#STRask

#STRask - August 24, 2020

Questions about how God could be a loving Father if he didn’t protect Job from his suffering and how to respond to someone who says Jesus just had a near-death experience.

• How can God be a loving Father when he allows a “blameless and upright man” like Job to suffer so much instead of protecting him?
• How do I answer the challenge that Jesus may have just had a near-death experience?

#STRask - August 20, 2020

Questions about how to respond to a pro-choicer who says pro-life claims aren’t genuine because pro-lifers don’t about born children and whether or not we should seek interpretations for our dreams.

• How do you respond to an abortion advocate who says he can’t take pro-life claims seriously because pro-lifers don’t care about the born like they do the unborn?
• Should we seek interpretations for our dreams as they did in Joseph’s day?

#STRask - August 17, 2020

Questions about the definitions of free will and choice and what Greg would say to someone who wanted to commit his life to Christ.

• What are your definitions of free will and choice?
• If Greg doesn’t subscribe to the “Sinner’s Prayer,” what would he say to someone who wanted to commit his life to Christ?

#STRask - August 13, 2020

Questions about what constitutes hypocritical judging, getting permission from a teen’s father before talking to her about Christianity, and reasons to leave a “seeker-friendly” church.

• Since we shouldn’t judge hypocritically, must we not struggle with a particular sin at all before we speak into another person’s life about that sin?
• Should I get permission from a teen’s father before I start talking to her about Christianity?
• Would leaving a “seeker-friendly” church for better teaching be too petty a reason to leave?

#STRask - August 10, 2020

Questions about whether one needs to hear about Jesus to be saved and whether, contrary to Romans 2:11, God does show favoritism.

• Can present-day people be saved without hearing about Jesus just as people were in the Old Testament?
• How does Romans 2:11, which says God does not show favoritism, square with God choosing people like Jacob over Esau?

#STRask - August 6, 2020

Questions about whether relativists think relativism is a universal principle and how to answer the problem of gratuitous evil.

• Is the idea that relativists think relativism is a universal principle a straw man?
• What approaches other than “skeptical theism” can a Christian undertake to answer the problem of gratuitous evil?

STRask - August 3, 2020

Questions about convincing Christians that theology is as important as experience and what Jesus meant in Luke 21:14–15 when He said “not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves.” 

• How can I convince Christians who focus on experience that theology is equally important?
• What does Jesus mean in Luke 21:14–15 when He says “not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves”? 

STRask - July 30, 2020

Questions about whether it’s wrong to pray for death, how to respond to a challenge to the personhood of the Holy Spirit, and whether demons are real and here on earth.

• Is it wrong to pray for death to be with Jesus and end extraordinary physical suffering?
• How would you respond to the claim of Jehovah’s Witnesses that personification language does not mean the Holy Spirit is a person?
• Do we have reason to believe demons are real and here on earth around us?

STRask - July 27, 2020

Questions about a zygote twinning, marrying when you don’t plan to have children, an apparent contradiction in Acts 21, and whether one ought to say something when a family member is making an unwise decision.

• Since a zygote can divide into two separate individuals, how could a zygote be a human being?
• Is it wrong for a man and a woman to marry if they don’t plan on having kids?
• Can you explain the apparent contradiction in Acts 21 where it seems the Holy Spirit is saying two opposite things?
• Do you have a moral obligation to say something when a family member is making an unwise decision?

#STRask - July 23, 2020

Questions about the comparison between giving someone a love potion and the Holy Spirit’s work in the elect and what “knowing Jesus” entails.

• If giving someone a love potion isn’t a loving act, why is it loving when the Holy Spirit causes the elect to love God?
• Where in the Bible does it discuss the fate of those who don’t know Jesus, and what does “knowing Jesus” entail?