What are the various meanings of the word "breath" in the old testament?
A few ideas: 1. Respiration (as in "the breath of life") 2. Wind (as God's "breath" in a metaphorical sense) 3. An attribute that separates living organisms...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
When is it okay to rest from one's labors?
When is it okay to rest from one's labors? I just retired at the end of February 2025. So far it's great! The way I look at the question involves this:...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What would ensure that my "house" flourishes? Proverbs 14:11
In my view, as long as people (even Christians) are in this life and fallen world, they are subject to the possibility of adversity. However, maintaining...
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Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
I went to a gentleman's club out of curiosity but left as soon as they explained it to me. Did I commit a sin of lust?
The heavyiness that we experience in guilt is a weapon of spiritual bondage that Satan uses to attack our faith in what Christ completed at the cross for us:...
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Leslie Coutinho
Who wrote the second set of the ten commandment tablets, God or Moses?
Exodus 34:1: And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the...
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Nelson De Los Santos
I went to a gentleman's club out of curiosity but left as soon as they explained it to me. Did I commit a sin of lust?
I guess you misunderstood “gentleman’s club”. What or how were you lured in to such a place can be explained in Scripture - which says in James 1:14-16 14:...
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Linda Wetz
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean, "A rich man's wealth is his strong city. The poverty of the poor is their ruin." Proverbs 10:15
I understand the questioner's point as to a seeming contradiction, but I would say that Solomon was looking at the subject from a comprehensive standpoint by...
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Anonymous
What does it mean, "A rich man's wealth is his strong city. The poverty of the poor is their ruin." Proverbs 10:15
15 "A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin." But over and over again, I've seen that God has rendered wealth mean...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
I went to a gentleman's club out of curiosity but left as soon as they explained it to me. Did I commit a sin of lust?
I would say that only the questioner can speak as to what he saw with his eyes, or what he felt in his heart. If the questioner believes that the...
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What is the true gospel?
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Does God have a sense of humor?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
When is it okay to rest from one's labors?
If the question is speaking of "labors" in the sense of services offered to God on behalf of His kingdom, I would say that lasting rest would or should only...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Are the righteous rewarded in this life or in the next one? Proverbs 11:31
I would interpret the cited verse not in a positive sense, but (as indicated by some of the translations available at...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How do you get "righteousnes" and thus be delivered from "death" (Proverbs 11:4)?
I would say that the reference to "death" is not speaking of temporal death, but of the eternal separation from God that will be experienced by the...
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William Carpenter
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How do you get "righteousnes" and thus be delivered from "death" (Proverbs 11:4)?
Proverbs 11:4 The Proverbs of Solomon 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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Are the righteous rewarded in this life or in the next one? Proverbs 11:31
Here Solomon speaks as though the godly person receives his reward in this life, claiming, “the righteous will be recompensed on the earth.” However, the Bib...
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Andrew Osakue
, Ex: Chief T. Officer, Fish Farmer, Bible Teacher, Men Leader
Do Christians have the authority to rebuke the devil?
I wish to deviate from most of the answers so far rendered. Satan is a defeated foe. He lost his power and authority at the cross of Calvary. MT 28:18-20....
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Nelson De Los Santos
What was the time frame of the Egyptian plagues, first to last?
My observation: The plagues were specific and none targeted the “wealth/hard currency/gold etc...” of Pharaoh or the Egyptians. Hence, I do agree 100% with...
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Donna Williams
Do we receive mansions in heaven?
In short my answer would be no, we do not receive mansions in heaven. I would like to share a different perspective, and that is that the focus of what Jesus...
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What should we learn from the life of Jezebel?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did John the Baptist continue to have disciples after he publicly identified Jesus as the son of God?
I would say that this was attributable to John having preceded Jesus (thus acquiring followers of his own), and also because John continued to baptize after...
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Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
What made you believe in Christianity, or what is most convincing to you?
I recall asking my siblings at age 8 how one goes to heaven. They said "you have to be saved". I asked what that meant and they said that someone has to "put...
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Kelli Trujillo
, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician
What made you believe in Christianity, or what is most convincing to you?
I wasn't raised in a Christian home, but God pursued me my whole life. A friend of my mother's told me recently that when I was about three years old, I...
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Leslie Coutinho
Why did the people in Genesis live such long lives?
Genesis 5:5: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. At the beginning of creation, when Eve and Adam sinned and ate...
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Anonymous
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Leslie Coutinho
Who was Jethro in the Bible?
Exodus 3:1: Now Moses kept the flock of Je’-thro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid’-i-an: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to...
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Frank Frank
What was the necessity of Satan to come as a serpent to deceive Eve?
It is my opinion that Satan was not the serpent but rather inhabited the serpent. He chose the serpent because it "was more subtle than any beast of the...
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What does the Bible say about rape?
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What is the importance of the empty tomb?
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Why do we pray when God already knows what we need?
God knows what we need before we pray, so when we pray, instead of telling Him what we need, it's probably better to find something else on which to focus....
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Ron Simon
, Messianic Jew thanking God daily
What made you believe in Christianity, or what is most convincing to you?
I became blind so that I could see. In my 80s, I became legally blind after taking some blood thinners. Previous to that I had purchased The Complete Jewish...
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Billy P Eldred
Is it necessary to fully understand the Gospel to go to heaven? Is it enough to believe it, even if we do not fully understand it?
There are plenty of answers here that answer this question. I add mine to add a simple explanation. No, it is not necessary to understand everything in the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What does the Bible say about rape?
The Bible clearly opposes rape and sexual violence. Even though the laws and customs of ancient times were different from today, Scripture consistently...
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Leslie Coutinho
How do Christians today experience the fountain of life and God’s light? (Psalm 36:9)
Psalm 36:9: For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. For one to go through the “Fountain of Life,” one needs to pray always...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What made you believe in Christianity, or what is most convincing to you?
I was raised in the Christian faith and with biblical instruction, so I don't recall a specific early-life event in that regard. However, after reaching...
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How much emphasis should be given to demonic deliverance in the Christian life?
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What made you believe in Christianity, or what is most convincing to you?
What passage or event made you believe (or what helped your belief) that Christianity is right?
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What will be the purpose of the walls around the New Jerusalem?
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What will be the purpose of the walls around the New Jerusalem?
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What will be the purpose of the walls around the New Jerusalem?
Revelation 21:12 describes the city as having “a great, high wall.” In ancient times, city walls were built for defense against enemies. But in the New...
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S. Michael Houdmann
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Should the church get involved in social issues and causes?
This issue is the cause of much controversy in the Christian community. Each of the two extremes is represented by those who feel very strongly that their...
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
How do I change my heart toward a person in my life who is absolutely annoying?
I think you are selling yourself short. I don't think your heart is in the shape you believe it to be. You want to feel differently about someone who annoys...
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Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Can our prayers change another person's desires and hardened heart?
Today's verse by Charles Spurgeon in the Spurgeon daily devotional is 1 Thessalonians 5:17: "Pray without ceasing." Then I ran across this question from...
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Carolyn Hostetter
, Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator
Could Jesus have sinned?
Could Jesus have sinned? Jack's answer that Jesus could NOT sin provoked some thoughts and led me to add my answer. The fact that Jesus could NOT sin...
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Is entire sanctification / sinless perfection possible in this life?
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Philip Davies
Will the generation that saw Israel re-formed as a nation still be alive for the Second Coming?
In Matt 24 the disciples ask two separate questions. 1. When will the stones of the temple be cast down? 2. When will you return and what signs will...