Dreadful Stories

Posted by on Jan 3, 2006 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A member of our church family writes: “I believe by faith that all of the Bible is God-breathed; but I wonder why some of the accounts were important enough to God that He would ensure them to be recorded for all history. For example, tonight I read Judges 19:1-30, which is the account of the Levite and his concubine. It was such a wicked, horrid and vulgar story. Why do you think that...
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Too Young for Communion?

Posted by on Dec 15, 2005 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments I have heard many pastors say that one should not take communion unless one truly believes in the meaning behind the ritual. How does this apply to children? I believe that very young children cannot comprehend the depth of Christ’s sacrifice; while they can believe in God and Jesus, they are not mature enough to understand what His sacrifice means to us. 1 Corinthians 11:26 says,...
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Sins of the fathers?

Posted by on Aug 4, 2005 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A visitor to our website writes: “During a recent Bible study group session, we were reading 2 Chronicles 25:4; where it forbids that “the children be put to death for their fathers”. All of us recalled reading Exodus 34:7; where it says that God visits the iniquities of the fathers on the children. We’re questioning the contradiction between these two books and verses;...
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Difference between Pharisees and Sadducees?

Posted by on Mar 9, 2005 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A church member writes: “In Luke. 18:13 I read about the Pharisee praying his prayer, thanking God that he is not like the other men. Then the tax collector prayed his prayer of humility. Somehow I always thought that the other man was a Sadducee; and I was surprised when I read it again and found it was the tax collector and not the Sadducee. Where did I get the idea that the Sadducee was...
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Baptized for the dead?

Posted by on Mar 3, 2005 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A church member writes: I have a question about 1 Corinthians 15:29. In the New International Version, this verse reads, “Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are to raised at all, why are people baptized for them?” I have been confused in the past by Mormon teaching on this verse; and I still get twisted around by it. It...
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Revelations Questions

Posted by on May 23, 2004 in Ask the Pastor | 0 comments A visitor to our website writes: Dear Pastor, I have a couple of questions for you; first, concerning the book of Revelation. I am always told that the first three and a half years of Tribulation will be peaceful. I know that in Daniel the Bible says that the Antichrist will break his covenant with Israel in the middle of the 7 years, does this necessarily mean that it will be peaceful in the...
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