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- A Theological “Salute”?
My pastor used the funny sounding phrase ordis salutis in a sermon. What is he talking about?
- In Christ or Of Christ?
When did "faith of Christ" begin to be translated and taught "faith in Christ" in Galatians 2:20?
- Jesus' Evil Desire?
Did Jesus desire evil by wanting to be spared from the crucifixion?
- Spiritual Amputees
What did Jesus mean in Matthew 5:30?
- Sanctification in Hebrews 12:14
Is the holiness mentioned in Hebrews 12:14 definitive consecration or is it progressive purity?
- Sanctified Unbelievers
Who has been sanctified by Christ's blood in Hebrews 10:29?
- Divorce and Remarriage Revisited
Why can't Christians remarry?
- Did They Hear the Voice or Not?
Is there a contradiction between Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9?
- The Value of a Soul
What is the value of a soul?
- Whose Feet are Those?
Does Romans 3:15-18 teach total depravity?
- Paul's Offense
How did Paul’s occupation offend the Corinthians?
- Foot Washing
In the Bible, why were the feet washed as opposed to the hands?
- The Seed of Abraham
Does Paul's argument in Galatians 3:16 make sense?
- Evil and the Binding of Satan
If Satan is bound, why is there so much evil in the world?
- Prophetic Fulfillments in Mark
Is Mark’s gospel, does Jesus fulfill the Old Testament Scriptures, or does he do something entirely new?
- Prostitutes and Marriage Beds
Do 1 Corinthians 6:18 and Hebrews 13:4 condemn masturbation?
- Baptism for the Dead
What is baptism for the dead?
- How "Bound" is Satan?
How does amillennialism interpret the binding of Satan in Revelation 20?
- Atonement in Romans 5:6
Does Romans 5:6 refute limited atonement?
- Jesus vs. Mosaic Sacrifices
How does Jesus fulfill the Old Testament sacrifices?
- Pharisees and Works Righteousness
Did the Pharisees believe in salvation by works?
- Secret Messiah?
Why in The New Testament did Jesus keep telling people he had healed to not tell?
- Evidence for Resurrection
What evidence is there for the resurrection of Jesus?
- Historically Accurate Bible
Can you provide some evidence for the historical accuracy of the Bible?
- Joshua = Jesus?
Is Jesus called Joshua anywhere in the Bible?
- New Testament Judgment
What is the nature of God's judgments in the New Testament?
- Prayers for the Dead
Does praying for people after they die make a difference?
- Discrepancy -- Mark 6:45 and John 6:17
Did Christ go to Bethsaida or Capernaum after feeding the 5000?
- Peter's First Denial
When did Peter first deny Jesus? The Gospel accounts seem to conflict.
- Greater Than John the Baptist?
How are we greater than John?
- Lawsuits
Are Christians ever allowed to use the civil courts?
- Judge Not
So are Christians allowed to judge?
- Using 666
Is it biblical to avoid the number 666?
- The Apostle Formerly Known as Saul
Why was Saul of Tarsus name changed to Paul and when did this occur?
- All or Nothing
Does the New Testament teach that God gives more to those who have, and takes from those who do not have?
- Simon Magus
Did Simon Magus lose his salvation?
- Calvin, Salvation, Baptism
Did Calvin believe, based on John 3:5, that water baptism is necessary for salvation?
- Baptism, Salvation
But what exactly do you mean when you say that “certain benefits of salvation” or “certain blessings of salvation” are typically applied through baptism?
- Knock, Knock
If only Jesus can open my heart in order to save me, why is it that he knocks at the door of the Laodiceans (Rev. 3:20)?
- The Snake
Where is Satan referred to as the snake?
- Canon Closed
Does Revelation explicitly close the canon of Scripture?
- Luke 6 and Matthew 5
Is Luke 6 the same sermon as the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew?
- Arminians and God's Desires
If 1 Timothy 2:3-4 says that God "desires everyone to be saved" (NRSV), then doesn't that mean that God wants everyone to be saved and will do what he can to bring that about?
- Dishonest Jesus
Isn't it dishonest of Jesus to say he wants something when he has already decreed its opposite?
- Trick vs. Free Offer
Did Jesus sincerely offer the Gospel to crowds if they were clearly reprobate and he knew it?
- Insincere Jesus
Did Jesus insincerely offer the Gospel if he was only offering it so that the peoples hearts would be hardened?
- Ordained Weeping
How could Jesus weep over Jerusalem if he ordained the destruction he was weeping over?
- Biblical Hair
What does the bible mean when it talks about hair coverings for women and long hair for men?
