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Of Answered Bible Questions
By
Topic
Abortion
Is paying money an acceptable
punishment for abortion?
Is adoption Biblical?
When does the soul enter the body?
Does the Bible really speak against
abortion?
What is the proper view on abortion?
Alcohol
(For more
information on this subject, see the Alcohol
Bible Course)
Should a Christian volunteer to be a
designated driver for someone that is going to drink alcohol?
Is it right to drink alcoholic
beverages?
Should a Christian drink alcohol?
According to
the Bible, is it wrong to drink alcohol?
Ambition
Does society owe us a living?
Angels
Will people in heaven have wings?
Who are the sons of God?
How do spirit-beings fight each other?
What four angels are named in the Bible?
Does the Bible ever mention angels singing?
Is there really such a thing as guardian angels?
What are the names and types of angels in the Bible?
Appearance,
Clothing, Jewelry, Makeup
(For more information, see the Christian's
Appearance Bible Course)
What should we wear to church?
Is your church affecting the community in a positive way (tattooing)?
Should women wear pants?
Is it wrong for a woman to have one pierced earring in her ear lobe?
Are all long-haired men sodomites, and does a long-haired man lose his
salvation?
Does the Bible teach that a man is not to cut or trim his beard?
What do you tell teenage sons who see nothing wrong with tattoos and
pierced jewelry?
Should women cut their hair, wear makeup, and wear jewelry?
What is modest apparel?
Baptism
(For more information, see the Baptism
Bible Course)
What does it mean to be
"baptized for the dead?"
Was there baptism before Christ?
What is the importance of
baptism?
Do you have to be baptized to go
to heaven?
Bible
Is there a contradiction between the Book of Matthew and the Book of Luke in regard to
whether Joseph and Mary were just engaged, or actually married, when Jesus was born?
What happened to the books of Nathan and Gad?
Why was the Apocrypha once included in the Bible?
Does the Scripture really apply to us that was written before the cross?
How can I prove something to someone, if he or she does not believe what the Bible says?
Can people who tamper with the Bible be saved?
Is there a contradiction in the Bible as to the number of Jesse's sons? Did he have
seven..., or eight?
Who really said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."?
Who wrote the Bible?
Is the apocrypha a part of the Bible?
How did the writers of Scripture get to be such authorities?
What about all the great Bible teachers who say that there are words mistranslated in the
KJV?
Do you teach the Bible, or your opinion?
Should 1 John 5:7 be in the Bible?
K.J.V. Only
How do I know it is true?
Is the New
King James Version okay to read?
Is there a
contradiction between Acts 9:7 and 22:9?
Which Bible
is the Word of God?
Who wrote
the Bible?
Does
God's Word ever change?
Are you sure
that the King James Version is better than the NIV?
Is God's law perfect?
Are we supposed to take the Bible
literally?
Who Says "The Bible" Is The
Word Of God?
Bible
Doctrine
Why do Christians accept false
doctrine?
Body
Piercings/Tattoos
(For more information, see the Christian's
Appearance Bible Course)
Is it taking Leviticus 19:28 out of context to use it in regard to
tattoos?
What do you tell teenage sons who see nothing wrong with tattoos and
pierced jewelry?
What does the New Testament say about men piercing their ears?
Does the New Testament say anything about tattoos?
Can tattoos be removed?
Is there anything wrong with a man wearing an earring; a woman wearing
two earrings in her ear; a person have his/her tongue pierced; and a person having a small
tattoo?
What about body piercings?
Can I be forgiven for getting tattooed,
and what can I do about it now?
Charismatic
Movement/Tongues/Signs/Healing
Is the
present tongues/charismatic movement really of God, or of someone else?
Ecumenical
permission, or true Biblical unity?
Does the
Bible teach that we should "speak in tongues" today?
Does God promise to heal everyone who comes to Him?
Is it scriptural to "dance or laugh in the Spirit?"
What about the 700 Club?
What about
women preachers in the Charismatic Movement?
What does it mean to be "slain in
the spirit?"
