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What is this Gospel of Judas?
Answer: Whenever some “new” gospel is discovered and the media reports on it, there is inevitably someone (scholar, religion teacher, etc.) who comments that this is a representative of a strand of
Continue reading...Are the Jews going to hell?
Question: I am confused about how God feels about the Jewish people. Are they going to hell? Answer: As a people, the offspring of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were chosen as the receivers of God’s revelation
Continue reading...Why does the Bible seem to endorse slavery?
Question: Leviticus 25:44 says, “Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.” I’m thinking after reading the entire chapter that slaves were
Continue reading...How can there be a hell if God is love?
Question: I have a friend I work with who told me that she doesn’t believe in hell. She said that God is love and God is everywhere, so how can there be a hell? She attends a Unity Church here in town
Continue reading...Is a person a Christian if he thinks Muslims worship the same God as us?
Question: Is a person saved who believes in Jesus, but they think that Muslims’ worship the same God? Answer: They could be. This is a question that has caused some confusion for a lot of people. Because
Continue reading...Why do innocent children suffer?
Question: Why to innocent babies and young children suffer at no fault of their own when God could stop it? Answer: In one sense there are no innocent people on earth. Because of Adam’s disobedience
Continue reading...Why does God allow evil in the world?
Question: If God is all-powerful, why does he allow evil in the world? Answer: It is impossible to give a complete answer to your question because it delves into an area of knowledge that is beyond, apparently,
Continue reading...How should we respond to the Golden Compass controversy?
Question: How should we respond to people who have seen the movie, The Golden Compass, and read the trilogy of books (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman Answer:
Continue reading...Where does the Bible say it is wrong to dabble with Harry Potter?
Question: I am very strong in my faith and walk with Jesus. I was talking with a lady here at work and I said something like, “Well, there is only one way and that is through Jesus.” She said, “Oh,
Continue reading...Should I waste my time with a Jehovah’s Witness?
Question: A few weeks ago a couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses came by the house. I have had one meeting with them. I don’t have very much material on them other than the Josh McDowell and Don Stewart’s
Continue reading...Are there non-religious reasons to question evolution?
Answer: I would suggest that there are non-religious reasons for questioning evolution. A number of scientists have questioned whether evolution is sufficient to explain the vast amount of change that
Continue reading...How Do You Know Christianity Is the True Religion?
“How Do You Know Christianity Is the True Religion?” Assumptions: Each of the world’s religions claims to be revealed by God They must either all be wrong or only one is right (they could not all
Continue reading...How Do We Know that What David or Solomon Wrote Was True?
Question: How do we know that everything David or Solomon wrote is true? How do we know that one of the Psalms was not written while David was contemplating sleeping with Bathsheba, or a Proverb was written
Continue reading...Is John Shelby Spong right that the Bible is unreliable?
Question: I read an article by John Shelby Spong, a former Episcopal bishop, who seemed to question the historicity of the Bible and its authority over our lives in areas of morality. Can you help me with
Continue reading...Was David an Ephrathite or a Judahite?
Question: In 1 Samuel 17:12 David is said to be an Ephrathite. I thought he was a Judahite? Is that mixed lineage? or are those two lineages connected in some way I don’t understand? David is the first
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