#STRask

Question about when the Old Covenant ended and the New Covenant began.

• Was there a definite point in time when the Old Covenant ended and the New Covenant began?

Question about why Jesus couldn’t have paid for our sins by dying of old age.

• Why couldn’t Jesus have paid for our sins by dying of old age?

Questions about whether we can define human organisms by their DNA, applying Lewis’s argument from desire to transgender desires, and starting a spiritual conversation with a shaman.

• If our bodies’ cells, though they contain our DNA, are not individual human beings, can we justify the idea that zygotes are human beings based on their having human DNA?
• How would you respond to a man who used Lewis’s argument from desire to say his desire to be female is legitimate and will be fulfilled in Heaven?
• How can I start a spiritual conversation with a shaman?

Can you explain why the Euthyphro dilemma is solved by saying morality comes from God’s nature, and how do I explain this to others?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?