Church
(For more information, see the Church Bible Cours\
Should the local church consider the Pastor as its "first missionary?"
Should the
disabled who cannot attend church be accepted as members?
Can I
co-pastor a church if I was divorced and remarried before I was saved?
Is a man
disqualified from the ministry for divorce and remarriage, or just polygamy?
Should only
pastors be ordained?
How often
are we to observe the Lord's Supper?
Is there a
universal church, of just a local, visable church?
Will pastors
be judged more harshly than other Christians?
Why fight
over music in the church?
Should churches have youth ministries, carnivals, etc.?
Should churches use something evil like the Internet?
Should churches use multimedia presentations?
Do you need to be a certain age to be a deacon?
Should women be allowed to speak in Business Meetings?
Is your church affecting the community in a postive way?
Do Pastors have to be married?
What about magic shows in church (ventriloquists also addressed)?
Who is to police the Lord's Supper?
What about preachers and deacons who have married divorced wives?
What are the duties of a deacon?
Is it okay for churches to sell things (books, tapes, Bibles, baked
goods, garage sale items, candy, etc.), or to charge for services (school tuition, college
tuition, rehab progrms, computer/website services, etc.)?
My pastor offended me in his message. What should I do?
Should divorced men be youth pastors, fill-in pulpit supply, etc.?
What do I do about naughty children at church?
Is it okay for women to preach and prophesy?
Should people come forward to the altar in church services?
Is foot-washing an ordinance to be practiced by the local church?
Can a man be a deacon if his wife has been divorced?
Is foot-washing an ordinance to be practiced by the local church?
Should a man who is divorced be a pastor, missionary, evangelist, or
deacon?
Baptist Bride?
Should churches practice "open," "closed," or
"close" communion?
Who really has the authority to start a local church?
Is tithing still required in the Church Age?
Is there such a thing as the "universal church?"
What do you do about friends who claim to be saved, but never attend
church, study the Bible, or witness?
Is it wrong for women to sing in church, give testimonies, etc.?
How do you discipline Christians in the church?
Are the "church" and the "kingdom" the same?
Is the
church local, universal, or both?
Are women supposed to be
preachers/teachers?
What should be done when church leaders
are living hypocritical lives?
Should churches sell things to raise
money for needs?
Are Women Permitted to Speak in the
Church?
Clothing
(For more information, see the Christian's
Appearance Bible Course)
Should men wear skirts?
What is modest apparel?
Creation
How was their light upon earth before the sun
was created?
Where There Any Other People Created Without Sin?
What does the Bible say about cave men?
Was the world created in six literal days?
From where did the giants come?
How long has man been here?
Disagreement to "How long has man been here?" and "Was man
really created in the image of God?"
Did God make a mistake when He created man?
Did God rest for a "day" or for an "age?"?
Do we know the exact age of Adam and Eve when they were created?
Is there a contradiction between the accounts of creation in Genesis
chapter 1 and chapter 2?
Did Adam and Eve have navels?
What is the "Gap Theory?"
Is there other life out there in space?
Did God use evolution to create
everything?
Is the Bible and creation
true?
Does a man have one less rib than a woman?
What are dinosaurs, and where did they
go?
Is there life on other planets?
When did God create the races of black,
red, and yellow?
How old is the earth?
Cults
Is the International (Boston) Church of Christ a cult?
Is "soul sleep" taught in the Bible?
What about the Christian Science Church?
Does the Catholic Church really teach the true way of salvation?
Why do
Mormons say that they will one day be "gods?"
How does the
Koran compare to the Bible?
A Catholic's
dreams?
What is the
difference between a Jehovah's Witness and a Christian?
Death/Suffering
Does purgatory exist?
What does the Bible teach about euthanasia or mercy-killing?
Should Christians cremate the bodies of their lived ones?
Will committing suicide send a person to hell?
Did Jesus actually die on the cross, or just pass out?
Is it sin to commit suicide when a person is in unbearable pain?
Where does the spirit of a Christian go after death?
What happens to your soul at death?
