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What is the Christian view of suicide? What does the Bible say about suicide?

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Answer by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

Should pastors be paid a salary?

Consider 2 Cor. 12:14 "Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but...

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Answer by Kelli Trujillo , Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician

Should pastors be paid a salary?

I whole-heartedly agree with everything that Mr. Houdmann presented as biblical support for pastors being paid a salary. He provides ample support from the...

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Answer by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

Should a believer choose to give the gospel to a non-believer who is most likely to reject Jesus?

I believe it is the purpose of Christ's ministers of reconciliation to make the effort to share the Truth, whether "in season or out". 2 Cor 5:18-21 "And all...

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

Should a believer choose to give the gospel to a non-believer who is most likely to reject Jesus?

I would say that a non-believer's possible response to the gospel message is not ours to judge, or something on which we should base our evangelistic...

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Question by venkatesan Iyer

Should a believer choose to give the gospel to a non-believer who is most likely to reject Jesus?

Non-believers are judged by their response to light of knowledge. If a believer expects that that the non-believer would most likely reject Jesus and end up ...

John 3:16

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Answer by Hadassah JD

Should I attend my daughter's transgender wedding?

Her lifestyle is sin. Flip question is, will she be present at the marriage supper of the Lamb in her current state? God established marriage and laid the...

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Answer by Leslie Coutinho

What does it mean that; "he who exalts himself shall be humbled and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted"?

Luke 14:11: For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. When Samuel was old, he made his sons judge over...

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Comment by Hadassah JD

What was the meaning of Jesus walking on water?

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Truly edifying

3 days ago

Comment by Albert DeBenedictis , Retired computer programmer

What should we learn from Psalm 119?

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Hi Ken Love, you mentioned “some think it [Matthew 5:17] stands abolished and super-ceded by the Gospel, although the NT says just the opposite: Mat 5:17,...

3 days ago

Answer by Hadassah JD

What does it mean to live by faith?

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Again it states in Hebrews 11:1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of...

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Answer by Hadassah JD

Is it alright to get a numerology reading if one is a believer?

King Saul was judged for consulting a diviner, the witch of Endor. This is also a form of divination, and when the source is dark, then the life of Saul...

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Answer by Hadassah JD

Why is there no sex in heaven?

We need to respond to the purpose of sex: 1. Procreation. Filling the earth. In heaven there's no need of procreation in this manner any more. 2. Fleshy...

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Comment by Hadassah JD

Is it okay to get tattoos if they are of a Christian nature?

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God forbids tattoos. However should one have them before salvation and while in ignorance, God will overlook it. Levitical laws forbid them. We have been...

3 days ago

Answer by Hadassah JD

What was the meaning of Jesus walking on water?

Many collected "waters" may be referred to as "sea." Sea is symbolic of people and nations. Hence King Jesus walking on water points that He is supreme and...

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Answer by Hadassah JD

What does it mean to live a holy life?

For Father God to tell us to be Holy means He has given us the way. In the old testament atonement came via the sacrifice of animals and this was a...

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Why is faith without works dead?

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What does the Bible say about dealing with difficult people?

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Comment by Jennifer Alphonso

What is the Christian view of Tai Chi (TaiChi)?

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Hi Mary. My sister does yoga, tai chi and I don't know what else. She's a Roman Catholic, goes to church and takes part in the choir. She has never read the...

4 days ago

Answer by lynn Sander

Is it okay to get tattoos if they are of a Christian nature?

1 Samuel 16:7 The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. Gal 2:6 As for...

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Comment by Alaura s. , Former skeptic

Does Deuteronomy 20: 16-18 indicate that God commanded genocide in the Bible?

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That is a great explanation, thank you!

4 days ago

Comment by Kenneth Heck

Why did God command the extermination of the Canaanites, women and children included?

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The detestable practices involving Canaanite children were judged horrible enough by God to merit extermination of the race. Today we have the spectre of...

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What should Christian parents do if they have a prodigal son (or daughter)?

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Comment by Truth Finder

Why do Christians practice the indoctrination of children?

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If we, as Christians, do not instill truth in our children, the world will indeed distort the true reality of GOD and deceive our children. The world, with...

