Question: Your web site has been really helpful but I have a question I would value any comments on. I go to Sutton Coldfield Girls’ School in Birmingham, UK and as part of a R.S. lesson there was a discussion with the title: Do you need religion to know the difference between right and wrong?”As … [Read more…]
Answer: Jesus spoke repeatedly of His Father and of His own role as Son, hence, we cannot believe He was His own Father. Nor can we accept the idea that He was equal in power and authority to His Father, for He said, “My Father is greater than I” (John 14:28). He was sent of … [Read more…]
Question: Is it appropriate to attend a church that does not uphold correct Bible teachings if you yourself are aware of the true teachings of God’s Word? Answer: We are unsure of what you intend by your condition: “if you yourself are aware of the true teachings of God.” You may refer to our individual … [Read more…]
Question: I have a question about this passage: “For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of man” (1 Cor. 11:7). Isn’t Paul saying that women should cover their heads? Answer: To understand this passage, several issues … [Read more…]
Question: How has the Megiddo Message changed since the days of Kenneth Flowerday [pastor, 1958-1985]! When the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy with these instructions: ‘I suffer [not] a woman to teach or to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence…,’ he was not contradicting his own words in (Gal.) saying there … [Read more…]
Question: Your article on criticism and higher criticism in the September 1994 issue of the Megiddo Message is very interesting and informative. On page 18 you state (rightly): “The Roman Catholic Church decreed in its early statements that the traditions of the Church were on a par with Scripture. Such a position is wholly without … [Read more…]
Question: Burnt offerings were once commonplace. Would God receive an offering made today on an altar from the vegetables, fruits and meats that a person produced in their garden or on their farm? If so, how should this offering be made so that it would be acceptable to God? Answer: You are right in that … [Read more…]
Question: We get the Megiddo Message at the office where I work, and in my spare time I read as much as I can. “I am having a problem with understanding my responsibility in paying tithes. It is not that I believe one shouldn’t pay tithes, but my problem is that almost everyone I talk … [Read more…]
Question: What constitutes worship? There has to be a line drawn somewhere.—J. C., Georgia Answer: Worship: reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power; also an act of expressing such reverence; a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual.Merriam-Webster Dictionary For our purpose here we will confine the subject to Christian worship. Worship … [Read more…]
Answer: The opposition to musical instruments in the Church arose during the first centuries after Christ. However, we know of no place in Scripture where the use of musical instruments in worship service is spoken against. Musical instruments were in use long before Israel ever became a nation. Early in Genesis it is recorded that … [Read more…]