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Please give a scriptural view of capital punishment?

What is the right Christian stand on playing cards?

“Is there such a thing as a Carnal Christian?“

“How does, or how will God deal with the backslidden carnal Christian?“

Obviously, we all believe that Jesus must be “Lord” for us to be saved--to have salvation.  How does that fit in, because we hear so often about Carnal Christians, what is a Carnal Christian?  If Jesus is Lord, then how can we be living a fleshly life?

Could you draw a distinction between the Biblical teaching on a carnal Christian or a fleshly Christian?

“Do you consider John Wimber to be a Charismatic brother who has a different perspective on the Scriptures than us, or do you consider him a false teacher?“

How do you describe to a young 4 or 5 year-old how they can make Christ Lord of their life?

How do respond to people who say as a very young child they were saved, and yet the church there does not even mention, other than...they don’t mention Lordship other than to say “Savior and Lord”? How can you respond to the person who’s grown up in that sort of an atmosphere?

“Do you believe that Christ, as He exist now, is a material being?  If so, do you believe that before He was incarnate He also existed as a material being?“

Concerning your message on the fear of the wrath to come, you referred back to Matthew 24, verse 36, “But of that day and hour, no one knows. Not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” It says “nor the Son”… If the Son and God are in and of themselves the same being and they have perfect communion, why does the Son not know the day of the Lord?

We have been witnessing, my husband and I, to a neighbor who is Jewish and who comes from Israel. We’ve been getting together with him and last time he brought up his Hebrew Old Testament and my husband was reading with him through prophecies and he would read it in English and the guy would read it in Hebrew. And they came to the 110th Psalm, first verse: “The Lord said unto my Lord,” and so on. He says that word “my” is not there in the Hebrew at all and the word “Lord” is not “Adonai” or “Yahweh” or anything like that, but it’s “Adoni,” which is just like saying “sir” or it’s an address that you can say to anybody.

Do you see any reference to Christ in the eighth chapter of Proverbs? Specifically, the 22nd verse on?

I would like you to explain the last chapter in 1 Corinthians. I know that  it is disciplinary to the people of Corinthians, but why would Paul, in verse  22, say, “If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed?” I get the  point or the idea, but he is talking to Christians.

The Professor of the Christian Education Department, at Biola University, made this statement. “If the Church was doing its job, we wouldn’t be here,” referring to attending Biola University. [What I am saying is], if the church was doing its job I wouldn’t have to be going to Biola University.

What is the difference between Christians, who seem to have such an exciting, happy life, and those who don’t?

I have this book on Babylon Mystery Religion, by Ralph Woodrow. And I just wanted to ask you what you thought of it, and is Christmas derived from paganism, and is the cross derived from paganism?

You are quoted as saying, “Find a church where the Word of God is not taught or a church that doesn’t have a biblical leadership structure and instruct them in the truth.” Now, I can see your viewpoint as a pastor, but what about lay people? Were you making that statement to pastors and those in leadership or to lay people?

I am frustrated by the weaknesses in my church, but what can I do if there isn't a strong church in my area?

Why should I attend church?

When should a person leave a church?

About a year ago, a friend of mine came to me and let me read one of his books called The Fourth Dimension—it was written by Dr. Paul (David) Yonggi Cho, the pastor of the world’s largest church.  I was very distressed as I read the book.  My question to you is, have you read the book?  And what do you know about the man?

We are told what’s wrong with the Church. From your perspective, can you tell us what’s right with the Church right now?

Recently, within our church, there’s been some division and even broken families, regarding teachings that, among other things, say that the church has replaced Israel.  Are these doctrines correct or incorrect?

How do we explain the anomaly, that the church is growing and alive in Communist countries, and that the evangelical church is almost completely dead where democracy has ruled?

What is the significance of the covenant of circumcision in the Old Testament as opposed to ear piercing?

If the Jews thought that circumcision saved and made themselves perfect before God, what do the women [do]?  How do they base their salvation, by keeping the whole law?

Could you talk about children and communion, and should they wait until they’re baptized to take communion?

“I have been following the Bible Science Panel and they spoke of the age of the earth in different years.  By analyzing the 'so and so begot so and so' and all of that, how old does the Bible say that the earth is?“

As you know scientists measure the distance of stars and planets in light years. If the universe was created six to seven thousand years ago, how can there be stars whose light we are now seeing, which has taken 5 billion years to get here, if they didn’t even exist 6000 years ago?

What does it mean when, God said, “Let there be light?“

How did God get into the universe to create all of us?

A ray of light travels at 186,000 miles per second, and light from the edge of the milky way, would then take 100,000 years to reach here. If that is so, then our world would need be quite quite old, because we see those that are so far out there, and we couldn't see them unless those 100,000 years were fulfilled, in order to be in our sight--yes or no?

I was recently startled by a couple of friends, who I thought were believers, when they started talking about the people who existed on the earth before Adam and Eve. I’d never been confronted with that before. Could you give us scriptures that confirm--well, straighten that out.

Were the seven days of creation literal twenty-four hour days?

In light of scientific developments over the past century, is it time to abandon the literal view of a six-day creation found in the book of Genesis?

A few weeks back, you were teaching and you mentioned that the crown of the believers was not a physical, material crown, but that of the joy that we have in leading someone to Christ. I just was wondering how that fit in with this verse in Revelation 3:11. Speaking of the Church of Philadelphia, it says, “I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one will take your crown.”

“Is the Self-Realization Fellowship a cult?“

I have a brother-in-law who is involved with a church somewhat on the cultic side I believe.  He has given me a couple of verses that their group believes that the Tribulation occurred in 70 A.D. and that “this generation” in Matthew 24:34, “geneautos” (Greek) as he puts it, means “this generation” and that the word “millennium” does not necessarily mean 1,000 years.  Can you give me something to say to him that would turn him back around? 

About a year ago a friend of mine came to me and let me read one of his books called, The Fourth Dimension. It was written by Dr. Paul Cho, the pastor of the world’s largest church. I was very distressed as I read the book. My question to you is, “Have you read the book?” and “What do you know about the man?”

My father, he’s a Seventh Day Adventist—and I think I’ve heard you say on one of your tapes that you’ve referred to Seventh Day Adventists as our friends.  And I wonder if Ellen G. White is a false prophet?

The question I have deals with Jehovah’s Witness. I ride the RTD (Rapid Transit) about three times a week and they always come and they talk to me and we always have a great big conversation, and then the bus comes. In John 1 it says “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God” and the Jehovah’s Witness they say “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God and the Word was a god” to you what is the difference there between what scripture says and what Jehovah’s Witness say?

Would you consider Scientology a religion, a psychological theory, or a cult?

There is a group known as “The Local Church,” lead by a man named, Witness Lee, and they hold to a doctrine that calls for a mingling of the spirit of man and the spirit of God. And they call this mingling an intrinsic union between the spirit of man and the spirit of God. Could you tell me what the Bible has to say about such a union?

In Genesis 1:28 it says that God gives Adam the command that says, “Be  fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it.” In Genesis 9 he  tells Noah to “multiply and fill the earth,” there is no indication of  subduing it. Why is that not mentioned, and is that part of the whole  kingdom?