How good do I have to be to enter heaven?
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Salvation is a gift from God that we receive by grace. Jesus took the punishment for our sins upon Himself. Good works cannot save us regardless how good we...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is the Bible's position on social drinking?
If, as the Bible says, Psalm 104:15 King James Version (KJV) 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man..." but also Proverbs 20:1 "Wine is a mocker an...
Proverbs 20:1
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Why does it seem that sexual temptation is a bigger problem for men than for women?
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How good do I have to be to enter heaven?
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Lena Crandell
How can I find the way to accept God as a loving father when I was raped and abused as a child?
As a child abuse survivor, I can relate to your grief and feelings of abandonment by an all-powerful, all-seeing God. My questions were, "If You truly loved...
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How do Christians make their "calling and election" certain?
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
What is the prayer of salvation?
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Repentance for salvation is the Greek word metanoeo. It means to change your mind from what ever you were trusting to save us, to trusting in what Jesus did...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why would anyone be so cavalier about his sin? (Numbers 25:6)
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Phinehas, I would agree, was certainly not cavalier about his sin, but I meant Zimri, who was "one of the people of Israel [who] came and brought a Midianite...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How does God’s wrath bring him praise? (Psalm 76:10)
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I like your answer here, Tim!
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by Darius C
Where did the woman that Cain married come from?
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Back then in Adam and Eve's time there was no law - no incest. And it has been mentioned above a few times that Adam and Eve were created by God; their genes...
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by Terry Gillard
, Worship Leader and Engineer
What is Taize worship, and is it biblical?
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Allen, please note there is a very great gulf between contemplative prayer which is focussed on Jesus, and Buddhist-based meditation where the mind is...
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by John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
What is Taize worship, and is it biblical?
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Allen, I believe you missed the point. Christian meditative prayer is based on God's word and not some mystic emptying of the mind to achieve some kind of...
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by Gary Wainwright
, Follower of Jesus Christ, Husband, Father, Civil Engineer
How good do I have to be to enter heaven?
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Salvation is either a gift or it must be earned (Romans 4:4). If a believer is expected to maintain their salvation then salvation is by works which is a...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
How is God a shield? (Psalm 84:11)
In Genesis 15:1, The Lord came to Abraham in a vision and said, do not be afraid, I Am your shield, your great reward. Deuteronomy 33:29, reveals that God is...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
How good do I have to be to enter heaven?
When we believe the gospel, First Corinthians 15:1-4, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that He was buried and rose again on the...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What are our secret sins? (Psalm 90:8)
I would refer you to Psalm 19:12, "Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from my secret faults." When we consider God in His perfection, we see how we...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What is the meaning of the cross?
To me when I think of the cross, I remember Jesus' commitment of love. I particularly think of Matthew 10:38,39: "And he who does not take his cross and...
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Where did the woman that Cain married come from?
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Kevin Honeycutt
, Servant of Jesus Christ
What is the prayer of salvation?
No one is told to say a prayer or believe only. Here is what the Apostles taught to everyone: Hear-Romans 10:17, Matthew 11:15, Acts 18:8. Believe- Mark...
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by gary mcpherson
, follower of Christ
Is Mormonism a cult? What do Mormons believe?
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They are nice, good people and we should and do pray for their salvation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
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by Ed Besselman
What is the Christian view of smoking? Is smoking a sin?
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Cigarette smoking won't send you to hell... but it will sure make you smell like you've been there.
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Lori Cypher
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How do I prepare to meet God? (Amos 4:12)
What does it mean to prepare to meet your God? (4:12) Amos 4:12 New International Version (NIV) 12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel...
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by STANLEY S. DRANE
Is Jesus the only way to heaven?
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John 14:2-3 (Bible note) Here Jesus says, I go to prepare a place for you, and I will come again. We can look forward to eternal life, because Jesus has...
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by Aurel Gheorghe
How good do I have to be to enter heaven?
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The view that the judgment only assesses ranks of blessedness for the redeemed but doesn’t determine who is saved or lost is a rather new doctrine introduced...
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Who was Cyrus in the Bible?
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What is dispensationalism and is it Biblical?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What are our secret sins? (Psalm 90:8)
I would say that our secret sins are things that we have done, said, or thought that we know (or knew) to be wrong, but of which no one else knows; or that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How is God a shield? (Psalm 84:11)
I would say that, although no one (including Christians) in this fallen world is guaranteed complete immunity from adversity (including adversity produced by...
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Why would anyone be so cavalier about his sin? (Numbers 25:6)
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How good do I have to be to enter heaven?
As Paul noted in Ephesians 2:8-9, salvation is the product of faith alone, rather than works. (That is, it is not possible for any person to be sufficiently...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How does God’s wrath bring him praise? (Psalm 76:10)
As noted in Psalm 76:9 (the verse prior to the one containing the passage cited in the question), the purpose of God's wrath was to save the afflicted of the...
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What are the seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls in the Book of Revelation?
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What are the seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls in the Book of Revelation?
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Daniel O'Hara
What was the leviathan?
The Hebrew word "לִוְיָתָן" "Leviathan" is only mentioned in the Bible 5 times. 2 times in Job, 2 times in Psalm, once in Isaiah. Job 41 gives the most...
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by Allen Dicker
What is Taize worship, and is it biblical?
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Contemplative prayer, is NOT biblical prayer. People who meditate are encouraged to empty their minds-like trying to stop a river of thought until there is...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Why would anyone be so cavalier about his sin? (Numbers 25:6)
Numbers 31:2, "And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 'Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel." Phinehas, was a priest, the grandson of...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What are our secret sins? (Psalm 90:8)
What are our secret sins? (Psalm 90:8) 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. But see also Psalm ...
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Fiona Allday
Can the devil read your mind/know your thoughts?
I know that he hears what we say, but does it extend to what we are thinking?
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by Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does Deuteronomy 24 teach about divorce?
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I am in pretty much agreement with your teaching here, but I don't see anything about the partner remarrying someone else in Dt. 24:4 as you said, "Fifth,...
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by Vattachal-Vadakketil Thomas John alias V T John
, Rtd Joint.Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kerala. India
What is the Common English Bible (CEB)?
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In Genesis 3:15 our Lord Jesus is referred to as the Son of the Woman. Throughout in Syriac Bible He is referred to as the Son of the Woman, Baar Nosho
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How is God a shield? (Psalm 84:11)
How is God a shield? (Psalm 84:11, NIV) 10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house o...
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by STANLEY S. DRANE
What does the Bible say about hypocrisy?
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Mark 7:6-7 (Bible note): Hypocrisy is pretending to be something you're not, and have no intention of being. Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites because...
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Is it wrong to have pictures of Jesus?