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Topic: Family Relationships
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2021-08-10 Changing Family Location & Relationships: How can I balance what my wife and family wants in changing locations & jobs?
2021-07-08 Doing Good Works with the Right Motivation: How can you be sure that the good works you do are truly for the love of Jesus and not for selfish reasons?
"Who are My Mother and Brother"? What are the ramifications of the verse when Christ says, "Who are my mother and brother?" [Luke 8:19-21, Mark 3:31-35, Matthew 12:46-50, Ephesians 2:14].
2021-06-29 Dealing with Terrible Family Members: What do I do about family members that say they are Christians, but are really toxic and really treating me horribly? [I Peter 3:9].
2021-06-29 Don't Exasperate Your Children: Is it still valid to direct fathers not to exasperate your children? [Ephesians 6:4].
2021-06-14 Light & Good Works for Evangelism: Does my light (life) and good works have a part in the salvation of others? [Titus 2:14, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14, Ephesians 2:8-9].
2021-06-09 Ruling One's Home as a Home: Regarding the qualifications for elders, what is meant by "ruling one's home", and when should a pastor (or elder) step down if his home is out of control in some measure? [I Timothy 3:4].
"Right in Their Own Eyes": Regarding the concept of being, "right in one's own eyes", I always thought it was a bad thing, are you saying it is a good thing? [Judges 17:6].
2021-06-09 John MacArthur & the Free Masons: Caller talks about John MacArthur and his family connection to the Masons, and his giving credit to them for the spiritual blessing on his ministry today.
John MacArthur Accusing Other of Anti-Semitism: Is it not reason to question John MacArthur's trustworthiness if he has said that if ones sees the church as Israel, they are anti-Semitic?
2021-06-03 Finding a Good Church? What should I look for in finding a good church?
2021-05-27 "Jesus" is God Not in the Bible: Could you help me understand what you meant when you said that the Bible does not say that "Jesus is God"?
Unsaved Adult Children: What can I do to help my adult children become saved?
2021-05-13 Living with Those Dramatically Opposed to Christ: Caller looks for counsel regarding living with a spouse that reacts dramatically again the name of Christ.
2021-04-23 "Household Salvation": Would you discuss "household salvation? [Acts 16:31, Matthew 10:21, Matthew 18:34-36].
2021-03-23 Family Hierarchy: Do you think that it is better for husband and wives to make mutual decisions, rather than as scripture directs men to be the head of his household? [Ephesians 5:22, Ephesians 5:32].
Christ Submitted to the Church: Is it correct to say that Christ submitted Himself to the church? [John 13:14].
2021-03-22 Family Roles-Wives Submitting, Men Loving: Are the roles played in the family, such as a wife submitting to her husband, and man loving his wife, simply a cultural directive? [Ephesians 5:22-33, Colossians 3:18, I Peter 3:1-6].
2021-02-19 Provoking Our Children: What does it mean to not provoke our children to wrath? [Ephesians 6:4].
Family Not Attending Church Together: What should one do if one's spouse or children do not want to attend church with you?
2021-01-29 Steve's Parents & His Christian Faith: How did your parents help you shape your decision to follow Christ?
2021-01-28 The "Sins of the Father": Could you help me understand the concept of "the sins of the father" being visited upon one's children? [Ezekiel 18, Numbers 14:18, Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 24:15].
2021-01-25 Caring for One's Parents & Liquidating Assets: What do you think if I sense that the Father wants me to liquidate my assets to care for my parents, before He is willing to take me home? [Philippians 1:22, I Timothy 5:4, Matthew 15, Mark 7].
2021-01-20 Home Church Fellowship & Community: I am not sure how to think about going back to the more traditional church, as this time of community meetings seems better. Before we tolerated sinfulness in the church, but now we interact more. Can you help? [Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 18:17, I Corinthians 5:12-13].
2020-12-29 Giving One's Tithe to Needy Family Members: What do you think about giving to one's own family members that are in need, over giving to the local church? [I Timothy 5, Matthew 15].
2020-12-28 Decision Making About Where to Go: I am getting some resistance from my children who don't seem to want me to move closer to them?
2020-10-22 Christian in Name only: How do I deal with Christian who seem to only have a form of godliness but still live a life of sin? [1 Corinthians 5]
Judging Others: When I tell them we shouldn't be doing our old life anymore, I get ostracized & told that I shouldn't judge. [1 Peter 4]
2020-09-25 The Many "James" in the New Testament: Could you help me sort out the various "James" (the less, Adelphos, brother of Jesus, etc.) in the New Testament, and the relationships of His cousins or brothers? [Genesis 13:8, Luke 2:7, Matthew 1:27].
2020-08-25 You Whole Household Will be Saved: What do you think about Christians believing their whole household will be saved? [Acts 16:31].
2020-08-20 Unbelieving Sister to Marry Wrong Guy: What do I do for my unbelieving sister who is planning to marry someone that seems far too into horror movies.
2020-08-17 Disrespect for Fathers: Could you talk about the ramifications of children disrespecting their father? [Genesis 9:21].
