Month: March 2020

Episode 57 – March 22nd Sermon Q&A

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Questions & Timestamps:

@ 20:44 – If we desire to make wise decisions and live by wisdom, the sources of information we receive are vital to living in wisdom. You spoke about having a media fast, and social media, both good ideas. Are there also practical ways that people can learn how to discern what resources of news and information are reliable? How can they learn to ignore false reports and follow reliable sources? When you read news–what questions go through your mind to lead you to determine whether this report is true or false?
@ 28:57 – Can you reconcile… worry is a form of mediation versus Jesus tells us not to worry?
@ 33:41 – Watching the live feed, just wanted to know, has it ever been an aspiration of yours to become a Televangelist?
@ 35:31 – Please define prayers of supplication as compared to prayers of petitions. Do we have to distinguish them when we pray. I is there a different way of praying them?
@ 42:56 – How can communion be taken from our Church while this crisis continues?
@ 46:35 – Do you think this social distancing, and closing down the church is the way God would want his church to respond? Shouldn’t the church obey God rather than man? If we are to “not forsake the assembling of ourselves together” shouldn’t we be holding church?
@ 56:36 – You quoted James 4:13-15 in the message. It says “you ought to say, “if the Lord wills, we shall live.” What if it is God’s will that people get the Coronavirus and die. Should we intervene?
@ 1:01:03 – What if I am praying and focusing on things that “promote peace,” and I am still anxious? What should I do?

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March 26, 2020

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Episode 56 – March 15th Sermon Q&A

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@ 24:31 – Another followup: What I don’t understand is this: less than a hundred years ago, women couldn’t wear pants because culture dictated that those were men’s clothes, but now it’s obviously not a big deal, even among most Christians. If our culture eventually relaxes the standard about men wearing dresses (because they’re pretty comfy), will this cease to be an issue in the church like it did with women and pants? Is a girl being a tomboy and wearing boys’ clothes (which I did for a while growing up with four brothers) different at the root than a boy wearing girls clothes? Is most of the problem simply because of all the other stuff going on with transgender issues right now that makes it stickier? Or do you think it’s inherently different?
@ 31:39 – Are there other books—besides the Bible—that talk about the exodus from Egypt?
@ 33:34 – Can you explain a bit more about “Common Grace.”
@ 34:45 – Matthew 18:34-35 speaks of not only forgiving, but doing so from my heart. I have a sister who I have been praying about. I love her dearly, but I have found that when I trust her, she cannot help but gossip and turn people one against the other. I’ve forgiven her again and again, but can I truly forgive someone from my heart if I learn that they simply cannot be trusted? I feel as though I love her despite her many betrayals, but can I truly love and forgive someone wholly without being willing to start again with a clean slate? Isn’t that more like allowing myself to knowingly be taken advantage of?
@ 43:21 – What does “Apocalypse” mean in the Bible?
@45:18 – In Matt 16:18, right after Simon Peter says, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”, Jesus responds “… on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” What did the word Church mean at that time? We think of the Church as beginning later, after Christ’s resurrection.
@ 51:53 – I do believe that God lives in our hearts. If the church is just a building where Christians meet, then why did Jesus say, when His parents found Him in the temple “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” Luke 2:49 NLT.

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March 18, 2020

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Episode 55 – March 8th Sermon Q&A

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Questions & Timestamps:

@ 28:27 – What is Lent for? Is it Ok to follow it.
@ 31:58 – God gave Abraham the land for his people and descendants. Why is Palestine still in part of the land? Why haven’t they been destroyed.
@ 38:07 – Someone in our Church said we are not fully redeemed until we get to Heaven cause we still have a sin nature. She used Ephesians 1:13-14 and 2 Corinthians 1:21-22.
@ 41:41 – Canon “the standard or rule of sacred writings “. What are the “scared writings”
@ 46:14 – A pastor said nothing can touch us WITHOUT God’s permission. Can it be that any and every thing that happens to us is approved by God before it happens?
@ 55:40 – On the question having to do with parenting kids from last week. What’s it look like to train your kids up in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4)?
@ 1:00:49 – In the presidential primaries, until last week, there were several women running to be nominated. If Israel was supposed to choose men as leaders, do you think a women can or should be president?

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March 11, 2020

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Episode 54 – March 1st Sermon Q&A

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Questions & Timestamps:

@ 21:57 – I’m listening to the message and thinking, but what of those that use the Bible and twist it to their own agenda? I know they think they are doing right. Ever since I heard that Hitler used biblical reference to justify his actions, that has bothered me.
@ 27:12 – So, I listened to your answer (thank you), but it seems like you’re saying that in order to tell if a biblical command still applies today, we need to do an in depth study of the contextual culture in which it was given. There’s no like, rule of thumb for these types of things? How we can tell through scripture whether a command still applies today? And if you can’t just use the Bible alone to determine these types of questions, where do you start on doing the outside research?
@ 32:20 – My son identifies himself as a boy however he enjoys wearing dresses. Are you saying he is an abomination?
@ 56:17 – What if a law is wrong? Is it ok to not follow the law if it is not correct?
@ 59:20 – In the message last Sunday, did you say that there is no rapture?
@ 1:03:58 – God shows us how to judge righteously by pointing out three criteria: show no partiality, don’t ignore the small person, and don’t be intimidated by the powerful. Why do you think God had to point out these three traits of righteous judgement?

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March 4, 2020