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  1. Should I allow my 18-year-old daughter to continue to live with me after telling me she is gay?
  2. What is the meaning of this verse: "And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings"?
  3. How can one become a “partaker of the divine nature”?
  4. What does the potter’s work in Jeremiah 18:1-6 teach us about God’s authority over our lives and His ability to reshape us when we go astray?
  5. Does Ezekiel prophesy about an invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar which never actually took place? Ezekiel 29:17–20
  6. How do we glorify God and enjoy him forever?
  7. Will there be an ocean in the new heaven?
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  9. Why would Pharaoh "console" himself when he saw that his fate was the same as the great nations of the past (Ezekiel 32:31)?


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Does Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 contradict what Jesus said about divorce?

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What does the Bible say about second chances?

August 19 2019

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is the Biblical concept of righteousness?

Like Abraham, Noah's righteousness was God's gift in response to his personal faith. Both Abraham and Noah believed the Word of God "and it was counted to...

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What does the Bible say about prostitution? Will God forgive a prostitute?

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Who are the sons of God mentioned in Romans 8:19 and how will they be revealed?

August 19 2019

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why would a human call himself a god? (Ezekiel 28:2)

This ruler exalted himself above God and deserved the judgment that God would bring upon him. Although the specific identity of the prince and king of Tyre...

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What does it mean to be immoral?

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What does the bible mean in Colossians 3:1-2 by "looking for the things that are above"?

August 19 2019

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

Does Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 contradict what Jesus said about divorce?

I would say that the difference between Jesus and Paul on this subject is the issue of whose side the initiative is on. According to Jesus, a Christian is...

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Does Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 contradict what Jesus said about divorce?

1 Corinthians talks about a Christian who has an unbelieving mate. At one point, Paul says, “But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a si...

1 Corinthians 7:10 - 16

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What is the Baha'i faith?

August 19 2019

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

Why would a human call himself a god? (Ezekiel 28:2)

In the case of the ruler of Tyre, I would say that the pride of which Ezekiel spoke arose from the wealth that he had been able to amass from his position --...

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why would a human call himself a god? (Ezekiel 28:2)

28 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘In the pride of your heart you ...

Ezekiel 28:1 - 2

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What is the origin of Valentine's Day, and should Christians celebrate it?

August 19 2019

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What does the Bible say about thankfulness/gratitude?

August 19 2019

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Why did Jacob give Joseph a coat of many colors?

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Why did God use Adam's rib to create Eve?

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Why did God send the Israelites to Egypt for 400 years?

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Why did God put the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in Eden?

August 19 2019

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Should we live in terror of God? (Proverbs 1:7)

The Old Testament phrase, "the fear of the Lord," means piety/reverential trust. A hatred of all evil. We are expected to accept that the Lord's judgements...

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What is Wicca? Is Wicca witchcraft?

August 18 2019

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Why does the power of God bring salvation to the Jews first?

August 18 2019

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why does the power of God bring salvation to the Jews first?

The gospel reached “to the Jew first” in the ministry of Jesus Christ (Matt. 10:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 3:26). How wonderful it is to have a message of...

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What was the significance of the ephod?

August 18 2019

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Why is the lack of visions and divinations considered a punishment?

August 18 2019

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

What did God mean when he said, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" in Jeremiah 1:5?

I would say that the statement in Jeremiah 1:5 does not reflect any pre-natal existence on the part of any of us, but instead is a product of God's...

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Answer by Vincent Mercado , Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3

Should we live in terror of God? (Proverbs 1:7)

FILIAL FEAR: Fear of some impending evil based on love and reverence for the one who is feared. Actually filial fear is close to love that dreads offending...

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Answer by Kathy King

Is saying OMG or words like 'geez' still taking the Lord's name in vain?

Exodus 20:7 KJVS [7] Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. I’m...

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What did God mean when he said, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" in Jeremiah 1:5?

Were we with God (like spirits) before he made Heaven and Earth or were we just a thought in his mind before he formed us in the belly?

Jeremiah 1:5

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Answer by Charles Crabtree

Why did God require animal sacrifices in the Old Testament?

My thoughts on this question are that God wanted something that was important to a person. In the beginning people were farmers and herdsmen. Their animals...

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What is the Septuagint?

August 18 2019

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What does it mean that the trees clap their hands in Isaiah 55:12?

August 18 2019

Answer by Gregory latimer

Does God hear (answer) the prayers of a sinner (unbeliever)?

God does answer a sinner's prayer. I am a sinner and some of my prayers have been answered. We must pray when we sin, and when we do not sin. Our prayers...

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Answer by Charles Crabtree

Can God 'give, then take it away'?

In Matt.18:23 Jesus tells a parable about a king forgiving an huge unpayable debt after his servant worshipped him. After this servant would not forgive a...

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Answer by Judith Harding

Does the Bible mention Alexander the Great?

Daniel sought an interpretation from Gabriel himself for the ram-goat vision of Daniel 8. This great man of God was thrice told that the vision 1)...

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Answer by Neil Parks

How did Lucifer get his inclination to become prideful and act on his desire to sin?

First of all we must understand that God is sovereign. God is omniscient, God is omnipotent, God is omnipresent. God is the creator of all things. God is the...

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

What did blossoms in the desert signify? (Isaiah 35:1–2)

In my opinion, the images of fertility and verdancy conveyed in the verses cited in the question (in addition to other verses in that chapter (Isaiah 35))...

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What did blossoms in the desert signify? (Isaiah 35:1–2)

Joy of the Redeemed 35 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bl...

Isaiah 35:1 - 2

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When did Egypt experience civil war and subjection to a fierce king? (Isaiah 19:2, 4)

August 17 2019

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What caused Isaiah to tremble? (Isaiah 21:3–4)

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What does the Bible say about cremation? Should Christians be cremated?

August 17 2019

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

Should we live in terror of God? (Proverbs 1:7)

The fear spoken of by Solomon in the verse cited in the question is a sense of extreme reverence, which should be the proper, rational, and "wise" response...

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Question by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Should we live in terror of God? (Proverbs 1:7)

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:7

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does the Bible say about gossip?

Everyone has experienced the harm of gossip before. Whether the people talking didn't mean direct harm, the result of gossip is always broken trust and hurt...

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Who were the Samaritans?

August 17 2019

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What was the Sanhedrin?

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What is the meaning of the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price?

August 17 2019

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Who were the Samaritans?

"Samaritans" is the name given to the new and mixed inhabitants whom Esarhaddon (B.C. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Who were the Samaritans?

"Samaritans" is the name given to the new and mixed inhabitants whom Esarhaddon (B.C. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and...

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

Did Jesus pay our trespass debt as well as our sin debt?

I agree that the Old Testament Law makes distinctions regarding the various types of offerings that it requires in satisfaction of human sin, as well as the...

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