Does a preacher need to give?

May 10, 2007

Question: Instead of me giving a certain amount of my support each week, if I was a gospel preacher asked the church to reduce what they give me for support in accordance with the amount I have been giving each week the past few months and not manually give, do you think that would be…

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Did King Jehoshaphat remove the high places or not?

April 1, 2006

Question: I am looking for a source of information concerning the apparent discrepancy regarding Jehoshaphat and the high places of Judah. In II Chronicles 17:6 the record says the king removed the high places and wooden images from Judah. The parallel account in I Kings 22:43 says he failed to take away the high places. I have read several…

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Can you explain some apparent contradictions in the Gospel accounts?

March 28, 2006

Question: Matthew 8:28 records two men who were demon-possessed. Mark 5:1-2 and Luke 8:26-27 record one man. Why? And how do you defend this to someone? Also, Matthew records Jairus’ daughter was dead in Matthew 9:18, but Mark records it at the point of death in Mark 5:23. Why? Also, Mark records Jesus as saying take a staff for…

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