Questions in this episode: – If we don’t learn from our past are we wasting our lives? – I’m starting a small group and was wondering what is the best place to start our study? – Does God still perform miracles today and if so, are there any exceptions? – Is there any significance to …
Questions in this episode: – My spouse is struggling with the church we are going to and I’m wondering how I navigate this? – Is there anything biblically wrong with a female music director? – Did King Saul go to heaven even though the Holy Spirit left him? – Did God set up David regarding …
Questions in this episode: – Was the water that Jesus turned into wine have alcohol in it? – Do you have any suggested books for premarital counseling? – Was Jesus referring to the Tribulation when he says in Matthew 24 the time would be shortened? – Where do you draw the line between “mental illness” …
We must have confidence in the veracity of our Bibles, knowing how God miraculously authenticated the Apostles and Prophets he used to relay his written revelation to us.
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: Should we believe in a “young earth” or “old earth?” How do we communicate what it means to be a “slave of Christ?” Is addressing someone by their preferred pronouns somehow sinful or a compromise of my Christianity? What does it …
Questions in this episode: – Is baptism by immersion a requirement to be granted Salvation, and is infant baptism valid? – Are there such things as ex-Christians? Were they truly believers or not? What is the Biblical perspective on “the great falling away”? – Why would God create humans when he knows that a …
Mature Christians must be discerning to rightly understand the biblical teaching on the Holy Spirit’s person and works, both past and present.
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: Is it a sin for professing Christians to not read the Bible? Is belief in the sign gifts a secondary issue in the Christian life or is it salvific? How do we navigate friendship versus a dating relationship between Christian men …
Some say that those of us who do not believe that God continues to regularly suspend natural law in our presence the way he did through the apostles and prophets in Scripture, somehow “put God in a box” or seek to diminish his work in the world. But if you think it through…
Repentance requires a discernment of and submission to God’s incomparable power.
We should rely on and revel in the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, who works to empower and embolden us as God’s redeemed children to effectively represent him in this world.
Like the early church and the Apostles, today’s Christians ought to sincerely love and highly esteem their church leaders who are gifted, called, trained, and qualified to lead them and their churches into greater fruitfulness.
The supernatural launch of God’s Church should provide us with a sense of privilege for our inclusion in it, as well as motivating us to drive toward the completion of his work in filling it, both here and abroad.
God expects us to be fully confident in Christ and his ongoing work through us in this world, which we should be assured will culminate in his return and the establishment of his kingdom.
We must understand and affirm that the second person of the Godhead stepped into space and time to share our humanity so that he might perfectly fulfill human righteousness and provide a divine-sized payment for our sins.
Jesus has more than adequately proven his status as Savior and Lord, so we must be careful not to avoid (or allow the avoidance of) the implications of those realities because of sinful pride.
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions from Part 3: 1. Millennium Kingdom – how does all this work? 2. Will Catholics end up in heaven? 3. Atheist and Homosexuality in our own family… when if ever do we give up praying for them? 4. What guidelines do you have for …
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions in this service: What is the reason behind the Compass Bible Church theme verse Psalm 43:3? What is the meaning of Selah in the Psalms? In the OT and the NT people were raised from the dead, did these people go to the presence …
We need to be prepared to wisely respond to the variety of objections we are sure to face when we step out to represent Christ in our daily lives.
God’s breaking of natural law is not the norm, nor should it be our expectation We should expect his intervention within the laws he made, not in the way he did for the prophets for whom he was verifying his new revelation.
