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I just can’t take it anymore
Question: My husband and I are both in the church of Christ. I have been emotionally and financially abused for almost thirty years. My two sisters gave up on trying to be there for me, although when I could I was there for them in every way no matter how long it took. I have…
Read MoreHow do I move on?
Question: Please help me. I was wondering if you could help me out I been with my partner for over five years. We are both near thirty. That time has been a real long journey. The problem is I feel like our love is burnt. He changed into a total jerk — looking up porn,…
Read MoreI’m rebellious but I want to follow God and I don’t know what to do
Question: I have been dealing with a medical condition and going through a lot since the year 2006; even prior to the year 2006. First and foremost I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son Of God; that’s what I want to believe. I was baptized several years ago. Currently, I no longer attend church. …
Read MoreYour site has been helpful to me in preparing for a talk on sexual perversion
Question: I’ve found your site so helpful when I wanted to know more about sexual perversion, a topic given to me to share in a youth conference in my area. It’s amazing to see the rate at which it’s growing in this generation. May God help us to live and also teach others to live uprightly.…
Read MoreI have a hard time stopping something I’m addicted to doing
Question: Hi there. I have an addiction to something I’d rather not say. (It’s not drugs ) haha. But it’s something I want to stop, but it’s so hard. I made a promise to God saying I will not do this addiction for one week. On the third day, I did it. I have broken…
Read MoreI keep repeating sins I’ve repented of. Am I really saved?
Question: I am 23 years of age and in need of some help and prayers. Lately, I have been faced with the question of if I am really saved or not and was wondering if I could get some advice on the situation. Also, I have been praying and praying and doing my best to…
Read MoreHow can I stay spiritually stable?
Question: Sir, Please, can you give me some advice on how to stay spiritually stable? Because I am never stable in my spiritual walk with God. Today I am strong in the Spirit, tomorrow I am weak. This has bothered me a lot because I gave my life to Jesus two years ago, but I…
Read MoreYour notes on Ezekiel 24 were really helpful
Question: In working on my assignment for a Bible study in Ezekiel, I reached the point where the instruction was to “see what commentaries have to say.” I entered “Ezekiel 24” and “Parable” as search terms. I recognized your church and website’s name, among those listed, as a site we had used for its wonderful…
Read MoreIt’s not fair. My girlfriend decided to stop having sex
Question: Hello, I have a serious problem. I have been with this girl for more than one year, and she is a Christian as I am. But we have been having sex during this time and now she has decided to not do it anymore. We are the best lovers we can be, but she…
Read MoreIs getting a breast augmentation wrong?
Question: I want to get breast augmentation. Please help me. Is it wrong. Answer: Breast augmentation for a woman falls under the realm of cosmetic surgery. Such surgery is most often used to correct damage from injuries or diseases. For example, burns or cancer. As a way of restoring the look or function of the…
Read MoreIf Christ died for all, then that means all died. Do you really believe that?
Question: In your rebuke of Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, you used the passage of II Corinthians 5:4-15. “For the love of Christ compels us, that if one died for all, then all died.” If “all” means the whole population of the world, then the whole population has died (which in the context of scriptures have died to…
Read MoreDid Adam and Eve have six fingers?
Question: In my genetics class today, my instructor said that the dominant gene for the number of fingers on a human is six, meaning five fingers is a recessive gene. This startled me because does that mean Adam and Eve had six fingers, and if that was dominant, then wouldn’t everyone have six fingers? I’m…
Read MoreWhat is the “royal law”?
Question: I was doing a short study on James 2:1-13 in being brief, I said: “that the royal law is basically the law of Christ or the law of liberty which very much entails love.” Do you think I have done justice to the passage by just stating that? Answer: “Law” most often refers to…
Read MoreHow do I take care of my mother, husband, and children when I’m not well either?
