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Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Why does God create people when He knows they are going to go to hell?

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Terry, The Bible doesn't say anywhere that man's wicked heart keeps him from responding to the gospel in faith. Rom 3 shows that while man cannot perfectly...

November 13 2019

Comment by Vijaya Lekamge , A retired, part qualified Accountant

Why does God create people when He knows they are going to go to hell?

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Terry, does the following passage confirm the eternal security of a believer? Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are...

November 13 2019

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Why do some welcome the gospel in faith while others do not?

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I agree only God can raise someone to new life by the Spirit and grant eternal life. But as Camelon already pointed out in one of his comments, God does that...

November 13 2019

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Is limited atonement biblical?

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Amen Michael Tinsley. I have to admit to one time believing in Calvinism or the TULIP theology. But, I have since learned through the study of the bible that...

November 13 2019

Answer by Thorium Rolling

Why did Lamech say he should be avenged seventy-seven times to his wives?

I have researched this further because nothing was adding up. So one day after reading the Apocryphal books I found a detail about Lamech killing someone by...

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Comment by Suzanne Cole

How can being gay be wrong if you've always felt attracted to the same sex, you're a devoted Christian, and it wasn't something you chose?

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What a great blessing you have bestowed upon us, thank you so much. I just want to add, remember that God is always, always with us, whether we feel him or...

November 13 2019

Comment by Gary Wainwright , Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Father, Civil Engineer

Why do some welcome the gospel in faith while others do not?

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Since Jesus is the resurrection and the life, only God is able to resurrect someone who is spiritually dead (for example it was Jesus who resurrected Lazarus...

November 13 2019

Comment by Vijaya Lekamge , A retired, part qualified Accountant

Why does God create people when He knows they are going to go to hell?

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Would you care to share with me "what God wants" according to your thinking?

November 13 2019

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Why does God create people when He knows they are going to go to hell?

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Vijaya, Our having been saved, by grace and through faith, is the gift in Eph 2:8-9. "Faith" is not the gift. (Though certainly even our opportunity to have...

November 13 2019

Comment by Vijaya Lekamge , A retired, part qualified Accountant

Why does God create people when He knows they are going to go to hell?

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The first line of a chorus I used to sing, goes like this: One door and only one and yet it's sides are two... On top of this Door there is a sign: Whosoever...

November 13 2019

Comment by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Is limited atonement biblical?

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Just so you know, I am a no-point non-Calvinist because it leads people to believe they can not be saved unless they were chosen. Then, it is not a doctrine...

November 13 2019

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What is Christian reconciliation? Why do we need to be reconciled with God?

November 12 2019

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What does it mean to be transformed by the renewing of the mind?

November 12 2019

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

What is the purpose and message of psalm 121?

Although (to my knowledge) Psalm 121 was not prophetic of any specific future event, nor cited or alluded to by any of the writers of the New Testament, the...

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What does it mean that it is by grace we have been saved, through faith, and that this is not of ourselves but is the gift of God?

November 12 2019

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

Was it God who introduced money into the world?

As I see it, the use of money arose from the need to have a medium of exchange that could represent the value of specific items, without requiring use of the...

November 12 2019 Follow Vote Up

Comment by Andy Mangus , I am a Christian since October 1979 & devoted truth seeker.

Why weren't Adam and Eve created at the same time?

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I give a long over due favorite star to Bro. Michael. -ANDY-

November 12 2019

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

Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

If the wording of the question is asking specifically about why the tear in the veil of the temple started at the top of the veil and ran vertically all the...

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

Why did the curtain in the temple tear in two "from top to bottom"? (Matthew 27:51)

Context: 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from to...

Matthew 27:51

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What is the story of David and Bathsheba?

November 12 2019

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What does it mean to pray without ceasing?

November 12 2019

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

What does this verse mean: "There is one who scatters, yet increases more; and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty"?

I would say that the verse is speaking of individuals' attitudes and practices toward their material resources (including money), and how those attitudes and...

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

What baptism is Jesus referring to when he says "be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with" in Mk 10:39?

In my opinion, Jesus was not speaking of baptism in a sacramental or beneficial sense, but was likening the degree of His forthcoming sufferings (in which he...

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Comment by Ken White

What does the Bible say about confession of sin to a priest?

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Do you call your own dad Father? Too many take these arguments too literal and waste so much time feuding with fellow Christians. Priests are just an avenue...

November 12 2019

Answer by Ken White

What does the Bible say about confession of sin to a priest?

Many of you are taking this too literal... I have been a Catholic my entire life and nobody ever said we HAD to confess to a priest, but the Bible is clear...

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Comment by kel gens

Did God die? If Jesus was God, and Jesus died on the cross, does that mean God died?

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Ezekiel…Rotimi makes a very valid point. If we are commanded, not to add to or take away from scripture, (Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:32, and Rev 22:18-19 then why...

November 12 2019

Comment by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Why do some welcome the gospel in faith while others do not?

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Which is it? Are unbelievers naturally unable to discern things of a spiritual nature because of their sin nature (Total Inability,) or are they unable to...

November 12 2019

Comment by Gary Wainwright , Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Father, Civil Engineer

Why do some welcome the gospel in faith while others do not?

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Since death separates us from something or from someone and the cause of death is sin, this means sin (death) came to all men through Adam which is why no...

November 12 2019

Question by Femi Fatoki

What is the purpose and message of psalm 121?

Are these promises applicable only to Israel, or to all Christians as well?

Psalms 121:1

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What is the relationship between grace and righteousness?

November 12 2019

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What was the practice of casting lots?

November 12 2019

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What does it mean that it is by grace we have been saved, through faith, and that this is not of ourselves but is the gift of God?

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Who is the promised messenger of Malachi 3:1?

November 12 2019

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How can I prepare myself for marriage?

November 12 2019

Comment by Brian Ansell , Retired school teacher, now sell homemprovements i

What does the Bible say about giving to the poor?

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Give to those in NEED!! It’s all about loving your neighbor as you love yourself. It has nothing to do with sorting family and friends first.

November 12 2019

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

What was Jesus writing in the dirt when the Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery?

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A Lamb, When Jesus bent down to write He was writing in the dirt. He was in the temple when the crowd showed up with the woman, but He was outside when He...

November 11 2019

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Can God forgive Satan worship?

November 11 2019

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What are some modern forms of idolatry?

November 11 2019

Comment by Camelon Roberts

Why do some welcome the gospel in faith while others do not?

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John 6:44 was written to pre-cross Jews. Jesus' point there and elsewhere is that His true sheep (a common metaphor in scripture for Israel or God's people)...

November 11 2019

Comment by Camelon Roberts

Why do some welcome the gospel in faith while others do not?

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Rom 5:12 doesn't say we are born sinners but rather that death came to all men through Adam, because all sinned. Psa 51:3 also doesn't say David himself...

November 11 2019

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What is the human soul?

November 11 2019

Comment by Gary Wainwright , Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Father, Civil Engineer

Why do some welcome the gospel in faith while others do not?

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Camelon, you say “And all it takes is one minor transgression of the law to become a sinner (James 2:10.)” but Romans 5:12 says we were all born sinners...

November 11 2019

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

Is sex a sin?

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And don't forget bestiality.

November 11 2019