Why did God cause his servant to suffer so? (Isaiah 53:10)
This is what John Phillips calls "the unfathomable mystery of Calvary"--"it pleased the LORD to bruise him" (under his heading, THE TRAGEDY OF THE CROSS...
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Why did Jesus turn our value system upside down? (Matthew 5:3-12)
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Is having friends with benefits or sex with different guys a mortal sin?
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How do I know what gifts God gave me?
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What is mortification of sin or the flesh?
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What does it mean to be double-minded?
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Is suffering always a result of sin (Lamentations 3:38-39)?
Suffering can come about for a number of reasons: 1. Job suffered - part of his 'education'. He ended up putting his hand over his mouth realizing he had...
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, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
How do you proctect yourself from evil spirts or a ghost?
Matthew 8:28 - 33, "When He had come to the other side, to the country of Gergesenes, there met Him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs,...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can we be "chastened" by pain? (Job 33:19)
I would say that the idea being conveyed by the cited passage (which were words spoken to Job by Elihu) is that God can use the pain experienced by an...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can we be "chastened" by pain? (Job 33:19)
I would say that the idea being conveyed by the cited passage (which were words spoken to Job by Elihu) is that God can use the infliction of pain on an...
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What did Jesus mean with "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
The bible is not like any other book; it is a book written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and as such it is impossible that it contradict itself. God...
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Connie Rosario
Whose livestock is referred to in Exodus 9: 19?
The Lord told the Hebrews to shelter their livestock because any left outside will die. The Egyptians didn't get that warning or if they heard about it,...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can we be "chastened" by pain? (Job 33:19)
19 “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones, (NIV)
Job 33:19
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Is having friends with benefits or sex with different guys a mortal sin?
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How is salvation a free gift when Jesus tells us to count the cost of being a disciple?
This question almost answers itself with the way it's phrased. Salvation is free, and discipleship has a cost. "How is salvation free," is the first part....
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Natsu Satsujinki
What did Jesus mean in John 14:27 when He said, "not as the world giveth, give I unto you."?
It's simple really. His kingdom isn't worldly. That would mean being baptized in church and repeating after the billions of indoctrinated children about...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is hyper-Calvinism and is it biblical?
If Calvinism is true, then man has an excuse for not believing the gospel and being saved. The bible says man has no excuse. Calvinism gives man an excuse. I...
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How do I know the Bible is not just mythology?
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Mercy Davies
Does simply accepting Jesus as your Savior prevent you from sinning?
When you believe in Christ Jesus by accepting him as your Lord and Saviour, you become a new person as the scriptures say in 1 Corinthians 5:17. Therefore,...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Must we give up everything we own for the "kingdom"? (Matthew 13:44–46)
Must we give up everything for the “kingdom”? No, I don’t think so. But I haven’t always felt like this. Once, in my teens, just after receiving Christ as my...
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
What did Jesus mean when He said 'Let the dead bury the dead'?
The apex of this thesis is very simple: 'Don't let societal traditions come between you and your relationship with the Lord.' Jesus came not to bring peace...
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JUSTIN ANAELE
How old was Isaac when Abraham offered him as a sacrifice?
Going by the Bible account on the age of Abraham: when Isaac was born being a 100 years of age and Sarah being 90, also considering other variables that were...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is the Christian's hope?
1. My hope encourages me, a Christian. John 14:3 Jesus said this to discouraged disciples, discouraged by his departure, encouraged by his return. Whenever I...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
If a person doesn't have God what is good based on?
I would say that the Bible addresses this question by its repeated statement in the book of Judges (Judges 17:6 and Judges 21:25) that (at the time of that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does Matthew mean when he says, "meaningless repetition"?
It might seem "natural" on a human level to think that the more often we repeat something (such as a request), or "remind" the party to whom we are directing...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Will Christians face the wrath of God?
John 3:18 Believers are no longer condemned. That have accepted Jesus on sacrifice for all sin, past, present and future sin for the free gift of eternal...
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How do you proctect yourself from evil spirts or a ghost?
I believe there is an evil spirit or ghost in the home I rented.
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Why did Jonah try to go to Tarshish instead of Nineveh?
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Why did Jonah try to go to Tarshish instead of Nineveh?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the Bible say about other religions and their founders?
As Paul indicated in Romans 1, God gave a clear witness of His existence and nature in His creation, as well as in what C. S. Lewis called the universal law...
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Who or what is the Spirit of God?
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What is the age of the earth? How old is the earth?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Will Christians face the wrath of God?
1Thess. 5:9 "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ," Revelation 3:10 "Because thou hast kept the word of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Will Christians face the wrath of God?
Those of whom (or to whom) Paul is speaking in the verse cited in the question are not Christians, but (as previously referenced in Romans 2:4) those who...
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
What is the International Church of Christ (ICOC), and what do they believe?
In 1975 when I received Christ in a small Baptist church in Toledo, Ohio, I returned to Indiana and went to a non-instrumental Church of Christ that was just...
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
How does God judge those who were raised in non-Christian cultures and have been taught their entire life that their own religion (such as Islam or Hinduism) is correct, and Christianity is wrong?
As it pertains to salvation, there is no "christian culture" or nation. There are cultures and countries where a majority of the citizenry claim to be of the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean that the ways of violence/unjust gain takes away the life of those who get it?
I take Proverbs 1:18 together with Proverbs 1:19 --(the very next verse). They go together. The Authorized Version [KJV] is correct, and the clause means...
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Can a couple who has gotten divorced get remarried?
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Why do many worship and do Sabbath on Sunday instead of Saturday?
Jesus is our Sabbath Rest and he instituted a New Covenant. Jeremiah 31 shows the old Covenant was not permanent. The moral law in the 10 Commandments are...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the bible say about children who hate their parents?
In Exodus 20:12, God commanded all of Israel (and, by extension, all of humanity) to honor their respective fathers and mothers (including a promise of a...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does "face" symbolize in the Bible?
When God hides His face from His people, He is disciplining them (Ps 13:1 PS 13:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O...
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Ben Jones
, Retired Professional Photographer
How does God judge those who were raised in non-Christian cultures and have been taught their entire life that their own religion (such as Islam or Hinduism) is correct, and Christianity is wrong?
Ephesians 1:4 and 5 "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What are the essentials of the gospel message?
When the Philippian Jailor asked Paul, What must I do to be saved? Paul told him. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house....
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What are the New Heavens and the New Earth?
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How should we understand the Lion and the Lamb passage?