Results 261 - 280 of 6970
|
||||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Hank Ordered by Verse |
||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
261 | where were you b4 u were born | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 173649 | ||
5377: You mention being in a youth group and you appear by your use of language to be very young. Are you under age 18? How young are you, please? --Hank | ||||||
262 | moses married how many times | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 173766 | ||
Dear k-man, Please cite Scripture to back up your answer that Moses was married twice. I know we Bereans can get sticky at times, slow things down, and become a general nuisance, always harping on 'prove this, prove-that.' I admit it's a nit-picky attitude to have and can become burdensome, but please coddle us just a little. I guess it's just the funny way we Bereans have of venting the spleen and regulating the circulation. One way to get along famously with Bereans is to 'speak where the Bible speaks, and remain silent where the Bible is silent.' I feel sure you've heard this 'non-creed' recited somewhere before. :-) --Hank | ||||||
263 | can someone explain the holy ghost? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 173891 | ||
Dear david's daughter: Please permit me to suggest that you go to the following web site, gotquestions.org, use their search engine and type in the words Holy Spirit. This will lead you to a score of good articles on the Holy Spirit. Show them to your teenaged nephew and let him read them. He will discover among other things that the Holy Spirit is a Person, the third member of the Triune God, referred to by the personal pronoun "He" and never by "It" -- and decidedly not something you "catch" like a cold or the measles! "Holy Spirit," as you probably already know, is modern English usage for "Holy Ghost," which reflects the Jacobean English of the King James Bible of 1611. --Hank | ||||||
264 | Genesi 3rd chp. Satan tempt Eve | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 174664 | ||
wisdom 111 - Upon first reading your response to srbaegon's (Steve's) Post 174537, I decided to let it slide. But having read your post again this evening, along with your subsequent remarks, I felt constrained to come forth and vocalize my concerns about your Forum decorum. The warning you issued to Steve, viz., "Be careful in giving an answer, it may come back to haunt you in the future," could have pertained to nothing Steve himself said in his post, inasmuch as all he did was to list two groups of Scripture references pertinent to the question. Are we on Study Bible Forum to infer that we should beware of answering a question by the use of Scripture, lest it somehow have a boomerang effect and "come back to haunt" us? ..... To be quite candid with you, Mr. or Ms. Wisdom, your remarks to Steve make no sense to me and, judging from Steve's response, I'd venture to say they make no sense to him either. I'm not going to ask you again why you said what you said or what you may have meant by it. Steve has already asked you a similar question which you did not answer with anything that helped in the least to clear the matter up -- so I infer that you have no idea why you responded to Steve in such a rude and uncharitable manner, not to mention one that had no basis at all. To ask you again would not be unlike sawing sawdust and I doubt that it would serve any good purpose. ...... So in lieu of rehashing hash, my message to you is this. From now on please see to it that you think through your responses and weigh their potential impact ever so carefully before you commend them to this Forum. Much time spent in the preparation of a post is time well spent, please believe me, and will likely be profitable to you and spare you a heap of trouble. In a word, don't post until you are duly prepared to post; don't say anything unless you are sure of what you are saying. With that, I truly wish you well and will be looking to you in future for posts of a quality that truly represent your very best efforts. --Hank | ||||||
265 | Women vs wearing pants /trousers | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 175077 | ||
Doc, it is my pleasure and privilege to agree with you: I also believe the Deuteronomic passage speaks of what we call 'cross dressing.' And that is largely determined by the conventions of a given society. For example, being a denizen of the Ozark mountains and not a Scottish Highlander, I would look hideous and feel worse wearing kilts. I would be utterly out of syle wearing those colorful skirts here. I have no doubt that it would be looked upon as cross dressing. And I'm very sure my mountain brothers would come after me with sticks and stones. ...... By the way, I don't play the bagpipes either, but that's another story. --Hank | ||||||
266 | Verse in Psalms about the entrance to t | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 175167 | ||
Duplication. | ||||||
267 | Verse in Psalms about the entrance to t | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 175169 | ||
Duplication. Please press submit button only once! | ||||||