Question: Hi, I am a 41-year-old with severe anxiety, panic, and depression with disrupted sleep patterns due to this condition. Several years ago my mother sustained an injury while at one of my siblings’ homes due to a fight that occurred as the result of drugs and relationship issues. My mother has lost a lot…
Read MoreMy girlfriend has been raped in the past and every time we get intimate, her fears come back. I don’t know what to do.
Question: So here is my ultimate dilemma in life: I am currently following God’s lead to pursue this amazing woman. She is just incredible to me and she means the world. She is several years older than I am. We both are Christians — she was saved when she was 19, me since I was…
Read MoreWhen a person doesn’t know the wrong you did, is confession required?
Question: I have committed adultery many times during the past 30 years of my marriage and in many instances lied to cover up my absence. During the last year or two, I have earnestly started to read the bible and now feel extremely guilty about my past poor behaviors. Since I have become more familiar…
Read MoreShould I tell my ex-wife I cheated on her?
Question: I feel really bad. I’m with my ex-wife whom I was married to for over ten years. I went out with some buddies and got drunk. I made a mistake and cheated on her with a one-night stand. Does the Bible say tell the Lord and repent or does it say I have to…
Read MoreDoes the fact that “blasphemed” is in the aorist tense make a difference?
Question: Hello, I have looked at Luke 12:10 in Greek. I have been trouble by this because “blasphemed” appears to be in that past tense in English and in Young’s Literal Translation of the Bible. In Greek, the tense is Aorist participle. I am not sure exactly what that means. In Mark 3:29 and Matthew…
Read MoreMy boyfriend committed adultery and is now divorced. Am I doomed if I marry him?
Question: This is hard for me to come out and ask this, and I need this answer because I think my salvation is very important. I’m young and I mean 21. I have not been married and met a man. We have been together for about two years. He loves me very much, and I…
Read MoreMy girlfriend’s past keeps haunting me and it makes me angry. What do I do from here?
Question: Lately, the past between my girlfriend and I have been randomly haunting me when I least expect it. I would ask my friends for their input, but I don’t feel that they would give me the answer I seek without being bias. I wanted to go to my church and confess these thoughts; however,…
Read MoreMy mother is dying because she won’t take her medication and says God will heal her. What do I do?
Question: Hello, My mom is a cancer patient and recently she had a liver transplant. She went through multiple surgeries and has to take medication every month. But one day she decided not to take any medication and stopped going to appointments altogether. She put her life in God’s hand and hopes that God will…
Read MoreMay God guide you
Question: May God continue to guide all members of the La Vista congregation, especially now that church is facing her worst enemies. Answer: Thank you for the encouragement.
Read MoreI love that you have a repository for answers to many thorny questions
Question: Greetings! I have written before expressing my appreciation for your web site. I especially expressed how appreciative I am of the question and answer or Ask section. I love that the Lord’s church offers a repository for many thorny and often taboo subjects you have tackled. It is, I believe, so vital that the Lord’s…
Read MoreHow can I figure out the truth when so many people disagree?
Question: This is part of the problem I’ve been having: If something is part of the Old Law then why don’t Jews today try to make homosexuality a death penalty in places like Florida, Israel, or anywhere there’s a large Jewish population? It is this inconsistency between people and what’s said in the Bible that…
Read MoreShould I confront my friend about his language?
Question: There’s a friend I have who was recently baptized. He was taught about baptism, and we left him alone, and he eventually made the choice without any pushing of any sort. He knows cursing is wrong, and he doesn’t curse around me. Well, he does euphemistically. But that’s a huge improvement from what he used to…
Read MoreAre exceptions made for those who are unable to be baptized?
Question: If we are told that to be saved we must be baptized by being dunked in water, how or what allowances do you make for the sick, bedridden, old, or too young, who cannot go into the water and dunk their head? Answer: The argument is flawed because it seeks to find some exception…
Read MoreThank you for your material on Catholicism
Question: Mr. Hamilton, You do not know me, nor do I know you. I have never visited your church, nor will I ever. I live several states away; thus, our physical meeting will most likely never take place. Despite all of this, I would like to offer a personal “thank you”. “Why” do you ask?…
Read MoreWas the death penalty for homosexuals only referring to hell?
