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1701 | Eve was GOD's gift to Adam. Meaning? | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 59976 | ||
SWAZ, to be honest I think it means that you need to go back to the biblical text and read it carefully. There is no version of the account that I've ever seen that mentions anything at all about Eve being God's gift to Adam. --Hank | ||||||
1702 | why god didn't allow man to pick mate? | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 59956 | ||
SWAZ, back in those days Adam's choice of a mate was, after all, rather limited to say the least, don't you think? :-) Please allow me to pose a question to you: Why didn't God leave it to man to decide other matters, like how many stars should be made, what kinds of flora and fauna should populate the earth, and other details of His creation? The answer, friend, to all the "why did God" type of questions has always been, is now, and ever shall be, because God is sovereign, God is transcendent, God is God. --Hank | ||||||
1703 | King or god? | Is 57:9 | Hank | 59946 | ||
Prayon, here's a comment that may help, taken from a footnote on this verse that appears in the Believer's Study Bible (Thomas Nelson): "The name 'Molech' is a transliteration of the Hebrew word 'melek,' which means 'king' and is translated that way in this verse." .... The subject, of course, of the first half of Isaiah 57 is Israel's futile idolatry, and in his footnote to 57:9 regarding the phrase "went to the king" John MacArthur says: "An example of this was Ahaz, who called on the king of Assyria for help and spared no expense in copying the idolatry of Assyria (2 Kings 16:7-18)."..... I think, Prayon, that it is easy for modern Christians to read these little stories of old times and say, "How interesting! Those ancient Hebrews must have been ungrateful degenerates the way they ignored God, especially in view of all the good things He did for them, and went chasing after idols. I'm sure glad Christians don't do foolish things like that!" .... Oh, but wait a minute! Re-run that last statement! Is it true? Have Christians learned their lesson, really? Are we not sometimes as foolish and as guilty of idolatry as the ancients ever were? --Hank | ||||||
1704 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | Hank | 59876 | ||
Pastor Glenn: By no means do I wish to enter the fray and debate eschatology, for I would soon find myself in water over well over my head! But I would like to make a casual observation on the subject if I may. There was in the days of my youth a radio preacher who not only claimed to be an authority on end times but who actually reckoned a date for the Lord's return and advertised it on his daily radio show. When the date came and passed into history without his prediction having materialized, he was not particularly abashed by his failure and so he set another date, and then another. Eventually he became the object of jokes and ridicule, even his most loyal followers deserted him, and he drifted off into obscurity. My point is that Christians should be extremely careful in their interpretation of the apocalyptic literature of the Bible. It is tempting and all too easy to jump to conclusions about what it is saying. Men have made egregious blunders in their interpretaions of apocalytic passages in the past and continue to make them still. Our burden, as the Lord Jesus himself taught, is to watch and be ready. It is to work in His vineyard as obedient disciples and not concern ourselves unduly about when and how God will work His purpose out. We should, in short, be concerned with the duties we have been assigned and be content to let God take care of the rest. He's far more skillful at running His universe than we are anyway! --Hank | ||||||
1705 | Scientific Cosmology vs. bible teaching. | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59805 | ||
True_Believer, hello. Contrary to what some may claim, there may not be any genuine disparities between what the scientific community really knows about creation, including the age of the cosmos, the origin of life, etc. and the biblical account. There is, of course, a wide chasm between the views of creationists and evolutionists. A good web site to know and visit is icr.org. Many of your questions I suspect are addressed on this site and you may find many of the answers and discussions both illuminating and encouraging. I recommend this site to fellow Christians without reservation. --Hank | ||||||
1706 | Was Hitler a Christian? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59729 | ||
Vanessa, who are the blockheads who are calling you Nazi because you are a confessing Christian? Whoever they are, pray for them but shun them, especially if you happen to be yet tender in the faith. The best I can do on the question of whether Hitler was a Christian is to point out that our Lord said that by their fruits you shall know them. --Hank | ||||||
1707 | prophet gives prophecy of prophet'srewar | Matt 10:41 | Hank | 59726 | ||
If a predaceous prophet makes it a practice to produce a prodigious profit on a particular prophecy, perhaps precautionary people should prohibit pecuniary prophets from prophesying. --Hank | ||||||
1708 | prophecy of a prophet's reward | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59723 | ||
It means nothing to me. Where did you come up with the question, from a politician? :-) --Hank | ||||||
1709 | Solomon the wisest man? | 1 Cor 1:24 | Hank | 59711 | ||
