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Comment by Kenneth Heck

Why was Abraham promised land that belonged to others?

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The answer to the question "Why was Abraham promised land that belonged to others?" is that the Canaanites were involved in grossly abominable practices. One...

January 16 2022

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What is Progressive Christianity, and is it biblical?

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There is no such thing as progressive Christianity. John 3:18. We either have eternal life based on Gods word, or we don't. John 6:40 and John 6:29. First...

January 16 2022

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

What can we learn from Israel's refusal to enter the promised land in Deuteronomy 1:26-27?

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I. AN OVERVIEW OF ISRAEL AT KADESH-BARNEA (Deut. 1:19-46) A. The route of the spies (Deut. 1:19-25): See Num. 13:1-17. B. The rebellion of the crowd (Deut....

January 16 2022

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

I’ve heard people testify that God told them so and so, or God spoke to them. Are they really hearing a voice?

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False prophets were a problem in the first century and they are still in business. They're worse now than then. Their motives are the same: power and money....

January 16 2022

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

I’ve heard people testify that God told them so and so, or God spoke to them. Are they really hearing a voice?

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"Test the spirits to see if they are from God" is talking about teachers and preachers. People, Paul is calling messengers spirits, he's not talking about...

January 16 2022

Answer by John Appelt

Who were the Amalekites?

The first mention of the Amalekites as a people is in Genesis 14:7. The Amalekites are a mysterious people until the link to the Hyksos people is made. The ‘...

January 16 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Comment by Carl Capuano

How can I be an effective witness for Christ in a lost world?

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Good commentary Gerratt. Clear, concise, scriptural and doable. Thank God and you for it.

January 16 2022

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

What can we learn from Israel's refusal to enter the promised land in Deuteronomy 1:26-27?

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James, I liked your reference to Galatians 2:21 --"I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no...

January 16 2022

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

Why do some people support homosexuality?

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I've never tried to get anyone to change their lifestyle and I never will. I write on this site to try and spread what I think to be the truth. The truth...

January 16 2022

Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

I’ve heard people testify that God told them so and so, or God spoke to them. Are they really hearing a voice?

I humbly submit in Scripture there is speaking a prime example would be Moses another would be Daniel. So in the Old Testament He was speaking and then came...

January 16 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Who were the Nethinim?

The Nethinim, mentioned in I Chronicles 9:2 and Ezra 2:43, 8:20, are likely the Gibeonites who deceived Joshua and the men of Israel. By a guise of old...

January 15 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Why did oaths involve putting a hand under someone's thigh?

The ‘hand under the thigh’ is found twice. In Genesis 24:2-4, Abraham had his servant put his hand under his thigh and swear an oath about getting a wife...

January 15 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

If we all adored Jesus as Mary did, who would do the work (Luke 10:39-42)?

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You are becoming more of a Mary, Carolyn, I can tell by your answer.

January 15 2022

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

Why do some people support homosexuality?

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"Quoting the truth" is a good thing; understanding the truth is even better. That's quite a list of sinners who won't walk the streets of glory. Sodomites...

January 15 2022

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

Why was Abraham promised land that belonged to others?

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Mr Heck, I grew up in the heart of the church, if you know what I mean. My dad was a pastor. I ate, slept, and breathed church! I listened to him and other...

January 15 2022

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

Under the new covenant does God still get angry with believers?

God is no longer imputing our trespasses to us (2 Cor 5:19) during the current dispensation of His grace (Eph 3:2). Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,...

January 15 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How do we rightly distinguish the instructions of Jesus under the Old Covenant and his instructions that are under the New Covenant?

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah (Jer 31:31, Heb 8:8). Note that...

January 15 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What laws of the New Covenant are we under today?

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah (Jer 31:31, Heb 8:8). Note that...

January 15 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is the New Covenant?

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah (Jer 31:31, Heb 8:8). Note that...

January 15 2022 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

I’ve heard people testify that God told them so and so, or God spoke to them. Are they really hearing a voice?

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We are to test the spirits to see if they are from God. The Spirit of God that lives in the believer, Ephesians 1:13-14, will always agree with the bible....

January 15 2022

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Was Jesus a Jew?

Mary was a Jew. Jesus claimed to be KING OF THE JEWS. Witten on the cross. KING OF THE JEWS. Mary was a descendant of Abraham Isaac and Jacob.

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Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What can we learn from Israel's refusal to enter the promised land in Deuteronomy 1:26-27?

Israel saw the land that was promised to Abraham Isaac and Jacob, but saw the giants in the land and trusted in themselves instead of God who would deliver...

January 15 2022 2 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Fran Joa , Interested in God and hopeful

I’ve heard people testify that God told them so and so, or God spoke to them. Are they really hearing a voice?

I have a daughter who has numerous experiences hearing God speak. I’m positive they were true experiences of hearing God - one seemed to be audible; the...

January 15 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Carolyn Hostetter , Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator

If we all adored Jesus as Mary did, who would do the work (Luke 10:39-42)?

I agree with Tim that sometimes our priorities are misplaced. And that, as Jack said, Martha got a little carried away with her work. I also think this has a...

