Frequently and not so Frequently
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1. What does the word "God" mean?
2. Is it possible to understand God?
3. Is it necessary for us to understand God?
4. What is God?
5. Where is God?
6. How big Is God?
7. What is the origin of God?
8. How can God be self-sufficient?
9. What attributes describe this infinite God?
10. What is the Holy Trinity?
11. Are the three identities distinct from one another?
12. How can three distinct identities be one?
13. Has any man ever seen God?
14. In what forms has God revealed Himself to man?
15. What is the Old Testament name for God?
16. Where did the word "Jehovah" come from?
17. How did Jesus come to be called "Lord"?
18. How did Jesus come to be called "Christ"?
19. How do we approach God?
20. How can we learn to understand and know God?
21. What is the Bible?
22. Who wrote the Bible?
23. Why is the Bible called the "Word of God" even though it was written by men?
24. What does "by inspiration of God" mean?
25. WHY DID GOD GIVE US THE BIBLE?
26. HOW DOES THE BIBLE REVEAL CHRIST TO US?
27. WHAT USE SHOULD WE MAKE OF THE BIBLE?
28. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE READ THE BIBLE?
29. WHAT IS REVELATION?
30. WHY MUST OUR MINDS BE CHANGED?
31. WHY MUST WE BECOME SPIRITUALLY MINDED?
32. HOW DO WE BECOME SPIRITUALLY MINDED?
33. HOW DO WE RECEIVE THE DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
34. WHAT ARE THE TWO GREAT TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE?
35. HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE READ THE BIBLE?
36. WHY SHOULD WE MEMORIZE THE NAMES OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE?
37. HOW IS THE BIBLE DIVIDED WITH ITS VARIOUS BOOKS?
38 ARE THERE OTHER DIVISIONS WITHIN THESE TWO CATEGORIES?
39. THERE ARE TWO MORE BREAK-DOWNS OF EACH BOOK?
40. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THESE BOOKS?
41. HOW MANY BOOKS AND AUTHORS ARE THERE IN THE BIBLE?
42. WHAT WERE THE LANGUAGES IN WHICH THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN?
43. WHAT IS THE SPIRIT WORLD?
44. WHAT ARE THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD CALLED?
45. WHAT ARE ANGELS?
46. WHY DID GOD CREATE THE ANGELS?
47. ARE ALL ANGELS EQUAL IN POWER AND STRENGTH?
48. ARE THERE ANGELIC DIGNITARIES IN THE SPIRIT WORLD?
49. DO ANGELS HAVE POWER TO MAKE THEMSELVES VISIBLE TO MAN?
50. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TELL US ABOUT THE HOLY ANGELS?
51. WHAT HAPPENED TO LUCIFER?
52. WHERE ARE LUCIFER AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS NOW?
53. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TELL US ABOUT EVIL ANGELS, OR DEMONS?
54. DO DEMONS HAVE POWER TO SHOW THEMSELVES?
55. ARE CHRISTIANS PROTECTED AGAINST SATAN AND HIS DEMONS?
56. SHOULD WE WORSHIP ANGELS?
57. IS IT DANGEROUS TO BECOME ANGEL CONSCIOUS?
58. WHAT IS THE MINISTRY OF HOLY ANGELS TODAY?
59. WHAT WILL LUCIFER'S END BE?
60. WHY DID GOD CREATE HELL?
61. WHO HAS POWER OVER SATAN AND HIS DEMONS?
62. DID GOD REALLY CREATE THE WORLD OR DID IT EVOLVE?
63. DOES THE BIBLE ALLOW FOR ANY OTHER EXPLANATION OF THE ORIGIN OF MAN OTHER THAN CREATION?
64. IS THERE A GAP OF UNKNOWN DURATION BETWEEN GENESIS 1: VERSES 1 AND 2?
65. HOW DID GOD CREATE EVERYTHING?
66. WHAT MADE ADAM DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF CREATION?
67. IF WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE LIKENESS AND IMAGE OF GOD, WHY DON'T WE ALL LOOK ALIKE?
68. WHY DID GOD CREATE MAN IN HIS LIKENESS AND IMAGE?
69. ARE THERE ANY OTHER REASONS FOR MAN TO BE CREATED IN GOD'S LIKENESS AND IMAGE?
70. WHO NAMED THE CREATURES GOD MADE?
71. WHERE DID EVE COME FROM?
72. WHY DID GOD CREATE EVE?
73. WHY DID GOD CREATE ADAM AND EVE?
74. WHAT WAS TO BE ADAM AND EVE'S SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER?
75. DOES MAN STILL BEAR THE IMAGE OF GOD?
76. WHAT IS A COVENANT?
77. HOW DO COVENANTS MADE BY GOD DIFFER FROM COVENANTS MADE BY MAN?
78. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR COVENANTS IN THE BIBLE?
