Questions in this episode: – What does it mean in James 1:8 to be a double-minded person? – How do we reconcile with friends who have done us wrong? – When Jesus gave up his spirit on the cross, what is happening here? – Can you elaborate between the harsh God of the Old Testament …
Questions in this episode: – Where is it found in the Bible about one third of the angels falling? – Is Job 9:33 about Jesus and His coming ministry to save us? – How can there be a pre-tribulation rapture when it says that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God until the …
Questions in this episode: – Can you please explain the text in John 3:13 with Jesus talking to Nicodemus about the son of man in heaven? – Will there be children born during the tribulation? – What is the Age of accountability? – Please explain chosen, election and predestination as written in Ephesians 1:4-5 and …
Questions in this episode: – Does God have a soul? – Are you aware of the word musar (chastisement) ever meaning anything other than punitive discipline? Do you know a better way to show the truth of penal substitutionary atonement as it relates to Isa 53? – How do I talk to my grown daughter …
Questions in this episode: – Do I still share the gospel at work if I am at risk of losing my job? – What is your take on “many are called, but few are chosen”? – What is your recommendation for your typical lay person to learn Greek? – When is the right time to …
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: If we pray with any doubt at all does God hear our prayer? Did Jesus have a part in the creation of the universe? What are your thoughts on “altar calls?” What are your thoughts on Jeremiah 29:11? How can you …
Parenting is hard work. Particularly because we are called by God to direct and correct young human beings who are born sinners (Ps.51:5), by nature chafe against the instructions of God (Rom.8:7; 1Cor.2:14), and are obstinately focused on…
Parenting is hard work. Particularly because we are called by God to direct and correct young human beings who are born sinners (Ps.51:5), by nature chafe against the instructions of God (Rom.8:7; 1Cor.2:14), and are obstinately focused on…
Questions in this episode: – What does Ezekiel 38 mean? – Does Matthew 5:31 mean that instead of stoning for sexual immorality, there should just be a divorce? – Will my miscarried children be tempted at the end of the millennium by Satan? – How do you help someone suffering from dementia or Alzheimers …
Questions in this episode: – 1 Corinthians 11:26 says “you do this [The Lords’s Supper] and you show through this the Lord’s death”. What happens in the millennium, will there be some sort of observance of the Lord’s Supper during that thousand year reign of Christ? – Is moving in with your boyfriend against …
Questions in this episode: – Is taking the Lord’s Supper for divine healing? – How do you get divine healing? – Why was Paul forbidden from going into Asia? – The Bible says that no one has seen God and lived, but Jacob said he saw God face to face and lived, so what …
Questions in this episode: – A couple lives together before marriage and is having sexual relations and then decide to get married, what do you think of that? How does God look at that marriage and how does God view them as individuals? – How is the believer’s child sanctified? Should a couple try …
When we read through the Proverbs we often forget that much of the book is framed as a parental plea to children. The collection commences with the words, “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and forsake not your mother’s teaching” (Proverbs 1:8). Of course we ought to go to the Proverbs for God’s wisdom regarding our own lives, but what an overlooked resource when we fail to prayerfully read this inspired book with our children in view. Solomon boldly warns…
We all like easy answers. Yet the Bible tells us that “It is the glory of God to conceal things” (Proverbs 25:2). That may appear to be a cruel portrayal of God, who is lauded for stealthily hiding important matters from his creatures. But think for a moment about how loving parents routinely and strategically choose to refrain from simply handing over the answers to their children’s homework questions. Parents and teachers alike intuitively recognize
Christ calls us to trust him for salvation with the helplessness and full dependence of a little child, and in the process shows his special regard for children.
All Christians should seek to build and maintain distinctly Christian homes, reflecting Christ’s values and priorities – most especially as we go about the task of raising children.
We should all care, pray, and work to see the next generation of Christians rise up as sold-out and courageous ambassadors for Christ in the world and Church that desperately needs them.
Each member of the family should take responsibility and do his or her part in making the home a place that glorifies God, curtailing sin and multiplying the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Obedience and respect for authority must be the overarching value that permeates your family if your kids are to consistently obey their parents.
