What does it mean to set your face like flint in Isaiah 50:7?
Flint was a hard rock abundant in the Middle East. Its hardness made it useful in tools such as hammers, chisels, and knives. It also became a symbol of...
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What are some common themes within Hebrews 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?
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How is it possible for demons to delay the answer to prayer?
Daniel 10:5: "I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist." Daniel 10:12: "’Don't be afraid Daniel,’ he...
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How is it possible for demons to delay the answer to prayer?
God answers prayer when He desires to do so. Demons have absolutely nothing to do with His decisions.
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What happens after death, before the Resurrection?
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Is God a cosmic killjoy?
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How is it possible for demons to delay the answer to prayer?
How can we know what causes the delay?
Daniel 1:1 - 21
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What does it mean, “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God”?
Two concepts are in John 1:12. First, is the receiving of Jesus by believing in His name. This is the same as birth into God’s family, John 3:5, 7, I Peter...
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Should Christians worship Mary according to what it says in Luke 1:28ff?
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Does God promise to not give us more than we can handle?
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, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What should we learn from a mother’s prayer for her daughters (Ruth 1:8-9)?
Despite the adversities that had befallen her through the deaths of her husband and her sons (in addition to the uncertainties posed by the harsh external...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean to set your face like flint in Isaiah 50:7?
The primary use of flint was as a source of ignition through friction. The property of flint that give it this usefulness was its extreme hardness and...
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What should we learn from a mother’s prayer for her daughters (Ruth 1:8-9)?
Ruth 1:8-22 8 Then Naomi told her daughters-in-law, “Each of you should go back home to your mother. You have been very kind to me and my sons who are now d...
Ruth 1:6 - 18
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean to set your face like flint in Isaiah 50:7?
“Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame” (Isaiah 50:7).
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is Christian revival?
When I have a humble heart God will revive me. “…I will renew the spirit of those who are humble and the courage of those who are crushed.” Isaiah 57:15 (GW)...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Who will be living with King Jesus in the 1000 years on earth?
The rapture of the church is a separate event from the second coming of Jesus. At the rapture, we go to meet the Lord in the clouds. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53...
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James Nasium
Do we test God by asking for miracles? (Mark 8:12)
It depends on the attitude of the person. Moses used and received signs. Gideon wanted not one, but multiple signs, and God gave him them. Jesus knew the...
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What is Christian revival?
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What did Jesus mean by "My hour has not yet come"?
Let's examine the narrative in question. There was an issue at hand; the host of the wedding had run short on wine. If the festive occasion was to continue,...
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Al Mark
How can the delay in Daniel getting answers to prayer be explained?
I recently led a study on Daniel 10 as part of a series on prayer, and this passage in particular dealt with prayer and spiritual conflict. We are told in...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can the delay in Daniel getting answers to prayer be explained?
The delay was caused by the activity and opposition of evil spiritual agents empowering or associated with pagan kingdoms of the world. (These demonic agents...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why was Ish-Bosheth angry about whom Abner slept with? 2 Samuel 3:7
Sexual relations with a member of a king's harem was considered as both a theft of the king's property and a rival claim to the throne. (Passages dealing...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Did Jesus contradict the Law in Matthew 5:21-22?
Jesus said that unless our righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, no one will see God. Romans 4:5: But to him that worketh not, but...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why was Ish-Bosheth angry about whom Abner slept with? 2 Samuel 3:7
Abner Goes Over to David 6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house o...
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What is the significance of the woman seeking wool and flax in Proverbs 31?
I think also that it shows the importance for a Godly woman to not have idle hands and to keep busy being productive for her and her family. When we get...
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What does it mean when Jesus says "my yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30)?
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What does it mean when Jesus says "my yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30)?
"Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Mt 11:28) I don't believe anyone can truthfully declare themselves to be without...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is the significance of '40 days' in the Bible?
The phrase “40 days” is mentioned in the Bible more than 20 times – some in the Old Testament and some in the New Testament. --Whitney Hopler Here are...
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Is unconditional election biblical?
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Tim Maas
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What did it mean for an Old Testament saint to love God? Psalm 18:1
In my opinion, in both the Old (Deuteronomy 11:1,22) and New (John 14:15,23) Testaments (and even up until today), people loved/love God by obeying Him and...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What did it mean for an Old Testament saint to love God? Psalm 18:1
The question has already been asked on ebible.com, "What does it mean to love Jesus?" But what did it mean for an Old Testament saint, like David (who wro...
Psalms 18:1 - 50
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How has God’s name and praise reached "the ends of the earth"? (Psalm 48:10)
To me, the thought being expressed in the cited verse is similar to Paul's teaching in Romans 1:20 that, even if individuals had never explicitly heard the...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did the men mourn their enemies’ demise? (2 Samuel 1:12)
The Bible describes David in 1 Samuel 13:14 as a man after God's own heart, and, to me, the incidents in his life that most clearly demonstrate that were the...
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What Bible translation is closest to the original written scriptures?
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Is 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 talking about the rapture of the church before the tribulation, or is it talking about the people left behind after the 7 years of tribulation?
I believe the events in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 are referring to Christians who will receive immortal bodies and will dwell with God forever. I believe the...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What does it mean by, “For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus”?
Paul suffered much for His faith. On his body he carried scars because of his work for the Lord. He endured persecution. He was beaten and shipwrecked, etc....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did the men mourn their enemies’ demise? (2 Samuel 1:12)
2 Samuel 1:11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. 12 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his...
2 Samuel 1:1 - 16
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Tim Maas
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What does it mean by, “For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus”?
In my opinion, in the verse cited in the question, Paul was not referring to the types of miraculous wounds/stigmata claimed to have been imprinted or...
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Ogba Chima
What does it mean by, “For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus”?
For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Galatians 6:17
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How has God’s name and praise reached "the ends of the earth"? (Psalm 48:10)
Psalm 48:10 As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
Psalms 48:1 - 14
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Tim Maas
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What does it mean, “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God”?
Apart from Christ, humans are irretrievably alienated and separated from God because of their sin. Once humans believe in (that is, receive (place their...
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Why did God rest on the seventh day of creation?
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If an unmarried couple has sex, are they married in God's eyes?
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Do we test God by asking for miracles? (Mark 8:12)
In Mark 8:12-13, Mark writes in the New Living Translation of the Bible, “When [the Pharisees demanded a sign from Jesus], he sighed deeply in his spirit and...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why shouldn’t you seek honor for yourself?
I think there are at least 2 reasons NOT to seek honor for yourself: Romans 2:7 ESV: To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and...
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John Appelt
What is the meaning of those who were raised to life at Jesus death?
In Matthew 27:52-53, the normal reading of verse 52 seems to say that on Friday as soon as Jesus died there was an earthquake, and the graves were opened,...
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, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
What does the Bible say about Christians hunting animals for sport?
I believe that hunting for sport should be outlawed. Hunting for food? God ordained. Hunting for sport or financial gain (like ivory, etc) has led to the...