Shlomoh, greetings new forum user. I think your answer is contained in your question, because you do say, "Jesus was fully God and fully man." Solomon was only fully man, a created being, and Jesus is the Word, the eternal God. (John 1:1) No basis exists for comparison of the wisdom of Solomon with the wisdom of God; hence, no conflict exists relative to the scriptural claim that Solomon was the wisest man. --Hank | ||||||
1710 | KJVstudy guide for New christians | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59607 | ||
shootin4heaven -- "The King James Study Bible" published by Thomas Nelson is the best I've found. Doctrinally, it's Southern Baptist through and through, which is fine with me. [I'm Southern Baptist]. But if you positively can't stand Baptists, don't buy it! Otherwise, please consider it. You will find it well organized and full of good background stuff to aid you in your understanding of Scripture. It has marginal notes that explain the meaning of archaic King James words and turns of phrase. The print is clear and both the text and the notes are set in generous-size type that's easy on the eyes. This Bible is available in hard cover, bonded leather, and genuine leather and can be purchased through your local Bible bookstore or at various sites on the web such as christianbooks.com and amazon.com. --Hank | ||||||
1711 | Different Bible translaitons [Luke 3:38] | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59557 | ||
Norascar: Please, fret not thyself! All translations of the Bible into English, except for a minute number of outre, cultic versions, e.g., New World Translation, convey essentially the same message, although they may say it in different ways. I view as a blessing, not a curse, that we have so rich a reservoir of translations of the Bible into English. I use a number of them routinely. If a particular locution in a passage is not clear to me in one translation, I will frequently look to another and usually find enlightenment. I submit to you and to all that it is better to read a decent paraphrased version with understanding than the venerable King James and not understand half of it. I love the King James and can read it with pleasure and understanding, but then I've spent much time equipping myself with a measure of proficiency in Jacobean English. This is not true of everyone, of course, and those who cannot read this or that version passably well should shop around among other versions. My choice among the paraphrased versions happens to be the New Living Translation (NLT), but that is not to say that it is the only good one out there. My choices of the more literal versions (which I use for both general reading and serious study) are, in no particular order, the English Standard Version (ESV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the King James and the New King James. --Hank | ||||||
1712 | Does this has to do with how God see us? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59552 | ||
"Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must beleve that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." [Heb.11:6]. Read the entire chapter, Hebrews 11. See also Hab.2:4; Matt.17:20; Rom.10:17; 2 Cor.5:7; Gal.5:6; Eph.2:8, 6:16; 2 Thess.3:2; James 5:15. These passages will give you a feel for the vital role faith plays in our relationship to God. --Hank | ||||||
1713 | What is the affect on faith in our lives | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59535 | ||
You ask how does faith affect the believer's life. The way you pose your question, you are asking essentially how does faith affect faith, inasmuch as faith and belief are practically synonymous. Would you care to amend your question to reflect exactly what you are asking? --Hank | ||||||
1714 | The language of old and new testament? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59533 | ||
You ask how we know the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek. Overwhelming historical evidence, my friend, overwhelming evidence in abundance! There is no other body of ancient documents that begins to equal in number and historically proved authenticity the unimpeachable evidence that is extant on the language of the writings of both Testaments. Whether the manuscripts of the OT and NT canons were for the most part written in Hebrew and Greek respectively has never been questioned by serious scholars and remains to this day a subject not worthy of serious debate. Frankly, it's like asking how do we know Shakespeare wrote in English. --Hank | ||||||
1715 | Is there verse on astronomical subjects | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 59488 | ||