What is hades?
Are dead
people "conscious" of anything?
Why do
people suffer, if God is perfect?
Does the
Bible support the death penalty and the jail/prison systems?
Does our soul sleep until we are
resurrected?
Is every death God's will?
Do the dead communicate with us through
dreams or thoughts?
Christian Suicide?
Demons/Satan
Why did God create the devil, and who are the sons of God?
What made Satan think that he could overcome God?
Is all temptation from the devil, and how was the devil ever tempted,
if heaven is a perfect place?
Can people cast out demons by their own power?
When is Satan cast out of the heavenly realm, and how much power will
he have?
Why does the Bible say that the devil was a murderer from the
beginning?
How much power does Satan have?
Can a Christian be demon-possessed?
What are "familiar spirits" and what do they do?
Were Satan and the demons ever saved?
Who caused Satan to rebel?
Can the devil, or demons, or people
stop God from saving anyone?
Family
How far does the authority of parents
and husbands go?
How do you know the difference between
a "trial" in the Christian life, and God "chastening" you?
Discouraged and in need of prayer?
How can we help young people facing
peer pressure and revenge because of it?
Food
Is it wrong to eat meat that is rare
(further questioned)?
Why can Christians eat any meats today?
God
Who is God?
More questions about the Trinity
How can the doctrine of the
Trinity really be true?
Where in the Bible does it refer
to "El Shadi," and what does it mean?
What Scriptures tell us that God
is omniscient?
Does God hate sinners?
Can God Lie?
The Trinity
Why does it say that people saw God, and then it says that no one can
see God?
Did Moses & Abram See God?
Does God Help Them Who Help
Themselves?
How does God talk to us today?
Who made God?
Where was God before the heaven and earth were created?
What is the
view of God in the Old Testament?
What is the
glory of God?
Who is speaking for the Trinity?
God's Will
What is God's perfect will?
Government
Should Christians "pledge allegiance" to the United States
flag?
Should women run for school boards, township positions, senators,
representatives, or President of the United States?
Does the Bible say that the government
has the power to execute criminals?
What type of "Tax System"
does the Bible outline?
Should we pay taxes to a wicked
government?
Heaven
(For more information, see the Heaven Bible
Course)
Tears
in heaven? What will we do there?
Where
is paradise?
What is the "third heaven?"
Hell
Is
hell in the center of the earth?
Holidays
Do you
believe in ghosts?
Should
we celebrate Halloween?
Should Christians observe holidays like Christmas and Easter?
Should we be
celebrating Christmas?
What holidays does the Bible command us
to keep?
Holy Spirit
If the Holy Spirit is removed at the
Rapture, how can people still get saved?
What is the difference between being
"filled" with the Holy Ghost, and being "baptized" by the Holy Ghost?
Why did the Samaritans in Acts 8 not
receive the Holy Spirit until the apostles came down to them?
Why did the Spirit descend on the
Messiah?
Jesus
What day was Jesus actually crucified?
If Jesus is God, then why does He call
the Father, "God?"
Did Jesus suffer in hell, or did He
suffer the torment of hell on the cross?
How old was Jesus when He began His
earthly ministry?
When did Jesus know that He was God in
human form?
If Jesus is God, then why doesn't He
know when He is going to return?
If Jesus is God, then why does He call
the Father "God?"
Is seeing Jesus, seeing the Father?
Was Jesus In The Old Testament?
Has Jesus
always sat on the right hand of God?
Did Jesus
have any sisters?
Did Jesus
have any sisters?
Did Jesus
ever get married?
Did Jesus spend three days and nights in hell?
Is Jesus Christ equal with God the Father?
Did Jesus lose His temper in the Temple?
What color are Jesus and God?
If Jesus is God, then how can He be the beginning of the creation of God?
What did
Jesus mean, "No man hath ascended up to heaven?"
Jews
Who really
is supposed to be in the land of Palestine, and are the followers of Islam saved?
Have the
Jewish people ever inhabited all of the land promised to them?
