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Responding to Our Authorities

Question: If I don’t agree with my boss, who is not a believer, how do I humbly communicate a Christian principle to him if it is contrary to his desires in a particular situation? Answer: There are

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Should Spouses Submit to Each Other?

Question: Why should I submit to my spouse or my spouse to me? Shouldn’t it be 50/50? Answer: I suppose it should be 100/100, but regardless of that, submission is really a matter of practicality. There

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Children, Obey Your Parents…Yeah, Right

Question: How can I get my kids to submit to my authority the way God intended? Answer: The best way is to model what you tell them to do, tell them in a firm but loving way, and as they are able to understand,

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Submitting to Parents When You Are an Adult

Question: How long should I submit to my parents? Answer: As long as you are dependent upon them and living under their roof and are not capable of assuming an adult role in life. Once you are able to

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Dealing with Pride

Question: How can I best deal with pride in my life? What are some ways I can develop humility? Answer: Try spending the next 30 minutes absolutely quiet and without distractions. Ask God to show you your

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Is It Okay for a Christian to Be Cremated?

Question: I cannot find anything in my bible study relating what is proper in burial of the believer. Would cremation be allowed biblically? Is there anything in the Bible that would forbid it? This is

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Are My Husband and Father in Heaven Yet?

Question: I have been challenged on my saying that my husband and my father are in heaven. I am being told that they will not go to heaven until Jesus comes back to earth. But in reading some of the posts

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Will God forgive us when we break our promise not to sin?

Question: Hey! I have a question I have been wanting to know for a while now and I was wondering if you could answer it? Okay, so does God still love you and forgive you even if you have made a promise

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Is Failure to Love the Greatest Heresy?

Question: I read a blog by Greg Boyd recently that took to task guys like John Piper who tweeted, when Rob Bell’s book on hell came out, “Farewell, Rob Bell.” He said that the greatest heresy in

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Was Jesus Incapable of Healing Because of Lack of Faith?

Question: I read this today in my quiet time, and it’s fascinating me…Mark 6:5-6, And because of their unbelief, he (Jesus) couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few

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Why Isn’t Polygamy Allowed Today?

Question: Why can’t men have multiple wives today when God seemed to permit it in the days of Abraham and David and Solomon? Answer: Jesus, in Matthew 19, uses the Genesis 2 account as a template or

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Would Jesus Forsake a Believer Who Worships Other Gods?

Question: According to Hosea 5:6, 9-11, and 14 God withdraws, removes protection, pours out wrath, tears to pieces because He is ticked off at Israel’s spirit of prostitution. Is it fair to say, even

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Is zoophilia okay?

Question: While searching on google the auto complete feature has led me to a topic that I find odd. The word was zoophilia, which is mutual relationships between animals and humans. This made me wonder

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Can Brain Damage Make Me Lose My Salvation?

Question: I have a question concerning senility in older believers, or amnesia in any other age. I suppose the root of this question pertains to the nature of the soul, but what is the state of a believer

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Why Aren’t Women Allowed the Same Freedom to Make Vows as Men?

Question: In Numbers 30 Moses says that fathers of unmarried women who make vows can cancel them, as can husbands of women who make vows. Why can males still living with parents and men make vows without

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