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Are There Female Angels In The Bible?

Published: January 29, 2020
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Throughout the Bible, the angels have been seen as males. Is there any scripture that portraits angels as females?


Just Spirits Or Physical Beings?

Published: January 29, 2020
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It seems to me that we really do not know what we will look like in the spirit in heaven. But I doubt that we are just blobs of light without faces. I look forward to seeing my husband of 35 years. And all my family. Very few are left now. We are surrounded by a “cloud”, those who have passed on, Paul said. Is this where the idea came from that we will look like ghosts or wisps of smoke? Jesus did say to His disciples when He appeared to them after He rose, that he was not a ghost or spirit. So they must have believed that a spirit or ghost would look like a person. And He did not correct that did He?


How Is The Father Greater Than The Son If They Are One?

Published: January 29, 2020
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Re. John 14:28. What does Jesus mean at the end of verse 28 where he says “the Father is greater and mightier than I am”? I never noticed this before. Can you please explain this in light of the Trinity?


Should We Get Involved?

Published: January 28, 2020
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Since there is no country resembling America in the end-times prophecies, and it looks as though our current administration is going to be the tool that takes us out of the international picture, should we fight our government’s systematic destruction of the Constitution? Would it be considered idol worship to make an effort to defend the traditional American way of life if God’s Word seems to indicate such an effort would be futile?


Who Are The Other Sheep?

Published: January 28, 2020
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Re: John 10:16: “And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold…”. Who was Jesus referring to in this verse and exactly to whom was he speaking?


Does God Hate The Sin And The Sinner?

Published: January 28, 2020
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Does God hate the sinner, not just the sin? I was listening to a Christian radio show and a man called up asking questions regarding this and one of the passages brought up was Psalm 5:5 “The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong” (NIV). There were some other Old Testament verses they used to support this as well. The apologist and the caller both agreed that based on the scripture, God indeed hates the sinner.


Where Does The New Testament Begin?

Published: January 27, 2020
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According to Hebrews 9, Jesus’s ministry was part of the Old Testament until His death on the cross. So in your opinion, where does the New Testament begin?


Are They Adding Or Subtracting?

Published: January 27, 2020
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With the growing number of “believers” gravitating away from true and traditional doctrine to churches that tell them “what they want to hear” do you believe that this is adding to the total number of the church or taking away from it?


OSAS And John 15:1-6

Published: January 23, 2020
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My question is about John 15:1-6. In v.2 there are some who are connected to Jesus but if no fruit is a result they are taken away. Who is taken away because I believe OSAS? I understand abiding should be our response to the gift of life given to us, but what is meant in v6. If anyone does not abide in me he is cast out as a branch and is withered, and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. Who are the ones cast out and burned since in v.2 states they are apparently in Jesus?


Who Killed Goliath?

Published: January 23, 2020
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At Church last night a man confronted me saying that a professor had proven that it was not David that killed Goliath, but Jonathan. In studying the section in 2 Sam 21, I use NKJV but the people at my church use an Afrikaans bible (One of the languages in South Africa) and as it turns out the translators were not accurate. How can I explain this?