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What can we learn from the contest on Mt. Carmel in 1 Kings 18?

July 23 2024

Answer by Nathaniel Abiye

Should you attend a gay wedding?

As regards to the question, a gay wedding, which also known as same-sex wedding, is a practice of the world, which is the direct opposite to the plan of God...

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

What is the greatest sin?

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Tim, I copied and pasted your link to C.S. Lewis and got this: Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server.

July 23 2024

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What is the joy of the Lord?

July 23 2024

Answer by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Who decided why and which names should be changed to English, like David or Mark, while others are unchanged, such as Mephibosheth, Athaliah, Aquila, and so on?

Names are often "transliterated" into other languages, matching their phonemic sounds with more or less precision to an existing name or an easy to say name...

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Comment by Greg Frost , Hungry learner ...never full of the Word.

Who decided why and which names should be changed to English, like David or Mark, while others are unchanged, such as Mephibosheth, Athaliah, Aquila, and so on?

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Yes I very much appreciate your answer. Looking in the Tanakh and Torah, the English names are used as opposed to the Hebrew; 'Moses' for Moshe, 'David' for...

July 23 2024

Answer by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

Who decided why and which names should be changed to English, like David or Mark, while others are unchanged, such as Mephibosheth, Athaliah, Aquila, and so on?

Please understand that many words, including proper names, change over time with each translation. Even before the time of Christ, the Israelites translated...

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Why does God test us?

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Good answer, Mirela! It is certainly worth sharing!

July 23 2024

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Why does God test us?

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What does the Bible say about laziness?

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What does it mean to be "spiritually minded" vs. "carnally minded"?

July 22 2024

Question by Greg Frost , Hungry learner ...never full of the Word.

Who decided why and which names should be changed to English, like David or Mark, while others are unchanged, such as Mephibosheth, Athaliah, Aquila, and so on?

What I meant is that several Hebrew names in the Bible have remained as Hebrew ... Mephibosheth, Aristarchus, Ahaziah, etc. So my question involves those nam...

Matthew 1:1 - 25

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What does it mean to guard your heart?

July 21 2024

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What is the difference between fornication and adultery?

July 21 2024

Answer by Shep Calhoun

What is the bundle of the living? (1 Samuel 25:29)

The "Bundle of Life" is the "Secret Place" of the Most High God that is referenced in Psalm 91. It is the place of Shalom Shalom (perfect peace in Isaiah...

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What is the greatest sin?

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What kind of records does God keep? (Psalms 56:8)

July 21 2024

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What does 'blessed are the peacemakers' mean?

July 20 2024

Answer by Leslie Coutinho

How are we to interpret Mark 13:10 with regards to the rapture and the church?

Mark 13:10: And the gospel must first be published among all nations. The disciples asked Jesus when and what shall be the sign when all things shall be...

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Comment by Mateusz Steliga

How are jasper and sardius stone related to God's appearance?

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Those stones can have any color that human skin can also have.

July 20 2024

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

What does 'blessed are the peacemakers' mean?

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Yes, James. I had real peace for the first time in my life when I came to faith in Christ. Through His making peace for all of us, I had peace. What He said...

July 20 2024

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What does it mean that we will judge angels?

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He wasn't trying to make us stick our chests out and feel superior to the angels, as we are most likely to do, if we don't understand what is meant by what...

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Why did the psalmist yearn so intensely for the Lord? (130:5–6)

July 20 2024

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Should Christian men or women wear earrings?

July 19 2024

Answer by John Anderson

Should I attend my daughter's transgender wedding?

Would you attend if it was a devil themed wedding? That is, after all, the question. They may not believe it, but they are dooming themselves; well, probably...

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Answer by Philip Davies

Should I attend my daughter's transgender wedding?

Its easy to understand your dilemma. You love your daughter, but don't want to approve her choice of partners because it's against your faith. What do you...

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Answer by Darryl Abbott

What does it mean that "you shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead"?

I've been a spiritual person my entire life (60+), the son of a preacher man that believed a certain religion and its interpretation of the scriptures (Old...

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

What is the key to effective prayer?

In my senior year at Arizona Bible College I was railroaded into becoming Missionary Prayer Fellowship president. I was over 6-9 prayer cells representing...

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Should I attend my daughter's transgender wedding?

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Your daughter knows your beliefs and by attending she knows you don’t approve but still love her - just like Jesus loves us but not our sin. Good luck and...

July 19 2024

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

What is the key to effective prayer?

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Yes, Janet, "acceptable prayer must be sincere (Heb. 10:22)." Good point. That verse says in the AMP version, "Let us approach [God] with a true and sincere...

July 19 2024

Answer by Maryjann JM

Should I attend my daughter's transgender wedding?

I would go to the ceremony for the reason that I did not attend my physical brother “Bill’s” polyamorous wedding and have lived to regret not attending. My...

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What is false guilt, and how can I avoid it?

July 18 2024

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Was Jesus crucified on a cross, pole, or stake?

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Continuing, The unnamed man in this story informed Joab, the top general of David's military, that they all had heard David's command to Joab, Abishai and...

July 18 2024

Comment by Danny Hickman , Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Was Jesus crucified on a cross, pole, or stake?

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Okay Mr Appelt, it's very possible that it was a live tree. It's said that he was crucified on a tree. "Hanged" is the term used in Gal 3:13. Your post on...

July 18 2024

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Should I attend my daughter's transgender wedding?

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What does it mean that God has granted us 'everything we need for life and godliness?'

July 17 2024

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What does it mean that God has granted us 'everything we need for life and godliness?'

July 17 2024

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What does it mean to have a spirit of fear?

July 17 2024