79. WHAT IS THE ADAMIC COVENANT?
80. WHAT WAS THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL?
81. WHAT WAS GOD'S REASON FOR FORBIDDING THEM TO EAT OF THIS TREE?
82. HOW DID SIN ENTER INTO THE WORLD?
83. DID ADAM KEEP HIS COVENANT WITH GOD?
84. WHAT KNOWLEDGE DID ADAM AND EVE RECEIVE?
85. WHAT WAS THEIR PUNISHMENT?
86. DID ADAM AND EVE REPENT OF THEIR DISOBEDIENCE?
87. WHY WAS GOD SO ANGRY?
88. DID GOD COMPLETELY ABANDON MAN AFTER THE FALL?
89. WHAT WAS THE NOAHIC COVENANT?
90. WHAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF THE WORLD IN THE DAYS OF NOAH?
91. WHO WAS NOAH?
92. HOW MANY CHILDREN DID NOAH HAVE?
93. WHAT DID GOD COMMAND NOAH TO DO?
94. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE NOAH AND HIS SONS TO BUILD THE ARK?
95. WHEN DID GOD TELL NOAH TO ENTER THE ARK WITH HIS FAMILY?
96. HOW LONG WERE NOAH, HIS FAMILY AND THE ANIMALS IN THE ARK BEFORE IT BEGAN TO RAIN?
98. HOW LONG DID NOAH REMAIN IN THE ARK?
99. WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING NOAH DID WHEN HE LEFT THE ARK?
100. HOW DID GOD ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT PROMISE -- NOT TO DESTROY THE EARTH AGAIN WITH A FLOOD?
101. DID THE NEW GENERATION SERVE GOD?
102. WHY DID THEY BUILD THE CITY AND THE TOWER?
103. HOW DID GOD STOP THE BUILDING OF THE CITY AND TOWER?
104. WHO WAS ABRAHAM?
105. WHO WAS SARAH?
106. WHAT WAS THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT?
107. HOW OLD WAS ABRAHAM WHEN THE LORD FIRST APPEARED TO HIM?
108. WHAT PROMISES DID GOD GIVE TO ABRAHAM?
109. WHAT WAS ABRAHAM REQUIRED TO DO TO RECEIVE GOD'S PROMISES?
110. DID ABRAHAM BELIEVE AND OBEY GOD?
111. WHAT DID GOD DO TO CONFIRM HIS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM?
112. WHAT SIGN DID GOD DEMAND OF ABRAHAM AS A RESULT OF THEIR BLOOD COVENANT?
113. WHAT WAS THE PENALTY IF MEN REFUSED THE COVENANT SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION?
114. DID ABRAHAM OBEY THE WORD OF GOD?
115. DID GOD TEST ABRAHAM'S FAITHFULNESS IN OTHER WAYS?
116. WAS GOD PLEASED WITH ABRAHAM?
117. WHY IS ISAAC CALLED "THE MIRACLE CHILD."
118. DID THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT BLESSING REST UPON ISAAC?
119. DID THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT EXTEND TO ISAAC'S SONS?
120. HOW DID THE NAME "ISRAEL COME INTO BEING?
121. HOW DID THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL COME INTO BEING?
122. HOW DID THE NATION OF ISRAEL DEVELOP?
123. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DID GOD WANT THE ISRAELITES TO BE?