268 | Verse in Psalms about the entrance to t | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 175171 | ||
Duplication. Click submit once only! | ||||||
269 | Is dressing like someone - submission | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 175287 | ||
virtuous5 - I know of no biblical command to dress as one's pastor dresses and talk as one's pastor talks. That's a curious question. What prompted it? --Hank | ||||||
270 | where did God come from? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 176054 | ||
Tinaraine - It's tough to lose parents at any time, particularly when one is so very young. I know. My father died when I was a lad of 10. It's tougher to lose a child. I know that too. My son died when he was not quite 21. So, whom does one blame for the hard knocks of life? Do we let God take the rap for our sorrows while we take credit for our joys? Do we follow the advice of misguided people like Job's wife who, when Job was drowning in a sea of troubles, enjoined him to curse God and die? (Job 2:9) ...... Is God unfair? Is He silent, is He hidden, does He care? ..... It seems to me that your husband has, as we all at times have had, some profoundly important things on his mind -- questions that cry out for answers. And so may I please offer to you and to him a short list of books? They have helped me and numberless other human beings to soothe a faith that's almost been shattered by the slings and arrows of life and the stiff-necked stubbornness of the human will. The books are: 1. The Bible. 2. Disappointment with God, by Philip Yancey. 3. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis. 4. The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell. The latter two books were written by men who were professing atheists for a number of years before their encounter with Jesus Christ, who turned their lives around, as He always does. ..... I am personally acquainted with a man of an exceptionally keen intellect who is now a very effective evangelist. He was an atheist as a young man. But along came an old pastor of a country church who challenged this young man to read the Bible from cover to cover, with as much objectivity as he could muster, before giving up on God for the rest of his life. The young self-proclaimed atheist accepted the challenge and began to read at Genesis 1:1. I believe he made it as far as the Gospel of Luke before he became a born-again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ! He's living proof that "the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword" just as Hebrews 4:12 says it is. ..... You and your husband have my best wishes and my prayers. --Hank | ||||||
271 | I came up wanting? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 176475 | ||
mkay18 - The phrase means to lack, to be deficient in or to be inadequate for. But how does this question relate to Scripture? Were you thinking of some particular passage of Scripture, such as the well-known rendering in the King James Bible of Daniel 5:27, "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."? I'm curious about two things: why won't your mom tell you the meaning of the phrase (assuming she knows), and are you at least 18 years old? --Hank | ||||||
272 | How many people will go to heaven? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 176820 | ||
teresaa - Quoting from your post "...in the church today people believe in once saved always saved." .... True. I do. So does the church I'm a member of. But we believe in the doctrine of the eternal security of the believer, not because it is something we dreamed up, but because Jesus taught it (cf. John 10) and the Pauline letters confirmed it, as did the letters of John, Peter and Jude. ..... You continue, "but there are Bible verses that can prove that this is not true." ..... No there aren't, teresaa, unless they are wrenched from their context and given an eisegetical spin. Using the same level of biblical interpretation, I can give you a Bible verse, Genesis 6:14, that can "prove" beyond any doubt that you and I ought hasten to gather together some gopher wood right now and build ourselves an ark to shelter us from a forthcoming cataclysmic event of epic proportions. ..... It is not only possible but it is relatively easy to thumb through the pages of Scripture and pick out some "proof texts" that one can use to lend a measure of verisimilitude to almost any preconceived idea or half-baked doctrinal stance. The most dangerous doctrines on earth are those that seem true but, when weighed on the balance of God's word, are patently false. Man has no reason and can offer no excuse to stumble around in doctrinal darkness. He has the light of the word of God and instructions on how to use it: "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15) ...... Won't you reconsider your position on this important doctrine in light of the full context of what Scripture actually teaches about regeneration and the eternal security of the believer? The regenerate believer can no more "lose" his salvation than he could save himself to begin with. Salvation is wholly of God. Man is as powerless to save himself as he is to keep himself saved. ....... What I have said in this post is intended as a didactic exposition of scriptural teaching and in no sense as a personal attack on you or anyone else. ...... May God bless your spirit and illumine your understanding as you study His blessed word! --Hank | ||||||
