Rtd Joint.Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kerala. India

What does it mean that Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega?

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Is Greek the language in Heaven? Our Lord, during His incarnation, I am told, spoke Aramaic. The first and last letters of the said language is Alfa and...

August 14 2018

Comment by Vattachal-Vadakketil Thomas John alias V T John , Rtd Joint.Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kerala. India

What does it mean that God is holy, holy, holy?

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Kindly refer to John 12::41 which reads as follows: "Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him," and I request for your...

August 14 2018

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

How can we prevent our young people from losing faith?

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Cindy that is so true: to educate our young in biblical matters from an early age so that they have a strong foundation in the Word of God as a guide. these...

August 14 2018

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Is hell real? Is hell eternal?

August 14 2018

Comment by Lena Wms , Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

Why was God so particular about the ark? (1 Samuel 6:19)

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It should be further noted, that God was so precise in His instructions to Moses because this tabernacle was a shadow and type of the more Perfect...

August 13 2018

Comment by Lena Wms , Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

Why was God so particular about the ark? (1 Samuel 6:19)

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I can appreciate your intense study of Hebrew my brother. And we may have to agree to disagree if reasoning can not be used. Isaiah did beg the people to...

August 13 2018

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

How can an evil spirit be from the Lord? (1 Samuel 19:9)

I would take the passage in question to be saying that the evil spirit did not originate from God, but that it was allowed by God's permissive will to...

August 13 2018 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Andrew Rodriguez

Do we have an appointed time of death?

There are many verses in scriptures where it indicates we all have an appointed time to die. In order for it to be appointed, doesn't it also mean it has to...

August 13 2018 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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When can music be considered 'Christian music'?

August 13 2018

Comment by Cindy Jennings , 1 Saved by Grace

How can we prevent our young people from losing faith?

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The real key, as stated here, is that we need to teach our children WHY we believe what we believe, not just WHAT we believe. We need to train them rather...

August 13 2018

Comment by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Should a Christian be a Republican or a Democrat?

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Frederick Douglass born a slave in Maryland early 1818. Douglass had no formal education and his mistress was excoriated by his slavemaster for teaching him...

August 13 2018

Comment by lee desouza , Saved by "Grace," my name is written on the "Book of Life"

Why do some people support homosexuality?

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Paul you hit the nail right on the head! I've been saying exactly that for many years, slowly satan pushed his agenda thru what we tend to regard as safe,...

August 13 2018

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What are the Christian themes in Prince Caspian?

August 13 2018

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

Why was Reuel also called Jethro?

Although the manner in which "Jethro" is used appears to treat it as a name, my understanding is that it was actually a title, since its meaning in Hebrew is...

August 13 2018 Follow Vote Up

Comment by ROSEMARY LUTCAVAGE , Registered Nurse

What is the greatest sin?

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That is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Refusing to adhere to, or answer to or otherwise respond to the Holy Spirits call of salvation in your life. The Father...

August 13 2018

Comment by ROSEMARY LUTCAVAGE , Registered Nurse

How do we distinguish a psychological disorder from demon possession?

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At Julia Ray. The Scripture says that “ He that is WITHIN you is greater than he that is in the world. Satan is & has been ruler of, the “prince of” this...

August 13 2018

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

If a person wants to lay hands on the sick, to speak in tongues, or to prophesy, does s/he need to be saved and submitted to Jesus, or are these skills given to anyone and everyone whom God chooses?

Since the function of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Christ, and to build up His body (the church), I would say that the gifts or powers mentioned in the...

August 13 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by bernard bunag

Why was Reuel also called Jethro?

Exodus 3:1

1 Vote August 13 2018 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Petie Van De Werken

Why was God so particular about the ark? (1 Samuel 6:19)

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Exo 27:14-15 Word for East Side of Tent katheph (kaw-thafe'). From an unused root meaning to clothe; the shoulder (proper, that is, upper end of the arm; …....

August 13 2018

Answer by Lena Wms , Student @Christ Gospel Church, S.S.Teacher, Observer

If a person wants to lay hands on the sick, to speak in tongues, or to prophesy, does s/he need to be saved and submitted to Jesus, or are these skills given to anyone and everyone whom God chooses?

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, first allow me to say that I believe that God can and does use anyone He chooses to present to us the Light of His Son...

August 13 2018 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Susan Jeavons

Who are the children of light in Luke 16:8?

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Thank you Tim. I was hoping to get more than one view point, but I understand. Blessings to you. Susan

August 13 2018