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Why can’t people pray in agreement to end all sickness according to Matthew 18:19?

Posted on May 19, 2019May 30, 2019
BibleAsk Team

Matthew 18:15-20: While, Matt. 18:20 is true generally, the context concerns mainly the official work of the church in dealing with the offending member and not with ending all sickness. …

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How did Hannah who was barren conceive Samuel?

Posted on March 18, 2019March 17, 2019
BibleAsk Team

Hannah was the wife of Elkanah (1 Samuel 1-2). But she was barren and could not bear children for her husband. Alkanah’s other wife, Peninnah, had children. And whenever the…

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Why did Jesus use spit to heal people?

Posted on March 12, 2019March 13, 2019
BibleAsk Team

The Bible records that Jesus used spit for healing in three different occasions: “Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue” (Mark…

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Jesus said, not what goes into the mouth defiles a man. Are addictive substances OK?

Posted on March 8, 2019March 5, 2019
BibleAsk Team

Jesus said, “Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man” (Matthew 15:11). The subject in Matthew 15:1-20 is…

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What does the Bible say about self-injury/cutting?

Posted on February 24, 2019February 25, 2019
BibleAsk Team

Today, some people especially teens use knives and razors to cut themselves. This behavior is a non-suicidal self-injury to deal with psychological pain. The person involved in this activity usually…

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Is God concerned about what we eat?

Posted on February 8, 2019February 7, 2019
BibleAsk Team

God’s dietary laws that are listed in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 are not, as some think, merely prohibitory. God desires that man shall eat the best of everything, the…

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Why did God allow people to drink alcohol in the ancient days?

Posted on January 29, 2019February 6, 2019
BibleAsk Team

Although God clearly showed that He didn’t approve the use of alcohol, He often “winked” in ancient times at the “ignorance” of His children regarding this issue. The “times of…

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What do the Scriptures say about bulimia?

Posted on November 20, 2018November 20, 2018
BibleAsk Team

Bulimia is an eating disorder characterized by a cycle of binge eating and purging. Those who struggle with bulimia often feel helpless. But the Scriptures tell us that God can…

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Why are there unclean foods when Jesus said, “nothing that enters a man… can defile him”?

Posted on October 23, 2018November 5, 2018
BibleAsk Team

Some miss the point of the verses in Mark 7: 15–23 and apply them to the instructions of clean and unclean foods that were given in Leviticus 11. The subject…

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Did the manna that the Israelites ate in the wilderness come from a plant?

Posted on October 21, 2018November 5, 2018
BibleAsk Team

The manna was the food that the Israelites ate for 40 years in the wilderness (Deut. 8:3; Neh. 9:15; Ps. 78:23–25; 105:40; John 6:31) was a miracle and not a…

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