January 15 2022 3 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Carolyn Hostetter , Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator

Why God did get angry against Moses?

In Exodus 4:12, I believe God got angry with Moses because he was so stubborn and didn't believe that God was going to provide the means for him to free the...

January 15 2022 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Comment by April Curtain

What are the "gates" spoken of in Psalm 24?

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Amen! Thank you for sharing this. Very enlightening

January 15 2022

Answer by John Appelt

Where were Sodom and Gomorrah?

Gauged by the desolation of the region, the southeast area of the Dead Sea has been determined by many sources to be where Sodom and Gomorrah were. But there...

January 15 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Award for Jack Gutknecht , ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

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Why are Christians so afraid in this COVID-19 pandemic?

January 14 2022

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

I’ve heard people testify that God told them so and so, or God spoke to them. Are they really hearing a voice?

No. The "still small voice" that people believe may be God speaking to them is actually just them thinking to themselves. What they are saying (thinking)...

January 14 2022 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why is salvation by works a commonly held viewpoint by non-believers, and some believers as well?

The problem can be narrowed down to 1 verse, (2 Tim 2:15). Too many today are not separating Paul's gospel of God's dispensation of grace (Eph 3:2) from that...

January 14 2022 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How did the rods Jacob peeled make the animals produce offspring of a certain color?

I agree with Wiersbe. Jacob’s peeled sticks belonged in the same category as Rachel’s mandrakes: They were both superstitious practices that had nothing to...

January 14 2022 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Why God did get angry against Moses?

In Numbers 20:8-13. God told Moses to speak to the rock for water to flow out. Moses hit the rock with his hand twice. The rock was a symbol of Christ. And...

January 14 2022 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

How did the rods Jacob peeled make the animals produce offspring of a certain color?

In Genesis 30:31-42, Jacob had dealings with Laban about caring for his flocks and also receiving wages for himself. Normally, goats in that region were...

January 14 2022 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Award for Gregory Tomlinson , Minister, husband,father,grandfather,vet., college graduate

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Why are Christians so strongly against premarital sex?

January 14 2022

Comment by Kelli Hamann , Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, Musician

What sort of careers can a Christian consider?

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I love your comment, Lenny! I’m a teacher in the public school system, and I know there are a lot of Christians who believe I’m compromising because I...

January 14 2022

Comment by Shirley H , Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Is Numbers 5:11-31 referring to God causing an abortion?

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It gave the woman a chance to defend herself before the priest and her husband. However, if she were to be caught in the act of infidelity, then there was no...

January 14 2022

Comment by Lenny Carvalho

What sort of careers can a Christian consider?

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Back in 1998 I was seriously struggling with being a Christian and my career. I was a pit boss at Bellagio working in high limit, basically right in the...

January 14 2022

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

Why do some people support homosexuality?

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I've lost count of the preachers and pastors who sang the same tune I'm hearing here, who turned out to be homosexual. (I didn't say gay, I think there's a...

January 14 2022

Comment by Kenneth Heck

Why was Abraham promised land that belonged to others?

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Gen 9:24 makes it clear that Canaan had done something to Noah to make him become drunken and uncovered in his tent. Canaan was clearly guilty of such an...

January 14 2022

Award for SANDRA WRIGHT , Praise The Lord!

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Did the author of Genesis ever intend the 7-day creation story to be taken literally?

January 13 2022

Answer by Emo Tenorio , Shomer

Are vaccinations ethical for Christians?

In a REPUBLIC is having any sincere, deep-rooted religious, moral, or ethical objections to the odd quite fashionable notion of compelling neighbors to take...

January 13 2022 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What can we learn from Israel's refusal to enter the promised land in Deuteronomy 1:26-27?

26-28 But then you weren’t willing to go up. You rebelled against God, your God’s plain word. You complained in your tents: “God hates us. He hauled us out o...

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Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How can married Christians avoid emotional affairs?

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John 3:18 is the dividing verse on who is going to heaven and who is going to hell. John 6:47. Romans 3:26-28. There will be no boasting in heaven. Matthew...

January 13 2022

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

Why was Abraham promised land that belonged to others?

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The text doesn't imply that Canaan had done anything evil. Implying that Canaan switched one drink for a stronger drink is like saying he slipped his...

January 13 2022

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How can married Christians avoid emotional affairs?

After having been married for 62 years, we have found that it is our spending time together keeps us together. For many years we still go on a dinner date at...

January 13 2022 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why do some people not turn to God until later in life?

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This answer is right on the money! It doesn't sound like Mr Houdmann wrote it. He usually gives some o of the responsibility of "getting saved" to "being...

January 13 2022

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

Is Numbers 5:11-31 referring to God causing an abortion?

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Interesting, Shirley! But what did you mean by "In a sense this law about an unfaithful wife ameliorated and the harsh reality of a woman's life." ?

January 13 2022

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

Why do some people continue to portray Jacob (Israel) as a thief, cheat, and liar when clearly God was with him?

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I wouldn't call Jacob a "horrible person." I wouldn't call Esau a bad guy. Jacob is overly ambitious to a fault. Esau lacks reverence for what can be called...

January 13 2022