273 | How many people will go to heaven? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 176821 | ||
teresaa - Quoting from your post "...in the church today people believe in once saved always saved." .... True. I do. So does the church I'm a member of. But we believe in the doctrine of the eternal security of the believer, not because it is something we dreamed up, but because Jesus taught it (cf. John 10) and the Pauline letters confirmed it, as did the letters of John, Peter and Jude. ..... You continue, "but there are Bible verses that can prove that this is not true." ..... No there aren't, teresaa, unless they are wrenched from their context and given an eisegetical spin. Using the same level of biblical interpretation, I can give you a Bible verse, Genesis 6:14, that can "prove" beyond any doubt that you and I ought hasten to gather together some gopher wood right now and build ourselves an ark to shelter us from a forthcoming cataclysmic event of epic proportions. ..... It is not only possible but it is relatively easy to thumb through the pages of Scripture and pick out some "proof texts" that one can use to lend a measure of verisimilitude to almost any preconceived idea or half-baked doctrinal stance. The most dangerous doctrines on earth are those that seem true but, when weighed on the balance of God's word, are patently false. Man has no reason and can offer no excuse to stumble around in doctrinal darkness. He has the light of the word of God and instructions on how to use it: "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15) ...... Won't you reconsider your position on this important doctrine in light of the full context of what Scripture actually teaches about regeneration and the eternal security of the believer? The regenerate believer can no more "lose" his salvation than he could save himself to begin with. Salvation is wholly of God. Man is as powerless to save himself as he is to keep himself saved. ....... What I have said in this post is intended as a didactic exposition of scriptural teaching and in no sense as a personal attack on you or anyone else. ...... May God bless your spirit and illumine your understanding as you study His blessed word! --Hank | ||||||
274 | what is the lineage of eli the judge in | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 176826 | ||
Dear africas - Thanks for your question, but I'm afraid it is too cryptic to elicit a proper response from Forum members. Please resubmit it with less ambiguity and more clarity. --Hank | ||||||
275 | How many people will go to heaven? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 176867 | ||
teresaa - We seem to be going around in circles on this. Is salvation by faith only, or do we contribute to it by works? ..... A quote from your post: "I would rather live with the belief that there is a chance to lose my salvation. It keeps me in fear of the the Lord." ...... What this says, of course, is that though you say that works do not save, you believe that works contribute to salvation by keeping you saved. That leads inexorably to the conclusion that salvation is a joint effort between you and God. Scripture does not teach this, teresaa. Please go to the following web site and read the article: http://www.gotquestions.org/contribute-salvation.html .... If we do not earn salvation through works, as you have posted and as Scripture clearly teaches, tell me how it can be that we can "lose" our salvation by works. So why would you rather live with the belief that there is a chance to lose your salvation? Because it keeps you in the fear of the Lord, you say. Teresaa, believe what Scripture teaches and set aside what you would "rather believe." I know of no better way to live in reverental awe (fear) of the Lord than to take Him at His word, do you? --Hank | ||||||
276 | Emergent Church question | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 177231 | ||
MJH - The term "emerging (or emergent) church" is oxymoronic. The only time in history that the church of Jesus Christ can be said to have emerged (in the sense of "to become manifest") was on the Day of Pentecost as recorded in Acts 2. Your question has drawn a number of responses, but the subject is really too complex to be given anything approaching exhaustive treatment here. ..... I've done a considerable amount of reading on this "Emergent Church Movement" over the week-end and am prepared to posit that in general the movement, which is a brand of post-modernism, has a low view of Scripture and is not biblical on soteriology and eschatology. In my research efforts I came across an excellent article on the movement by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. What follows are two links, the first to the article "What Should We Think of the Emerging Church?, Part 1, and the second link to Part 2 of the article. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20050629/6355.htm -- and -- http://www.christianpost.com/article/20050630/6356.htm Anyone interested in learning more about this movement should read this article. --Hank | ||||||
