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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 many names of the Lord are in the Bible?
  4. Who are the ones who would not see death in Matthew 16:28?
  5. 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?
  6. How do we glorify God and enjoy him forever?
  7. Will there be an ocean in the new heaven?
  8. Does Ezekiel prophesy about an invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar which never actually took place? Ezekiel 29:17–20
  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)?
  10. How can one become a “partaker of the divine nature”?


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Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What should a person do if he or she has found an item not belonging to him/her?

This is a good question that I do not have an answer. We stopped in a convenience store on our way through New Mexico a few years ago, and we were the only...

July 06 2019 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by EL Mohel Castorena , EL Mohel

Is the Rapture the same as the Second Coming of Christ?

Your Question was: How can the dead in Christ rise if they are already in heaven? To answer your question - Corruption (those who are present with Him) in...

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Do Christians have to obey the laws of the land?

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

What was behind this amplified description of God? (Jeremiah 33:2)

In my opinion, the expanded or amplified description of Himself that God gave in the verse cited in the question was for emphatic purposes, in order to make...

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

What was behind this amplified description of God? (Jeremiah 33:2)

Promise of Restoration 33 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time: 2 “This is what t...

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

What was this "lamp in Jerusalem"? (1 Kings 15:4)

The "lamp" being referred to in the verse cited in the question is a metaphorical reference to God maintaining a line of royal succession from David's...

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

What was this "lamp in Jerusalem"? (1 Kings 15:4)

1 Kings 15 New International Version (NIV) Abijah King of Judah 15 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Juda...

1 Kings 15:4

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What is an appropriate level of intimacy before marriage?

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Did the Old Testament only list male descendants in Genesis?

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What did Jesus mean when He said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven?

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What can we learn from Jael in the book of Judges 4:21-22?

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Who were the Zealots in the Bible?

July 05 2019

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

What can we learn from Jael in the book of Judges 4:21-22?

By my understanding, Jael and her husband Heber were not Israelites, but Kenites (a heathen people related to the Midianites). (Heber was in alliance with...

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What does the Bible say about persecution?

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

What can we learn from Jael in the book of Judges 4:21-22?

Judges 4:21-22 tells us this: “ But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg i...

July 05 2019 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Do God’s promises to Israel apply to us today? (2 Chronicles 7:14)

2 Chronicles 7:14 New International Version (NIV) 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn f...

2 Chronicles 7:14

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Can a woman/wife be a pastor or preacher?

July 05 2019

Answer by Bob Enyart

What made the fountains of the deep/springs burst forth?

The first question that needs to be answered in considering, "What made the fountains of the deep/springs burst forth", is, what were those fountains? It...

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

What does the Bible say about transformation?

What does the Bible say about transformation? "The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to...

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What are the Seven Abominations?

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

What does it mean that "righteousness and peace kiss each other? What kind of kiss is this? (Psalm 85:10)

In my opinion, the prophetic thought being expressed in this verse stems from the fact that righteousness and peace are not always compatible. Righteousness...

July 04 2019 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What miracles had God done "among all mankind"? (Jeremiah 32:20–33)

The miraculous acts that God had performed in freeing Israel from its bondage in Egypt, and in defeating opposing rulers as Israel was journeying to the...

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

What miracles had God done "among all mankind"? (Jeremiah 32:20–33)

20 You performed signs and wonders in Egypt and have continued them to this day, in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown that is still yo...

Jeremiah 32:20 - 33

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If aliens were proved to exist, how would that discovery impact the Christian faith?

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Why seventy years? (29:10)

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Answer by John Matthews , Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker

What should I do now that my former fiance and mother of my child wants to get married, but she is an unbeliever?

If you are asking this question, then you are not sure. Do you love this woman? Can you love this woman knowing she is an unbeliever? Using 2 Corinthians...

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

Should Protestants revere and or practice the rituals of Lent?

I am not (and have never been) a Roman Catholic, but multiple Catholic websites that I found listed the following as "traditional Catholic Lenten practices"...

July 03 2019 Follow Vote Up

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

What should I do now that my former fiance and mother of my child wants to get married, but she is an unbeliever?

I understand the reference to Paul's advice to Christians about not being unequally yoked with unbelievers, but I would say that the presence of the...

July 03 2019 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why seventy years? (29:10)

Although this question (Number 20587) references a different passage in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:10, rather than Jeremiah 25:11-12) than a previous question...

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What is Arminianism, and is it biblical?

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

Why seventy years? (29:10)

10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place....

Jeremiah 29:10 - 14

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What is the meaning of the Hebrew word ruach?

July 03 2019

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

Why does God tell the people that they may buy "strong drink" and "whatever else" they desire?

Yes, it's crystal clear that from this verse and others in the Bible that fermented drink was permissible as far as the diet of the Israelis. But don't...

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

What does the Bible say about drinking alcohol or wine? Is it a sin for a Christian to drink alcohol or wine?

Deuteronomy 14:26 “And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for...

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How should a Christian view the separation of church and state?

July 03 2019

Answer by D. M. , Writer, Entrepreneur, IT Specialist

How, why, and when did Satan fall from heaven?

Satan was cast out of heaven at the beginning of the great controversy, when he rebelled against God’s government. He wanted to seize God’s throne in heaven...

July 03 2019 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What should I do now that my former fiance and mother of my child wants to get married, but she is an unbeliever?

I had a child with my non-believer fiance. We broke up since, but she is willing to get married now. Do I marry her to give my daughter a family unit with a ...

2 Corinthians 6:14

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Who was Methuselah in the Bible?

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Why is it important to meditate on God's Word?

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What is the gift of speaking in tongues?

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