5 days ago

Comment by Marji Stevens

Why would the shepherd in Psalm 23:5 anoint the sheep's head with oil?

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Negative thoughts can torment us like the nasal botfly torments the sheep. I just went through my second journey through cancer. Fear and confusion were my...

5 days ago

Comment by R K

Why did God create us?

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It seems very clear from Ephesians 2:10 that God created us in Christ for good works. Simple and easy to understand except for What is a "good work"?

5 days ago

Comment by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

What does the Bible say about favoritism?

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If only the churches would apply your excellent rebuttal of favoritism on the matter of Christian women being discriminated against. :-)

6 days ago

Answer by John Appelt

Why does the NLT state that Jesus was angry at Lazarus' tomb?

At the death of Lazarus, Jesus “groaned in the spirit and was troubled.” John 11:33. A few versions, such as the New Living Translation, mention Jesus being...

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

Why is the word "wages" used instead of the word "punishment" in the phrase "the wages of sin is death"?

Although we usually consider "wages" in a positive sense as a deserved payment or benefit received for work performed, the word itself is neutral in that...

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Answer by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

Why is the word "wages" used instead of the word "punishment" in the phrase "the wages of sin is death"?

It is a fair question as there is an eternal cost (wage) for sin, which is death. Christ, who knew no sin, was made to be sin for us, so that by His shed...

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Why did the God of the Bible stop talking to humans?

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Comment by Rosamond Romero

How should Christians view the Book of Mormon?

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Most excellent review of the realities concerning the Book of Mormon.

6 days ago

Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

What does the Bible say about favoritism?

Instances of favoritism: Jacob, for Rachel, Gen. 29:30, 34. Elkanah, for Haah, 1 Sam. 1:4, 5. Rebekah, for Jacob, Gen. 27:6-17. Jacob, for Joseph, Gen. 37:3,...

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Question by venkatesan Iyer

Why is the word "wages" used instead of the word "punishment" in the phrase "the wages of sin is death"?

We associate the word "wages" for rightful returns for work done. We associate the word "punishment" with sins committed. The word "wages" is peculiar on the...

Romans 6:23

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Who is "them" in 1 John 4:4 that the children have overcome?

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Why did Jacob give Joseph a coat of many colors?

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

Why would people believe that wooden and metal figures had power (Jeremiah 10:3-16)?

I would say that human sin causes people to want to exert control over their own lives rather than to acknowledge the existence of a higher spiritual being...

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Answer by Bryan Allen

How true is it that Jesus received 39 lashes, representing the 39 diseases known in His time?

Isaiah 53:5 refers to spiritual infirmities; yes, that's true, but it also applies to our physical infirmities as well. (Matthew 8:15-17) And he touched her...

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

Where does it say in the New Testament that we are going to heaven?

Philippians 1:21-24 ("For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what...

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Comment by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did the God of the Bible stop talking to humans?

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Scott, that REALLY is something cool about the Hebrew words for "speak" and "desert" being so similar. I had a friend, a Christian brother, in Scottsdale,...

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Can an unmarried man and woman living together and having a sexual relationship go to heaven if they love each other but do not marry?

9 days ago

Answer by Mark Vestal , Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

Why did the God of the Bible stop talking to humans?

God is not currently "speaking" to us today because His Word has been "fulfilled". Col 1:25 "Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of...

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Answer by Kelli Trujillo , Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician

Why did the God of the Bible stop talking to humans?

I would assert that God has not stopped speaking to humans. Jesus came in the flesh to do away with the religious systems of the Old Testament and to create...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did the God of the Bible stop talking to humans?

Good question, Judith! "Again and again they tested God's patience and frustrated the Holy One of Israel. They forgot about his power and how he rescued them...

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Comment by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Why did the God of the Bible stop talking to humans?

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"You must not put the Lord your God to the test." (Deuteronomy 6:16)

9 days ago

Comment by Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Does a lifelong struggle with a persistent sin mean one was never really saved to begin with?

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Karen, you write an interesting answer to the great deliverance that God has given you! Another powerful verse that helped me with my addiction (lust) is:...

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Is the Holy Spirit a male or female?

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