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Tim Maas
Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
I was raised as a Lutheran, but now consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I have been married for 38 years, and have two married children -- a son who is an attorney, and a daughter who is a mathematics teacher -- as well as a granddaughter who was born in April, 2019, and another granddaughter who was born in February, 2020. I retired in 2013 after 35 years as a Quality Assurance Specialist (Ammunition Surveillance), which is a civilian (Civil Service) career program that inspects and classifies the Army's stockpile of conventional, guided missile, and toxic chemical munitions, so that the Army has an accurate picture of the serviceability and safety of its ammunition stockpile at any given time.
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Besides 2 Thess 1:9, which can be translated a variety of ways and therefore is not a strong proof of this notion, does the Bible say anywhere else that Hell is “separation from God”?
As indicated in Matthew 25:31-46, in Jesus' description of the Last Judgment...
What can we learn about Jehovah from Psalm 17?
By my verse-by-verse reading of the cited psalm, I found the following...
Why did king Ahab have to die? Didn’t the prophet trick him?
People are often unable to see the wrong (or even evil) in things that they...
What if we don’t feel love for someone? (John 15:12-14, 17)
Although love is commonly viewed in an emotional context, it is, at its...
Why lump cowards, murderers, "and all liars" together? (Revelation 21:8)
Lying may seem at first reading more "trivial" than the other vices listed,...
Why were babies dashed to pieces in Isaiah 13:16?
The cited verse is describing the treatment that would be visited upon the...
What can we learn from King Ahab’s letting surrender an unspeakably cruel king, Ben Hadad, who started 2 wars vs. God’s people (1 Kings 20, 22)?
As indicated in the chapters cited in the question, despite the wickedness of...
What does it mean to be an idolater?
An idolater in the broadest sense is an individual who accords to any object,...
Why didn't god kill satan instead of Jesus?
I would say that God did not kill or otherwise eliminate Satan (as well as...
What do Christians mean when they say, "I will do such and such if the Lord tarries"?
"Tarry" means to delay or wait. These individuals are saying that they plan...
How could Judas be included as a disciple and follower of Jesus when he had it in his heart to betray him all along?
Actions associated with Christ's betrayal had been foretold in the Old...
What Is the double-grace we receive in Christ?
In my opinion, the idea being expressed by the phrase "grace upon grace" is...
What does it mean to be "poor in spirit"? How does someone become "poor in spirit"?
I would say that the idea of being "poor in spirit" was what Jesus had in...
If Christ emptied Himself of deity while on earth, then how could He be God?
I would say that the idea of Christ "emptying Himself" does not preclude the...
How can we rejoice always when Jesus said “blessed are those who mourn”?
I would say that there are two types of mourning -- temporal and eternal....