Judgment
If people
immediately go to heaven or hell upon death, then what is the purpose of the resurrection?
Is there
only one judgment, and where do our spirits go now?
Marriage/Divorce
-- Includes Dating/Betrothal
(For more information, see the Marriage
Bible Course Series)
Does betrothal really work?
Why does the majority hold to
divorce and remarriage?
What about a marriage where one
is saved and the other is not?
What should I do about old sin
and troubling thoughts?
How do you forgive when you have
been deeply hurt?
If two people commit immorality,
are they married in God's eyes?
Should the example of divorcing
wives in the Book of Ezra be followed today?
Should I divorce my present wife,
if I have a former wife that is still living?
What makes a marriage legal or
recognized by God?
What does the Bible teach about
dating and courtship?
When men in the Old Testament had
many wives and concubines, was that not committing adultery?
Should a woman be a "keeper
at home" (not working outside of the home)?
Can a Christian remarry an
unsaved mate if they have divorced?
Is it wrong to remarry?
Dating
Can I Marry Her?
Does God allow remarriage if
death has not happened?
Should I leave my wife?
Did the Apostle Paul have a wife?
Can I stop Adultery?
Can I marry a divorced woman?
What do I do about the terrible
arguments my wife and I are having?
Can a divorced person who has
remarried go back and marry a previous mate?
Didn't
Moses allow divorce and remarriage?
In a
bad home situation, would it be better for the wife to leave, and remarry someone nicer?
Who is
supposed to pay the bills in the home?
Does the Bible say that men and women are equal?
Why are there restrictions placed upon
those who are divorced and remarried?
What role do women have in the family?
Is it wrong for a man to ask a woman a question about the Bible?
If a husband is unsaved, is he still the head of a saved wife?
Should people of different races marry?
Misc. Question
Should a Christian join the military?
Were the two thieves nailed to their crosses?
Are we supposed to hate the lost in hell?
The love of God, or the fear of God?
Because of the possibility of killing someone, should a Christian be a police officer?
Where does it say that the husband is the "priest" of the home?
Why do Christians eat pork?
Who are those "gods?"
Do you believe in ghosts?
Were there any more unthankful people in the Bible, other than the nine lepers?
Where in the Bible does it refer to "El Shaddai," and what does it mean?
Is it biblical to donate the organs of our bodies to someone else?
How could America be "Christian" in its beginning, if it did not even allow
women to vote?
What is God's command on how we cook our food?
Who is the "third category" of people that is neither male or female?
Does God know the unbeliever?
What was the first language spoken?
Is is biblical to go to a Catholic wedding or funeral?
What is the Book of Abraham?
Are Christians the "spiritual seed" of Abraham?
Do animals go to heaven?
What is Biblical tolerance?
Did God speak to any other people beside the Jews?
What is behind ESP?
Why does Jesus come into my dreams?
Where does it talk about not knowing your right hand from your left?
Are we supposed to judge others, or sit and remain silent?
Out of what book are names blotted?
What is special about the number 40 in the Bible?
Why is the U.S.A. not mentioned in prophecy?
Does the
Bible condone slavery?
What does it
mean, to "let not then your good be evil spoken of?"
Do animals
go to heaven?
Who
said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord?"
Are all
Baptists Calvinistic?
Is it wrong for a man to have a beard?
Judge not....?
Twelve stars & seven crowns
What Rules Were Negated By The New
Covenant?
What is Fellowship?
Money/Finances/Gambling/Investments/Tithes/Offerings
Why did Jesus say to make "friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness?"
Did Jesus and the disciples tithe?
Is tithing still required in the Church Age?
Is it proper for a Pastor's increased support to be called a
"housing allowance" for the purpose of a tax break?
Is it gambling to invest in the Stock Market?
What is the difference between tithes and offerings?
It is okay
to gamble?
Music
(For more
information on this subject, see the Music Bible
Course)
"I'll
Fly Away?"
"In My
Heart There Rings A Melody?"
What makes a
hymn sacred?
Why fight
over music in the church?
Did
Nebuchadnezzar mix the music?
