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Panelists: Mark Teske, Sammie Hamilton, Ronnie Gootam

#1049 – 6/30/2024

1. Should one who requests membership in a congregation bring a letter of recommendation from their former congregation?
2. Why did God not give Job an explanation as to why he was suffering?
3. Is it right to sing while the Lord’s Supper is being observed?
4. What does it mean to “bid Godspeed” to someone (2 John 10)?
5. Are the “wars and rumors of wars” being fulfilled now (Matthew 24:6-7)?

Panelists: Mark Teske, Sammie Hamilton, Ronnie Gootam

#1048 – 6/23/2024

1. What is meant by the word gnosticism?
2. What is meant by the “priesthood of believers”?
3. Are the accounts of the death of Judas contradictory?
4. Please explain the use of the gift of tongues on the day of Pentecost? Was it the case that each person heard what Peter said in their own language? Did they all speak Aramaic or Greek?

Panelists: Mark Teske, Sammie Hamilton, Ronnie Gootam

#1047 – 6/16/2024

1. Should communion be served only on Sundays?
2. Is all of life worship?
3. What does it mean that Christ is the end of the law (Romans 10:4)?
4. Please explain John 20:17? Why could she not touch Jesus when people held Him by His feet and worshiped Him in Matthew 28:9?
5. What is your understanding of John 3:8? Please discuss the marginal reading of the American Standard Version which has “the Spirit breatheth” instead of “the wind bloweth?”
6. Is it right for church leaders to settle matters by a vote of the congregation?
7. What does “church of the firstborn” mean in Hebrews 12:23?

Panelists: Mark Teske, Sammie Hamilton, Ronnie Gootam

#1046 – 6/9/2014

1. In the garden, did Jesus sweat blood, or did His sweat drip off Him in the manner in which blood would drip from someone who is bleeding?
2. What is the washing of regeneration in Titus 3:5?
3. Was marriage designed for one man and one woman? If so, why did Lamech take two wives in Genesis 4:19? Did it create the tradition of polygamy in the Old Testament?
4. Does Mark 16:9-20 belong in our Bibles?
5. How does the Spirit “bear witness with our spirit that we are sons of God?” (Romans 8:16).

Panelists: Mark Teske, Sammie Hamilton, Ronnie Gootam

#1045 – 6/2/2024

1. Did Jesus go to hell for 3 days after his death?
2. Why in Acts 26:23 does Paul say that the Messiah (Jesus) was the first to rise from the dead? There are several people in the Bible that were raised from the dead by Jesus before He was crucified and arose from the dead.
3. When a baby dies in the womb, does the baby go to heaven automatically?
4. Is viewing pornography included in the word fornication and thus a scriptural means of divorce according to Matthew 19:9?
5. Is there a commandment for praying with head down and eyes closed, in public praying or private, or is it tradition?
6. Why did Jesus sometimes tell people whom he had performed a miracle on to tell no one (Matthew 16:20, Mark 1:40-44, Mark 1:34), while other times Jesus told them to tell others (Mark 5:18-20, Matthew 28:18-20)?

Russell Kline, Keith Olbricht, Joe Rhodes

#1044 – 5/26/2024

1. What are some passages that deal with the financial support of preachers of the gospel? Do brethren have the right to offer him a very meager support?
2. In First Timothy 2:13-15, what does Paul mean when he says women will be saved through childbearing?
3. Please discuss Matthew 27:52-53? I understand that none will be coming from the grave until the end of time for the judgment?
4. What does Isaiah 4:1 mean when it says seven women shall take hold of one man in that day?

Russell Kline, Keith Olbricht, Joe Rhodes

#1043-5/19/2024

1. I have tried to explain to a co-worker that we are no longer under the Old Covenant, which included the 10 commandments, and that we are not commanded to keep the Sabbath but to come together on the first day of the week. I have shown the Scriptures about the handwriting of ordinances being contrary to us and how it was against us and that it was nailed to the cross when Jesus was crucified. Is there another way to explain all of this in a clearer light?
2. What was the book that Moses mentioned in Exodus 32:32-33? Is this similar to one mentioned in the New Testament?
3. Did the Israelites in the Pentateuch understand the concept of heaven and hell?
4. Was Rahab the harlot justified in lying to the king of Jericho to protect the two spies? (Joshua 2:4).

Russell Kline, Keith Olbricht, Joe Rhodes

#1042- 5/12/2024

1. When someone is baptized, should we do it in the name of Jesus or should we do it in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
2. If a husband is involved in a car accident which leaves him mentally and physically unable to take care of himself, is it scriptural for the wife to divorce that man and remarry another?
3. The Bible teaches that we are not to judge? So why is there a jury system with members of the jury judging a man or woman who is on trial? Is it even a fair system when attorneys present evidence that may or may not be the truth in order to get their client declared innocent? Jesus was innocent yet He was condemned and died.
4. When will the wicked be resurrected?

Russell Kline, Keith Olbricht, Joe Rhodes

#1041- 5/5/2024

1. When we hire someone as a security guard to protect us and to stand outside during our services are we not contributing to his missing the services of the church?
2. What are your recommendations for effective evangelism in rural America for remote churches and outreach to grow God’s kingdom in numbers? How can we get members involved?
3. Did David sin when he ate the shewbread in 1 Samuel 21:6?
4. Please explain Matthew 23:9-10? We are not to call any man Father, yet we hear it done today?
5. What does “washing of water by the word” mean in Ephesians 5:26?

Panelists: Mike Peters, Bradley Smith, Justin Beard

#1040 – 4/28/2024

1. Who are the other sheep that Jesus refers to in John 10:16?
2. Why can’t I be saved by asking Jesus to come into my heart?
3. What should Christian parents do if they have a prodigal son (or daughter)?
4. When are Biblical examples binding?
5. How can I know if I am being called to preach?