- Transfiguration
What is the significance of the transfiguration?
- Revelation, You, and Me
If everything in Revelation pertains to us right now, why did God write it way back then?
- Tribulation and the Antichrist
What do you think about common teachings regarding the end times, the tribulation and the Antichrist?
- Transfiguration and John
Why is John the only Gospel that does not record the transfiguration?
- Applying the Creation Order
How exactly does the order of creation demonstrate a model for male headship and authority in the church?
- PCA Deaconate
Has the PCA given more authority to deacons than the Bible does?
- Historical Hollywood Jesus
Who is the historical Jesus?
- Human Sacrifice
Is Christianity based on human sacrifice?
- Jesus' Fake Sacrifice
Since Jesus knew he would be resurrected, doesn't that make his sacrifice worth less?
- Isaiah 7 and Mary
Did Old Testament prophecy, specifically Isaiah 7, require Mary to be a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus?
- Jews and The Revelation of John
Do you think the Apostle John when writing the Book of Revelation had the Jewish community in mind?
- More Historical Inaccuracies In The Bible
Could you please explain these inaccuracies in the Bible...?
- Is it Wrong to Confess Your Sin?
Is it Wrong to Confess Your Sin?
- Holy Children of Unbelievers
Does 1 Corinthians 7:14 imply that baptized infants of unbelieving parents are not "holy" because neither parent is a believer?
- Falling Short of God's Glory
What does it mean to "fall short of the Glory of God"?
- Baptism and Circumcision in Acts 15
If baptism replaces circumcision, then why in Acts 15 did Peter not just say so?
- Fish and "These" in John 21
Is the large number of fish in John 21:11 significant?
- Jesus Came to Save the Unbelievers?
Did Jesus come to save the World, or just the elect?
- Have the Gifts of the Spirit Ceased?
Have the Gifts of the Spirit Ceased?
- The Perfect
Is "the perfect" in 1 Corinthians 13:10 the completed bible?
- Missing the Mark
Could you explain Strong's definition of sin?
- Pilate and Herod
What area of land did Pilate rule over and what area of land did Herod rule over?
- No Partiality with God
How do you interpret Romans 2:1-16?
- Paul's Occupation
What was Paul's Occupation?
- Not Tasting Death
Could you please explain Luke 9:27 where Jesus says that some of those living will still be alive when the Kingdom comes?
- The Magi and Jesus
How many times did the wise men visit Jesus?
- Two Divisions in Hades
Does Hades have two divisions?
- Did Christ Deny Paul's Prayer?
How do you reconcile Paul's thorn in his flesh with the power of prayer?
- Sojourn in Egypt II
What is the chronology behind Mary and Joseph's sojourn into Egypt?
- Peter vs. Paul
Did Peter and Paul hold different views of the Gospel?
- Sojourn in Egypt
Where in Luke 2:1-39 can you squeeze in Matthew's account of the sojourn in Egypt?
- Rapture, Millennium, Wrath
Before the rapture, after the tribulation, will the Church receive God's wrath?
- Where Did Paul Write Philippians?
Was Paul in prison or under house arrest while writing to the church at Philippi?
- Was Paul Ever Married?
Was Paul ever married?
- Contradictions in Jesus' Early Ministry?
Is there any way to account for the fact that, in John, Jesus begins his ministry earlier than in the other Gospels?
- Why Not a Towel?
Why did Mary use her hair to wipe Jesus' feet instead of a towel?
- Lazarus Died Again
Did Lazarus die again?
- Take Up What Cross?
In Mark 10:21 (KJV), why does Jesus tell the rich young ruler to take up his cross when Jesus has not yet been crucified on the cross?
- E.P. Sanders and N.T Wright
What is the orthodox response to the "new perspective" on Paul?
- Unnatural Acts
Are unnatural sexual acts within the context of biblical marriage permissible?
- God Loves Pagans Too
Doesn't Calvinism's claim that God only loves the elect contradict Scripture?
- Paul and Timothy
How did Paul and Timothy meet?
- Paul's Fallible Opinion
Was Paul just giving his own opinion when he said "I do not permit a woman to teach"?
- Identity of Seven Spirits
Who or what are the seven Spirits of God that are talked about in Revelation 3:1?
- John the Baptist an Old Testament Prophet?
Was John the Baptist an Old Testament Prophet?
- Arminianism Correct?
Does Matthew 23:37 teach that Arminianism is correct?
- Divorce and Adultery
It says in the Bible that it is committing adultery if someone remarries. Does that mean that I will not go to heaven because I remarried?
