May 2023

Can I hold reservations or a plan B, if I am skeptical that God will be there for me and meet my need, and still be found acceptable to God? [Philippians 3:14-15].

Is it acceptable if you are giving your time and effort to the church instead of giving your tithe (money)? [Luke 12:48, Matthew 6:21].

What do you think about this pastor's explanation of what scripture means about the "renewing of our minds," particularly as it related it to science and the physical restoration of the brain? [Romans 12:2, Romans 6:7-8].

If we have no free will in heaven, then is it really love, since we have no real choice about it? [Galatians 5:17].

How do you tell when your religion is out of balance and becoming unhealthy? [James 1:27, Matthew 23:23, Matthew 9:13].

How do you tell when it is your own mind (Bible-informed mind) and the leading of the Holy Spirit? [Acts 11:27-28, Acts 21:10-13].

Could you clarify the meaning of “When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away” relative to "Cessationism?" [1 Corinthians 13:8].

Would you talk about "the Water, the Spirit, and the Blood" in scripture? [1 John 5:6-8, John 15:27, John 19:34]. (Caller's audio is very poor.)

Would you comment on the concept of "eternal security" relative to the Roman's passage that says "nothing can separate from the love of God?" [Romans 8:38-39, John 6:37-40].

Could you talk about the meaning of the verse "pouring from vessel to vessel?" [Jeremiah 48:11-12].

Can man change his heart? [Psalm 119:11].

If we all stumble, but scripture says he who sins is not born of God, how do we explain that? [James 3:2, 1 John 3:9].

What do you think of my thoughts about the witnesses; water, the blood and the Spirit?

Don't you think that scripture requires us to learn to love our enemies? [Job 42:9-10, Galatians 5:14, Psalm 82:6, Philippians 2:3-4, Luke 6:35, Romans 12:10].

Would you elucidate on the passage about pouring wine into new wine skins? [Matthew 9:16-17, Isaiah 58:3-7].

How can I deal with my fear of sinning too much and losing my salvation? [Matthew 18:21-22, John 15:13].

Why are we given both Joseph and Mary's genealogies, and how does the line of Jospeh relate to Jesus'? [Luke 3, Matthew 1, Jeremiah 22:28-30].

Where would one go to see the original breaks in the original Greek manuscripts?