Bible Q&A
Bible questions and answers.
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Was Peter the first Pope?
Today’s Question: Was Peter the first Pope? Bible Answer: This question undoubtedly is the most important one to answer relative to the claims of the Catholic Church. The reason is simple: the whole doctrine and practice of the Catholic Church rests in the belief that the Pope speaks for Christ, so to disobey him is to
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Should we pray to Saints?
Today’s Question: I was talking with a Catholic, and we got into an argument about praying to Mary. I told him that it was wrong to pray to Mary, but he said that he does not pray to Mary but instead he ask her to pray for him just like other Christians ask others to join
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Should tongues be spoken in public?
Today’s Question: I am not an expert on the subject of the Holy Spirit or speaking in tongues, but I have read the Lord’s teachings on these subjects. With this in mind, I have a problem with how speaking in tongues is being allowed to be the focal point in Pentecostal/Charismatic churches today. The Bible is
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Shouldn’t Christians be Tolerant?
Today’s Question: I used to go to your church until you got involved with trying to stop the city from giving health benefits to homosexual partners of city employees. I thought Christians were supposed to be tolerant of other people, and it seems you lack tolerance for others. Shouldn’t Christians be tolerant? (Name did not match any members
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Should my child be baptized?
Today’s Question: I am from India but now living in Texas. I am 30 years old, married and with 3 children. My husband and I have been living here for almost a year now in Texas. We are Catholics. At first we used to go regularly to the Catholic Church. But after reading the Bible, I
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Should I be baptized in Jesus name only?
Today’s Question: I am a Christian believer baptized in the name of Jesus. For many years I have noticed a division in the way baptism is done. Some baptize in the name of Jesus, some baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. I have always wondered why when the bible states there
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Should churches serve beer to attract new members?
Today’s Question: What is your view about churches serving free beer to attract new members to their churches? Click here for the story. –Crystal Bible Answer: I am shocked that some churches are resorting to serving free beer to get people to come to church. I noticed that the churches doing this have already backslid.
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Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?
Bible Answer: I cannot promise that anything I say will change your brother’s view. I really do not think this is an important matter. If he does not want to celebrate Christmas, then he should not celebrate it. As for my church, family and me we love celebrating it and will continue to do so.
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Is worry the same as caring?
Bible Answer: You asked a great question. Jesus is the example for us to follow. Jesus cared about people, yet we find that He never worried over them. In Matthew 14:14 it says, “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.” There is a huge difference
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Is Tithing New Testament?
Bible Answer: You asked a great question. I get this question all the time. Tithing began before the law was introduced. The Law simply regulated the tithe. Abraham tithed to Melchizedek, 400 years before the time of Moses and the Law, and according to Romans 4:12 we are to walk in the footsteps of the
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Is the Immaculate Conception True?
Bible Answer: Concerning Mary not sinning. The Bible clearly tells us that she sinned. She called God her savior. “And Mary said: My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my savior” (Luke 1:46). You only need a savior if your need saving. Mary needed saving like everyone else. The Bible also records a great
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Is the Death Penalty Scriptural?
Bible Answer: According to the Bible the death penalty was instituted after the flood, during Noah’s time. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. “Whoever sheds the
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Is Smoking Pot a Sin?
Bible Answer: Smoking pot is wrong first of all because it is against the law in the United States. Even where some states have legalized it, the federal government does not recognize those state laws. Paul wrote: “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.
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Is Remarriage Permitted?
Bible Answer: Many Christian denominations do not allow remarriage, unless it is remarriage to the same spouses that divorced. The reason many churches do not allow remarriage is because of a faulty interpretation of Matthew 19:9: I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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Is Polygamy Right?
Bible Answer: Cassandra, I’m so glad you are reading the Bible. You have some great questions. You want to know why the men had more wives, etc. And it seems God is not concern. Let me say this: the Bible teaches a moral evolution. Through the original sin, the human race lost their relationship with
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Is Masturbation a Sin?
Bible Answer: Just recently I came across a passage of Scripture that seems to deal with masturbation. “‘When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it
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Is Killing in War a sin?
