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1.)
I
have a friend who will not become a Christian because he says that 2.) What is the part that prayer plays in our life? Answer
3.) What should be a Christian's attitude toward money and material possessions? Answer
4.) What is "Man's Basic Spiritual Problem"? Answer 5.) What is a Christian truth-seeker supposed to do to discern the truth from so many versions of the Bible? I wish I knew Greek and Latin and had all of the ancient manuscripts at my disposal and had the time and wherewithal to read, study, and discern the truth for myself-but I don't. So, what am I to do? Answer 6.) Is there a Devil? Answer 7.) "Allah" is the word used to translate the word "God" in the Arabic translations of the Bible. Doesn't that mean that Moslems believe that Allah is the same God as the Christian God? Answer 8.) It seems to me that CES is trying too hard to be "not The Way International." Why does the wrong teaching of another ministry still have so much influence over what we are doing in CES? Answer 9.) I was taught that a Christian should never address the Lord as "Jesus," but always as "Jesus Christ," "the Lord Jesus," or some other title. Since I know that many believers who use his name in this way, can you help me understand why I should or should not? Answer 10.) I was surprised by the opening article in your Nov/Dec edition about grieving. I thought that we were not to look behind us at what has happened but instead were to press on to what is ahead. Answer 11.)
My girlfriend and I are totally in love and are committed to be together
the rest of our lives. Do we have to get married by a minister or a justice
of the peace, or is it okay if two Christians just commit themselves privately
to each other in God's sight?
Answer 12.) Recently
I was in a discussion regarding whether Jesus "pre-existed"
his birth. The other person quoted John 17:5 to me as proof that Jesus
is the "eternal son." What does it mean? Answer
13.) It seems that John 1:1 is perhaps the primary verse used to substantiate the deity of Christ. Is there any merit to the claim that Jesus is the "Logos" (Word) of God referred to in John 1:1? Answer
14.) Why are you seeking acceptance as a "church" in the eyes of the world? Answer 15.)
Was Jesus wrong? Answer
16.) You teach that faith is trust in the promises of God, and obedience to the will of God, but I often hear Christians say they are "believing for" things. Is that biblically accurate? Answer 17.) What is your position on Christians participating in war? Answer 18.) ...The
only way to deal with the old, is to put on the new, as we are to count
the old dead and not resurrect it to get in touch with it..., right?
19.) Why is it that the book of Acts seems to contradict itself, saying in one place that the men accompanying Saul on the road to Damascus heard the voice of the Lord speaking to Saul, and in another record saying they that did not hear the Lord’s voice? Answer 20.) Which Bible version am I to put my trust in? Answer 21.) Authentic relationship with Christ is the center of all healthy spiritual life, whether in an individual or a body of believers. Healthy Christianity is not just a matter of getting the right elements involved (teaching, evangelism, prophecy, healing, etc.), it is a matter of getting the right relationship among the elements. Are you saying that you are willing to set aside accurate truth for relationships? Answer 22.) What is True Baptism? Water or holy spirit? Answer 23.) I have heard it said that “the Word takes the place of the absent Christ.” Is that true? Answer 24.) I have heard it taught that eventually all people who have ever lived will be saved by God, whether or not they believed in Him or Jesus Christ during their lifetimes. Is that true? Answer 25.) Isn't God so mysterious that there is not much we can know about him? Answer 26.) Doesn't the teaching that Jesus is not God, but the Son of God, demean him and make him smaller in people's eyes? Answer 27.) Are we now in the Kingdom of God, and are God and Jesus ruling over the world today? Answer 28.) It seems
that most Christians believe that God already knows every future
29.) Another Look At Matthew 27:51-53 Answer 30.) Luke
22:31 seems to be saying that Satan asked permission to sift Peter 31.) The
Rapture and 7 Years in Heaven-A Major Distinction Between Israel and 32.) Does the Unitarian Universalist Church hold to the Bible as THE Word of God? Answer 33.) What is speaking in tongues, and why does God say in 1 Corinthians 14:5 that He would like each Christian to do it? Answer 34.) I am confused about what many churches call "Holy Communion." Why is there so much discrepancy in how different churches do it? Answer 35.) What does the Bible say about homosexuality? Answer 36.) What is this "Trinity" thing that I hear many Christians talking about? I looked in a concordance but could not find the word in the Bible. I've heard the explanation in the movie Nuns On The Run, but it made no sense to me. Please help. Answer 37.) Most churches I have been to teach rather emphatically that Christians should "tithe," that is, give 10% of their income to their church. I have even heard some ministers say that if you don't tithe, God will not bless you. What does the Bible say about financial giving? Answer
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