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

How should a Christian view materialism?

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James, "Don’t for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the Fear-of-God— That’s where your future lies. Then you won’t be left with an armload of...

September 18 2024

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Why is water never to be shared with strangers (Proverbs 5:17)?

September 17 2024

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

Where is Philemon’s home located?

It is generally assumed that Philemon lived in Colossae, since, in Paul's epistle to the Colossians (Colossians 4:9 and Colossians 4:17), Onesimus (the slave...

September 17 2024 Follow Vote Up

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

What does it mean to live a holy life?

Although "holy" is often regarded as a synonym for "sinless" (and thus an impossibility in this life), it can also mean something that is consecrated, or...

September 17 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Whom was Cain afraid of after he killed Abel?

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Billy, I ain't really sure what it is you think I wrote about Eve; I believe Eve was the first woman to live. I believe she is called the mother of all...

September 17 2024

Question by Anonymous
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What does it mean to live a holy life?

Colossians 3:1 - 17

September 17 2024 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is the best way to explain the gospel to an unbeliever?

Good question, Jean! I'd say give him or her your testimony telling him/her that God has already charged their sins to Christ. Ask him first, though, if he...

September 17 2024 5 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Do we contribute anything to our own salvation?

September 16 2024

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

Is silent prayer biblical?

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Kilean, thank you. But what did you mean by the first part of your sentence, "Since Satan can't keep a believer from going to hell,..." Didn't you mean,...

September 15 2024

Comment by Billy P Eldred

Whom was Cain afraid of after he killed Abel?

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Danny, I enjoyed your logic in your replies. While I still believe God could have created others for the following reasons: Adam called his wife "Eve"...

September 15 2024

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

Do we contribute anything to our own salvation?

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Good answer, Daniel! I love Galatians, too! I even memorized Galatians 2:16 which applies here: 16 "We know very well that we are not set right with God by...

September 15 2024

Comment by Billy P Eldred

What happens to a baby that dies within a few months after birth?

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Jack, I think I started to say "reach her son" then for some reason changed to "reach this man".

September 15 2024

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Do we contribute anything to our own salvation?

September 15 2024

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

What is the Island Evangelical Community Church? Are they teaching the truth and are their teachings Biblical?

On its website (islandecc.hk), the Island Evangelical Community Church describes itself as "a dynamic, English-speaking, international church in Hong Kong"....

September 15 2024 Follow Vote Up

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What is the book of Song of Solomon?

September 15 2024

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

What happens to a baby that dies within a few months after birth?

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Billy, I appreciate both of your comments to this question. I was really interested in your personal testimony, teaching that Sunday School class. But what...

September 15 2024

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

Was Gandhi's civil disobedience movement unbiblical or biblical?

In my opinion, Christians have the ability or even the obligation to non-violently resist (as Gandhi did, even though he was not a Christian) evil human...

September 14 2024 Follow Vote Up

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

Are we born sinful?

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We got a bad start: Psalms 58:3-11 3 The wicked crawl from the wrong side of the cradle; their first words out of the womb are lies. 4 Poison, lethal...

September 14 2024

Question by venkatesan Iyer

Was Gandhi's civil disobedience movement unbiblical or biblical?

The question of a biblical civil obedience movement has been raised. The answers deal with the biblical contexts and the nations where Christians were a ma...

Romans 13:1 - 7

September 14 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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Are we born sinful?

September 14 2024

Answer by John Appelt

When should I pray to the Father, when should I be praying to the Son, when should I be praying to the Holy Spirit?

It is thought that all members of the Godhead are equally God, so that anyone can pray at times to any of them. There is one problem with that. When the...

September 14 2024 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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What is Christian revival?

September 14 2024

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

Is Mary the mother of God?

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Vincent, I liked your comment, "Jesus picked Mary to be his mother." I just read, "Mary, Chosen of God," a novel by Diana Wallis Taylor. And it is SOO good,...

September 14 2024

Answer by oscar read , Thanks Be To God :)

How is God like a rock (Psalm 31:2)?

This is only my interpretation when it's written: "Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me." I...

September 13 2024 Follow Vote Up

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What did Jesus mean in John 14:18 when he said, "I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you"?

