What commands or examples to follow are there in the Bible to "exalt the Lord"?
The root meaning of the word "exalt" (sometimes also translated as "extol") means "to raise up". The use of this word in connection with God emphasizes all...
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jeanine petro
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What does "bind them as a sign on your hand" mean in regards to the law in Deuteronomy 6:8?
Does this mean a tattoo?
Deuteronomy 6:4 - 9
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Scott Broberg
, Fig Tree Ministries
How do Christians enhance the visual capacity of their spiritual eyes?
Christians can enhance the visual capacity of their spiritual eyes by engaging in spiritual practices (disciplines). Spiritual practices engage our spirit in...
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Scott Broberg
, Fig Tree Ministries
When God said in to Moses in Exodus 12 verse 1-2, "This shall be unto you the beginning of months, the first month of the year to Israel henceforth," what month of the ordinary year was it then at that point in time?
The "first month" in Exodus correlates to the modern March/April. Many ancient calendars started in the early spring. Since cultures were so tightly linked...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What are some ways COVID-19 could transform us for better or for worse?
Every experience in a Christian’s life, every event and circumstance, affects our spiritual life. There is no neutral, indifferent consequence. And the...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
In what way are Christians more than conquerors? (Romans 8:37)
In human warfare between opposing kingdoms, there is always a series of battles, and then a final battle that determines victory and defeat. The defeated...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why do some people get upset when you tell them about Jesus?
Telling others about Jesus will at some point include discussion of the reason why Jesus was incarnated (that is, to provide salvation for a universally...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the term "islands" or "isles" refer to in Isaiah 41? Does this reference the remnant?
In my opinion, the word "isles" in the cited passage is being used in its usual geographic sense to indicate the inclusiveness of the lands or areas of the...
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Lois Devaney
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites?
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When a person believes the gospel, they are sealed by the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 1:13, and become a child of God. John 1:12. What if that person loses their...
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Emo Tenorio
, Shomer
What are some ways COVID-19 could transform us for better or for worse?
Jack has another very timely question for this rubiconic time and I humbly submit for your consideration some not so quick thoughts on the matter. In The...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What do we have to give up to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18–30)
I believe all people need to give up 2 things to inherit eternal life; 1) give up all our secret sins and turn away from them, and 2) give up control of our...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites?
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Amen Jack. If I say I have no sin, I am a liar, and the truth is not in me, If I say I am a sinner, I tell you the truth. All men are sinners. Jesus died for...
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Helmut Fischl
, Retired
Is Angelica Zambrano's testimony of experiencing heaven and hell biblically sound?
This question has a very simple answer, although the testimony reflects some biblical truths and is likened unto the parable in Luke 16 attempting to deceive...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
In what way are Christians more than conquerors? (Romans 8:37)
The Old Testament provided many examples of Israel being miraculously victorious with the help of God, despite seemingly overwhelming or invincible forces...
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Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What are some ways COVID-19 could transform us for better or for worse?
From a spiritual standpoint, and speaking from the perspective of the better, the following occur to me: -- providing a greater appreciation of the brevity...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
In what way are Christians more than conquerors? (Romans 8:37)
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (NIV)
Romans 8:37
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
When God said in to Moses in Exodus 12 verse 1-2, "This shall be unto you the beginning of months, the first month of the year to Israel henceforth," what month of the ordinary year was it then at that point in time?
The Hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar, based on the phases of the moon as it orbits around the earth (which takes approximately 27.32 days for each orbit),...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites?
First John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. First John 1:8 If we say we have not sinned, we call God a liar. If...
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John Mbaya
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What do we have to give up to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18–30)
I would say that the answer to this question would not be a standardized thing or list of things that would be the same for everyone, but would be different...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Is it okay for Christians to "meditate"? (119:27)
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Tim, I like your final point about human thought being "tainted by sin." The point is not that people are as thoroughly evil as they could be. Rather, it...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites?
