Here is #21 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #21: How can I overcome what seem like paralyzing failures? A: As a minister, I have been there when lives have come apart from shattering personal issues. Adultery. Divorce. Bankruptcy and foreclosure. … Read More
The Book of Proverbs Is Not a List of Promises
Here is #20 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #20: How can Proverbs 22:6 be true if some children depart from what they were taught? What about the child of faithful Christians who rejects the faith or becomes lost?A: This is the passage … Read More
Isn’t Tithing an Old Testament Principle?
Here is #19 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #19: Why do so many churches teach tithing if it’s an Old Testament principle?A: I have heard many people ask this question in a variety of ways. Often, people wish to connect it … Read More
Did Jews Born before Jesus go to Heaven?
Here is #18 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q: Did Jews born before Jesus go to heaven? The question above rightly assumes that no one has ever been “saved” through observance of the law of Moses. The scriptures say almost the … Read More
Tithes and Offerings
Here is #16 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q: If you designate on your check a portion to go to missions, building fund, etc., is that considered part of your tithe? or is it an offering? The idea of a “tithe” is … Read More
What is the 3rd Heaven in 2 Corinthians 12?
Here is #16 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #16: What is the third heaven mentioned in 2 Corinthians 12:2? A: Paul was speaking, perhaps about someone he knew or about himself, and refers to a person caught up into the … Read More
Thriving in a Job You Hate
Here is #15 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #15: I hate my job and the feel used by my employers but have few other choices. How can I find joy in my work?A: Since so many people find their work a … Read More
Is Hell Forever?
Here is #14 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #15: Do people in hell have a chance to get out? This question, submitted at our February 6 Q Morning, raises a number of significant issues. Beyond the basic question about the … Read More
More of the Bible?
Here is #13 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q: How do we know there is no more scripture out there? This question is interesting because it certainly raises a larger spectrum of questions than just about whether the canon–our list of Bible … Read More
Does Suicide Send You to Hell?
Here is #11 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #11: How would you, as a pastor, advise someone about the final state of a person who expressed faith in Christ but committed suicide?A: This is a difficult question to answer, but it … Read More