Category: Q&A

Q – I have a friend who’s considering coming with me on Sundays in the future. We got to talking about stuff last night, and he mentioned how important communion seemed to be in the Bible, and he quoted “do this as often as you think of me.” Knowing GCA doesn’t do communion every Sunday,...

Q –I have a question. For some reason, I can’t explain why, I am having a hard time understanding the Trinity. Now is it one person? Or is it Three? I know that it is the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Is it three people rolled up in one? Or is it three different...

Q – A professor of Aramaic at the Hebrew Union College emailed me trying to disprove Daniel’s book. She claims that there are problems with it such as Daniel mistaking Nebuchadnezzar with Nabonidus in the desert episode? I don’t know what desert episode she’s talking about and I never read in the Bible about any...

Q – Dear Pastor Jim, I just returned from a weeklong Biblical Counseling Seminar with NANC in Lafayette, IN. The sessions were such a blessing to my heart, and the Lord certainly did a work of grace in my heart this week. However, my husband and I noticed a lot of emphasis on the counseling...

Q – I have been studying Matt 24 and I came to a conclusion that is not popular – the rapture is after the tribulation. I compared Luke and Mark to Matt 24 – same conclusion. All have the same sequence of events. This is why some will say “the Lord is delaying (inpatient) his...

Q – I need your assistance please. I have tried searching and have had no success. I have a co-worker who attends a “Church of Christ” and they only sing acappella style. They believe that since there is no reference biblically/scripturally in the New Testament they do not practice music with instruments (i.e. pianos or...

Q – What do you think about Christmas? Is it okay to have a Christmas tree? And, what about Santa Claus? I heard that he was connected with Baal worship. Is that right? Jim – I purposely tabled these questions until after the holidays so I would not be introducing any crisis of conscience into...

The assertion I made that started this conversation was that the word “Israel” has not lost its meaning. “Israel” continues, even during the New Covenant era, to identify the particular descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The meaning of the word has not been broadened to encompass the Gentiles nor is it a New Covenant...

Q – I recently read a message on Acts 2:42 that commented, “Only the activities outlined in Acts 2:42 are valid for things to do in church. Teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer.” While this is the “fingerprint” of the church, whether meeting in a home, barn, or 10,000 sq. ft. building, how...

Q – I have been listening to your recent sermons on how there is not such thing as a Christian “celebrity,” or at least there shouldn’t be such a thing. Well, I was flipping channels tonight and I landed on TBN for a moment because I came across a sound that I like. It was...