Bible Answer: This is a popular question I get, and someone at church recently asked me this. It got quiet during our Tuesday Bible Study as I quoted the scripture in 1 John 3:15: “You know that no murderer has eternal life in him.” A tall man asked, “I was in the Vietnam War and
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Is it wrong to borrow Money?
Bible Answer: This scripture is not saying that it is wrong to borrow, it is saying that you should pay back what you owe. The New International Versions says, “Let no debt remain outstanding.” You see, it is not wrong to borrow so long as you pay back what you owe. I’m concern that
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Is it a sin to have gay feelings?
Bible Answer: It is not a sin to have feelings of same-sex attraction. The sin is acting upon it. For example: nearly every married couple still feels attraction toward others that are not their spouse. It is not a sin for married spouses to have “attraction” toward someone not their spouse. Attraction does not make
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Is it a Sin for Women to Wear Pants?
Bible Answer: I agree with you that there is nothing wrong with women wearing pants or shorts. Concerning the passage your father quoted, that proves just the opposite of what your father has tried to prove. The passage deals with “cross-dressers”, women and men trying to disguise their gender. In our day, pants and shorts
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Is Gambling a Sin?
Bible Answer: My stepbrother wrote a catching tune, “Gamblers Ain’t Allowed in Heaven.” While many gamblers will find themselves outside the gate of heaven, gambling itself does not keep a person out of heaven. God can forgive any sin, including gambling. There are not many specific references to gambling in the Bible. The major one
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Is Drinking a Sin?
Bible Answer: Your friend, I’m sure, desires to please the Lord, but she will have a hard time preaching against the use of wine in the Bible. As you said, Jesus turned water into wine, so if wine was sinful then Jesus made something sinful. Wine, as we know, has medicinal and health benefits to
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How do I rekindle our Marriage?
Bible Answer: Marital love is like a fire. If you do nothing to a fire, it will eventually die out. You have to keep fanning the flame and place logs in the fire to keep the flame burning. You determine the brightness of a fire. The same is true of love and marriage. At the
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How can I overcome inferiority?
Bible Answer: You are not alone in this struggle with inferiority. The children of Israel experienced inferiority after the twelve spies came back from exploring the Promised Land. They said, “We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them” (Numbers 13:33). You are experiencing the same thing they experienced:
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Do you hate Catholics?
Bible Answer: What amazes me the most is that because I don’t accept the claims of the Catholic Church that somehow I’m labeled a “Catholic Hater.” I no more hate Catholics than I hate Jews or Muslims. I love everyone. However, I don’t think that love should force me to keep quiet when I disagree
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Do you believe in Replacement Theology?
Today’s Question: Replacement theology is heresy. And after hearing your YouTube video on the 144,000, it smells like Replacement theology, so I am unsubscribing to your channel forever.–Ames, (statement slightly rephrased for clarity) Bible Answer: Although you did not ask a question, I want to answer your accusation that I hold to Replacement Theology. Let’s first define
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Do we tithe on net or gross?
Bible Answer: This is one of the most often asked questions about tithing. The net income is what is left after paying taxes. The Bible is clear that tithing is consider the firstfruits: “As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, oil and honey and
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Do I Keep Asking?
Bible Answer: There are times to keep on asking: for example intercession, which is prayer for others. Intercessory prayer demands continual asking. The reason this is so is because you can’t receive for someone else. You can only pray for others. The passage in Mark 11:24 says, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for
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Do I have to obey my Pastor?
Bible Answer: The doctrine of submission has been abused by many church leaders. Without knowing all the details, it appears that your former pastor misused his authority. It is true that the Bible teaches submission to authority, but it also informs us that there are several levels of authority, and with each higher level, more submission
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Does the Love Walk make me a doormat?
Bible Answer: The motto your parents have is taken from the Word of God. “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Rom 12:21). Right now I can sense that you are being overcome by evil. This happens when you allow what others are doing to get on the inside of you
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Does Jesus look the same to everyone?
Bible Answer: It’s wonderful to see your daughter healed after a vision of Christ. There is little girl in our church who was healed in the same way, except through a dream of seeing Jesus. Jesus definitely has a unique appearance, just as we all do. He was incarnate and actually had a real appearance.
