2019 A BIBLE ANSWER

Panelists: B. J. Clarke, Michael Clarke, Haston Handley

#794 – 8/11/2019

1. Why was David not allowed to build the temple because he was a man of war when he was only doing what God had authorized and blessed?
2. Who is the Joseph referred to in the story of the two sticks in Ezekiel 37:15-20?
3. Was Judas Iscariot predestined to be lost?
4. Isn’t the death of Ananias and Sapphira harsh punishment for lying?
5. What steps can be taken to make the church more active in foreign missions?

Panelists: B. J. Clarke, Michael Clarke, Haston Handley

#793 – 8/4/2019

1. Since Jesus died before the thief, didn’t the thief die under the new covenant?
2. How does one go about proving the existence of an “age of accountability” since that phrase is not specifically mentioned in the Bible?
3. What is a eunuch?
4. Please explain First Corinthians 6:1-4?
5. How did the apostle Paul die?
6. Why did Jesus send the disciples, in pairs, to preach the gospel?
7. In Matthew 18:17, Jesus said concerning a brother who has wronged another and refuses to correct the matter, even after it has been brought to the attention of the church and he neglects to hear the church: “Let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.” What does this last statement mean? How do we correlate this with the fact that Jesus ate and associated with Gentiles and Publicans much to the Jews dismay?
8. Why can’t some people hear from God and get healing?

Panelists: Sydney White, David Lemmons, Brad Brewer

#792-7/28/2019

1. Are there any Biblical principles that would apply to investing in the stock market?
2. So often I have prayed for someone to be set free from the bondage of alcoholism, drugs, and other things that wreak havoc in lives. Once freed from the control by the power of God, they feel something is terribly wrong because they find themselves still tempted again at times in the same area. Why is this?
3. What does it mean to bid Godspeed to someone (2 John 10)?
4. Are we baptized by the Holy Spirit into the church (1 Cor. 12:13)? Isn’t this the one baptism of Ephesians 4:4?
5. Did the baptism of the Holy Spirit come upon the 120 in the upper room after the ascension of Christ?

Panelists: Sydney White, David Lemmons, Brad Brewer

#791 – 7/21/2019

1. Are Enoch and Elijah in Heaven?
2. How does the Bible authorize by implication?
3. How are Christians sanctified?
4. Would vegetarianism have helped Noah? Why were they allowed to eat meat after leaving the ark?

Panelists: Sydney White, David Lemmons, Brad Brewer

#790- 7/14/2019

1. I just lost my husband of many years and we had a beautiful marriage. But in the Bible it says we will not be married. What does it mean?
2. Is Genesis 3:15 a Messianic prophecy? What does it mean?
3. The question I have is concerning Hebrews 8:2, “A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.” I am understanding this verse to refer to the Lord’s building of the church, but other writers say that the “new sanctuary” inaugurated by Christ is in heaven. Am I correct in my understanding, or do I need a better understanding?
4. Would downloading copyrighted music without paying for it be a sin in view of Romans 13:1-7 even if you’re downloading it for personal use since the recording industry and the law labels such action as piracy? Would this also apply to those who have borrowed VHS movies, CDs, DVDs, cassettes, 8-tracks or old LPs from friends and family and made themselves copies? If this is a sin, would repentance require one to also destroy these unauthorized copies?

Panelists: Sydney White, David Lemmons, Brad Brewer

#789-7/7/2019

1. Please explain Revelation 20:4-7?
2. Could you please address ballroom dancing and line dancing?
3. Is it possible to speak in tongues today?
4. Is there any way to determine what exactly was meant by, “thou shalt surely die,” in Genesis 2:17?

Panelists: Russell Kline, Tim Howard, Jerry Jones

#788 – 6/30/2019

1. Why did God want to kill Moses shortly after he called him to free the Israelites?
2. How can we give thanks even in difficult circumstances?
3. Why did the Jews and Samaritans hate one another so much?
4. In John 16:7, why did Jesus say the Holy Spirit would not come to His followers unless He first went to Heaven?
5. Why was David punished for taking a census?

Panelists: Russell Kline, Tim Howard, Jerry Jones

#787 – 6/23/2019

1. Why didn’t Adam die on the day he sinned (Genesis 2:15-17)?
2. Does God approve of organ donation?
3. How could Melchizedek be without father or mother and have neither beginning of days or end of life?
4. Why was Jesus baptized?

Panelists: Russell Kline, Tim Howard, Jerry Jones

#786 – 6/16/2019

1. If Paul had the gift of healing, why couldn’t he heal his co-worker, Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25)?
2. Is it true that the word for (eis) can mean “because of” in Acts 2:38? In this case, baptism would be because they had been saved, not in order to be saved.
3. How did the Lord open Lydia’s heart in Acts 16:14?
4. How could a wooden ark survive such a violent universal flood?
5. Is repentance a gift from God or an act of man (2 Tim. 2:25)?

Panelists: Russell Kline, Tim Howard, Jerry Jones

#785- 6/9/2019

1. Who was the elect lady (2 John 1:1)?
2. In Second Timothy 1:10, if Jesus abolished death why do we still die?
3. Why couldn’t Esau repent if he sought it with tears (Hebrews 12:17)?
4. In view of 3 John 7, should we never take money from unbelievers to do God’s work?
5. Why couldn’t Jesus do miracles in His own hometown (Mk. 6:4-5)?