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Zephaniah 2:1-3, Take an Opportunity to Repent
I asked Bing, powered by AI (artificial intelligence), what someone would mean by, “Let’s gather ourselves.” It answered: When someone says, “Let’s gather ourselves,” they are suggesting that
Continue reading...2 Thessalonians 3:6-18, Warning the Idle
If you believed Jesus was going to return any minute, would you go to work today? Would you clean the house? Would you take the kids to school? And if you were a lazy sort to begin with, you might justify
Continue reading...Is there Scriptural support for accountability groups?
Question: I just started an accountability group, and I was wondering if you could tell me where to look in the bible for information on proper accountability. Answer: It’s pretty hard to find a place
Continue reading...How do we know which Old Testament laws to obey?
Question: Somewhere in the Pentateuch God gave a certain set of laws for Moses to tell the Israelites. This list covered many subjects from incest to breeding animals. This got me thinking: I know that
Continue reading...Were Gentiles ever supposed to obey the Law?
Question: Is it possible that God did not intend for the Gentiles to be “under the law” (Rom 2:14). I only ask because “the law” was given to the Hebrew people and I wonder if it were somehow a
Continue reading...Is it wrong to drink alcohol?
Question: I am somewhat confused. I have some Christian friends who drink wine with their meals, and they have told me that in John chapter two Jesus was at a wedding and they had run out of wine and Jesus
Continue reading...What does the Bible say about swearing?
Question: What does the Bible say about swearing? Answer: It depends on what you mean by swearing. If by swearing you mean using ugly words in order to shock or intimidate people, there is very little
Continue reading...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
Continue reading...Is There No Forgiveness For Intentional Sin?
Question: Hebrews 10:26 says that if we sin willfully knowing better there is no more sacrifice for our sins. Well, I have been taught that if you keep sinning over again knowing you’re going to do it,
Continue reading...Blaspheming All That They Do Not Understand – Jude 1:10-13
I have had to bow out of doing couples’ weddings on occasion because they would not abstain from sexual relations before marriage. One fellow told me that he would die if he could not have sex.
Continue reading...People Have Crept in Unnoticed – Jude 1:4
Is Jesus your Master and Lord? How is it, then, that you make decisions that are in direct contradiction to His requirements? We have been plagued of late with many Christian pastors who have been
Continue reading...Who Is Wise – James 3:13-18
In Scripture, wisdom is not intelligence, or even right thinking. It is right thinking about God demonstrated in right behavior. Just as faith must be demonstrated by good works, so must wisdom be
Continue reading...The Tongue Is a Fire – James 3:1-12
Joel Osteen was mentioned in the last post. Is he a false teacher? He has made remarks in interviews that bring that into question but has retracted them later. It is safe to say that, if he holds
Continue reading...Doers Not Hearers Only – James 1:22-27
It is so easy to be only a hearer. I read the Scripture, but I don’t think about how to apply it. I listen to a sermon, but it doesn’t change my life. But just hearing makes me think
Continue reading...Some Have Made Shipwreck of Their Faith – 1 Timothy 1:8-10
Ravi Zacharias made a shipwreck of the faith, using his reputation and income as a Christian defender of the faith, to engage in repetitive and abusive sexual behavior. In so doing he, in effect, blasphemed
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