Narrowing Our Audience
Because Christ paid the ultimate price to redeem us, our love for him should compel us to put aside our old desires and live wholly for him.
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July 31, 2025
Questions in this episode: – Do our works justify us before God? – How does grace work in our salvation? – Who wrote the book of Hebrews? – Can you explain 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 regarding losing your salvation? – How does modern day Israel fit into God’s plan of salvation for Jews and Gentiles? – …
July 29, 2025
Questions in this episode: – What is the biblical view of a vasectomy or a hysterectomy? – Can a Christian have more than one wife? – In Matthew 24:22? where it says that the days will be shortened for the elect in the Tribulation, how many days will this be? – Can women be pastors …
Question & Answer Service 2025-Part 3
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this episode: – What will happen in the end times to those who reject Christ? – Church buildings in the past were very beautiful, why aren’t our church buildings beautiful like they used to be? – Does the Bema Seat judgment only judge …
Question & Answer Service 2025-Part 1
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: Why does Paul in the Spirit say he will continue to Jerusalem, when Agabus says the Holy Spirit says he will be imprisoned? Who made God? What is the biblical view of retirement? In 1 Corinthians 15:10 what is meant by …
July 10, 2025
Questions in this episode: – What is the context of Luke 7 and what Jesus says about true repentance? – Are there ghosts and can you get rid of them? – Is homiletics related to Roman Catholic homilies? – How do we deal with habitual sins that take a long time to conquer? – How …
June 3, 2025
Questions in this episode: – Did God know before the beginning of time who would accept Jesus? – Should I pray to God and expect healing? – What is Dispensationalism? – What are your thoughts regarding the rapture? – What are your thoughts on Hebrews 6:4-6? – Do I have to speak in tongues to …
Standing in Awe of the Gospel’s Greatness
We need to appreciate and celebrate the greatness of the God-breathed New Testament gospel and its power to transform and shape our lives.
May 21, 2025
Questions in this episode: – Is there a limit to how many times we can sin and ask God for forgiveness? – Who is truly in control of your soul and are you able to “sell your soul?” – As a Christian is there a limit to God’s grace in forgiveness for sin? – In …
May 6, 2025
Questions in this episode: – 2 Samuel 23 and 1 Chronicles 11 talk about the mighty men, but it seems to be different. Can you explain this? – Do you believe there are 1260 days between the 6th and 7th trumpet? – Does Jesus calling his people the new temple negate a literal coming temple …
April 30, 2025
Questions in this episode: – What does it mean when it says we will be judged by every idle word that comes out of our mouth? – 2 Samuel 17 David’s sons are called priests, what does this mean? – How do we love someone who we don’t feel love toward? – Do you think …
April 10, 2025
Questions in this episode: – If we aren’t suffering, does that mean we aren’t a Christian? – Does Scripture command us to go out in pairs in a covenant promise to do the Lord’s work? – Is the Sermon on the Mount only relevant to the disciples in talking about the narrow path in Matthew …
Obedience
At its core, the problem with sin has much less to do with the act itself, and much more to do with the fact that any commission of sin is a rebellion against God’s authority. In our pragmatic world, that is an increasingly rare perspective…
A Dozen Things God Did With Your Sin–
Am I Forgivable?
Every believer occasionally struggles with doubt over their salvation. This is born out of guilt and discouragement of their sin they believe is too big or egregious for God to forgive.
This can lead Christians to underestimate or disbelieve the complete sacrifice for sin accomplished on the cross. Want to understand God’s complete forgiveness and wiping away of sin?
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February 19, 2025
Questions in this episode: – In his earthly ministry, was Jesus capable of sin? – Do we have to have the blessing of our parents to get married? – What should we do as a Christian couple who have fallen into sexual temptation before marriage? – What do you think about the 2025 changes to …
February 4, 2025
Questions in this episode: – Where does our soul go after we die before the eternal heaven and earth are set up? – In Leviticus 12 why is there a different timeframe for cleansing between male and female? – What is going on in the parable of the 10 virgins? – Will those that go …
Knowing Our Absolute Standard
We must be especially attuned to the state of our conscience, making sure it is rightly calibrated to God’s truth, and then faithfully followed by God’s grace.
Restoration
As we read through the Book of Jeremiah we are confronted with a very familiar refrain, “God would never do that!” This is what the Lord’s faithful spokesman encountered when he exposed the gaping distance between the standards God had commanded in his word, and the values…
Exclusivity
Many take offense at our call to trust Christ for the forgiveness of their sins because it is so exclusive. They stumble over the words of Jesus when he said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (Jn.14:6). They despise the tone of our evangelism when it echoes…
December 26, 2024
Questions in this episode: – What should we do if we hear someone twisting Scripture? – Is there Scripture that speaks to family planning: marriage, birth control, etc? – My son-in-law has a YouTube platform and he twists the Bible, what is my responsibility to my grandson to educate him correctly about the Bible? – …
December 17, 2024
Questions in this episode: – In Daniel 12 it talks about the days of the tribulation, but there are multiple days mentioned. How do we make sense of this? – If all our past, present and future sins were forgiven on the cross, why do we have to daily confess our sins? – In light …
December 12, 2024
Questions in this episode: – Is the Shroud of Turin the real burial cloth of Christ? – How can we be assured of our salvation? – Can you explain in 1 John 5:16-17 what the sin that does not lead to death is? – I’m married to an unbeliever, am I sinning everyday with my …
Exposing Anxiety
When God confronts the sin of anxiety in Philippians 4, his prescribed remedy helps to clearly diagnose the problem – especially in the lives of those who tend to downplay its repercussions and choose to think that worry is not that big of a deal. In Philippians 4:4-8 the Lord commands five things for those …
Anger
Anger is admittedly a volatile and dangerous emotion. But it is important to note that it is not always a sinful emotion, and it certainly isn’t always expressed in sinful ways. God gives us adequate warning that…
October 9, 2024
Questions in this episode: – I was baptized 5 years back, and someone recently asked me if I was baptized in the Spirit as well. Can you explain what is meant by baptized in the Spirit? – My sibling was baptized at a young age, and is now 40, recently changed from a denomination of …
Responding to Trials
Modern Christians tend to misplace a good portion of their compassion. Often when they learn of someone who is struggling or hurting, regardless of the reason, they are quick to offer…
Question & Answer Service 2024-Part 2
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 …
Question & Answer Service 2024-Part 1
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: How do we discern pride in ourselves and others? Where did all the different ethnicities come from after the flood. What is the biblical view on the “age of accountability” How does Satan have any authority on earth if dominion is …
July 9, 2024
Questions in this episode: – What does the Bible say about Creation? – What are we to make of Paul and his struggle with sin in Romans 7? – Do infants go to Heaven when they die? – What about the different levels of Heaven mentioned in the Bible? – Can you please explain Rewards …