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Does God Punish with Sickness?
Bible Answer: Thanks for your kind email. Even though you may disagree with my article, I’m glad that it got you to study the Word of God. I have received quite a bit of mail and calls over my articles. Most of them were positive, but a few were not. Let me say in response
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Does Baptism Save You?
Bible Answer: The purpose of this article is to show you the importance of water baptism. It will prove that the “sinners’ prayer” did not take the place of water baptism. I will explain that water baptism is a sacrament, which means that God uses the outward action of baptism to impart the spiritual grace
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Do all religions lead to God?
Bible Answer: One day I was using a map, attempting to find our hotel. I knew it was on a certain street, so I finally found the street on the map. Thinking I knew where it was, I proceeded to head to it, when I quickly realized I was lost. None of the streets seemed
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Did Tongues Disappear?
Bible Answer: I get people asking me this all the time. Your friend’s interpretation is completely wrong. Paul could not have referred to the completion of the Scriptures as the “perfect” in 1 Corinthians 13, simply because Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:7 said, “Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our
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Did Mary Remain a Virgin?
In the New American Bible’s English translation of the Gospel of St. Mark we do indeed read about the crowd asking, “Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, a brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Aren’t His sisters our neighbors here?” (Mk 6:3) A similar reference occurs earlier in Mk 3:31:
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Did Jesus Suffer in Hell?
Bible Answer: I do not dare speak for the entire Word of Faith movement, but I would like to share some of my insights in this area. As far as the passage in Luke 23:43 Jesus did go to Paradise that day. I agree. Jesus, however, did not say that He would be there for
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Can Women be Pastors?
Bible Answer: Remember this letter was written in response to the many questions the church was asking in another letter. 1 Corinthians 7:1 says, “Now for the matters you wrote about…” The Corinthian church wrote a letter asking Paul questions. I believe the passage you quoted was actually Paul quoting one of the false teachings
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Can I still take medicine and trust God for healing?
Bible Answer: Medicine and doctors have their place. After all Luke himself was a physician, and it doesn’t seem that he gave up his practice just because he became a believer. God used him to write two major books in the New Testament. Paul, who God used many times to heal, also encourages the medicinal
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Can Homosexuals Change?
Bible Answer: Absolutely yes! If you can’t change, then nobody can change. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11: Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that
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Can Christians Lose their Salvation?
This is the most important question Christians can ask, because their eternal soul may depend on it! The greatest deception which has been devised by Satan that has been accepted by a large number of Christians is the false doctrine of “once saved, always saved.” This doctrinal theory assumes once a person is saved that
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Are We Saved by Faith Alone?
Today’s Question: I recently was handed a copy of the Summer ’98 Good News El Paso, and read your article ‘Do you hate Catholics?’ I agree with you, in terms of your statement, “I don’t think that love should force me to keep quiet when I disagree with others”. Your statement “Martin Luther, though not perfect, was
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Are we little gods?
Today’s Question: I am a minister in Oklahoma who has recently been studying the various aspects of Word of Faith Doctrine. I successfully navigated my way through the fear-mongering and altered my theology in regards to the sufferings of Christ. At this point I am on a personal quest in trying to find all that I
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Are the Creation Days Literally 24-hour Days?
Today’s Question: Are the seven days of creation, literally 24-hour days? If so, how can we explain different time periods of various animals and the human race coming after all of them? According to most scientists they say that dinosaurs and other animal species were here millions of years before mankind. If so, how could the
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Are the Apparitions of Mary from God?
Today’s Question: Many people worship the Virgin of Guadalupe. I know that you read the Bible a lot. Can you tell us whether or not the Virgin of Guadalupe really was from God? Bible Answer: I realize that my answer may offend many Catholics, but the apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe is not from
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Are Mormons Christians?
Today’s Question: My friend asked me what the difference between Mormons and Christians are, and why Christians think Mormons are teaching false things. I would like to know more about the Mormons, and why they are not Christians. –Christina Bible Answer: Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts, ran for president and this raised an interest in his