2024 A BIBLE ANSWER

Panelists: Mike Hixson, Johnie Scaggs, Jared Rhodes

#1075 – 12/29/2024

1. Can you explain Romans 2:29 and the phrase, “in the spirit and not in the letter?”
2. What is my job as a preacher? I am sometimes confused about what is expected of me by the church and by the community in which I am located?
3. Which posture is more pleasing to God in prayer, on our knees, standing up, or sitting down?
4. In the rapture, will those left behind be conscious that their loved ones have left the earth, just as one living is conscious that another has died?

Panelists: Mike Hixson, Johnie Scaggs, Jared Rhodes

#1074 – 12/22/2024

1. What does “bringing into captivity every thought” mean (2 Corinthians 10:5?
2. Is there any biblical evidence that Jesus was born on December 25th?
3. What does it mean to grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30)?
4. Must one hear the gospel to be saved?
5. What was the cup that Jesus begged God to take from him, and how was this prayer answered (Matthew 26:39)?
6. What place has repentance in salvation?

Panelists: Mike Hixson, Johnie Scaggs, Jared Rhodes

#1073 – 12/15/2024

1. Does Ephesians 2:3 teach that little children come into this world depraved?
2. What does it mean to obey the gospel of God (1 Peter 4:17)?
3. If you believe in Mark 16:16, why don’t you believe in the miracles and healing of Mark 16:17?

Panelists: Mike Hixson, Johnie Scaggs, Jared Rhodes

#1072- 12/8/2024

1. Please explain how God can be one and three at the same time?
2. Would you advise the use of the Mizpeh benediction (Genesis 31:49) in closing a worship service?
3. How are we “dead to the Law” (Romans 7:4; Galatians 2:19)?
4. Do you believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit today?
5. What are the fountains of the great deep talked about in Genesis 7:11?

Panelists: Mike Hixson, Johnie Scaggs, Jared Rhodes

#1071- 12/1/2024

1. Do I need to remember and confess everything to everyone, including those who don’t even know about the negative things I’ve said about them and who aren’t Christians? How specific and how far should confession go beyond brothers and sisters and the congregation?
2. If I purpose to give back 10%, must it all go into the church treasury or can some of it be given directly to missions and other brotherhood works?
3. Why was Jacob still called Jacob after his name was changed to Israel? (Gen. 32:28; 35:10).
4. Does Proverbs 31:6-7 sanction social drinking?
5. Please discuss 2 Samuel 3:14-16? Whose wife was Michal? Was a divorce involved?
6. Why do we have four gospel accounts instead of one?

Panelists: Rick Knoll, Tim Howard, Clifton Angel

#1070 – 11/24/2024

1. What do you mean when you speak of “restoring Christianity”?
2. What is Koine Greek, and why was the New Testament written in it?
3. Would Paul’s statements in Hebrews 2:3-4 preclude his authorship of the book of Hebrews? It says that the writer was not a part of them who confirmed the Word and did miracles?
4. When we repent of a sin, God forgives us and forgets it. On the day of judgment, will this sin be brought up to us again?

Panelists: Rick Knoll, Tim Howard, Clifton Angel

#1069 – 11/17/2024

1. Should preachers be called pastors?
2. What can I do to encourage my wife to obey the Gospel? She has attended worship with me for many years but is still not a Christian?
3. Dealing with marriage, divorce, and remarriage, Matthew 19:7-9 states that a man can put away his wife if she commits adultery. Can the same be said for the woman if she finds out that her husband has been unfaithful and is unwilling to repent of sin?
4. Is not reading the Bible a sin?
5. What is the difference between preaching and teaching?

Panelists: Rick Knoll, Tim Howard, Clifton Angel

#1068 – 11/10/2024

1. At some point in this life, a person may come across the term “god-mother”. What does that term really mean? From where did it originate?
2. What does it mean to judge nothing before the time (1 Corinthians 4:5)?
3. Could you please discuss the origin of the synagogue? Was it something that was unauthorized?
4. Please define the word “anthropomorphism” and give some examples of it?
5. What does it mean to honor my father and mother?

Panelists: Rick Knoll, Tim Howard, Clifton Angel

#1067 – 11/3/2024

1. Who is Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12)?
2. I heard a preacher say recently that God does not expect our best. What does the Bible say regarding this?
3. What does “baptized into his death” mean in Romans 6:3?
4. If a congregation has two elders and one resigns, can the other elder continue on as an elder until such time as a new elder can be appointed?
5. Louisiana recently passed a bill requiring the 10 Commandments to be posted in schools there. We are no longer under the 10 Commandments as they and the Law of Moses were nailed to the cross. Do you think this is a good thing?

Panelists: Jonathan Burns, Haston Handley, Ben Williams

#1066 – 10/27/2024

1. What does it mean to be reprobate?
2. In Romans 5:12, how is it that death came to all men through Adam’s sin?
3. Does the church of Christ believe in the Old Testament?
4. Does calling on the name of the Lord mean to pray to the Lord for salvation?
5. Should women preach in church?
6. What does the Bible say about family conflict?