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Jack Gutknecht
ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
I am a factory worker. I came to Christ through a Billy Graham crusade to which my grandmother took my sister and me in 1964. I have played 12-string guitar in both our English and Spanish worship services at the church. The "ABC/DTS graduate" means that I graduated from Arizona Bible College 'magna cum laude' and from Dallas Theological Seminary. I got "The Map and Compass Award" from Scottsdale Bible Church for getting my carload lost so many times on College and Career outings. I haven't changed much. We are proud cat owners of a Domestic Shorthair tabby, "Sophie," who was a kitten abandoned at a busy intersection in Atlanta and who crawled into the wheel well of the car of my brother-in-law, while he was paused at a stoplight. A nearby car had to call his attention to her before the light turned green!
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How does one meditate on God’s Word? (119:15)
15 I meditate on your precepts(AB) and consider your ways. AB: Psalm 119:15;...
Psalms 119:15
15 I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
How does God’s Word keep us from sin? (Psalm 119:11)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Psalms 119:11
11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
How can "envy" rot one’s bones? (Proverbs 14:30)
Proverbs 14:30 NIV says, “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy...
Why did Saul strip off his clothes as he danced and prophesied before Samuel? 1 Sam. 19:24
Samuel was conducting a service in which the group of prophets was...
1 Samuel 19:24
24 And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, "Is Saul also among the prophets?
Does the fact that Jesus called the Father the "only true God" mean that He Himself is not God (John 17:3)?
No, I don’t believe Jesus was denying His divinity here (note my capitol “H”...
Why does God condemn idolatry in 1 Cor. 8:4 when idols are actually “nothing”?
Paul says here that “an idol is nothing in the world.” Yet the Bible...
1 Corinthians 8:4
4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
Why is Christ the only way of salvation? (Acts 4:12)
Peter says that “there is no other name under heaven given among men by which...
Acts 4:12
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Does the fact that Jesus called the Father the "only true God" mean that He Himself is not God (John 17:3)?
John 17:1 - 26
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you. 2 Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
Who was Theophilus?
Great question about Theophilus, Judith! He was a Christian of high rank for...
What can we learn about how Samuel prayed in 1 Samuel 12:23?
23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in...
1 Samuel 12:23
23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
How did Jesus answer Philip's question in John 14:8, "Lord, show us the Father and we will be satisfied."
Jesus' full answer may be found in John 14:9-21, I believe. a. Christ: “I...
What must I do to hear “well done My good and faithful servant?”
Matthew 25:21, 23 NLT “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and...
Matthew 25:14 - 30
14 For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
How did Jesus answer Philip's question in John 14:8, "Lord, show us the Father and we will be satisfied."
John 14:9 - 21
9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
What are some mistakes for us to avoid in the Parable of the Rich Farmer (Luke 12:13-21)?
And what kind of fool was he?
Luke 12:13 - 21
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. 14 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?