Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Is there ever a situation where it is okay for Christians to "put out a fleece" in order to confirm God's will like Gideon? The account of Gideon’s fleece can be found in Judges 6:36-40. Gideon was a man who was very fearful. He didn’t…
Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay What do we make of situations where God speaks through people involved in occult practices, such as Balaam and the Witch of Endor? Occult practices go directly against the laws of the Old Testament and scriptural commands. Christians must not turn to sorcerers and…
Image by Efes Kitap from Pixabay Can you explain 1 Peter 5:8-10? These three verses are in the middle of a paragraph that extends from 1 Peter 5:6-11. This is at the end of the letter in which most New Testament authors, including Peter, give commands based on what they…
Image by scott payne from Pixabay What is the difference between a cultural/intellectual Christian and a Born Again Spiritual Christian? Well, a born again Christian is a person whose life has been changed by Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit (John 3:5-8). He or she follows Christ’s teachings…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Can you give me an overview of Gnosticism? Gnostics were false teachers and heretics from about the first to second century AD. They began in the church but were deemed heretics because of their false beliefs by the church fathers. Most of them made their…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay In Luke 19 in the story of Zacchaeus the tax collector, Jesus talks about salvation and calls him a son of Abraham. Was he a Jew and a son of Abraham before this or did Jesus declare him this as part of his conversion as…
Image by Mystic Art Design from Pixabay What is the spirit of antichrist? In 1 John 2:18, why does it say antichrists? The spirit of antichrist is the devil working through the world system, politics, economics, and religion. Antichrist comes from two Greek words, anti (against) Christos (Christ, Messiah). Anything…
Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay Does the abomination of desolation refer to the antichrist as well? Indeed it does. The abomination of desolation was first prophesied by Daniel (Daniel 12:11). The idea of the prophecy is that the Temple will be violated in some way. We talked earlier about…
Image by Marek Ostasz from Pixabay Can you explain the telescoping nature of prophecy? Telescoping prophecy is an interpretive understanding of how the fulfillment of prophecy works. It postulates that throughout time from the moment the prophecy is given to the time it is completely fulfilled is like a telescope…
Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay In Deuteronomy 34:5-6, Moses climbs the Mount and the text literally says that God buried Moses. Is this a literal reading of the Lord burying Moses and how would that have happened? There are three options here that would agree with the grammar. The…