September 13 2024

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

What is a kinsman redeemer?

When we believe and take Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we become an adopted child of God the Father. Jesus is our Brother. We accept Him as our redeemer. In...

September 13 2024 Follow Vote Up

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

If my husband was asked to leave the church due to inappropriate advances toward women should I leave too?

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Amen Paula, it is not a good thing to enable someone on the path to destruction. Low and behold, eternity is a really, really, really long time! For her, I...

September 13 2024

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What does it mean that no one seeks God?

September 13 2024

Comment by Ezekiel Kimosop

What is the Anglican Church, and what do Anglicans believe?

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This is awesome. I agree with Michael on Anglicans. I have strong reservations on the soteriological views advanced by Jonathan Edwards.

September 12 2024

Answer by Paula Fether , Lifelong student of the scriptures

If my husband was asked to leave the church due to inappropriate advances toward women should I leave too?

I'm sure this is difficult for you on many levels. But perhaps by staying while he is expelled, he may come to his senses. Too often we try to shield loved...

September 12 2024 2 Comments Follow Vote Up

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

What is the work of the believers?

In the context of the verse cited in the question, Jesus was addressing those who had sought after Him because He had recently miraculously fed a large crowd...

September 12 2024 Follow Vote Up

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What is the book of Song of Solomon?

September 12 2024

Question by Anonymous
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What is the work of the believers?

John 6:29

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

What did Jesus mean in John 14:18 when he said, "I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you"?

I have to connect this verse, John 14:18, with the next verse where Jesus said, 19 "In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me;...

September 12 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Does God forgive big sins? Will God forgive a murderer?

Good question. Does it not state in Gal. 5.21 that murderers will not inherit the Kingdom of God? "Yes, there are big sins and this [murder] is one of them,...

September 12 2024 8 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is a kinsman redeemer?

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See the GotQuestions.org response to this at https://ebible.com/questions/2164-what-is-a-kinsman-redeemer#answer-2771

September 12 2024

Answer by Margaret English

Why is Nathanael immediately convinced that Jesus is the Son of God and the King of Israel when Jesus tells him: "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you"?

According to HG Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of Christ the Good Shepherd Church Sydney Australia, Nathanael was one of only 3 children who survived the slaughter...

September 12 2024 7 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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If my husband was asked to leave the church due to inappropriate advances toward women should I leave too?

My husband has had issues with inappropriate advances toward women. This has been an ongoing thing that we have discussed. He likes to play the victim. Recen...

Matthew 18:15 - 20

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

Should a Christian be a Republican or a Democrat?

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Thank you, Shirley! Yes, I am very encouraged by ALL of Scripture. Man must not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord...

September 12 2024

Question by Deborah Elliott

What is a kinsman redeemer?

Ruth 3:9

September 11 2024 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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September 11 2024

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

Should a Christian be a Republican or a Democrat?

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Danny, this section of Isaiah I find very comforting, and encouraging. I know it's Old Testament, but all of the Bible is for all believers. I hope you feel...

September 11 2024

Answer by John Appelt

What is the book of John?

John’s gospel is the only gospel that gives its specific purpose: that people may be saved, John 20:30-31. According to notes at the end of a number of...

September 11 2024 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What is faith?

September 10 2024

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

Can / Should we interpret the Bible as literal?

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Brandon, what about this verse? Would it be a metaphor: "It’s bad enough that you make people tired with your pious, timid hypocrisies, but now you’re making...

September 10 2024

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

Should a Christian be a Republican or a Democrat?

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Thanks for your response, Shirley. Yes, we will meet on the other side of this chaos. Jesus said, 'In this world you will have trouble; but be encouraged,...

September 10 2024

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

If all return to dust, how can there be a resurrection?

First, I would say that, despite the wisdom of its author (Solomon), Ecclesiastes is written from a worldly point of view, apart from divine revelation of a...

September 10 2024 Follow Vote Up

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

Should a Christian be a Republican or a Democrat?

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Danny, I don't think it is any of my business who you have voted for, or will vote for. I agree honesty is always the best! All I was saying is that you are...

September 10 2024