How Can I Tell Whether Biblical Commands Are Contextual or Universal? How do we know which rules are only valid in the context of a specific situation, and which are “universal”? For example, that most Christians believe that wives should submit to their husbands (Ephesians 5:22), but hardly anyone thinks that women should cover their…
What Is Covenant Theology? Covenant Theology is a product of the Reformed world. Historically speaking, it’s fairly recent. Zwingli got the ball rolling on this thought, but one of its initial popularizers was Heinrich Bullinger. Dispensationalists get a lot of heat from people for being something that supposedly started in the 19th century, but Covenant…
Was Esther Taken Against Her Will? I truly believe that Esther acted according to God’s will. However, I wonder if she was also a sex slave? Esther 2:2-4 Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces…
So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. Then passing through the midst…
O Filho Amado do Pai Quando todo o povo estava sendo batizado, também Jesus o foi. E, enquanto ele estava orando, o céu se abriu e o Espírito Santo desceu sobre ele em forma corpórea, como pomba. Então veio do céu uma voz: “Tu és o meu Filho amado; em ti me agrado”. (Lucas 3:21-22)…
L’Amato Figlio del Padre Ora, come tutto il popolo era battezzato, anche Gesù fu battezzato; e mentre stava pregando, il cielo si aprì e lo Spirito Santo scese sopra di Lui, in forma corporea come di colomba; e dal cielo venne una voce, che diceva: “Tu sei il mio amato Figlio, in te mi sono…
Are We Living In The Last Days? Does Scripture Speak About A Worldwide Revival Or Great Apostasy Before The End? Do you believe we are in the last minutes of the last days of this age? And is there any scripture to support a worldwide revival before the great Day of the Lord? Or is…
How Can I Discern Whether I’m Hearing From My Flesh Or The Lord? Would you say that, although God is omnipresent, omniscient, that He isn’t a God who micro-manages us? I do sometimes struggle to discern whether instructions are my flesh or from the Lord. Advice? The meticulous determinism of God is an interesting and…
How Can Intrusive And Sinful Thoughts Be Prevented? The word “intrusive” implies that we haven’t chosen the thought that pops into our head. How do we deal with the bad thoughts, wicked thoughts, hateful thoughts, covetous thoughts, envious thoughts, lustful thoughts, or other ungodly thoughts that pop into our head? The very nature of those…
Why Do I Keep Choosing To Disobey, When I Truly Want To Obey God? Why do I keep choosing to disobey? I feel like I surrender to God’s promises, but it’s a cycle of self-sabotage. And yet I want to obey God. Romans 7 describe your exact difficulty. In Romans 7, Paul says that something…
Do Some People Take Longer To Start Walking In Obedience After They Are Saved? Yes, this is true. We are often quick to judge the obedience or disobedience of other people. I’m not here to say there’s no place for that at all; Jesus told us that we would be known by our fruits, and…
Why Did Jesus Teach Us to Pray for Daily Forgiveness If Our Forgiveness Is Already Complete? Pastor David, your book Standing in Grace has really helped me with my struggle against legalism. I understand that we are fully forgiven and saved the moment we’re born again, completely by grace. My question is: if we’ve already…