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

What are your thoughts on Paul, in his second letter to pastor Timothy, calling women who are played on by treacherous, arrogant, reckless, conceited men, silly? (KJV)

Is this evidence of a pattern with Paul when the subject is women? How would this go over in 2022 if pastors David Jeremiah or TD Jakes said this of their ow...

2 Timothy 3:2 - 7

1 Vote February 03 2022 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why should a Christian read the book of Leviticus?

Moses was the recipient of the book of Leviticus. See 1:1 And 4:1. Exodus 24:4; 34:28, Mark 10:4-5; Mark 12:19; John 1:45 and 5:46 tell us that Moses is said...

February 03 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Nancy Mundy

Why did Jesus say He came "to bring fire on the earth" (Luke 12:49)?

Fire is used to try or refine gold and silver.. it takes out impurities.

February 03 2022 Follow Vote Up

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

Why would a master cut his servant to pieces? (Luke 12:46)

In my opinion, the text translated as "will cut him in pieces" could be referring not to dismemberment, but to severe non-lethal punishment such as the...

February 02 2022 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Who is really 'playing God' - the doctor who euthanizes a dying patient, or the doctor who extends the life of a terminally ill patient?

February 02 2022

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

Why did Mary call Joseph Jesus’ "father"? (Luke 2:48)

The first thought that occurs to me is the effectiveness of Mary's words as a testimony to the accuracy of Scripture, for no writer of a fictitious account...

February 02 2022 Follow Vote Up

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

Why did Mary call Joseph Jesus’ "father"? (Luke 2:48)

The first thought that occurs to me is the effectiveness of Mary's words as a testimony to the accuracy of Scripture, for no writer of a fictitious account...

February 02 2022 Follow Vote Up

Answer by Aurel Gheorghe

Why would God kill someone who was just trying to help? (2 Samuel 6:7)

In the case of Uzzah, it appears that God was too harsh with someone who wanted to be helpful. However, as we read in 1 Chronicles 15:15 the ark should have...

February 02 2022 2 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why would God kill someone who was just trying to help? (2 Samuel 6:7)

Although Uzzah's violation was not intentional, the mistake cost him his life. God had warned that no one could touch holy objects or the Ark of God. Only...

February 02 2022 4 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

How are people destroyed from a lack of knowledge?

This means much more than knowledge about God; it refers to a personal knowledge of God. The Hebrew word describes a husband’s most intimate relationship...

February 02 2022 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Donna Williams

Why do Christians try to impose their values on others?

In my opinion, I believe that people who accuse us of forcing our values on them, are ones who do not want to be told what is right or wrong. We are living...

February 02 2022 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What was a winnowing fork? (Matthew 3:12)

A winnowing fork was a pitchfork-like tool used to toss threshed grain in the air so that the wind blew away the chaff, leaving the grain to fall to the...

February 02 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What is the biblical view on genetically modified food?

February 02 2022

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What's the Bible say about exercise?

February 01 2022

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

What does the Bible say about discernment?

Paul told Timothy to righty divide the word of God. That can only be done by a person who has the Holy Spirit in them. Ephesians 1:13-14. But we start with...

February 01 2022 1 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Is the COVID-19 vaccine as safe as it can be made in this less-than-perfect world, and will it help us to stay healthy so that we can continue loving God and helping our neighbors?"

We need the type of wisdom that Solomon provides in the book of Proverbs, a book that provides general wisdom based on the understanding stated in Proverbs...

February 01 2022 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What was the purpose of sprinkling the blood on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet?

As I read the passage cited in the question, the blood is to be applied not TO one of the members of the priesthood, but is to be applied BY a priest to an...

February 01 2022 Follow Vote Up

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Why would God kill someone who was just trying to help? (2 Samuel 6:7)

6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7 The Lord’s anger burned aga...

2 Samuel 6:5 - 15

1 Vote February 01 2022 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What was a winnowing fork? (Matthew 3:12)

A winnowing fork is a device with a wooden handle and curved metal blades (similar to a pitchfork) that is used when harvesting a mixture of grain and chaff...

January 31 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pretribulational view of the rapture (pretribulationism)?

January 31 2022

Question by Anonymous
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What was a winnowing fork? (Matthew 3:12)

11 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ...

Matthew 3:1 - 12

January 31 2022 2 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Who are the dead in Christ?

The ‘dead in Christ’ is mentioned in I Thessalonians 4:15-17 concerning the coming of the Lord for His saints which is called the rapture. The phrase ‘dead...

January 31 2022 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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Why did Jesus say He came "to bring fire on the earth" (Luke 12:49)?

Lk 12:49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" This is ONE PUZZLING SAYING OF JESUS!

1 Vote January 30 2022 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why would a master cut his servant to pieces? (Luke 12:46)

Luke 12:46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign ...

January 30 2022 4 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

How can Noah be referred to as "perfect" in his generation?