Should women
sing solos in church?
New Age Movement/Spiritism
What does the Bible say about psychics, tarot cards, and spirit guides?
New Testament Misc.
Questions
Did Joseph die before or after Jesus?
Was Paul a Jew or a Roman?
When was the apostle Paul saved?
Where did those resurrected saints go?
What day was Jesus crucified?
Did Jesus preach in hell?
What were the requirements to be an apostle?
Would you please explain Hebrews 6:4-6 ("If they shall fall away..")?
Which of the twelve apostles were married?
What was Paul's "thorn?"
When did the disciples request to sit at Jesus' right and left hands?
Did Paul ever preach about hell?
Was Paul a member of the Sanhedrin?
Did Joseph and Mary ever have any children of their own?
Can a deacon be cursed?
How many days and nights was Jesus' body in the grave?
How did Judas die, and who bought the potter's field?
How and when did Paul die?
Was Jesus and His disciples rich?
How many languages did Paul speak?
Why does the Book of Matthew list a different genealogy to Jesus than the Book of Luke?
Why was the veil of the temple ripped in two?
Is the Old
Testament used in the Book of Revelation?
Who was the "other" disciple?
What does it mean, "I will give
unto thee the keys of the kingdom," and "Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven"?
Did Abraham See the Day for the Coming
of the Lord?
Old Testament Misc.
Questions
How long had Abraham waited for the promised son, when Ishmael was
born?
Who was the bald prophet?
How tall were the sons of the Anakims?
What was going on when Abraham experienced "an horror of great
darkness" and saw "a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp" pass between the
pieces of some divided animals?
When is the Feast of Tabernacles in relation to our calendar?
What was the talking donkey's name?
How long did it take Noah to build the ark?
Did God warn the people in Noah's day of the flood by sending a comet?
Is there a contradiction in the Bible as to the number of Jesse's sons?
Did he have seven..., or eight?
Do we know the exact age of Adam and Eve when they were created?
What happened to Joseph's two sons?
Who was the first Gentile?
Which offering is right; a lamb, or a goat?
How old was Moses?
How big was the veil in the Tabernacle?
Who wrote the Book of Genesis?
Why were things like manna, Aaron's rod, and the Ten Commandments
placed in the Ark?
How did Noah know that the waters of the flood were going down, if he
could not see them?
Who is the "angel of the Lord" in the Old Testament?
Who or what produced the giants in Genesis 6?
What was Noah's wife's name?
Where did Cain get his wife?
Where did Enoch go?
What is "the tabernacle of David?"
Who was Melchizedek?
Why did Noah take two of certain animals on the ark, but seven of others?
Did Elisha give a false prophecy?
Where was Daniel?
Would people live forever if they could eat of the tree of life?
What king had sores or boils on his feet?
What does Genesis 3:16 mean?
Did Methuselah die in the flood?
Why was
Abel's offering accepted, but not Cain's?
Why did
people in the Old Testament live so much longer than we do today?
Was
Melchisedec really Jesus in angelic form?
What was
Malachi's message, and the response to it?
How Long Did Noah Live?
Noah's Ark
Who cared for Israel's land (and who is
polluting America's)?
Personal Life
If you think wrong things, but do not act upon them, are you still
sinning?
What do you do if you are having trouble with a sin you cannot seem to
stop?
Should you be friends with a witch?
How do you recognize and deal with "strong holds" in your
heart?
What does the Bible say about anorexia, bulimia, and self-esteem?
How do I develop a devotional time?
How can we not cause people to stumble?
Is it possible to have joy again after backsliding?
Is it
a sin to worry?
Prayer
Is it okay to pray in public, or should all prayer be private?
What does Jesus say about prayer?
What is the correct wording of the Lord's Prayer?
Why is God
not answering my prayers?
Rapture/Jesus' Return/End
Time Events
If someone has already been tattooed
with "666" can he still get saved?
Why is the tribe of Dan missing in
Revelation 7:4-8?
Are the two witnesses in Revelation
Enoch and Elijah?
