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  1. How much "effort" does the Christian life require (2 Peter 1:5)?
  2. What does it mean that the name of the city is ‘The Lord is There’ in Ezekiel 48:35?
  3. How does Jeremiah 10:23 challenge our culture’s idea of self-reliance and independence?”
  4. Isn't God's calling and election sure without our help (2 Peter 1:10)?
  5. Does Daniel 9:24-27 predict the timing of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem?
  6. What about those who never hear the gospel (Romans 10:14-15)?
  7. With all the evil in the world that's been going on lately, why doesn't God wipe out all the WICKED people?
  8. Who wrote Ezra? If it was Ezra, who was he?


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What does it mean, "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave his life for it"?

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What is the purpose of the thousand-year reign of Christ?

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

Isn't God's calling and election sure without our help (2 Peter 1:10)?

Yes, God's calling and election are sure by themselves, but the degree of eternal reward that each redeemed believer will receive depends on our actions and...

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

How much "effort" does the Christian life require (2 Peter 1:5)?

As the Bible makes clear in passages such as Ephesians 2:8-9, salvation and eternal life are by God's grace. However, the eternal rewards that each redeemed...

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Why was it necessary for Jesus to go through Samaria?

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Does Acts 22:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?

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What is original sin?

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Answer by Donna Williams

What about those who never hear the gospel (Romans 10:14-15)?

Dear Anonymous, in context of this Scripture in Romans 10:14-15, the Apostle Paul is referring to Israel who Jesus Christ was sent to preach the good news of...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Who wrote Ezra? If it was Ezra, who was he?

Ezra is an example of one of the people I find in Scripture who studied and obeyed God’s Word. The other is found in Acts 17:11: "These Jews were more...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Why would a king ride a donkey instead of a warhorse?

“Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! A good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a...

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

With all the evil in the world that's been going on lately, why doesn't God wipe out all the WICKED people?

There is unquestionably a great deal of evil and wickedness in today's world. However, ever since the original fall of humanity into sin as described in...

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Answer by Douglas Offermann

What does it mean to be overrighteous and overwise?

The first point of interpretation should be that of context. And in particular, the reader should recognize the experience of the person who wrote...

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What is spiritual blindness?

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What is a hedge of protection?

In the Bible, a hedge was a fence or wall that protected vineyards and fields (Mark 12:1). Spiritually, it represents God’s protection and care. In Job 1:10,...

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Did Adam and Eve have daughters?

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Answer by Leslie Coutinho

If God doesn't change his mind, why does it sometimes appear that way (Numbers 23:19)?

Numbers 23:19: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken,...

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

Did Adam and Eve have daughters?

Is there anyone who believes that God is the Creator of all that lives on the earth, who also believes that there have been people created some way other...

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

How does Jeremiah 10:23 challenge our culture’s idea of self-reliance and independence?”

Humans do have free will, and thus are morally accountable for their actions. At the same time, God's sovereignty assures that those actions, when taken in...

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How does Jeremiah 10:23 challenge our culture’s idea of self-reliance and independence?”

Jeremiah 10:23 English Standard Version 23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

Jeremiah 10:1 - 25

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Who was Zerubbabel?

Zerubbabel was a descendant of King David and rightful heir to Judah’s throne (1 Chron. 3:19). He is sometimes called the son of Shealtiel, though other...

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

Did satan have a kingdom to offer to Jesus?

Jesus is the Son of God, about whom it is written that He was in the beginning with God, and that all things were made through Him, and without whom was not...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Does Daniel 9:24-27 predict the timing of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem?

I had Dr. Harold Hoehner at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas for a professor. Dr. Harold Hoehner was a Distinguished Professor of New Testament...

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Does Daniel 9:24-27 predict the timing of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem?

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Does Daniel 9:24-27 predict the timing of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem?

And if so, which details in Daniel 9:24-27 are fulfilled by Jesus’ triumphal entry? I.e. how does the prophecy of the seventy weeks in Daniel 9:24-27 relate...

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Was Jesus Christ married? Did Jesus have a wife?

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Is 'what would Jesus do?' (WWJD) something we should seek to live by?

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What does God say to do with anger over attacks from terrorism? Are we to sit and watch it happen?

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

What does it mean that the name of the city is ‘The Lord is There’ in Ezekiel 48:35?

I would say that, by giving this name to the city, God was expressing His promise to dwell among His people after their return from the exile to which He had...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What are "pruning hooks" and "plowshares" in Micah 4:3?

The “pruning-hook” (mazmerah), mentioned in connection with caring for grapevines (Isaiah 18:5), was a small, sickle-like knife. It was so compact that it...

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What did God mean when He told Abram, "I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt."?

In Genesis 12:3 God makes a covenant promise to Abram that carries both a blessing and a warning. He says He will bless those who bless Abram, but the one...

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of Man?

Both John Piper and a bible.org article (ISBE) re: "The Son of Man" emphasize that when Jesus calls Himself the “Son of Man,” He is connecting to Daniel 7’s...

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What does it mean that the name of the city is ‘The Lord is There’ in Ezekiel 48:35?

All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE.” Ezekiel 48:35 NKJV

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

What does the Bible say about Christians and Israel?

In the Old Testament, the nation of Israel (the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob) was chosen by God as His special people...

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What is meant by "the age" or "the ages" in the Bible (Ex: Matthew 28:20, Hebrews 9:26 and Romans 16:25; Ephesians 2:7 and 3:9)?

I think that there should be a distinction made between the singular and plural forms of the word (that is, between "age" and "ages"). When Jesus spoke of...

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

What are "pruning hooks" and "plowshares" in Micah 4:3?

A plowshare was the pointed, cutting blade of a plow used in digging up fields for agricultural purposes. A pruning hook was a cutting blade at the end of a...

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Should a Christian exercise? Is exercise something Christians should be focused on?

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What are "pruning hooks" and "plowshares" in Micah 4:3?

Micah 4:3 says, “And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spe...

Micah 4:1 - 13

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Answer by Leslie Coutinho

What does the burned plow have to do with Elisha?

1 Kings 19:21: And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instrument of the oxen, and gave unto...

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Why did Amnon so quickly hate the one he loved? (2 Samuel 13:15)

It doesn't add up does it? If he loved her, why did his feelings for her change after he forced himself on her? Something very touching is being raised here....

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Answer by Jack Gutknecht , Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Will we have physical bodies in heaven?

Yesterday my neighbor said that we will have a spirit in heaven but not a body. I begged to differ with him, and I told him that 1 John 3:2 said, "Beloved,...

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