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How do Christians incorporate present moment everyday faith in light of God's multi-generational nature?
From reading the Bible, I have always had questions about how God works slowly over many generations of people and more specifically about those who live in what I call "God's Silent Periods".
For ...
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3answers
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What differences will being a Christian make in this life?
What are the differences being a Christian will make in this life (on earth not entrance into heaven or hell)?
Or is it just a group identity of a hopeful passage into Heaven upon the next life and ...
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1answer
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How can we apply relying on Jesus in situations where it appears we have to rely on ourselves?
I ask the question for a real reason. I would like to make more money to support my family and live in better conditions. I feel I have to rely on myself to go back to school, work hard and then get a ...
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3answers
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Is there any biblical justification for referring to God as Mother?
On one occasion, I heard someone prayer, "To God, our Father and Mother." In The Shack, the Trinity is represented as three persons, where God the Father is a woman.
Is there any biblical ...
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Why would the God of Judaism require many rituals? [closed]
It seems to me there are many small rituals, my question is what is the sense in requiring them? Why would the God of the universe worry about such small things, and ignore much larger items.
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14answers
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Does God have a sense of humor? Does he laugh?
I've always heard "God must have a sense of humor because he created X". Usually X is "the platypus" or "me".
Also, it should be evident that Jesus, being human, had a sense of humor. It's part of ...
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5answers
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Why is God asking questions or appearing uncertain in the Bible if He's omniscient?
Is God omniscient? lists all the passages were it is written that God is omniscient.
Reading other passages, I found a few things that seemingly contradict this:
In Genesis 3:8-13 God asks Adam and ...
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0answers
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Why does God allow innocent people to believe wrong or false teachings? [closed]
Lets take a hypothetical example:
A new Christian discovers this site. He posts a certain question about what a specific Bible verse means.
He finally receives a response but the answer is ...