Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "I"
Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.
Icons, Religious
- Are not pictures of Jesus and angels, or even wedding announcements, sinful because they are graven images?
- Is having a symbol of Christianity idolatry?
- Is it ok to be a fan of a team that calls itself the Blue Devils?
- Should things that have occultic symbols in them be avoided?
- What about displaying so-called pictures of Jesus?
- What do you think about the use of crosses in a building?
Idols, Idolatry
- Are not pictures of Jesus and angels, or even wedding announcements, sinful because they are graven images?
- Can thinking about a girl constantly be idolatry?
- Do the rules about food offered to idols apply today?
- Is it a sin to divorce someone who forces you to worship idols?
- Is it wrong for a Christian to visit a place of idol worship out of respect?
- Is it wrong to have images of animals or men for toys?
- Is numerology satanic?
- What about ghosts, sacrificing to the dead, and sin?
- What do you think about someone claiming you can make an idol of God's Word?
- What is meant by abstaining from things polluted by idols?
- Who is the Queen of Heaven in Jeremiah 7:18?
- Why was there an idol in David's house?
Ignorance
Incest
- Why didn't Lot turn down his daughters' advances?
- Wouldn't it have been a sin for Tamar and Amnon to marry?
Indwelling
Influence
- Do you think a movie with a good story line but some immorality scattered in should be watched?
- Does the curse of Canaan mean we should be saving as many black people as possible?
- How do I deal with the sins of myself and others?
- How do I reach a friend who is sinning?
- How does God influence us?
- Is it okay to listen to secular music?
- Is it wrong to listen to rap or hip-hop music if it doesn't contain anything about killing, drugs, or sex?
- Is it wrong to make a decision about what is right or wrong based on what you think a cartoon character would do?
- Is it wrong to purchase items that helps fund a denomination's missionary efforts?
- Is it wrong to work in a Catholic hospital or work for a company that produces sexual themed movies?
- Is watching movies or making jokes about sinful things really that bad?
- Should a Christian eat with a non-Christian who is having alcohol with his meal?
- Why can't one teach someone of the opposite gender?
Inheritance
Inherited Sins, Total Depravity, Original Sin
- Are people born good and do bad things, or are they born bad and do good things?
- Aren't men born sinful?
- Can a person do good without God allowing him to do so?
- Can you explain what it means that the sins of the fathers are put on the children?
- Could you clarify why you say we don't inherit Adam's sin?
- Could you explain the different translations of Psalm 51:5 in detail?
- Do we inherit sin, but do not inherit the punishment?
- Does Psalm 58:3 show that at least some children are born sinful?
- How could Christ die for sinners if we don't inherit sin from Adam?
- How could Jesus be sinless when he was born of Mary?
- If Adam’s sin isn’t inherited, why do ALL women experience pain during childbirth?
- If there is no inherited sin, then wouldn't this leave a possibility for a person to live a sinless life?
- If we didn't inherit Adam's sin, why aren't we all starting in the garden of Eden?
- Inherited sin has been taught for so long, if you teach otherwise you'll confuse people about the Christ.
- Is Judaism Calvinistic?
- Is one of Christianity's flaws that it never theorized power?
- Isn't sin the tendency of human beings to do evil?
- Were Hezekiah's sons punished for their father's sins?
- What do you think of what T. B. Wilkinson wrote concerning Calvinism?
- What is meant when Paul said we are by nature children of wrath?
- What is wrong with Catholicism?
- What proof is there that Mary was born without sin?
- Where did my stillborn child go upon his death?
- Where in the Bible does it say we inherit the nature to sin?
- Why do you teach that men are born without sin?
- Why was Jesus born of a virgin?
- Wouldn't Mary's sins be passed on to her son Jesus?
Inspiration of the Scripture
- Did Matthew fabricate a prophecy to support his claim that Jesus was the Messiah?
- Hate mail from a feminist
- How can Solomon's writings be God's words?
- How can you trust early Christian writers when you disagree with them on some topics?
- How do I answer the claim that the Scriptures have some truth but can't be infallible because men were involved in its writing?
- How do we know that we have a accurate rendition of the oral teachings?
- How do we know the Bible is inspired?
- If the Bible is inspired then why does it say the earth is round and in other spots speak as if it is flat?
- Is the gospels more important than the rest of the New Testament?
- What does the Bible have to do with God?
- Why were only books which agreed allowed in the Bible. Wouldn't writings by men naturally have variances?
Institutionalism
- Are lectureships scriptural?
- Are you "anti" or "liberal"?
- Are you saying that only individuals can do things?
