Questions and answers
Deep biblical answers to the questions people ask—about faith, life, forgiveness, fear, and salvation. With quotations from Holy Scripture and Ellen White.
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What is Psalm 142 about, and when should it be read?
Psalm 142 is the last of the seven penitential psalms: a prayer in despair and persecution, asking, “Teach me to do Your will.” The Ohienko text with explanation.
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What is Psalm 129 about, and when should it be read?
Psalm 129, “Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord” — the full text in Ohienko’s translation, explanation, and guidance on how to pray this penitential song of hope.
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What is Psalm 120 about, and when should it be read?
Psalm 120, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills” — text in Ohienko’s translation and a pastoral explanation: a prayer for God’s protection on the journey and for every day.
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What is Psalm 102 about, and when should it be read?
Psalm 102, “Bless the Lord, O my soul” — the full text in Ohienko’s translation, explanation about forgiveness, healing, and God’s mercy, with guidance on when and how to pray it.
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What is Psalm 45 about, and when should it be read?
Psalm 45 (46 in the Hebrew numbering) — about God as refuge and strength amid upheaval and war. Full Ohienko text and explanation of when and how to pray it.
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What is Psalm 33 about, and when should it be read?
The full text of Psalm 33 in Ohienko’s translation with a pastoral explanation: thanksgiving for deliverance, the fear of God, and trust in the good Lord.
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What is Psalm 26 about, and when should it be read?
Psalm 26 in Ohienko’s translation: full text, explanation of the imagery of courage and fearlessness, and guidance on when and how to pray it.
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What is Psalm 6 about, and when should it be read?
Psalm 6 is the first of the seven penitential psalms: a prayer of a person in sickness, exhaustion, and nightly tears, who still believes that the Lord has heard his weeping.
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What is Psalm 3 about, and when should you read it?
Psalm 3 in Ohienko’s translation with explanation: a prayer of trust and inner peace when enemies are many, and God upholds you at night and in the morning.
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How many fundamental doctrines does the Seventh-day Adventist Church have?
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has 28 fundamental beliefs. They are often called doctrines, but it is more accurate to understand them as summaries of biblical teaching rather than a human list of rules. When people ask how many doctrines the church has, in the case of the Seventh-day Adventist Church the answer is simple: 28 fundamental beliefs have been officially adopted. They cover the main themes of the Christian faith: teachings about […]
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was Samson saved and what did his Nazirite vow mean
Samson is a story about God’s calling, human weakness, and mercy that does not let go. His life is not a model of flawless holiness, but it shows that the Lord can work even through a broken person, bringing him to repentance and faith. In the book of Judges, Samson appears at a time of Israel’s spiritual decline, when the people were under Philistine oppression. His birth […]
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Does the book The Great Controversy follow any one particular book of the Bible?
The book The Great Controversy does not follow one single book of the Bible in sequence. It is structured around the theme of the great conflict between Christ and Satan in history and prophecy, so it brings together different parts of Scripture into one complete picture. Many readers sense this intuitively: Ellen White’s book does not move “from Genesis to Revelation” page by page. Instead, there is a historical-prophetic line: […]
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