Question: Does Deuteronomy 20 really say that we should kill gay people? I was always under the idea that it was saying God was going to kill them by sending them to hell when they died because they knew better and refused to change. Am I right? It came up in conversation and I was…
Read MoreWould confession and repentance remove the death penalty under the Old Testament?
Question: If you break one of the Ten Commandments, does it mean that you sinned? Of course, the consequence, I believe, is death, correct? However, if you confess what you did and repented, then God forgives you and you don’t have to die, correct? Answer: Each of the Ten Commandments in the Old Testament carried…
Read MoreWhy do some people not feel guilty for their sins?
Question: Hello, I just wanted to ask about a question that’s been bothering me for a while now. I understand that when a person does something wrong, they will feel guilty about it (usually). From a Christian’s point of view, it’s often the Holy Spirit’s discipline that makes one feel guilty. What about psychopaths though?…
Read MoreHow does a medical staff member deal with the needed examination of private areas?
Question: How do medical students, like me deal, with a private part examination of the opposite sex or same-sex sometimes? Answer: “And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, but our presentable parts have no need” (I…
Read MoreCan a man give a woman permission to lead a part of the worship service?
Question: This past Sunday something very disturbing happened in our worship service. Our song leader said that he as a man in the church was giving permission to a woman to lead a song. I was very disturbed by this because I don’t believe that a man has the authority to usurp what God has…
Read MoreCan there be such a thing as a good lie?
Question: Good day, This issue of lying has been bothering me for quite some time now, and I felt I couldn’t keep it to myself. Jesus said in Revelation 21:8 that all liars will go to hell. Are there good lies? For example, if I am faced with a threatening situation in which a man…
Read MoreWhy is there a conflict between Acts 7:15-16 and Genesis 50:13?
Question: Hello, I have some questions about the New Testament, which I hope you can clear for me. I became very interested in the New Testament, and I saw some verses in the Bible which seem to contradict the Old Testament. For example Acts 7:15-16 says, “Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and…
Read MoreWhy do some use King James English in their prayers?
Question: Why do some men, in their public prayer, use King James English? In their minds do they think it shows reverence or holiness? Answer: The King James Version was a popular translation for almost 400 years, so its language has stuck in people’s minds as religious or biblical language. But at the time it…
Read MoreI am highly impressed with the depth of information available on this site
Question: Dear Mr. Hamilton, I am a member of the Lord’s Church. I am highly impressed with the depth of information available on the La Vista Church of Christ website. God bless you for the good work being done. I landed on your website as I searched for information on church hymnals. Keep up the…
Read MoreWhat is the bema judgment?
Question: I enjoy your website. I have been reading what you have on there about the rapture. It helped me to answer one of my student’s questions. Now he has asked me about the Bema judgment. I never heard of it. I looked it up on the net, but I need to know the truth…
Read MoreWhat does it mean that grace and truth came by Jesus?
Question: Hello Jeff, I came across these beautiful words from John 1:16-17 “And from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” Can you explain, what does it really means that grace and truth came through Jesus Christ? These beautiful…
Read MoreHow do you stop saying bad words?
Question: Okay, I read Careful What You Say, and I have to ask: what do we say when we can’t say any of those words? What if I’m trying to stop, but it’s such a habit it slips out sometimes, out loud and even in my head? I say it even if I don’t mean to.…
Read MoreI haven’t been respectful to my parents in the past. Am I condemned because of this?
Question: Greetings to you. I thank God and the Lord Jesus Christ for His unending love and His grace and mercy that has saved me and had given me life, making me experience the greatness of His love and His righteousness in me. All the glory and honor and praise and thanksgiving belong to Him…
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