#STRask

Questions about whether it’s okay to invite those with different worldviews and different ideas about sexuality to church or a Bible study and a better way to explain why Jesus didn’t know the time of his return.

• Can we invite those with different worldviews and different ideas about sexuality to church or a Bible study, and do we need to address those differences with them immediately?
• Is there a better way to explain why Jesus didn’t know the time of his return other than to simply say Jesus was speaking from his humanity?

Question about how to respond to a progressive Christian who says one can “be the wrong gender” because we live in a fallen world, and it should be corrected just as we correct bad eyesight with glasses.

• How would you respond to a progressive Christian who says one can “be the wrong gender” because we live in a fallen world, and it should be corrected just as we correct bad eyesight with glasses.

Questions about what Jesus meant when he said, “This generation will not pass away until all these things take place,” and why prayer seems easier for some people than others.

• What exactly does Jesus mean when he says, “This generation will not pass away until all these things take place” (referring to the tribulation and signs of Christ’s coming)?
• Why does prayer seem easier for my wife than for me?

Question about how a professional athlete should think about wearing pride-themed uniforms or jerseys.

• How should a professional athlete think about wearing pride-themed uniforms or jerseys?

Questions about whether God, rather than being perfect, is simply the most powerful being and whether there’s any issue with watching ghost hunting videos.

• What if God isn’t perfect or the truth but instead is just the most powerful being?
• Do you think there’s any issue with watching ghost hunting investigation videos?

Questions about how to persuade a family member who responds to the Columbo questions with anger and what Christians should expect to experience when it comes to God’s discipline.

• How can I persuade a family member I really care about when they respond to the Columbo questions with anger?
• Can you give any examples of what Christians are to expect in terms of God’s discipline?

Questions about how genetic disorders relate to God knitting us together in our mother’s womb and how to find out if someone is truly saved.

• How do genetic disorders relate to God knitting us together in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139)?
• How do you find out if someone is truly saved or not?

Questions about what parents should do if their adult child threatens to cut off all contact with them if they don’t use his preferred pronouns and an appropriate response to the claim that “God made me gay.” 

• What should parents do if an adult child threatens to cut off all contact with them if they don’t use his preferred pronouns?
• What’s an appropriate response to the claim that “God made me gay”? 

Questions about whether becoming more convinced Christianity is true by immersing yourself in the Bible is an example of confirmation bias and how to respond to the claim that our God is “nothing more than the amplification of our own core ethics.” 

• What’s the difference between becoming more firmly convinced Christianity is true by immersing yourself in the Bible and confirmation bias?
• How would you respond to the claim that “our personal deity is nothing more than the amplification of our own core ethics, the echo chamber of our own bias”? 

Questions about how to respond to a Christian who says she’s now gay-affirming because she wants to be loving and whether believing in the earliest books of the Bible is blind faith because history can’t verify their stories.

• How should I answer a Christian friend who says she’s now gay-affirming because even if she’s wrong, God will give her grace in the end and at least she will have been loving?
• Is believing in the earliest books of the Bible blind faith because history can’t verify their stories?