- Unmarried Women Speaking in Church
Am I forbidden to ask questions in church? How can I learn what I need to learn in order to teach my children?
- Sin that Leads to Death
What is the "sin that leads to death" (1 John 5:16)?
- Unforgivable Sin
Are we sure that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is definitely attributing God's work to Satan, or could it be something else?
- The Clay Speaks Out
How can God reasonably hold people responsible for what he decrees?
- Physical Description of Paul
What did Paul look like?
- John and Patmos
Why was John the Revelator on the island of Patmos, and how did he get there?
- Restrainer's Identity
Do you think the restrainer in the end times is the prayers of the church or the Holy Spirit?
- Revelation Date of Composition
When was the book of Revelation written?
- Post-Resurrection Discrepancies
Why do the post-Resurrection accounts seem to have so many discrepancies?
- Two Demon Possessed Men or One?
Did Jesus cast the demons from two men or one man into the swine?
- Jesus' Last Words
What were Jesus's last words?
- Sermon on the Mount Interpretation
What did Jesus intend with his Sermon on the Mount?
- Revelation and Interpretation
What are the different interpretations of Revelation?
- Mary and Joseph's Parents
Who were Mary and Joseph's parents?
- Unforgivable Sin
Can you discuss some issues surrounding the Unforgivable Sin?
- Backsliding Christians
Can someone truly be a Christian, lose his/her faith over a period of years, and then become a Christian again?
- Limited Atonement vs. John 3:16
Does John 3:16-17 refute Calvinism?
- 144,000 People
Who were the 144,000 people?
- Solar Eclipse at Crucifixion
Did the Passover have to occur during a full moon?
- Anti-Christ a Human?
Is the antichrist human as in flesh and blood or is he a spirit being?
- Paul and Infant Baptism
Is it possible to agree that baptism symbolizes salvation and yet affirm infant baptism?
- Romans 7:14-25
How should we view Paul's struggle in Romans 7:14-25?
- Third Heaven
What is the Third Heaven?
- Jesus' Glorified Body
Why did Jesus' glorified body have a hole in its side (John 20:27,28)?
- Righteous Scarcely Saved
"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" Please explain.
- Women in Authority
Is it biblically sound to have women in leadership positions?
- Israel's Fate
Is it God's intention to save all of Israel at time's end whether or not they accept Christ as their savior?
- Bible Rife with Contradiction
2Kings 2:11 Elijah ascended John 3:13 says he didn't. With so many contradictions, how can the Bible be defended?
- Different Workers, Same Wages?
Do all believers receive the same reward?
- Loss of Salvation in Revelation
Does Revelation 22:19 mean a person can lose his or her salvation?
- Jude 23
What is Jude 23a telling us to do when it says, "And others save with fear; pulling them out of the fire"?
- Unchangeable Christ
Hebrews13:8 (NASB) says: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever." Does it mean anything more than the obvious?
- The Unjust Steward
Can you please help explain the meaning of Luke 16:1-31 for me?
- Apostolic Cowards
Why did everyone desert Jesus when he was arrested (Mark 14:50)?
- Trinitarian Ignorance
If the Son is part of the Trinity why does he not know when the Lord will come (Mark 13:32)?
- Moses and Divorce
In Mark 10:4, why did Moses allow for people to get divorced?
- Yeast
In Mark 8:15, what is meant by the "yeast of the Pharisees and Herod"?
- Legion and Jesus Approaching Time
In Mark 5:5-11, why did the legions ask Jesus not to send them out of the country?
- The Millennium
With 1Corinthians 15:25 in mind, are we in the millennial reign of Christ, or just one phase of His Kingdom?
- Acts 1-2
Were the 120 of Acts 1-2 "born again" before they entered this upper room?
- Elizabeth and Mary as Prophetesses
Were Elizabeth and Mary prophetesses?
- Mark of the Beast
What is the "mark of the beast," and how do we know if we have it?
- Cock Crowing Contradiction
Matthew 26:34; Luke 22:34; and John 13:38 say, "Before a single rooster crows"; but Mark 14:30 says, "Before a rooster crows twice." Is Mark wrong?
- Not All Israel Are Israel
When Paul says that not all Israel are Israel, is he referring to Jews who do not accept Jesus Christ?
- Doing God's Will
What did Jesus mean when he said spoke of "those who do the will of my Father"?
- Women Should Remain Silent?
What does it mean in 1 Corinthians 14 when it says that women should remain silent in the church?
- The White Horseman
Who is the white horseman in Revelation chapter 6?
- Good Temptation?
If temptation is for good and we grow resisting it, then why should we pray to avoid it?