2020-05-11 Avoiding Making One's Wife Jealous: Should a young Christian man share the gospel with young women, if it could potentially make my wife jealous?
2020-05-11 Children Being Required to Fast: Do you think children should fast, or be required to fast, to overcome sinful behavior?
Train Up a Child: What does the verse in Proverbs mean, "train up a child in the way he should go..." [Proverbs 22:6].
Donations Through PayPal: Can people still donate through PayPal?
2020-05-11 Children Being Required to Fast: Do you think children should fast, or be required to fast, to overcome sinful behavior?
Train Up a Child: What does the verse in Proverbs mean, "train up a child in the way he should go..." [Proverbs 22:6].
Donations Through PayPal: Can people still donate through PayPal?
2020-04-21 Obligation to Adulterous Wife: Am I obligated to continue my relationship with my wife, who committed adultery, even if she has repented? I have forgiven her, but find it difficult to continue with her.
2020-04-20 Financial Planning for Difficult & Unpredictable Times: In light of recent economic losses with the pandemic, though I remain fairly confident in the Lord's ability to provide, my family is not on the same page - how do I plan for what the uncertain future may be? [I Timothy 6:8-9,17, Proverbs 30:25, Genesis 41:46-57].
2020-04-20 Knowing One Another in Heaven: Is there an explicit place in the Bible that says we will know our loved ones in heaven? [I Corinthians 13:12].
2020-04-10 The Movie, "The Family": Have you seen the movie "The Family" about Christian leadership? - would like to have your comments.
2020-04-02 Abortion Stand Causing Family Division: I stood my ground on the issue of not supporting abortion, by telling my family, including my own parents, that I don't want them around my own children, since they support it. Did I go too far?
2020-03-30 Plea the Blood of Jesus: Is it wrong to "plea the blood of Jesus" over your house or other goods?
Plea the Blood of Jesus: Is is wrong to "plea the blood of Jesus" over your house or other goods? [Revelation 12:11].
Distancing Oneself from One's Family Member: Is is wrong to distance myself from my brother, if I don't think he is a good influence around my family?
2020-03-25 Medical Pandemic-Coronavirus: How do you handle those in your own household that are not being careful and help reduce the threat of the pandemic threat of Coronavirus?
2019-11-06 Visiting Gay Friends & Family Members: Is it acceptable for a Christian to attend a gay family member or friend's festivities?
2019-10-31 Family Issues: Caller is a little unclear, but is asking about her family situation.
2019-10-28 Believing Children Involved in Homosexuality: How do you deal with believing children who are actively living a homosexual lifestyle? [Mark 7, Matthew 15, 19:1-9, 7:21-23, Galatians 5:19-21, I Corinthians 6:9-11].
2019-08-19 Loved Ones in Heaven: Are we going to love everyone the same amount when we get to heaven, or will we still be more affectionate and attached to our love ones?
2019-08-15 Jacob, Laban & The Spotted Sheep: Would you talk about when Jacob (Israel) made a deal with Laban about the spotted sheep, particularly in regard to the brew he created to control the spots on sheep? [Genesis 30:25-43, 31:10].
2019-07-10 "Mansions" & "House of the Lord": What do you think of paralleling the John 14 verse to Psalm 23? Is the "mansions" or "house" really our lives in relationship with family? [John 14:2, Psalms 23:6, Ephesians 2:19, Psalm 27:4].
2019-07-01 Forgiveness of a Repetitive Offender: What obligation do we have to continue to accept unacceptable behavior and lack of responsibility of a sibling?
2019-04-24 Nimrod: Did he marry his mother?
Easter: Are there pagan roots when celebrating Easter with eggs?
2019-04-04 Healing: What should we do about friends & family that need healing? [Peter 2:24, Luke 10:30-37, John 11:1-44, Philippians 4:6, I Corinthians 12:30].
2019-03-11 Incest: Didn't Adam & Eve's children have incestuous relationships?
Polygamy: Where does the Bible indicate that we should not practice polygamy? [Ephesians 5:22-32, Matthew 19].
2019-03-08 Adam & Eve: Were Adam & Eve the only people on the planet when they were created? Where did the children get their spouses? [Genesis 5:4]
2019-02-26 Daughter's lack of zeal for the Lord: I;m concerned that my daughter doesn't seem to have a desire for God & wondering if you could give me advice
2019-02-05 Eating & Drinking Jesus: Is eating Jesus' flesh & drinking His blood literal or symbolic? Do people think about this because of the word, "in"? [John 6]
Testimony: How do you share a testimony, my conversion experience, w/out affecting some close people to me who were involved w/ why I had the problems in the first place?
2018-12-18 Fellowshipping with Mormons: I have family members who have just switched over to Mormonism/LDS, what do I do, & I was wondering if you could tell me about 2 John? [2 John 1:10-11]
2018-12-11 Steve's Financial Needs: If you don't take money from donations, how do you make your living?
A Prodigal Son: I have a prodigal son situation, should I fellowship with him or keep my distance from him?
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