124. WHO WAS MOSES?
125. WHAT WAS HIS BACKGROUND?
126. WHEN DID MOSES FIRST BECOME AWARE OF HIS DESTINY?
127. WHERE DID MOSES RECEIVE HIS COMMISSION AS A DELIVERER?
128. HOW DID GOD CALL MOSES?
129. WHAT TWO-FOLD REVELATION WAS GIVEN TO MOSES?
130. WHAT WERE THE REASONS MOSES GAVE FOR NOT GOING?
131. HOW DID GOD DELIVER HIS PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPTIAN BONDAGE?
132. HOW MANY ISRAELITES FOLLOWED MOSES OUT OF EGYPT?
133. WHAT INSTRUCTIONS DID GOD GIVE MOSES?
134. WHY DID MOSES LEAD THE ISRAELITES TO MT. SINAI?
135. WHAT WAS THE MOSAIC COVENANT?
136. WHAT WERE THE TERMS OF THE MOSAIC COVENANT?
137. HOW DID GOD GIVE THEM HIS LAWS?
138. WERE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SOMETHING NEW TO ISRAEL?
139. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW?
140. Why Is It Important For Us To Study The Ten Commandment?
141. What Does God Say About The Commandments?
142. Can We Be Saved By Keeping The Commandments?
143. What Then Is The Purpose Of The Ten Commandments?
144. Is there any place in the Bible that these are called the Ten Commandments?
145. WHAT IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT?
146. WHAT ARE WE COMMANDED BY THE FIRST COMMANDMENT?
147. WHAT IS FORBIDDEN BY THE FIRST COMMANDMENT?
148. WHEN DO WE LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS?
149. WHEN DO WE TRUST IN GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS?
151. WHAT DOES THE SECOND COMMANDMENT FORBID?
152. WHY DOES GOD FORBID IDOLATRY?
I53. HOW DOES GOD LOOK UPON IDOLATRY?
154. WHAT IS AN ABOMINATION?
155. HOW CAN WE PLEASE GOD AND SECURE HIS BLESSINGS?
156.
WHAT IS THE THIRD COMMANDMENT?
157.
WHAT IS MEANT BY TAKING GOD’S NAME IN VAIN?
158.
WHAT ARE WE COMMANDED BY THE THIRD COMMANDMENT?
160.
WHAT IS A OATH?
161.
WHEN ARE WE PERMITTED AND EVEN REQUIRED TO TAKE A OATH?
162.
WHAT IS A VOW?
163.
WHEN DOES A VOW BECOME SINFUL?
164.
WHAT IS CURSING?
165.
WHAT IS BLASPHEMY?
166.
WHAT IS USING WITCHCRAFT BY GOD’S NAME?
167.
WHAT IS LYING AND DECEIVING BY GOD’S NAME?
168.
HOW CAN WE BEST KEEP THE THIRD COMMANDMENT?
169.
WHAT IS THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT?
170.
WHAT IS THE SABBATH DAY?
171.
HOW DID JESUS OBSERVE THE SABBATH?
172.
ARE CHRISTIANS REQUIRED TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH AND OTHER HOLY DAYS?
173.
WHY IS THE SABBATH REFERRED TO AS A “SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME”?
174. DID GOD COMMAND CHRISTIANS TO OBSERVE ANY DAY?
175.
DO WE OBSERVE SUNDAY AND OTHER CHURCH FESTIVITIES AS HOLY DAYS?
176.
WHY DO WE WORSHIP TOGETHER ON SUNDAY?
177.
WHEN DO WE SIN AGAINST THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT?
178.
WHAT IS THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT?
179.
WHY DOES GOD ADD THE PROMISE, “SO THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG IN THE LAND THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOUR?
180.
WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF US IN THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT?
181.
WHEN ARE WE NOT REQUIRED TO OBEY PARENTS OR SUPERIORS?
182.
WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF PARENTS TOWARD THEIR CHILDREN?
183.
WHAT ARE OUR DUTIES TOWARD OUR COUNTRY?
184.
WHY MUST WE OBEY THE LAWS OF OUR COUNTRY?
185.
WHAT DOES GOD FORBID IN THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT?
186. WHAT IS THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT?
187. WHAT ARE WE COMMANDED BY THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT?
188. WHAT DOES GOD FORBID IN THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT?
189. WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF US IN THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT?
190. WHAT IS THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT?
191. WHAT IS ADULTERY?
192. WHAT IS MARRIAGE?
193. WHY IS ADULTERY A SIN?
194. WHAT IS FORNICATION?
195. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PRE-MARITAL SEX?
