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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This week’s Got Questions? is posted early on November 7, 2016. November 8th is the national election, so it is our hope that all Americans, especially Christian Americans, will get out and exercise their privilege...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.We know that our God is a Triune God — One God in essence and three Persons in works. So while the Godhead is three distant persons, and their works might be thought of as individual works, there remains a unity, a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The third Tuesday in October is the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. In addition, the whole month is a time to stand for the sanctity of life. And, it is a reminder to speak for truth and take a stand against the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. An anchor is a Chrismon. Chrismons are symbols in the Christian faith. And yet, I’m sure that many, who like them and use them, don’t even know what “Chrismon” means.It’s really very simple. A Chrismon is a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This question is a reference to Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan river by John (Matt 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21-22, John 1:29-34). First, we must remember that water baptism plays no part in our salvation. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question Is it true that if I were the only person alive, Jesus would have gone to the cross for only me? Answer This question comes from a popular quote that is often used by Christians when sharing the love of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ll answer this question, but first, let’s understand that water baptism plays no part in our salvation. It is by grace alone, through faith, that we are saved (Ephesians 2:8). It’s not by anything...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question Rehab lied when asked if the spies were in her house. Yet she found favor with God. So is it sometimes OK to lie? Answer It is never OK to lie. God clearly defined lying as a sin in the fourth of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Question Could the atonement for sin have been done another way? This question was asked in 2014, and the answer is NO! Jesus had to go to the cross and He had to die...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There are many Bible-believing Christians who have different views on end-times events. While these events are not core doctrines, it is important to understand as much as we can about God’s complete purpose...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question What is the Rapture? Is it Before, During or After the Tribulation? Answer Rapture is the term used to refer to the event that will take place when Jesus returns for His Church. Understand that not all...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The simple answer to this is, yes. Because Jesus is on every page of the Old and the New Testaments. Jesus told us so. After His resurrection, Jesus ascended to the Father and was glorified. Luke records that...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Skeptics and some scientists claim that there is no possible way Noah could have fit all the animals on the ark. Michael Shermer, a self-proclaimed atheist, and the publisher of Skeptic magazine and director of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Last week we addressed a reader’s question about whether the sins of impure thoughts could condemn a Christian and keep them from entering Heaven. (Read: Will impure thoughts condemn me?) The answer in God’s word...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question: Jesus has answered all my prayers. He has allowed me to organize and lead campground ministries, to do church services in three states and He gave me a great singing voice which I use for His honor and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Antichrist and His Mark In the article What is the Mark of the Beast, we addressed that this mark will be: “his mark” — the beast/the Antichrist’s mark (Rev 14:9) received in the forehead or hand (Rev 14:9) the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I belong to a fellowship that I never wanted to join. It’s the Fellowship of the Fatherless. I won’t be purchasing a gift, signing a card or sharing a meal with my father on Father’s Day. He’s been with Jesus...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What will the mark of the beast be? People have wondered about this for centuries. Could it be a tattoo? Although the Bible speaks of the mark of the beast, it must be remembered that we are not explicitly told...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Before considering the possible reasons why...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I have been surfing the web and came across a church group that believes the resurrection was on the Sabbath (Saturday) and that worship of Jesus or His resurrection on Sunday, or any other day, is sinfully wrong...
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