Category: Q&A
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What is Complementarianism?
Beth Moore’s recent exit from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) over issues related to complementarianism has caused quite a few to ask what complementarianism is. I want to thank Mrs. Moore for making complementarianism a matter of interest. Moore’s exit from the SBC was unfortunate and seems to have mostly resulted from her own disdain…
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Is Ambition Okay?
Is ambition godly? Here is a question I have struggled with throughout my public ministry. Starting out, my ambitions were selfish. I came to a point in ministry, 2018, where I gave up on all my ambitions and settled down. In 2019, doors started opening that had never been open to me before and I…
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Premil, Postmil, and Amil: Distinctives
There is much misunderstanding in the church about the differences between the 3 basic millennial positions. As we continue to walk through Revelation during our Sunday lunch series, I wanted to provide the distinctives. I also want to encourage you not to give-in to the sin of hasty-generalization. Even if someone technically falls into one…
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On Shepherding and Swapping Sheep
Ask your questions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tumblr, or by contacting us through this blog. Is it biblical for another pastor to try to take members from another local church? I want to answer this question as clearly and succinctly as possible. Before you read Scripture’s answer to this question, I have to make…
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Which Millennial View Best Corresponds With Reality?
Ask your questions on Facebook, Instragram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, or on this blog. As we have been studying the book of Revelation on Sunday afternoons at The Church at Sunsites, the text seems to indicate that Jesus is currently conquering the world, and the world is currently being renewed. The New Jerusalem is currently coming…
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Am I Destroying God’s Temple by Getting Tattoos, Smoking, Drinking, or Anything Else?
Ask your questions at Christoa.com, on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, or LinkedIn. …your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you (1 Corinthians 6:19). One of the most interesting arguments I have heard from people who are trying to get others to adhere to their own standards of abstinence is, “Your…
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Salvation Through the Jews?
Ask your questions at Christoa.com, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Tumblr. Every so often, I ask a question on Facebook in order to get us thinking about a concept mentioned in Scripture. This time I put the statement, “Salvation is through the Jews. True or false?” I received a myriad of responses including “false,”…
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Inerrancy and Infallibility of Scripture?
Ask your questions at Christoa.com, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or LinkedIn. A question was asked through the blog about the difference between the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture. To claim that Scripture is inerrant is to claim that it is without error, absolutely correct in its retelling of events and predictions, in the autographs,…
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What is The Synagogue of Satan in Revelation?
Ask your questions on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or using the contact form on this blog. John addresses the second particular church in this discourse—the church in Smyrna. The church in Smyrna was experiencing persecution. This address follows the format of the first, excluding any indictment. Ephesus had left her first love; Smyrna has nothing…
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Did God Abandon Jesus on the Cross?
Submit your questions on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, or using the contact form on this blog. One of our community members asked this question after looking for answers from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. During his life, Graham wrote, “In that moment (the moment of the crucifixion) He was banished from the presence of God,…