The Lord extends the promise to Abraham and his children/seed, but then one of Abraham's grandsons is Esau, the one whom the Lord hates? How does this not diminish but instead add to the promise of God?
So we know there is a coming judgment for sin, the final Judgment, but what about for believers? Will believers be judged on the final day, and in what sense? If they are saved by grace, how then would a judgment work?
Today we attempt to cover two questions. First, what sort of mark did Cain receive from God and why would he be given it for just three people (i.e. Adam, Eve, and Cain seem to be the only people alive at the time)? Second, what sort of baptism did the believers in Acts 8 receive if the Apostles had to come down from Jerusalem to lay their hands to receive the Holy Spirit?
In 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, the Apostle Paul talks about leading a quiet life. What is he talking about? Why is he encouraging it? How is this to be our great ambition in life?
What is there to be said about an unhappy Christian? Is there such a thing? May there be such a thing?
We were on it today, working through four (or more) questions in rapid succession. We first consider redemption history concerning the tower of Babel as related to Pentecost. Then we jump to images and content of kids' Bibles, followed by a discussion of the age of the earth. Lastly, we end with baptism and how much water should be used! Get ready!
We are right to say that Jesus died upon the cross, but how does God die? Today we look into the challenging field of Christology.
If you knew that the Lord was coming tomorrow at 5 pm, how would your day look different or similar? Also, as we ready Mark 13 concerning the end, it seems to suggest that several events have happened already. How are we supposed to interpret this?
Continuing on with our mini-series on apparent contradictions in the Bible, today we work through three more. In Matthew 7 it both says to judge not (v. 1) but then to judge (vv. 16 & 20), which one is it? Further, does not James' view of salvation seem to contradict Paul's? And Lastly, is not Saturday the correct Sabbath?
We know that the Bible does not contradict itself, but what are we to do with apparent contradictions in the Bible? For example, what are we to do the Lord commanding His people not to kill and then the command to exterminate the Canaanites in the land? How also are we to understand all the always replenishing 1/3 of the livestock that die in the plagues? Haven't they died already? Today we deal with these exact matters.
Suppose one of our covenant kids grows up and wants to join a church, and that church requires them to be baptized as an adult, how do we handle this? How are we to approach this both theologically and pastorally?
Prompted by our morning sermon series on 1 Samuel 31, we are talking about the difficult and often suppressed subject of suicide. From a pastoral perspective, how are we to begin to work through this?
We've heard about it happening—in far-off lands, where there is very little to no Christian witness—people having dreams and visions of angels and Christ. And they come to Christ, I.e. are converted! What are we in the Reformed cessational (special gifts have ceased) camp supposed to do with this? Deny it? Let's listen
Several texts in the Scriptures speak of Satan falling from heaven, but may we include Isaiah 14:12-16 among them? No where it mentions Satan's name but historically many have used this passage to refer to his fall. What's the verdict?
Today we tackle two unrelated questions. First, what is the funniest passage of Scripture in the Bible? And what do we do with comedy in the Bible. But then, second, if a believer was to die during the period when Jesus was on earth, would Jesus also be in heaven to greet them?
Several months ago we talked about money, and specifically may we give our tithe to worthy causes outside the church. This episode we pick back up that question with a slightly different spin, and with a view towards our faith.
We all love our animals so dearly, that it just makes sense that they would be in heaven, but will they? We perhaps desire to see them in heaven much so that we may even struggle to think of heaven being perfect without them being there. Do all dogs and cats go to heaven?
Suppose one has a friend they want to disciple, how does one start? Cold call, intense talk, or what? In this podcast we talk about practical consideration about how to begin to disciple another brother or sister in Christ.
Who is really our enemy? How do we begin to define what an enemy is? But more, how do we go on from there to pray for them like our Lord called us to do?
Some people believe that the Holy Spirit only came and operated in the New Testament. Do we believe that? if not, how would we compare and contrast the work of the Holy Spirit in between the New and Old Testaments?
