How does it help to be humble? (Psalm 25:9)
I would say that humility is necessary when dealing with God because God is infinitely greater in every respect than any human being. A proud person (that...
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Jack Gutknecht
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What does the Bible say about suffering?
Believers suffer so they can know Christ more fully (Phil. 1:29; 3:10). Once, when I was a lumberjack, I was assigned to cut down trees in a wind-blown area...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How does it help to be humble? (Psalm 25:9)
Context: 8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. 9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them h...
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Trish Cotterell
, Long time follower of Christ
How do I start and stay consistent with daily devotions?
There is one short answer - pray! Ask God to give you a desire and perseverance to regularly read your devotions, think on the verses being studied, and how...
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Trish Cotterell
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How do I start and stay consistent with daily devotions?
There is one short answer - pray! Ask God to give you a desire and perseverance to regularly read your devotions, think on the verses being studied, and how...
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Why should I (a Buddhist) consider becoming a Christian?
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What does it mean that love is kind?
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What does the Bible say should we do when in time of pestilence?
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Is there an angel for every nation?
To me, a belief in the divine inspiration of Scripture in its original language and recording does not preclude the possibility of subsequent variations...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How do I start and stay consistent with daily devotions?
I don't know the particular situation of the questioner, but I would speculate (just on the basis of my own personal experience) that there are secular...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Could this Covid-19 coronavirus crisis be caused by God's judgment upon man's sin?
As recorded in the Bible, God was -- and would certainly still be (as indicated in end-times prophecies such as Luke 21:11 and Revelation 6:7-8) -- capable...
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Gregory Boldon
, Christian Military Veteran Warrior for God
How do I start and stay consistent with daily devotions?
I start with daily devotions and am consistent for awhile but eventually have "something to do" and tell myself "I'll do the devotion later" but don't.
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Charles Crabtree
Is there an angel for every nation?
The dead sea scrolls and the Greek text are different than the masoretic text.
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Thomas Riccardi
, Warrior Spirit
Why doesn't God stop this pandemic if He can?
We live in a world that is controlled by Satan and his army. He is also the prince of the air. Prophecy is being fulfilled which is hard but exciting at the...
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Jay Saunders
What does it mean "to cast your care upon The Lord?"
Casting your cares on the Lord: My best example in doing this was learnt when I was just a babe in Christ. I had a son about 5 who was born paralyzed from...
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How can I overcome an addiction to internet porn? Can addiction to pornography be defeated?
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How do I motivate myself to pray when I don't feel like it?
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What does it mean that love is kind?
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What is the Hail Mary that Catholics say so often?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What should we learn from the tribe of Naphtali?
The short answer is that the tribe of Naphtali was made up of descendants of Jacob's 6th son. They settled in N. Israel, along the Sea of Galilee's west...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean "to cast your care upon The Lord?"
Proverbs 12:25 says, "Anxiety weighs down the heart." That's a problem. How do we deal with it? First see the big pictures: He Careth for You 1 Pet. 5:7 As a...
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Why should I (a Muslim) consider becoming a Christian?
Why you, a Muslim, should consider becoming a Christian: Islam is a religion and religion has done more harm than good in our society. Christianity is NOT a...
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Why should I (a Mormon) consider becoming a Christian?
Why you, a Mormon, should consider becoming a Christian: Mormon is a religion and religion has done more harm than good in our society. Christianity is NOT a...
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Why should I (a Hindu) consider becoming a Christian?
Why an Hindi should consider becoming a Christian: Hinduism is a religion and religion has done more harm than good in our society. Christianity is NOT a...
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Why should I (a Buddhist) consider becoming a Christian?
Why you, a Buddhist, should consider becoming a Christian: Buddhism is a religion and religion has done more harm than good in our society. Christianity is...
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Rich Hazeltine
What does it mean that women are the 'weaker vessel'?
Please consider that the bible reflects cultural dynamics of the society in which it was written. Women were "weaker" structurally. Slaves were subservient...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is Paul saying when he says, "More are the children of the desolate woman than she who has a husband"?
In my opinion, Paul is speaking (in the larger passage from which the verse cited in the question comes) of the freedom of Christians from having to...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does this proverb mean that instant gratification is good for us? (Proverbs 13:12)
As I see it, Solomon's main purpose in this proverb is not to comment on the issue or merits of immediate gratification itself, where actions are totally...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Does this proverb mean that instant gratification is good for us? (Proverbs 13:12)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. (NIV)
Proverbs 13:12
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Why are there so many problems in my life?
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Why are there so many tragedies among celebrities?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is the significance of the woman touching the hem of Jesus' garment when Jesus felt the power run out of him to heal her?
Good question, Scott Many! The “hem” refers to the special tassels that the Jews wore on their garments to remind them they were God’s people (Num. 15:37-41;...
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Who were Priscilla and Aquila?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did God strike Uzzah dead for touching the Ark of the Covenant?
As S. Michael Houdmann has already said, God had given particular instructions through Moses how the tabernacle was to be erected, dismantled, and moved...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Do I need to get baptized as an adult if I was baptized as a child?
I have attended churches that practiced the baptism of infants or children, as well as ones that did not. In the churches where infants were baptized,...
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How are people sealed? (Ephesians 1:13)
The Bible speaks of two seals of God - the first one is found in Ephesians and the second in Revelation 7:2, 3; 9:4; 14:9. Although related, they represent...
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Why did God judge Edom so harshly in the book of Obadiah?
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Is freedom of religion a biblical concept?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How are people sealed? (Ephesians 1:13)
I would say that the sealing of which Paul is speaking occurs when individuals realize that they cannot attain salvation or eternal life (which would require...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is the "shout", the "voice of the archangel", and the "trumpet of God" in I Thess 4:16?
3 unique sounds will be involved in this event: the Lord’s shout, the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of the archangel. Jesus Christ will give “a shout...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How are people sealed? (Ephesians 1:13)
13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a s...
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Gary Pendergraft
Is there such a thing as absolute truth / universal truth?
Yes, I want my paycheck, for the hours I worked. That's an implacable absolute that everyone acknowledges immediately. When explaining any ideology or...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Do God’s promises to Israel apply to us today? (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Paul states, “But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the...
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Monya Wilkins
How can my husband think he is forgiven and will enter the kingdom of God when he has been unfaithful and a porn addict off and on for 20 years?
1 Corinthians 12:6 There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all men. I am moved by your question and understand your concern...
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Do Muslims call Allah 'Father'? How can we come to God as Father?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is meant by, "By their fruit you shall know them"?
Jesus spoke the words cited in the question (as part of the long passage in the fifth through seventh chapters of Matthew's gospel that is commonly referred...