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My husband cheated a lot and I finally divorced him. What will be my punishment?
Question: Hi, I’m having a serious married problem: my husband cheats a lot. We have children together. He would sleep out as if he doing a good thing and does seem to care about how I feel. I took him to family court for counseling. He was upset because he thinks he’s a grown man…
Read MoreThank you for the explanation of Beulah and Hephzibah
Question: Thank you for the explanation of Beulah and Hephzibah. Now I know who my unborn child will be called after. Answer: You’re welcome.
Read MoreAm I following God because of my fear of hell and my selfish desire to be saved?
Question: Hello, I have been a Christian for most of my life. Recently my heart has fallen under heavy conviction (I think), and I feel as if I have not desired God above all else in my walk with Him. With this, I began to fear that I was not actually saved, and a deep…
Read MoreAre these concepts of the International Christian Church true?
Question: I wanted to get your input on something I will paste below and where the concepts can be found scripturally if at all. “The primary differences between the “first Movement” (ICOC) and the new SoldOut Movement is the unity among the SoldOut Movement Leaders on doctrines such as: 1) Salvation is promised only to…
Read MoreI greatly appreciate your outline on Elijah
Question: Brother, I just wanted to say thank you for posting your lessons online. I am a member of the church and am currently putting together a lesson on Elijah. I found your own study while searching for some outlines, and wanted to let you know that I greatly appreciate your work and found it quite…
Read MoreI got myself into a mess and I’m not sure how to handle it
Question: I’ve been married for less than ten years. She left me a few years ago for the guy that took her virginity. I never divorced her, hoping she would come back. I honestly didn’t know where she was or if she was alive or anything. She called my mom over a year later to…
Read MoreDoes not being hasty in your heart mean that thoughts can be vows?
Question: Hello again, I’ve read again about what’s considered vowing, and saw a sentence in Ecclesiastes 5:2: “Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God.” Does the heart part mean after all, that our thoughts about vowing are taken as vows after all? Thank…
Read MoreHow can a Christian serve God when the military rules are not conducive to serving God?
Question: My husband is a soldier in the military. Currently, he is on a 14-month deployment (technically, he’s overseas for 9 months and training during the other time). He is adamant about not reenlisting being that he has not been able to worship, nor will he be able to unless he finds fellow soldiers who…
Read MoreAre award ceremonies wrong?
Question: Good Evening Brother, I have been thinking about award ceremonies recently, and I’ve been having mixed feelings about them. One part of me is saying that they are good and are used to recognizing good hard-working people who don’t get enough appreciation as they should. But another part of me thinks that award ceremonies…
Read MoreIf you call Joseph Smith a liar, then you are calling the prophets of the Bible liars too
Question: Sir, I must protest your accusation that Joseph Smith was a liar. You have oversimplified the meaning of those passages of the Book of Mormon and others. Can you not see that during every conversation, the perspective of meaning changes? If you call Joseph Smith a liar, do you not also call several prophets…
Read MoreHow does the caveman fit in with the human race?
Question: How does the cave man fit in with the human race? I do not believe in the theory of evolution, but I have always wondered how the cave man fits with what the Holy Bible says. Answer: You need to remember that no one has actually observed cavemen in the past. Rather cavemen are…
Read MoreA Christian dying of an overdose does not send him to hell!
Question: A Christian dying of an overdose does not send him to hell. He was saved by faith in Christ not his works. All of us Christians sin. You sin, and I sin. If a drug user was never saved that is up to God. Answer: You are correct that the conditions of salvation are determined and set…
Read MoreYour site comes up often when I have a question
Question: Hello, I really have no questions because any question I have had, your site has answered. I just wanted to thank you for the work you are doing because, at any time, I can look up questions, put Church of Christ on Google, and your site is the one that comes up every time…
Read MoreIs God going to reject me because I’m handicapped?