277 | Emergent Church question | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 177244 | ||
Doc, if the Emergent Church Movement and others of a similar stripe keep whittling away at that fragile one-half inch crust....what, I ask rhetorically, will remain? ..... Yet when, in despair, I bow my head, the words of our Lord flood my soul and afford me blessed surcease of sorrow: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away" (Mark 13:31). Trouble invariably comes about when men who would aspire to follow Christ forget two things: That the Bible is the authoritative, inerrant and plenary word of God, and that God is absolutely sovereign. ...... But man so easily forgets that God is sovereign and makes himself the center of his own private universe, including the organism he calls the church. But a man wrapped up in himself makes a small package. --Hank | ||||||
278 | Emergent Church question | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 177282 | ||
SSBG - ..... "All you guys must be Theologians or something" ..... Count me in as a "something." :-) ..... Dr. Mohler is not always easy reading, but he writes a number of things worth knowing and I've found that the expenditure of the effort it takes to read him is well rewarded. Dr. Mohler not infrequently makes heavy demands upon his readers, but this is almost universally the norm for any writer who is truly worth reading. There is no royal road to learning, but in our time not a few well-meaning but ill-advised writers and speakers, as well as Bible translators, attempt to spoon-feed their audience through over-simplification. The result so often is a watered-down serving of mush that neither properly instructs nor edifies; and it clearly is not particularly inspiring. One of the criticisms one frequently hears about the King James Bible and even modern formal-equivalence translations is that they are difficult to understand. Hence, we have a glut of paraphased versions, each claiming to be easier to understand than all the others. But does accuracy of translation suffer? I submit that it does. ..... Back to Dr. Mohler's article. May I suggest to you that you go back and read Part 1 of the article again, and then again if necessary? Have handy a good dictionary that will help you with the words that may be unfamiliar to you. Then proceed to Part 2 of the article. ..... Why am I suggesting this? Obviously you had some interest in the subject or you would never have bothered to read Part 1 of the article or to have responded to me. You may find Dr. Mohler hard to understand at times, especially on the first reading, but I don't believe you will find him tedious. ..... I'm an avid proponent of the idea that it is of foremost importance to know what is happening in and to the church in our day. As any good military general understands, it's not only important to know the position of his own camp well but also the position of other camps about him with whom he may be engaged. The apostle Paul is a good New Testament example of this principle, as he demonstrated by his encounter with the Greek philosophers and in the sermon he delivered to them on Mars Hill in Athens during his second missionary journey (see Acts 17:16-34). A reading of this account makes it obvious that Paul, like a good general, not only knew perfectly well where he stood but he also knew where his listeners stood. In like manner so should we. That is why I believe it so important to know, and know well, what Scripture teaches; and, like the Bereans of old, to be able, when we are exposed to the various religious teachings of our time, to discern truth from error by "examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so" (see Acts 17:11). ..... We cannot hope to lead others to the truth if we do not know the truth ourselves. And this requires our utmost diligence (see 1 Timothy 2:15..... Thank you so much for your response. May God bless you in your walk with Him. --Hank | ||||||
279 | Emergent Church question | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 177283 | ||
SSBG - Oops! The Scripture reference to 1 Timothy 2:15 that I cited toward the end of my post 177282 was intended to be 2 Timothy 2:15. Please pardon the slip. --Hank | ||||||
280 | MOTHER IS IGNORANT CONCERNING RELEGION | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 177310 | ||
KRISSEN - Post 448 written by Kalos back in 2001 treats of the issue of keeping the Sabbath. It is biblical, informative and excellently written by one of the Forum's most respected posters who, by the way, is still contributing to the Forum today. To read it simply type the number 448 in the search box. ..... As to your strained relationship with your mother, my advice is to honor her. She is your mother. See Exodus 20:12. Since you ask for honest advice, I advise you not to call your mother ignorant, not to anyone and certainly not on a public forum! This comes from a Christian man who is probably older than your mother. --Hank | ||||||
Result pages: << First < Prev [ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ] Next > Last [349] >> |