#STRask

#STRask - June 22, 2020

Questions about visualization being a function of the brain, the kind of body angels have, and how Jesus, Enoch, and Elijah could have physical bodies if Heaven is immaterial.

• Doesn’t aphantasia (the inability to visualize things) prove visualization is actually a function of the brain and not mind?
• What kind of body do angels have?
• If Heaven is an immaterial realm, how could Jesus, Enoch, and Elijah have physical bodies?

#STRask - June 18, 2020

Questions about why Christians should think the New Testament is inspired and what it means to put God in control of your life.

• Do we have reasons to believe the New Testament is inspired?
• What does it mean to put God in control of your life?

#STRask - June 15, 2020

Questions about reconciling the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 with the character of Jesus and how Jesus’ new command to love one another differs from the old one.

• How can you reconcile the unjustified killing of Ananias and his wife in Acts 5:1–11 with the character of Jesus?
• How is Jesus’ new command to love one another different from the old command to love our neighbors as ourselves?

#STRask - June 11, 2020

Questions about whether there really are objective moral values and whether the free will defense is compatible with Calvinism.

• There are people who think murdering certain people is okay, so where’s the “objective” moral value?
• Is the free will defense compatible with Calvinism/Reformed theology?

#STRask - June 8, 2020

Questions about whether Psalm 2:7 means Jesus had a premortal birth and why the spiritual disciplines are important if God is in control.

• Does Psalm 2:7 prove Jesus had a premortal birth?
• Why are the spiritual disciplines important if God is in control?

#STRask - June 4, 2020

Questions about whether or not it’s okay to counsel teenagers on how to have safe sex and the biblical definition of sexual lust. (Jon fills in for Amy.)

• Is it wrong to counsel teenagers on how to have safe sex?
• What’s the biblical definition of sexual lust?

#STRask - June 1, 2020

Questions about steamrollers who say there’s no proof for God, whether matter changing to energy proves it isn’t self-existent, and whether rainbows existed before Noah. (Jon fills in for Amy.)

• How can I deal with a person who steamrolls with “There is no proof of God”? 
• Does the fact that matter can change to energy prove it isn’t self-existent?
• Did the mechanics for creating a rainbow not exist before God put it in the sky for Noah?

#STRask - May 28, 2020

Questions about saying the “sinner’s prayer,” whether Sunday school is biblical, and baptizing in the name of Jesus vs. the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Jon fills in for Amy.)

• Should I lead my son in saying the “sinner’s prayer”? 
• Is Sunday school biblical?
• Why are New Testament believers baptized in the name of Jesus rather than the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

#STRask - May 25, 2020

Questions about apostasy in a time of persecution, balancing citizenship in Heaven and patriotism, and whether or not God hates Satan.

• Were the Japanese Christians in the film Silence who agreed to step on the picture of Christ committing an act of apostasy?
• How do you advise Christians to balance citizenship in Heaven and patriotism? 
• If it’s wrong to hate, then does God hate Satan?

#STRask - May 21, 2020

Questions about why Rahab lied (and whether or not that was okay) and why God didn’t allow David to build His temple. 

• Why did Rahab lie, and was that okay?
• Why did “having blood on his hands” disqualify David from building the temple?