Noah believed God, and it was accounted unto him as righteousness. Romans 4:6. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth righteousness apart from works....

January 30 2022 Follow Vote Up

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

What does the Bible say about work?

There is someone at my workplace that keeps saying to me, "You are a HARD WORKER!" I am just doing my best, and I know he's just trying to flatter me because...

January 30 2022 1 Comments 3 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

Why did Mary call Joseph Jesus’ "father"? (Luke 2:48)

Luke 2:48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiou...

1 Vote January 30 2022 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by James Kraft , 74 year old retired pipeline worker

Can you be born again and be in a state of apostasy?

The word apostasy means departure. To depart from something means you once had something to depart from. Second Timothy 2:13. If we believe not, (after we...

January 30 2022 4 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What can we learn from Psalm 61:1-5 where David asks God to lead him?

In PSALM 61 Harold Wilmington outlines the opening verses for us. David prays for protection and long life and praises God for hearing his prayer. I. LEAD...

January 30 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Where are the books of Nathan the prophet, and Gad the seer mentioned in 1 Chronicles 29?

I Chronicles 29:29 may indicate all the authors of the books of Samuel. It may be that Samuel wrote until his death, then Gad, and then finally Nathan. All...

January 30 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Why would the captivity last 70 years? (Jeremiah 25:11–12)

The captivity lasted 70 years to correspond to the years the Sabbath years were not observed. Jeremiah 25:11, 12 and Jeremiah 29:10, as well as II Chronicles...

January 30 2022 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

When a Christian prays about a situation continuously, doesn't it signify unbelief?

I would agree that a believer should have faith that God will hear and respond to any request in His own manner and time, and that it is therefore not...

January 30 2022 Follow Vote Up

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

What is "putting out a fleece" (Judges 6:36-40)

As indicated in the passage cited in the question, "putting out a fleece" is asking God for a sign that something will or will not happen. In the case of...

January 30 2022 Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

What is the significance of 1,335 days mentioned in Daniel 12:12?

The 1,335 days of Daniel 12:12 come after the ‘time of trouble,’ Daniel 12:1, which Jeremiah 30:7 calls ‘the time of Jacob’s trouble. It will be a future...

January 30 2022 6 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is "putting out a fleece" (Judges 6:36-40)

What is “putting out a fleece”? (Judges 6:36-40)-- 36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised— 37 look, I will place a ...

Judges 6:36 - 40

January 29 2022 1 Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Kalyssa Burks

Can you be born again and be in a state of apostasy?

We all have free will to turn away even after being born again. I don't believe "once saved, always saved" is biblical. Hebrews 10:26 "For if we sin...

January 29 2022 11 Comments 2 More Answers Follow Vote Up

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

What is “putting out a fleece”? (Judges 6:36-40)

Finding God's guidance is something I wanted and thought this might be a good idea. But it seemed to me that I wouldn't be trusting God that much, and that...

January 29 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

Did Abraham ever dwell in a house, or merely tents?

It is not known if Abraham ever lived in a house, but it is very likely that while sojourning in Canaan, he lived only in tents. In the passages about...

January 29 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Question by Archie Holder

Can you be born again and be in a state of apostasy?

Hosea 14:4

1 Vote January 29 2022 3 Answers Follow Vote Up

Answer by Steven Scott , Grader for the Ontario Jail Ministry

What does the Bible say about infant baptism?

The Bible says nothing about infant baptism, because this is not a Christian event. Getting a baby wet does nothing. In order to be baptized, you have to...

January 29 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

What does the Bible say about infant baptism?

Mark 10:13-16: Jesus blessed little children, and laid his hands on them. The same incident is reported in Luke 18:15-17. Jesus rebuked the disciples for...

January 29 2022 1 Comments 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by John Appelt

What is the "Book of the Law"?

In Nehemiah 8:1 is mentioned the ‘Book of the Law of Moses.’ What was this book? A clue is to find the first mention of the specific phrase, ‘the Book of the...

January 29 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

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

Why did the Lord Jesus tell the disciples to see if someone was worthy in Matthew 10:13?

The testimony of the twelve apostles was at stake. They were to visit homes who were reputable, worthy. They were delivering the truth of Jesus Christ. When...

January 29 2022 Follow Vote Up

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

Why should a Christian read the book of Leviticus?

A Christian should have an appreciation of the book of Leviticus because it details the roles and functions of the Jewish priesthood (the members of the...

January 28 2022 1 More Answer Follow Vote Up

Answer by Jennifer Rothnie , Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

Is the COVID-19 vaccine as safe as it can be made in this less-than-perfect world, and will it help us to stay healthy so that we can continue loving God and helping our neighbors?"

This is a couple topics rolled into one. First, "Is the COVID-19 vaccine as safe as it can be made in this less-than-perfect world?" There are a number of...

January 28 2022 4 More Answers Follow Vote Up