Since Jesus is God and has always existed, was He around during the Old Testament? Was He the God of the Old Testament? Before the Beginning If you want to go back to the beginning, don’t start at Genesis 1:1 but start with the Apostle John’s account that begins before creation. He writes, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1), and clearly, Jesus was the Word of God... Read more
Who are the Christadelphians? Are the Christian or are they a sect or a cult? Who Are the Christadelphians? The Christadelphians were founded by British-born John Thomas in 1838, who was a London-born physician-turned-Bible teacher, and after migrating to America, got involved in the Restoration Movement, a movement geared toward ending sectarianism, which had been his experience while living in England. He sought to reform the society itself by recovering the first century church’s practices. He began to believe that... Read more
Most of us don’t mind helping others, but is there a time when our help can be a hindrance? Enabling There is a lady I know who had such a difficult time with her son that she came to the point of giving up on him altogether. This all started a very long ago, and she told me that she has done everything for her son but he still ended up in prison. She said her son “has had every... Read more
In the Olivet Discourse or prophecy of Jesus, He said many false Christ’s will come in His name, so what does this mean? Falling Away There are so many false teachings today in Christianity that it’s hard to tell the genuine from the fake. The Apostle Paul warned Timothy, “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose... Read more
Does a believer have to die and wait so many years to be declared a saint? What is a Saint? The Roman Catholic Church doesn’t declare every one of its followers as saints. Sainthood is usually reserved for a precious few, and those only by the Vatican, but can the Vatican really declare who is and who isn’t a saint? What does the Bible say about who is and who isn’t a saint? Does someone have to be known publically... Read more
Does the Bible mention asking for prayer cloths and being anointed with oil? The Anointing of the Priests The use of oil in worship and other practices is found throughout the Old Testament with Israel, including when Israel’s first priest Aaron, as well as his sons, were anointed with oil. This consecrated them for service as priests for God, as it says in Exodus 30:30-32 “You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me... Read more
Why did the Tribe of Dan go missing in the Book of Revelation when all the other tribes are mentioned? The Tribes in Revelation When the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelation, which was really Jesus’ revelation and not his own (Rev 1:1-2), why was the tribe of Dan not mentioned along with the other tribes? John writes in Revelation 7:4-8; “And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:... Read more
Christians are to avoid evil, but what about even the appearance of evil? What does this mean? Resisting Evil Who among us who believe in Christ have not been tempted? Even Jesus Christ was tempted in the wilderness, and so we are no exception to the fact that we are going to be tempted, however, we can’t blame the devil or demons because we are all responsible for our own actions and the consequences of those actions. So how does... Read more
Jesus told His followers that their righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees, but is this humanly possible? The Pharisees The Pharisees were the most affluent and powerful group in the Jewish culture, at least at the time of Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry. Even their name drips with self-righteousness, as they are the “separated ones,” which is from the Aramaic (Semitic) and comes from “perishayya,” meaning “separated, separatist,” and closely corresponds to the Hebrew word “parush,” from “parash,” meaning “he separated,”... Read more
Many have speculated about what Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was so what do most believe it was? Why the Thorn? The Bible says that the Apostle Paul prayed three times to have his “thorn in the flesh,” and wrote, “Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me” (2nd Cor 12:8), but God did not remove it, so the first question that comes to mind is, why did God allow the Apostle Paul to... Read more
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