How do we start conversations with strangers about salvation? Why do Christians say they “chose” to believe in Christ? Aren’t we just “persuaded” by God? I don’t know how to read well and often don’t understand the Bible. Does God still hear me? How can I show someone they must get counseling to fix their marriage? I know someone who doesn’t believe in God, because she wants to be a “woman of science.” How can I reach her? What does it mean to be at peace with all men (Romans 12:18)? What is really happening in Matthew 24? Who is taken and who is left behind?

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Tags: Bible reading, choosing, conversations, counseling, creation, evangelism, faith, fixing people, god listens, left behind, marriage, Matthew 24, origin, persuaded, Romans 12:18, science, street evangelism, taken

What does it really mean to be filled with the Spirit? I’m getting married next week: Do you have any advice? Why were Ananias and Sapphira struck dead by God? Should I teach my children to be terrified of Hell?

Tags: Ananias and Sapphira, children, filled with the spirit, Hell, marriage

Should we expect a review of all our sins? What is predestination? What about foreknowledge? How can there be a God if children die of leukemia?

Tags: evil, foreknowledge, forgiveness, judgment, predestination, sins, suffering

Are we obligated to keep the Sabbath? What does it mean to rest in Christ? Should I sign a petition allowing the sale of alcohol in my area? Exactly how much faith is necessary at the moment of salvation? What if there was also some doubt? Would a second marriage mean living in perpetual adultery?

Tags: adultery, alcohol, divorce, doubt, drinking, faith, grace, Jesus, Law, marriage, remarriage, resting in christ, sabbath, salvation, wine

Does too much grace make people sin more? I think I’m getting a sign from God that I should move to Texas. Am I correct? Is it ever biblical to reduce or cut contact with a friend?

Tags: boundaries, forgiveness, friendships, grace, hyper-grace, law and grace, sin

What was the work Jesus had “finished” in John 17:4 if He hadn’t even died yet? How can we no longer be “sinful” (instead, righteous) if we still commit sins? I’ve had nagging doubts about my salvation for many years. What can I do?

Tags: assurance, born of God, doubts, finished, God's voice, growing, holy, Jesus, John 17:4, learning, new creation, new self, OCD, physical health, process, renewing of the mind, righteous, salvation, struggle, work

How do we start conversations with strangers about salvation? Why do Christians say they “chose” to believe in Christ? Aren’t we just “persuaded” by God? I don’t know how to read well and often don’t understand the Bible. Does God still hear me? How can I show someone they must get counseling to fix their marriage? I know someone who doesn’t believe in God, because she wants to be a “woman of science.” How can I reach her? What does it mean to be at peace with all men (Romans 12:18)? What is really happening in Matthew 24? Who is taken and who is left behind?

Tags: Bible reading, choosing, conversations, counseling, creation, evangelism, faith, fixing people, god listens, left behind, marriage, Matthew 24, origin, persuaded, Romans 12:18, science, street evangelism, taken

Is the gift of tongues for every believer? Does it prove we are truly saved? Do believers still sin? What “laws” do we have written on our hearts? My fellow pastors advise me to teach more on obedience. What are your thoughts?

Tags: diversity, fruit of the Spirit, grace, Law, led by the Spirit, new hearts, obedience, pastors, spiritual gifts, struggle, teaching, temptation, tongues

I want to be a great mom, but I’m overwhelmed by my mistakes. How can I find freedom? Do we need to die to self? Die daily? I heard some Christians won’t go to heaven because they didn’t go to church enough. Is this true?

Tags: church attendance, die daily, die to self, freedom, Heaven, mistakes, parenting, perfectionism, righteousness

I’ve been so hurt by bad teaching that I don’t know how to react when I still hear it. Can you help me process the pain? Is God giving me a sign that I should leave my job because it’s so frustrating at times? What does it mean to “work out your salvation”?

Tags: bad teaching, confidence in Christ, forgiveness, freedom, give thanks, God‘s leading, God‘s will, hurt, Job, pain, safe, sealed, trauma, work out your salvation

Does God really pre-select some to believe while others can’t be saved? Why is “predestined” in Romans and Ephesians, not elsewhere? Does suicide disqualify us from heaven? Can you explain “left behind” in Matthew 24 and Luke 17? You say we should want to be left behind? Why? Do believers need to worry about generational curses?

Tags: Ephesians, generational curses, left behind, Luke 17, Matthew 24, new earth, predestination, rapture, return of Christ, Romans, suicide

Are Christians still under the “moral law” (Ten Commandments)? How do I best share grace with my friends when I’ve been rejected? I planted seeds of grace in the lives of my friends, and years later, there’s a harvest! Do Christians have wicked hearts, or new hearts, or both?

Tags: God’s timing, moral Law, new heart, planting seeds, sharing grace, Ten Commandments, trusting God, wicked heart