Bible Q&As
Question: I have read in your magazine that you do not believe in “a literal creation 6000 years ago.” I believe there was a literal creation as recorded in Genesis 1, and according to the center references of KJV. It was in 4004 B.C., which would have been almost 6000 years ago. When do you … [Read more…]
Answer: We believe that Adam and Eve were not the first and only persons on earth at that time. If we had only the statements in Genesis concerning Adam and Eve, we too would believe they were the first, and once only, two people on earth. However, consider the following: When Cain was condemned, and … [Read more…]
Question: I have read in your literature you believe the first chapters of Genesis to be allegorical. This is incorrect thinking. If you have any Biblical proof of Genesis being anything other than an account of creation, please do respond. Answer: Can we look at the billions of galaxies composed of billions of stars, and … [Read more…]
Question: The astronomers seem to assume that life comes about naturally when conditions are just right. They say that is why we have life on earth. What do you think? Answer: It seems impossible that any thinking person could honestly believe life, in all its complex and varied forms, just “happened” or evolved. Scientists themselves … [Read more…]
Question: First Corinthians 8 sounds as though Paul says it is all right to eat meat sacrificed to idols in the pagan temple. He made the point that the meat was all the same, whether offered to an idol or not, because the idol did not exist anyway, but wouldn’t it be wrong to dine … [Read more…]
Question: What did Paul mean when he spoke of the “unsearchable riches of Christ”? Answer: The Apostle does not specify what is included in the “riches of Christ.” But Scripture shows many aspects of Christ’s knowledge (wisdom, teaching) that may properly be called “riches” and also “unsearchable.” They are “riches” because they have eternal worth, … [Read more…]
Question: Could you please shed some light on Rom. 8:10, “If Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” Answer: Paul spoke frequently of “Christ” as the total embodiment of the knowledge of God and all that it meant to him. “Christ in you” … [Read more…]
Answer: What does Paul mean when he says that we are to make all [men] see what is the fellowship [dispensation] of the mystery?” Other translations of this text use the word “administration” in place of fellowship’ “To bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in … [Read more…]
Question: What is the ‘mystery’ that Paul talks about in his Epistles? Answer: The apostle Paul in his Epistles used the term “mystery” often (twenty-one times) when speaking of the Divine revelation. He spoke of the “mystery of the gospel,” “the revelation of the mystery,” “the mystery of God,” “the mystery of Christ,” “the mystery … [Read more…]
Question: Did Jacob Arminius move the church away from Augustine and toward Pelagius? To what degree? Answer: Your question is beyond the scope of our discussions, but we might say that from the records of history, Arminius was one who, during the Sixteenth Century, disagreed openly with the doctrine of predestination as it was being … [Read more…]