Michele 20: The Bible says a great deal about astronomical subjects, and it says it with an economy of words that is truly one of the greatest marvels in all literature. In Genesis 1:16 we read this remarkable statement: "He (God) made the stars also." In five words, five words and no more, the Genesis account tells of an event about which untold numbers of books have been written, to which scientific thought has been directed for centuries, and of which the counting is still going on. You ask, "Can the Bible's 'science' be trusted?" I see no need to place the word "science" in quotation marks in this context, as though the Bible's scientific statements constitute some sort of pseudo-science that is inferior to mankind's "true" science! While the Bible is not and is not meant to be a scientific treatise or textbook, it does indeed contain a number of facts which one could rightly call scientific. Both Job and the Psalms, as well as Genesis, are replete with various references to God the Creator and could be considered, I believe, to be in the category of what we could call scientific truth without stretching the point. But back to your question, "Can the Bible's 'science' be trusted?" Well, if it cannot be, and if the Bible is the inerrant word of God, then we are really asking, "Can God be trusted?" aren't we? .... But let's consider man's science too: can it be trusted? Are the scientific "truths" of yesteryear still valid today? We know that many of them are not. Yesterday's scientific "truths" -- many of them -- are today's myth and fable. And is it not likely that many of today's scientific "truths" will become passe, outdated and considered false in years to come? Yet God's "science" that is contained in Scripture has never changed and it never will. Many of the Bible's scientifically oriented statements that were once scoffed at by the secular scientific community are now seen in a new light by the contemporary scientists and accepted as true. In reality, therefore, secular science is not the trailblazer but the follower; secular science is only now beginning to catch up with the scientific truth revealed in the book that has been written by Him who created all things. Even science. And even the scientists themselves. --Hank | ||||||
1716 | Is praying required before every meal? | 1 Thess 5:17 | Hank | 59438 | ||
Chusarcik, a hearty greeting to you. Kalos has given a fine answer to your question, not uncharacteristic of him, by the way! To your concerns about legalism and 'grace' before meals, I'd have to borrow a line from Gershwin and say "It ain't necessarily so" that making it a habit to pray before meals constitutes legalism. It may, of course, border on legalism if it becomes little more than mere ritual, engaged in perfunctorily out of a mere sense of playing according to self-imposed rules. I've seen in restaurants, as I'm sure you have, persons who pray aloud and persons who dive headlong into their meal with all the gusto of a wolf devouring its prey. But who am I to judge them? The former may be engaged in meaningless ritualistic legalism and the latter may have prayed silently before his meal was served. I tend to think, Chusarcik, along the lines that Kalos has drawn. We have no business making up rules of our own in order to satisfy our own private sense of decorum. Christianity is not a game and the Bible is not a rule book. God has revealed Himself according to His choosing; He has made it clear what He wishes us to do and not to do. He does not leave it up to us to make our own rules. Quite to the contrary, He forbids it. So why should we waste our time and in the process disobey God in an attempt to gussy up and add our own brand of garnish to or take anything away from the perfect word of God? --Hank | ||||||
1717 | how do you overcome fear of failure? | Matt 10:14 | Hank | 56827 | ||
Df3blessed: When Jesus sent out the Twelve [Matt. 10:5-15], He knew in advance that their presence would not always be welcome, their efforts not always fruitful. "If the household is worthy," He said, "let you peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you." He went on to say that "whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, whenever you depart from that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet." The act of shaking off dust from the feet was a Jewish way of expressing protest or disdain in a visible manner. I believe that the lesson Jesus is teaching for us modern-day workers in His vineyard is two-fold: [1] Recognize that you and all your fellow workers will face opposition, rejection, scorn, persecution and even, in some parts of the world, physical danger or even death. [2] But keep on trying, keep persevering, shake the dust off your feet and keep on going..... It's a big order, yes. But Jesus never promised freedom from trials and persecution that would be inflicted upon us for His sake. But He did promise to be with us always [Matt.28:20]. We have the unbreakable promise of God that He will never leave us or forsake us. [Heb. 13:5] --Hank | ||||||
1718 | I'm Back! | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 56774 | ||
Roverjbh99, while I have no inclination to dilute your joy at being back, I would nevertheless advance a suggestion. In your spare time between impugning the motives of God by asking why He permitted this or that, you might find it nourishing to your spirit to pretend that you are Job and let God ask YOU a few questions. Begin reading at Job 38 and continue to the end of the book. --Hank | ||||||
1719 | what do the it mean | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 56676 | ||
It. Pronoun. Used as subject, direct object, or indirect object of a verb, or object of a preposition, usually in reference to a lifeless thing. This forum, for instance :-) --Hank | ||||||
1720 | Jesus: ona donkey or chariot? | John | Hank | 56571 | ||
Billk, I'll be happy to answer your question forthrightly and succinctly. Jesus, fully God and fully man, went to the cross willingly, bled and died for the sins of the world, past, present and future. On the third day He was gloriously resurrected. If this is not Victory with a capital V, I don't know what else you could call it. --Hank | ||||||
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