2017 A BIBLE ANSWER

Panelists: David Lemmons, Sydney White, Jeff Brown

#669-3/19/2017

1. What constitutes worship?
2. What does it mean in Phillippians 2:7-8 when it is said that Jesus “emptied Himself?”
3. What is meant by the times of the Gentiles being fulfilled (Lk. 21:24; Rom. 11:25,26)?
4. In James 5:20, is James referring to spiritual death or physical death? Rather than affirming spiritual death for those who apostatize, some say the passage refers to our initial salvation from spiritual death.  Others suggest that it may refer to God’s capital punishment (biological death as in Acts 5:1-11) upon his people who will still be redeemed?
5. What does the Bible teach us about comforting one who is suffering as a result of a crime he has committed?

Panelists: David Lemmons, Sydney White, Jeff Brown

#668-3/12/2017

1. Is there a baptismal formula that must be said when one is baptized?
2. Please explain the argument from Jeremiah 22:30 as it relates to the doctrine of Premillennialism?
3. Would you please explain how the Lord “led captivity captive” in Ephesians 4:8?
4. Please discuss the meaning of B.C. and A.D. and newer abbreviations C. E. and B.C.E. as dating notations?  Why make this change?
5. How do you explain Ecclesiastes 1:4 in view of 2 Peter 3:10?

Panelists: David Lemmons, Sydney White, Jeff Brown

#667- 3/5/2017

1. Is it a sin to decorate your house with ornaments, lights, and a tree in December and to exchange presents?
2. Can you please explain Isaiah 4:1?
3. What about the practice of fasting today? Could it be beneficial to us spiritually?
4. I have difficulty understanding the impossibility presented in Hebrews 6:6. Won’t God allow anybody to repent and be forgiven?

Panelists: B. J. Clarke, Mike Hixson, Don Walker

#665-2/19/2017

1. Do members of the churches of Christ believe in predestination?
2. Doesn’t Ezekiel 34:23-24 teach that David will be resurrected and have a role in the millennium?
3. What can we do to combat the prevalence of pornography on the internet, and its  affect upon our children?
4. I am a homemaker and my husband is not a Christian.  He objects to my giving a portion of the money that he earns for us to the church. What am I to do?
5. Does God receive glory from public religious debates?

Panelists: B. J. Clarke, Mike Hixson, Don Walker

#664-2/12/2017

1. In John 19:31, what is meant when it is said, “for that sabbath day was an high day”?
2. Since Jesus commanded us to pray in our closet (Mt. 6:5-6), is it wrong to pray publicly like at a restaurant?
3. A husband who is not a member of the church has committed adultery against his wife.  He has confessed his sin to his wife and asked her forgiveness, promising never to do it again. If she forgives him, must she continue in the relationship?  Or may she seek a divorce on the grounds of fornication (Mt. 19:9)?
4. Is it true that Psalm 87:7 is a Messianic prophecy anticipating that instrumental music would be used in the coming kingdom or church?
5. Is it right for the church to take up from the whole congregation a contribution for the church treasury a second time on Sunday night and possibly at other times throughout the week?
6. What was the star of Bethlehem?

Panelists: B. J. Clarke, Mike Hixson, Don Walker

#663-2/5/2017

1. How do we know the church began in 33 A.D.?  Was our Lord at the age of 33 when He was crucified?
2. Please explain Daniel 9:25-27?
3. What is the baptism of fire?
4. Does the Bible teach that Jephthah actually sacrificed his daughter?
5. Is it right to sing while partaking of the Lord’s Supper?  Some congregations are doing it.

Panelists: Kevin Thomason, Brent Arnold, Corey Sawyers

#662-1/29/2017

1. Why did God put the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden if He already knew that man would eat from it and fall into sin?
2. What is the difference between an apostle and a disciple?
3. In Luke 9:57-60, what does “let the dead bury their dead” mean?
4. Does Romans chapter 16 belong in the original text?  If so, how did Paul know so many people in a city he had never visited?
5. Why do people in churches of Christ not refer to the preacher as the pastor of the church?

Panelists: Kevin Thomason, Brent Arnold, Corey Sawyers

#661-1/22/2017

1. Please discuss Micah 3:11. Is it right to pay preachers to preach the gospel?
2. If Jesus knew that Judas Iscariot was stealing from Him, why did He keep Judas as one of His twelve apostles?
3. What identifies the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament as the pre-incarnate Jesus?
4. Who composed the book of Psalms?
5. Do we know what Paul’s thorn in the flesh was?

Panelists: Kevin Thomason, Brent Arnold, Corey Sawyers

#660-1/15/2017

1. How will the meek inherit the earth?
2. Did the witch of Endor really call Samuel from the dead?
3. Why do people say Mary Magdalene was “a sinner?”
4. Please explain Matthew 11:11? How is the least in the kingdom greater than John?
5. Why does Peter say that the righteous will scarcely be saved in 1 Peter 4:18, but speak of an abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom in 2 Peter 1:11? How can we reconcile these statements?
6. Does God answer every prayer?