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Does God forgive big sins? Will God forgive a murderer?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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How can I help my dad grow closer to God?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Silver Evangelist award!
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Why are witches not allowed to live?
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean that the greatest of these is love? 1 Cor. 13:13
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Tim, good contextual answer!: Other gifts will fade. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How could Jesus be made sin when He was sinless? (2 Corinthians 5:21)
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Aimee, a remarkable answer! But in your reference to "Romans 8:31," did you mean to write "Romans 8:3"?
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Why does God allow us to go through trials and tribulations?
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What made some animals clean and others unclean?
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why ask God to remember? (Psalm 25:6)
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Tim, I liked your comment on God "willfully forgetting" and Psalm 25:7. Fred Allen has a humorous remark, "Most of us spend the first six days of each week...
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by Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Did Amram marry his aunt (Exodus 6)?
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https://www.gotquestions.org/Moses-father.html
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by Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What's wrong with adultery (Proverbs 5:3-10)?
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https://www.gotquestions.org/you-shall-not-commit-adultery.html
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by Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why is Jesus saying, "My yoke is easy, my burden is light," but also "Take up your cross daily and follow me"? Surely a cross is a very heavy yoke to bear.
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In addition to the above comment, this question (or questions similar to it) have been asked and addressed on multiple previous occasions on the eBible.com...
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Jennifer Rothnie
, Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious
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What is 'perseverance of the saints' and is it biblical?
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Aimee Williams
How could Jesus be made sin when He was sinless? (2 Corinthians 5:21)
The Greek word here, "hamartias" in 1 Corinthians 5:21, can, based on its use in the Greek Old Testament, be either translated as "sin" or "sin-offering"....
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by Carolyn Hostetter
, Wife, mother, grandmother, retired church administrator
Will we remember our earthly lives when we are in heaven?
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That sounds awful, Casper. Sounds like it would be just like being in this world which makes that concept worrisome to me. I would like to see Scripture...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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Should I marry a non-believer with whom I already have children with?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean that the greatest of these is love? 1 Cor. 13:13
In my opinion, the passage calls love the "greatest" of the three virtues named (faith, hope, and love) because, in eternity, the earthly faith and hope of...
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Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
Where do we as Christians get the idea that we cannot serve God in our own strength, when coming to Christ is an admission of our weakness? Does not all our strength then come from God?
Yes, Colin. Any 'fruit' that we work out of ourselves or strength that we find within does originate from God and is through the Spirit that dwells within...
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by Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
Is Scientology Christian or a cult?
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Lynn, to your point... Col 2:8-15 "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the...
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by Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
Why is Jesus saying, "My yoke is easy, my burden is light," but also "Take up your cross daily and follow me"? Surely a cross is a very heavy yoke to bear.
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That is the beauty of following Christ ascended rather than following Christ's earthly ministry to Israel. Christ 'took up the cross' on our behalf. We only...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Are we supposed to use musical instruments in church?
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Jennifer, I like your OT references, especially 1 Samuel 10:5: 5 After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines....
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by lynn Sander
Is Scientology Christian or a cult?
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Danny continued: The potential problem with traditions is two-fold: 1- when traditions are given equal or greater significance than God's Word 2- when...
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Anonymous
What does it mean that the greatest of these is love? 1 Cor. 13:13
In 1 Corinthians 13:13, Paul writes, “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:1 - 13
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Paula Fether
, Lifelong student of the scriptures
Why is self-denial a prerequisite to being a Christian (Luke 9:23)?
Salvation is a gift, which can be freely accepted or rejected. But one must be humble to accept a gift with gratitude. If "self-denial" is humility, then the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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What does it mean to be blotted out of the Book Of Life?
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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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We can’t take it with us when we die. (When I was growing up, my pastor used to say, “I’ve never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul behind it!”)
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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Why is Jesus God?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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When is the Rapture going to occur in relation to the Tribulation?
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by Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What does the Bible say about lying? Is lying a sin?
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Well said! Sometimes, I think, the Bible even tells about incidents in which "righteous" lies are told. Not that the Bible contains lies, but people in the...
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by Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Why is “if” someone repents we are to forgive stated here? Are we to not always to forgive whether the offender asks for forgiveness or not?
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Thanks Danny. Your perspective has helped me to understand why some people can be so self righteous!
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why is “if” someone repents we are to forgive stated here? Are we to not always to forgive whether the offender asks for forgiveness or not?
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The Anglican pastor and poet George Herbert wrote, “He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass." --Warren Wiersbe
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does it mean to have mustard seed faith?
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Albert, good answer! But what about this woman? Encounters With Christ: The Woman Christ Complimented Matthew 15:21-28 “Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can the spirit help us in our weakness? Romans 8:26
Even as Christians, we may find ourselves in life situations where a difficult problem (or even multiple such worries) may beset us or confront us, and leave...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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What does it mean to have mustard seed faith?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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What does the Bible say about bragging?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
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What does the groaning refer to in Romans 8:26?
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Will there be a second chance for salvation after the Rapture?
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How is God's Word a "source of hope" to the believer?
How is God's Word a "source of hope" to the believer? We through patience of the Scriptures might have hope. God's Word tells us that our Savior came to...
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Jack Gutknecht
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Is sex intended for more than procreation (Proverbs 5:18-19)?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is sex intended for more than procreation (Proverbs 5:18-19)?
To me, the clearest example or indication in the Bible of human sexual characteristics and functions being not only for procreation but also for physical...
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Dandam Nangor
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why make the way to salvation "narrow"? (Luke 13:24)
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James, I love your "Salvation by works never works."!!
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Leslie Coutinho
Why make the way to salvation "narrow"? (Luke 13:24)
Luke 13:23-24: Then said one unto him, "Lord, are there few that be saved?" And he said unto them, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say...
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by Billy P Eldred
Does Acts 22:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?
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Rick, if, as you say, it is necessary to be baptized to have your sins forgiven, then you are saying Jesus does not have the authority to forgive sins....