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Answer by Albert Ogier

What does it mean that Jesus is the Lamb of God?

There have been excellent responses about Jesus being the sacrifice as prescribed in the old testament and most people would agree that Jesus was the perfect...

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Is raising the dead still possible today?

May 19 2022

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What is the Key of David?

This is a fascinating question, also asked by Isaac Abban. My aunt June sent me a birthday card every birthday I had for 50 years! I imagine she did the same...

May 19 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What did Jesus mean by saying "I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut" in Revelation 3:8?

An interesting inquiry, Ofosu Bernard! My aunt June sent me a birthday card every birthday I had for 50 years! I imagine she did the same for all my cousins...

May 19 2022 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did the disciples wake Jesus up during the storm?

Benita, you have asked a thought-provoking question! I love water and being out on the water whether it is in Wisconsin or Arizona, have taken swimming...

May 19 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did the disciples wake Jesus up during the storm?

The apostles woke Jesus because they were in a boat on the Sea of Galilee (also known as the Sea of Tiberias, or the Lake of Gennesaret), and a storm had...

May 19 2022 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Who was Cain's wife? Was Cain's wife his sister?

May 19 2022

Question by Benita Brooks

Why did the disciples wake Jesus up during the storm?

Matthew 8:25

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

Does God love Satan?

Does God love Satan? Because of the brevity of the scope of the question, I can only answer what I believe to be the query: How does God FEEL about Satan, is...

May 19 2022 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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If God is omnipresent, does that mean God is in hell?

May 18 2022

Answer by Pearce Elliott

What does the Bible say about abortion?

De. 5:17: Thou shalt not kill. Is the pre-born baby a person? If so, then God says not to kill him or her. Luke 1:41: And it came to pass, that, when...

May 18 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What does the Bible say about abortion?

Good question, Teresa! One of my cousins works fervently full-time with a pro-life organization, and he is the same age as I am. My sister asked me to join...

May 18 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Who were the mid-wives? Where they Jewish?

Exodus 1:15 relates the command of the king of Egypt to two midwives to kill all baby boys of the Hebrew people. Some suggest these midwives might have been...

May 18 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Joseph LaClair

Do human beings truly have a free will?

Acts 17:30: Truly these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands ALL MEN everywhere to repent. 2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack in his promise,...

May 17 2022 2 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

What does the Bible say about Rahab?

Rahab was a resident of Jericho when the spies were sent from Joshua. In most Bible versions, Joshua 2:1 says that Rahab was a harlot or a prostitute. The...

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What does the Bible say about suffering?

May 16 2022

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Why should we read the Bible / study the Bible?

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Does the Bible say Christians have to attend church?

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Hosea 1:2—How could a holy God who condemns harlotry command Hosea to marry a harlot?

May 16 2022

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Hosea 1:2—How could a holy God who condemns harlotry command Hosea to marry a harlot?

May 16 2022

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Was Ner the father of Kish or the son of Abiel? 1 Chronicles 8:33

There were probably two men named Ner, one Saul’s uncle and the other his great grandfather. The same names were not uncommon in family trees. Thus, Saul had...

May 16 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Who was Luke in the Bible?

Paul called Luke the “beloved physician,” Colossians 4:14. He is also well-known as an associate of Paul, accompanying him on some of his journeys and going...

May 16 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Patricia Robinson

Does the Bible say Christians have to attend church?

Shalom! You are the church. However, scriptures do warn us to assemble together. The early church of Christ assembled together, daily.

May 16 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Patricia Robinson

How can I overcome being "burnt" by the church in the past and have a renewed passion for church and a desire to attend church again?

Shalom! You are the church. Therefore you can not stop attending church. I have stayed away from a group of believers in Yeshua after realizing that the...

May 16 2022 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

When were the Gospels written?

While the dates of the gospels are not definitely established, there are some hints and clues as to about when they were written. In his concluding remarks...

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What do you do with your fears?

Job 41:33 (KJV) "Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear."

Job 41:1 - 34

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

What is the most accurate version of the Bible?

I have come across multiple references to the New American Standard Bible (NASB) as the most accurate English translation.

May 15 2022 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Who was Heman in 1 Chronicles 6:33?

"Heman was the grandson of Samuel the prophet; for whose sake his genealogy is traced up to Jacob or Israel in the following verses, and stands thus; after...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What can we learn about God's power or love from Psalm 104?

Harold Wilmington provides us with a basic outline of Psalm 104. The psalmist recognizes that the universe is created by and is totally dependent upon a...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Who was Cain's wife? Was Cain's wife his sister?

I taught children for 14 years at a Baptist Church in southeastern Wisconsin and had to keep it simple. So here goes: Most people believe that Cain married...

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

Was Ner the father of Kish or the son of Abiel? 1 Chronicles 8:33

Ner was the son of Abiel, and the brother (not the father) of Kish. I found a convincing exposition of this at the following website:...

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Was Ner the father of Kish or the son of Abiel? 1 Chronicles 8:33

1 Samuel 14:51 refers to “Ner the father of Abner” who was Saul’s cousin. Saul’s father, Kish, and Abner’s father, Ner, were brothers, having the same father...

1 Chronicles 8:1 - 40

May 15 2022 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Who was Achan?

I will address only Achan's sin. (I used to be a kleptomaniac before Jesus saved me--that's why this question interests me.) Achan’s first mistake was to...

May 15 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Who was Heman in 1 Chronicles 6:33?

As indicated in the passage cited in the question, Heman was a minstrel from the priestly tribe of Levi. He was a grandson of the prophet Samuel. Because of...

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Answer by John Appelt

What is Pascha?

‘Pascha’ is the Greek word for ‘Passover’ found 29 times in the New Testament. It was the feast commemorating the time when Israel left Egypt, Exodus...

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Answer by Richard Kean

Why did God have to test Abraham to see if he would sacrifice Isaac if He's omniscient and knows everything?

God doesn't give up his sovereignty by not choosing to know what humans will do. He was willing to take the risk of sin then to make Adam into a robot. If...

May 15 2022 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Who were the sons of God and daughters of men?

There's only one reason to leap to the conclusion that Genesis 6:1-4 is referring to something other than mortal men coupling with women and producing giant...

May 15 2022 18 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Who was Heman in 1 Chronicles 6:33?

1 Chron. 6:33 These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of j Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:1 - 81

May 14 2022 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Who was Chedorlaomer / Kedorlaomer?

Chedorlaomer appears in the Bible only because of the connection with Abraham and Lot. He was the leading king of a confederacy, Genesis 14:1, that battled...

May 14 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Todd Rushing

What Jesus was writing in the dirt?

It is likely (but by no means certain) that since Jesus had told the Pharisees that the one without sin should cast the first stone, he may have been writing...

May 14 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why is “if” someone repents we are to forgive stated here? Are we to not always to forgive whether the offender asks for forgiveness or not?

1 John 1:8: "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Matthew 6:14: "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your...

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What was Jesus writing in the dirt when the Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery?

May 13 2022

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Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What are the signs of a true believer, a Christian?

Since salvation is by faith alone, it is impossible to tell a true believer from an unbeliever. Romans 4:5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him...

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

Who was Zerubbabel?

According to the genealogies in Matthew and Luke, Zerubbabel (whose name means "offspring of Babylon") was an ancestor of Jesus through Joseph's royal line...

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

What is more important, orthodoxy or orthopraxy?

Orthodoxy and orthopraxy seem to be at odds with each other. But I think that is because people see them as a “Faith versus Grace” concept. Really they...

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