Who is the whore of Babylon?
Will people have to be "born
again" to get saved in the Tribulation Period?
We know what the mark of the beast is,
666; but what is the seal of God in the foreheads of believers?
Who are the two witnesses in the Book
of Revelation?
Is there only one judgment, and where
do our spirits go now?
Why would someone with the Lord want to
return to decaying bones in the resurrection?
What is "thy mystery of
iniquity?"
Can People Get Saved After The Rapture?
Will there be a catastrophe with Y2K?
Is there a description of the antichrist in the King James Bible?
What does God say about the Millennium?
Who is going to be left
to preach to those who are born in the Tribulation Period?
What is the reason for the great falling away?
How long does the Tribulation Period last?
What would happen if Christ came back before 2,000?
Why is the Book of Life at the Great White Throne Judgment?
Are the New Heaven, New Earth, and New
Jerusalem all one place, or three different places?
If a person is not walking daily with
the Lord, will he be left behind when the Lord returns?
Does the Rapture take place before the
Tribulation Period starts?
How should we live if the Lord's coming
seems very close?
What happens if Jesus comes, and a
Christian has unconfessed sin?
What is the difference between the
Great White Throne Judgment, and the Judgment Seat of Christ?
Burnt Offerings in the Future
Rewards
Are crowns literal, and if so, how can you get them?
Sabbath Day
If we are not required to keep the Sabbath, then what about the other 9
of the 10 Commandments?
Why do people not keep the Sabbath Day?
Which day is the Sabbath Day?
Salvation/Gospel/Forgiveness
(For more information, see the Salvation
Bible Course)
(For more information, see the Eternal
Security Bible Course)
Do you have to repent to be saved?
Free will? Calvinism?
What do you have to do to go to heaven? What do you have to do to
not go to heaven?
Could you explain "easy-believism" or
"easy-prayerism?"
Does God choose you, or do you choose God?
Can a person lose his salvation by continuing in sin?
Will people have to be "born again" to get saved in the
Tribulation Period?
How were people saved in the Old Testament?
Was it God's will for Adam and Eve to sin, so we would have the
opportunity to know the Savior?
Are some of our sins forgiven, but not forgotten?
Can a person be confused about whether he or she is saved?
What is "free will," and does everyone have it?
Do both the saved and the lost attain immortality one day?
Can a person be blotted out of the Book of Life?
Can widows lose their salvation?
Were there other religions before Christianity?
How were people in the Old Testament Saved?
Does God predestine people to heaven or hell?
Will God forgive "premeditated" sins?
What about those who never hear the gospel?
Did Jesus really die for
our sins?
Will God condemn those who have been
misled?
The Gospel of Jesus
What is "dispensational
salvation?"
Can The "Others" Become
Christians?
What does it
mean to be "born again?"
Does God "choose" people to go to hell?
Why did Jesus have to suffer, die, and shed His blood that we might be saved?
What is a "dispensationalist?"
Does the
Book of Hebrews teach "eternal security?"
Does the
Bible teach that Sodomites can be saved?
At what age
can a child get saved?
Can we lose our salvation?
Sickness/Suffering
Why do people get diseases like AIDS?
If there is a God, why does He let good
people suffer and die?
Sin
Why should we have to suffer for Adam
and Eve's mistake?
Can a person be so evil, that he/she
has no soul?
Who commits the unpardonable sin?
If Satan would have never sinned, would
sin still exist?
Is it possible to go through a day
without sinning?
Does the Bible say anything about
cursing?
Is there such a thing as "original
sin," and what happens to babies that die?
Is sodomy a sin?
Who actually sinned first?
Ten Commandments
Is there a difference between the Law of Moses and the Ten
Commandments?
Is fighting in a war breaking one of the Ten Commandments?
Could you
list the Ten Commandments?
Unbelievers
How do you deal with an agnostic?
Witnessing
Is it scriptural to use gospel tracts?
Women
Should women run for school boards, township positions, senators,
representatives, or President of the United States?
Should women preach?
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