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Jack Gutknecht
Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
I was a factory worker almost all my life, now retired. I used to be an addict. I fought against this sin in my life, but I could not win at all. But I came to Christ through a Billy Graham crusade to which my grandmother took my sister and me in 1964. I played 12-string guitar in both our English and Spanish worship services at the church for 5 years and taught kids for about 50. The "ABC/DTS graduate" means that I graduated from Arizona Bible College 'magna cum laude' and from Dallas Theological Seminary. I got "The Map and Compass Award" from Scottsdale Bible Church for getting my carload lost so many times on College and Career outings. I haven't changed much. We are proud cat owners of a Domestic Shorthair tabby, "Sophie," who was a kitten abandoned at a busy intersection in Atlanta and who crawled into the wheel well of the car of my brother-in-law, while he was paused at a stoplight. A nearby car had to call his attention to her before the light turned green!
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What’s the prognosis for a heart "beyond cure" (Jeremiah 17:9)?
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What was a "triumphal procession"? (2 Corinthians 2:14)
14 "But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s...
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Psalms 5:5
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What does it mean to "overcome" the world in 1 John 5:4?
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1 John 5:4
4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
Why compare offspring to stars? (Genesis 15:5)
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell...
Genesis 15:5
5 Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be.
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What’s wrong with standing up for our rights (Luke 6:29–30)?
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and...
Luke 6:29 - 30
29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.
How could Jesus be made sin when He was sinless? (2 Corinthians 5:21)
2 Corinthians 5:21 King James Version (KJV) 21 For he hath made him to be...
2 Corinthians 5:21
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.