Question: Is it true, based on Malachi, that if a person is too disabled, then God can’t accept that person because God is so holy that a person who is damaged goods is actually forced to spend eternity in hell because they don’t have the capabilities required by God? In the story where the person…
Read MoreWas the world made from nothing?
Question: Hello! I was reading through your outline entitled “What is faith?” and I want to thank you for posting that. It is helping me to further understand Hebrews 11:1-3. However, I wanted to point out something you stated that I don’t believe adds up with Scripture. You said that “We have confidence that the…
Read MoreWould it be a sin to leave a congregation that accepts sin among its members?
Question: I worship at a congregation where there is no preacher, elder, or deacons. The brothers serving on the Lord’s table are living with girlfriends, playing the lottery, and drinking. I’m a sister in the congregation. I’m trying to go to heaven. I can’t worship properly with all this before me. Is it a sin…
Read MoreIs a Christian who teaches error still a brother in Christ?
Question: A big fire started after our morning services this morning! One of our members here adamantly disagreed with me when I mentioned that when a brother sins by teaching doctrinal error, he must repent, and if he refuses to repent he is “a brother in error.” Until he does repent, we are no longer…
Read MoreDo preachers struggle with sin?
Question: Hey Jeffrey, I know as a Christian, we are to do our best to abstain from sin at all costs. I also realize no man, except Jesus, is perfect. I have befriended my preacher, and he speaks as if he and his family are living in a glass house, all eyes are on them,…
Read MoreI can’t figure out if God wants me to leave my boyfriend for another man
Question: Hello, I am struggling with knowing what God’s will is for my life. I read the Bible, attend daily masses a few times a week, and pray frequently asking God to clearly show me His will for my life. I have a severe anxiety disorder called agoraphobia (fear of crowded places) and have allowed…
Read MoreThe website is very informative
Question: Dear brothers, I would like to start by saying that I’m a member of the Lord’s church and that I love your website! The website is very informative about God’s word. I hope you can continue the ministry until He calls us home. Keep up the good work and may God continue to bless…
Read MoreCriticism of other churches has no place in Christianity
Question: To whom it may concern, I just read a response to a question regarding Mark 9:38-40, and I was disappointed that the last paragraph contained the following: “This passage also shows that the concept of succession, where a denomination claims to be the “real” church because it can trace its heritage from one church to…
Read MoreAre wet dreams sinful?
Question: On the site, I read “My wife no longer has a desire for sex. What do I do?” which says something about nocturnal emissions. I never heard of the word, so I looked it up, and it said something about wet dreams. The truth is wet dreams are very sinful. How can that be…
Read MoreCan a woman run the soundboard in a church service?
Question: Our elders have decided to purchase a sound and projection system. My late husband was an elder and was against such (noting future problems). The problem that I feel so much concern about is that we don’t have enough men to work it, so they have agreed to allow one of our young ladies…
Read MoreI found a wonderful resource for preteens and teens in your writings
Question: I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how appreciative I am to have access to your scripturally sound, open materials. As the mother of two boys and a current elementary principal in our public schools, I see the daily pressure and struggles of preteens and teens. I’m constantly on the…
Read MoreI repented, but I kept sinning
Question: I knew my sin was wrong. I kept doing it, and ‘repenting’ almost every day, but planned on doing the same sexual sin the next day. God was calling me to repent. I finally tried to stop sinning and came to Him. He forgave me, and I was born again. I wanted to praise…
Read MoreSmart Women and the Church
by Matthew W. Bassford In the immortal words of Tammy Wynette, sometimes it’s hard to be a woman. In fact, sometimes it’s particularly hard to be a woman associated with the churches of Christ. Other than a few congregations on the liberal fringe, churches of Christ tend to be aggressively complementarian: no women in leadership…
Read MoreIs someone married if they give their ID to use on a marriage license?
Question: I have a question. My best friend and I had a huge argument, and I have to know if I’m doing the correct thing. Before my friend found God, he was living with a woman, so when he found God he wanted to do things right and marry her. Then he found out she…
Read MoreIf I get baptized, does that mean I wasn’t saved before?