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James, you've made good comments relating to hypocrisy in Romans 3:26-28 and Romans 4:6.
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is "godliness with contentment"? (1 Timothy 6:6–8)
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Atheists tell us that we should be good for goodness sake, that people can be good without God. But they don’t tell us how they know or how they measure what...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What do we have to give up to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18–30)
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18:27 | KJV
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites?
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Romans 3:9 What then, are we better than they, no, in no way, for we have all proved we are all under sin. 10 There is none righteous, no not one. The good...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Why are God’s people strangers on earth? (Psalm 119:19)
We are aliens and foreigners and strangers on this earth because our citizenship is in heaven. We live in this world but we are not of this world, because...
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by Gene Coleman
Will we remember our earthly lives when we are in heaven?
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Judy Jentz, perhaps we won’t feel sorrow because we will then know and accept that it would be wrong for anything other than God’s plan and way would be ever...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites?
All Christians are hypocrites every time we judge other people by the standards of conduct (God’s law & will in the bible) that we ourselves cannot keep....
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
How does finding refuge under God's wings in Psalm 91:4 relate to seeing the punishment of the wicked in Psalm 91:8-9, if, in fact, it does?
Moses is the likely author of this Psalm according to Jewish tradition. Moses certainly had many opportunities to make God his refuge and watch God deliver...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
How can I lose my salvation?
In my view no Christian can lose their salvation and here is the proof. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Does the righteousness of Christ imputed to us by God infer that we are actually made righteous and holy?
The following passages provide more insight into us receiving the righteousness of Christ. Romans 3:25; 5:17; 8:10-11; 10:4 1 Corinthians 1:30 Galatians 2:21...
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by Chris Heier
, Retired, living in Mexico and Arizona
What does the Bible say about altar calls? Are altar calls biblical?
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I see the altar call as John the Baptist's call to repent and be baptized. Also at Pentecost, Peter and the Apostles spoke the gospel to many and many were...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
Is it okay for Christians to "meditate"? (119:27)
Philippians 4:8-9 is a perfect example of Christian meditation. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is it okay for Christians to "meditate"? (119:27)
In one sense, "meditate" is a neutral word that simply means to think deeply about, or consciously focus one's mind or thoughts on, a given subject. (Various...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean that the Lord is "my portion"? (Lamentations 3:24)
To me, the thought being expressed here is similar to the usage of the same word in Numbers 18:20, where God told Aaron (as the man chosen to be the first...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How does finding refuge under God's wings in Psalm 91:4 relate to seeing the punishment of the wicked in Psalm 91:8-9, if, in fact, it does?
I would say that the idea of finding refuge under God's wings conveys the idea of being in a safe place that completely separates and shelters the followers...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does the righteousness of Christ imputed to us by God infer that we are actually made righteous and holy?
To me, the attitude of the publican in Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18:9-14) speaks to this subject. The publican, in an attitude of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is "godliness with contentment"? (1 Timothy 6:6–8)
In the verse prior to the verse cited in the question (1 Timothy 6:5), Paul referred to people who view being godly not as something desirable per se, or as...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why are God’s people strangers on earth? (Psalm 119:19)
By my understanding, the Hebrew word translated as "stranger" in the verse cited in the question could also be expressed as "sojourner" (as multiple...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why does God allow Coronavirus and other catastrophes?
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Here’s why God allows the Coronavirus and other catastrophes, in my opinion: 1. To accomplish His Will God used plagues to deliver the enslaved Jews from...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why does the Bible have to tell us to be kind to one another?
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Emo, I like your paragraph above about the road before us has many tribulations, and about our promise note from the One and Only Potentate, "[the] God, that...
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What happens if I die an alcoholic? Will I go to hell, even if I don't think it's bad that I drink because it brings me joy?
The only sin that can send a person to hell is UNBELIEF that Jesus is the Son of God and Saviour of the World. Every Christian struggles with one sin or...