196. WHAT IS HOMOSEXUALITY AND WHY IS IT A SIN?
197. WHAT IS INCEST AND WHY IS IT A SIN?
198. WHAT IS BESTIALITY AND WHY IS IT A SIN?
199. WHAT DOES GOD FORBID IN THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT?
200. WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF EVERYONE IN THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT?
201. WHY DOES GOD COMMAND US TO BE PURE AND MODEST IN ALL OUR ACTIONS?
202. WHAT ARE THE PITFALLS WE SHOULD AVOID?
203. WHAT MUST WE DO TO LEAD A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE?
204.
WHAT IS THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT?
205.
WHAT ARE WE COMMANDED BY THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT?
206.
WHAT IS FORBIDDEN BY THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT?
207.
WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF US IN THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT?
208.
WHAT IS THE NINTH COMMANDMENT?
209.
WHAT ARE WE COMMANDED BY THE NINTH COMMANDMENT?
210.
WHAT DOES GOD FORBID IN THE NINTH COMMANDMENT?
211.
WHAT IS THE SIN OF RASH JUDGMENT?
212.
WHAT IS THE SIN OF DETRACTION?
213.
WHAT IS THE SIN OF SLANDER?
214.
WHAT IS PERJURY?
215.
WHAT KIND OF LYING IS ESPECIALLY FORBIDDEN BY THE NINTH COMMANDMENT?
216.
WHEN ARE WE OBLIGATED TO KEEP SOMETHING SECRET?
217.
WHY ARE WE FORBIDDEN TO JUDGE OTHERS?
218.
WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF US IN THE NINTH COMMANDMENT?
219.
WHAT IS THE TENTH COMMANDMENT?
220.
WHAT DOES COVET MEAN?
221.
WHAT ARE WE COMMANDED BY THE TENTH COMMANDMENT?
222.
WHAT DOES THE TENTH COMMANDMENT FORBID?
223.
WHY DOES GOD FORBID COVETOUSNESS IN CHURCH LEADERS ESPECIALLY?
224.
WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE OF US IN THE TENTH COMMANDMENT?
225.
WHAT RE THE BENEFITS OF AVOIDING COVETOUSNESS?
226.
WHY IS DOES GOD SAY “THOU SHALT NOT” IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS.
227.
WHO WAS DAVID?
228.
WHAT WAS DAVID’S RELATION TO KING SAUL?
229.
WHEN DID DAVID FIGHT THE GIANT, GOLIATH?
230.
WHAT EVENTS TURNED SAUL AGAINST DAVID?
231.
WHY DID DAVID BECOME A FUGITIVE AND AN OUTLAW?
232.
WHAT BENEFIT DID DAVID DERIVE FROM HIS FUGITIVE DAYS?
233.
HOW DID DAVID BECOME KING OF ISRAEL?
234.
WHAT DID DAVID DO THAT PLEASED THE LORD?
235.
WHAT WAS THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC OF DAVID?
236.
DID DAVID EVER FAIL THE LORD?
237.
WHAT WAS THE DAVIDIC COVENANT?
238.
WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONS OF THE DAVIDIC COVENANT?
239.
DID THE FUTURE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL KEEP COVENANT WITH GOD?
240.
HOW DID GOD WARN JUDAH AND ISRAEL OF IMPENDING JUDGMENT?
241.
WHAT JUDGMENTS DID GOD BRING UPON THEM?
242.
HOW DID GOD’S PROMISE TO DAVID COME TO PASS?
243.
WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
244.
WHERE AND WHEN WAS JESUS CHRIST BORN?
245.
WHAT UNUSUAL EVENTS MARKED HIS BIRTH?
246.
WAS JESUS CHRIST TRULY A KING?
247.
WHY DID JESUS CHRIST COME TO EARTH?
248.
WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
249.
DOES THE BIBLE TELL US ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
250.
DOES THE NEW TESTAMENT SPEAK OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
251.
HOW DID JESUS INTRODUCE HIS KINGDOM?
252.
WHY WAS THE CASTING OUT OF DEMONS IMPORTANT TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
253.
HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE TEACHINGS OF
JESUS?
254.