Question: Hello, I am a teenager, and I have a few questions I’d like to ask. I was raised in a Southern Baptist Church. I said the sinner’s prayer (or something like it) when I was 6 or 7 years old. I wanted to follow God (I think), but I never got around to being…
Read MoreWe are going too far sexually and can’t figure out how to stop
Question: I am 18 and I want to stop all this fooling around that my girlfriend and I keep getting sucked back into. Basically, we say, “okay, this can’t happen again so what are we going to do to keep ourselves from it?” Then we come up with things but next thing you know, the…
Read MoreSometimes I feel like I’m the only person struggling with strong sexual temptations
Question: Hey Jeffrey, I see in the Scriptures that spiritual battles are spoken of, especially by Paul. What are spiritual battles? Would it constitute a strong temptation Satan places to go back to an old sinful habit? I feel sometimes that my strong temptations toward sexual things and lust make me an impure person, who…
Read MoreHow could the Pharisee be guilty of the unforgivable sin with just a few words?
Question: I’m scared, for I’ve been wondering whether the Pharisees commit the unforgivable sin by just once saying blasphemous things about the Holy Spirit. I know it’s said that the unforgivable sin isn’t any single act from which there’s no more turning back, but how does it seem that only a few words from the…
Read MoreWhy did Nehemiah threaten violence?
Question: I have a question: I know Hebrews speaks about how the Old Testament was just a shadow of the New Testament. I was reading Nehemiah and noticed that when the people disobeyed (in chapters 12 and 13) he executed violence and threatened to lay hands on outsiders trying to sell on the Sabbath. Since…
Read MoreDo I have to give up my knowledge because my parents lied to get me into a good school?
Question: Hi, I finished my first year of college, and I’ve been struggling on and off with the sin of deceit for the past few months. I recently read some books in the New Testament recently, but I’ve become convinced recently that all dishonesty and deceit are sinful (Revelation 21:8 and Psalms 5:6). I didn’t…
Read MoreI compulsively wash my hands
Question: Hi, I am a very strong believer in Christ. He has my whole heart and soul. I have very strong faith in Him. I have seen miracles that He performs. I have severe OCD. It happens when I read the Bible, take communion, fast, and prayer. I get all these twisted thoughts in my…
Read MoreWhy didn’t God heal my wife?
Question: Hi, I read some sermons from your website about the person who accepted Jesus, believe in him, and went to church, but he turned back to his old way and sinned again. It’s like me now. I went to Bible college with my wife about ten years ago. We came back and helped lead…
Read MoreMy girlfriend lies about her past all the time
Question: Good evening sir, I am in a relationship with a girl whom I love. The only problem I have with her is that she lived a sinful sexual life in the past, and it makes her continually lie to me. Most of the time she tells me that she regrets her past and has…
Read MoreCould I pay the dowry now, have sex, and get married later?
Question: Hello, I have a few questions I’d like to ask. I have been reading your posts, and I like your answers because they are in line with God. I have a girlfriend whom I love so much and want to spend the rest of my life with. I am a Christian, and she is…
Read MoreI genuinely appreciate your beautiful website
Question: Hello, I just wanted to say thank you, and that I genuinely appreciate your beautiful website. It is so wonderful to see a congregation put so much effort into it for those all around the web to see your beliefs. Unfortunately, I can not find many other church sites like this! I use to…
Read MoreIs the Parable of the Prodigal Son solely about God’s grace?
Question: Could you please speak on the parable of the prodigal son? I had a family member who has been in Christ’s church her whole life saying that repentance has nothing to do with this parable. She focuses solely on the father’s loving compassion as being the whole point of the parable, and while I…
Read MoreMy boyfriend is pushing to have sex
Question: Good day, Please, I have something bothering me about my relationship. I have been dating my spouse for a year and a half now, but he has been asking for sex recently, and I don’t wish to engage in such activities. For now, we can’t afford money for our wedding. My question is: can…
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