- Can those teaching institutionalism or liberalism be called brethren?
- "I was once in an orphans' home."
- If an institution was not involved, could the church take care of orphans?
- Is our college Bible study group operating in a scriptural manner?
- Is the Sunset International Bible Institute a trustworthy organization?
- Isn't the use of "conservative," "non-institutional," or "mainstream" to describe churches wrong?
- What do you do about helping the downtrodden?
- What do you think about a church funding a school or senior housing?
- What do you think about the divisions among the churches?
- What do you think about the World Bible School?
- What is this business about "anti," "liberal," and "sound?"
- Wouldn't a New Testament church realize that we are our brothers' keepers?
Instrumental Music
- Are drums of God or the devil?
- Can a seventeen year old conduct worship?
- Can I go to a show and sing along with the hymns that are being sung with instrumental music?
- Can instrumental music be used for worshiping God on days other than Sunday?
- Can't instruments be an aid to singing?
- Did Amos curse those who introduced instrumental music into Hebrew worship?
- Did God command the use of instrumental music under the Old Law?
- Do you have something on the use of instrumental music under the Old Law?
- God didn't reverse His position on using instrumental music, so why can't we use them today?
- God wanted instrumental music before, so why not now?
- Have I been worshiping in vain all these years by using instrumental music in worship?
- How can I tell what God wants?
- How do I teach my fiance that dancing in worship, instrumental music, and women preachers are a big deal if you want to please God?
- How do you know that musical instruments are bad?
- If God gives us talent, then can we not use that talent to worship God?
- If is wrong to use instrumental music because the New Testament doesn't mention it, then it would be wrong to use electricity.
- If something is used to praise God, then it can't be wrong, can it?
- If you don't use instrumental music, then shouldn't you not use hymn composed on pianos?
- Is it OK to play hymns at home without singing?
- Is it wrong to use instrumental music during a talent show at the building?
- Is one permitted to interpret God's commandments to bolster one's point of view?
- Is playing an instrument for a person's own enjoyment scriptural?
- Is the use of instrumental music in worship a salvation issue?
- I'm so disappointed with the older people in my church. They oppose the use of RNB, hip-hop, and Reggaeton in church. What would you advise?
- Since I Corinthians 14:7 mentions instruments, doesn't that justify instrumental music in the worship?
- What is the source of the quote from Martin Luther in McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia?
- What is your opinion about instrumental music in the church?
- What musical instruments were used in ancient Greece?
- Why are there musical instruments in Revelation?
- Why did God let David play music?
Insults
Insurance
Isaiah
Islam, Muslims
- Can a man, converting to Islam marry another wife?
- Could "Mighty God" in Isaiah 9:6 refer to a man?
- Did Orson Pratt originate the idea that the Bible is unreliable?
- How can I get baptized? My father is a Muslim and won't allow it.
- How should a prayer be done at a wedding when the in-laws are Muslims?
- Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel is a good way to reach Muslims.
- I am Muslim and want to be a Christian, but I'm afraid my father will kill me.
- "I call upon you to obey Allah's command and convert to Islam."
- I keep getting fearful of thoughts about Islam.
- I want to convert to Christianity but I'm too young to leave my Muslim home.
- If Jesus was crucified to pay for our sins, who was the payment made to?
- Is Allah and Yahweh the same God?
- Is it wrong to use "Allah" for God in Malaysian Bibles?
- What is the difference between Islam and Christianity?
- What religion did the Arabs follow prior to Islam?
- Why do Christians call Jesus the Son of God?
- Why don't Muslim believing governments allow their people to break Islamic law?
- Why is the Qur'an different from the Bible?
- See also Nation of Islam
Israel, Israelite
- Are Jews a race or a religion?
- Are the problems in Israel and wars in Iraq what Revelation talks about?
- Can a Jew go to heaven?
- Could you explain Romans 11:25-27?
- Does God still need to keep His covenant with Abraham?
- Don't you know Israel will be saved after the fullness of the Gentiles is reached?
- How can one become a Jew?
- How did the children of Israel get their name?
- If the land was promised to Abraham, why did God let it be destroyed?
- Is there a group of Jews today who still believe they are God's chosen people?
- Of what tribes were Mary, Joseph, John the Baptist and his parents?
- Who are the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom and the 2 tribes of the Southern Kingdom?
- Why did God choose the Israelites as His people?
- Why did God choose the Jews?
- Will Jews be judged under the law or the new covenant?
- Your page caused me to rethink about modern Israel's place in God's plans.
- See also Judaism