HOW DID JESUS TEACH THE MULTITUDES THAT FOLLOWED HIM?
256.
HOW DOES JESUS CHRIST DIFFER FROM MOHAMMED, BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS?
257.
WHY DID THE JEWS DEMAND JESUS BE CRUCIFIED?
258.
WAS JESUS CHRIST TRULY THE SON OF GOD?
259.
WHY DO WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS TRUE GOD?
260.
WHY DO WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS ALSO TRUE MAN?
261.
WAS JESUS THE CHRIST ALWAYS MAN?
262.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE INCARNATION?
263.
HOW WAS JESUS MADE MAN?
264.
WAS JOSEPH THE FATHER OF JESUS?
265.
IS THIS WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE “VIRGIN BIRTH”?
266.
HOW MANY NATURES ARE UNITED IN CHRIST?
267.
HOW COULD JESUS BE GOD AND MAN AT THE SAME TIME?
268.
WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR OUR SAVIOR TO BE TRUE MAN?
269.
WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR OUR SAVIOR TO BE TRUE GOD?
270.
FOR WHAT THREEFOLD PURPOSE WAS CHRIST ANOINTED?
271.
WHAT IS THE NEW COVENANT JESUS CHRIST MEDIATED FOR MAN?
272. HOW DID JESUS CHRIST ACCOMPLISH THIS?
273.
HOW DOES THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATE THE DISSOLVING OF THE OLD COVENANT?
274.
HOW DOES THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATE THE NEW COVENANT?
275.
DID THE NATION OF ISRAEL JOIN THIS NEW COVENANT?
276.
IS THE NEW COVENANT ONLY FOR THE NATION OF ISRAEL?
277.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COVENANT AND A TESTAMENT?
278.
WHAT WAS THE GUARANTEE THAT MADE THIS NEW COVENANT VALID?
279.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD COVENANT?
280.
HOW DO WE ENTER INTO THIS NEW COVENANT WITH CHRIST?
281.
HOW DOES THE NEW COVENANT SIGN DIFFER FROM THE OLD COVENANT SIGN?
282.
WHAT MADE THIS NEW COVENANT POSSIBLE?
283.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE REDEMPTION?
284.
WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF THE SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF CHRIST?
285.
WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH CONCERNING THE BURIAL OF CHRIST?
286.
WHAT WAS CHRIST’S STATE OF HUMILIATION?
287.
WHAT WAS THE FULL EXTENT OF CHRIST’S HUMILIATION?
288.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DID CHRIST SO HUMBLE HIMSELF?
289.
FROM WHAT HAS CHRIST REDEEMED US?
290.
HOW HAS CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM OUR SINS?
291.
HOW HAS CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM DEATH?
292.
HOW HAS CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE POWER OF THE DEVIL?
293.
WITH WHAT HAS CHRIST REDEEMED US?
294.
HOW DOES THIS WORK OF REDEMPTION BENEFIT YOU?
295.
HAS CHRIST REDEEMED, PURCHASED AND WON ONLY YOU?
296.
WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH CONCERNING CHRIST’S RESURRECTION?
297.
WHERE WERE THE SOUL AND SPIRIT OF CHRIST DURING THE THREE DAYS HIS BODY WAS IN THE GRAVE?
298.
WHY DID CHRIST DESCEND INTO HELL?
299.
HOW LONG DID CHRIST REMAIN ON EARTH AFTER HIS RESURRECTION?
300.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT CHRIST WAS REALLY ALIVE?
301.
WHAT KIND OF BODY DID CHRIST HAVE?
302.
WAS HIS RESURRECTED BODY THE SAME AS THE ONE HE HAD BEFORE HE DIED?
303.
WHY DID JESUS APPEAR IN VARIOUS FORMS?
304.
WHY IS THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST OF SUCH IMPORTANCE AND COMFORT TO US?
305.
WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH CONCERNING CHRIST’S ASCENSION?
306.
WHERE IS CHRIST NOW?
307.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE EXPRESSION “SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD”?
308.
WHAT COMFORT CAN WE DERIVE FROM CHRIST’S SEAT OF AUTHORITY?
309.
WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH CONCERNING THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST?
310.
WHAT IS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF CHRIST’S DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION?