2024 A BIBLE ANSWER

#1055 – 8/11/2024

1. Why does Luke’s genealogy of Jesus differ so significantly from the genealogical record provided by Matthew?
2. Is it Scriptural for elders of one congregation to start another congregation or to take over an existing congregation that is struggling and to keep them under their oversight?
3. In John 8:58, why did people try to stone Jesus when he claimed that “before Abraham was, I am”?
4. Since God is a God of love and mercy, could He not stop all of the suffering and misery that is in our world today?
5. Please comment on different methods or techniques for evangelism?

#1054 – 8/4/2024

1. Do we have any introvert individuals in the New Testament that played a part in the Lord’s work? How about a list of introvert servants in the Old law?
2. How often must the church check on its absent or ill members?
3. Since Christ died for all, will all be saved?
4. Please explain Matthew 26:53-54? Was such possible though it was not God’s will?
5. Should communion be served only on Sundays?

Panelists: Andy Brewer, David Looney, Mike McDaniel

#1053 – 7/28/2024

1. Does everyone have a specific time to die?
2. What became of Pontius Pilate after he judged Jesus?
3. How do I know that I am saved?
4. Will the earth be burned up or renovated and purified by fire?
5. What hymns were in use in the church during apostolic days?

Panelists: Andy Brewer, David Looney, Mike McDaniel

#1052 – 7/21/2024

1. Please discuss the laying aside of weights referred to in Hebrews 12:1?
2. What is the meaning of scarlet and red like crimson (Isaiah 1:18)?
3. What is the Mark of the Beast?
4. In First Corinthians 7:13-15, how would the wives be sanctified by the husbands?
5. What about Galatians 1:19? To whom does Paul refer when he mentions “James, the Lord’s brother?” And was he one of the two men named James who was an apostle?

Panelists: Andy Brewer, David Looney, Mike McDaniel

#1051- 7/14/2024

1. Was Jesus in the grave three days and three nights?
2. Based upon 1 Samuel 8:6-7, is present time or rather modern day form of leadership voting acceptable to God?
3. How is a Christian to deal with a spouse who has no interest in sex?
4. If a man is qualified to be an elder and the congregation wants to install him, but he doesn’t want to be an elder, is it right for the man to refuse the work?

Panelists: Andy Brewer, David Looney, Mike McDaniel

Air Dates: #1050- 7/7/2024;

1. What sins should be publicly confessed?
2. Is it wrong for a woman to lead a prayer with her husband at home? Would it be wrong if a woman blessed the food before a meal with her family? We understand that the woman couldn’t do this in the worship service according to scripture, but what about in the confines of their own home?
3. Please discuss Matthew 5:5 and the meaning of “inherit the earth?”
4. How would a member of the church that suffers from a serious health condition worship from home since proxy worship is not biblical?
5. Will there be a resurrection of the wicked?

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).