For such things, God reminds me of Deuteronomy 29:29 – “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law”. In other words, let us not worry about the things we don’t understand; let’s worry about the things we understand and do not deal with. What the Bible has made clear is that our choice of eternal destination (which is by faith alone) is determined during our life on earth – there will be no purgatory; hence, no 2nd chance after death.
Read MoreQuestion: Jan writes in response to the article “The Christian Response to the Gay Today Forum”: God bless this kind of ministry. I am encouraged by your passion in reaching out to them. I have some concern related to this. Every first Saturday of December, there’s a LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) parade in [...]
Read MoreQuestion: Rovicor wants to know how to answer a person who asks why we interpret the Bible literally. Specifically, the prohibition on the use of carved images in the Ten Commandments. Answer: The key to understanding the Bible is context. Context simply means background. There are 2 general kinds of contexts: 1.) Historical context which [...]
Read MoreQuestion: Bonger asks if listening to New Age music is dangerous. He also wants to know if “meditation” as practiced by New Agers is similar to the spiritual discipline of silence and solitude? Answer: Personally I have heard the “New age” music you described (instruments and nature sounds). This is usually the music they play [...]
Read MoreQuestion: Jonathan M. questioned the appropriateness of using Revelation 3:20 in the presentation of the gospel which according to him seems to be out of context since the original readers of John’s letter to the Laodiceans were already Christians (or it seems that way since they belonged to the local church). Answer: I think the [...]
Read MoreWe are starting a new category of posts so that everyone can benefit from the answers to some of the questions we receive through the website. Our first question is from Bernadette in Florida, USA. Question: Good day! I just want to know your opinion about the involvement of Rick Warren in the New Age [...]
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