2016 A BIBLE ANSWER

Panelists: Ronnie Scherffius, Russell Kline, Robert Taylor.

#617-3/20/2016;

1. What is the “new heaven and the new earth” of Revelation 21:1?
2. Has anyone ever written down all the commands that a Christian must attempt to follow.  Do you have any help in answering this?
3. In Romans 2:13 and Romans 3:20, to what does the word “law” refer?
4. There are words that we shouldn’t say which take the Lord’s name in vain.  What about Christmas?  I feel that Christmas is not a religious event and to say Christmas is using Christ’s name in a non-reverent manner.
5. If we can’t see God, how can we know He exists?

Panelists: Ronnie Scherffius, Russell Kline, Robert Taylor.

#616-3/13/2016

1. Are there degrees of faith?  When does faith become saving faith?
2. Are there different levels of heaven and hell?
3. Is it worship to listen to religious songs with instrumental music at home?  If it is  not worship, then we shouldn’t use God’s name in vain or in a non reverent manner.
4. How can one God be three persons?
5. Does 1 Corinthians 1:7 teach that miraculous spiritual gifts will continue until the second coming of Christ?

Panelists: Ronnie Scherffius, Russell Kline, Robert Taylor.

#615-3/6/2016

1. Are we baptized by the Holy Spirit into the church (1 Cor. 12:13)?
2. Why did God allow men of the Bible to have multiple wives?
3. How does one grieve the Holy Spirit?
4. In Bible times people talked to spirits; can people talk to spirits today?
5. Why do some Bibles have a section called the Apocrypha?

Panelists: Bill Brandstatter, Gerald Cowan, Darrell Simon

#614-2/28/2016.

1. It is possible to live in adultery?  Some view adultery as a one-time act that one commits.
2. If a person’s salvation was predestinated before the foundation of the world and cannot be changed, then what is the purpose of the great commission?
3. Who or what is Shiloh in Genesis 49:10?
4. What is the meaning of 1 Timothy 5:24-25?
5. What does it mean to dwell with your wife with understanding?

Panelists: Bill Brandstatter, Gerald Cowan, Darrell Simon

#613-2/21/2016

1. If a person is dying, are we obligated to prolong their lives artificially by machines?
2. Please discuss the nature of the Urim and Thummin in the Old Testament?
3. What can we do to help those who have quit coming to church?
4. What is meant by the statement, “for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance” (Rom. 11:29)?
5. In Matthew 11:3, why did John seem to be confused about the Messiahship of Jesus?

Panelists: Bill Brandstatter, Gerald Cowan, Darrell Simon

#612-2/14/2016

1. Is there a difference between a demon and an unclean spirit?
2. Why don’t we keep the Sabbath day today?
3. Why is it that the books of the Old Testament are not in chronological order?
4. Can we know that we are saved?
5. I would like to know if our spirit and soul go to Paradise, when we give up the ghost, as a Christian who had become ill and as a result, were not able to attend church after we became ill?  Do our spirit and soul lay in rest in paradise, until the day of judgement, and until God comes to receive us unto himself?

Panelists: Bill Brandstatter, Gerald Cowan, Darrell Simon

#611-2/7/2016

1. Do we read about dinosaurs in the Bible?
2. Did the system of Patriarchy end with the giving of the law of Moses on Mount Sinai or did it continue for the Gentiles until the cross or day of Pentecost?
3. How is the word “soul” used in the Bible?
4. How is the word “spirit” used in the Bible?
5. Is there a difference between the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost?

Panelists: Kevin Thomason, Rocco Pierce, Jason Pierce

#610-1/31/2016

1. Contrast, if you can, New Testament Christianity with denominationalism?
2. What does the Bible say about a trial separation in marriage?
3. Does the phrase “no prophecy of Scriptures is of any private interpretation” (2 Peter 1:20) mean that we can’t understand the Bible for ourselves?
4. Does the law of Christ require us to forgive another brother of sin against us without repentance and restitution on his part?

Panelists: Kevin Thomason, Rocco Pierce, Jason Pierce

#608-1/17/2016

1. In Romans 12:21, what is meant by overcoming evil with good?
2. Is it Biblical to call the wife of a pastor, elder, or bishop the First Lady of the church?
3. Are we authorized by God to remarry after the death of our spouse?
4. How can I quit depending on drugs?
5. What does the “kingdom of God within you” mean (Lk. 17:21)?

Panelists: Kevin Thomason, Rocco Pierce, Jason Pierce

#607-1/10/2016

1. Are infants born in sin?
2. In Acts 6:9, who were the Libertines and why did they have their own synagogue?
3. What does it mean to be “one flesh” in marriage?
4. Was the great commission given only to the apostles?