Sermon Q&A Blog
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Sermon Q&A Blog:
27 July 2010
1) I've always had people say to me that they don't believe in God because there is still pain and suffering even though God is all loving and all caring. They say “how can God love when there is so much suffering?” How can we as believers explain to non-believers the concept that God loves everyone and His hand is in everything, suffering or not?
This is a very difficult question!
There were a series of essays in the Times ...
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Sermon Q&A Blog:
8 June 2010
1. Thinking on the back of Romans 7, does this understanding of it lead to the possibility for the Christian not to sin i.e. never to sin again?
1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
No one is without sin. And there is no biblical precedent to suggest that any Christian will ever experience ‘perfection’ before Christ’s return...far from it! Paul in his own words was “chief of sinners”; John, in writing his epistles, was evidently aware of his own struggle with sin. However the Christian experience should be one of “victory over sin” and not constant defeat by sin. Romans 8 is a wonderful discussion of life ...
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Sermon Q&A Blog:
19 May 2010
Tim, filling in for Dave who is in Romania:
Q 1) In the W.E.B. (World English Bible) it describes us as servants, not slaves of sin. Can you explain this difference?
A) The Greek word is 'Doulos' which can be translated into English as 'slave' or 'servant'. Both uses convey the same picture, however 'slave' probably better captures the fullness of the metaphor Paul is using here, one of 'belonging' to a master.
Q 2) Dave was speaking about sin leading to death but the gift of God leading to eternal life. Obviously this also applies to ...
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Sermon Q&A Blog:
23 April 2010
Question: Where was Daniel when Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into the furnace? Surely he did not bow down so how did he get away with it?
Answer: There is no conclusive answer to this question as Daniel's reason for absence in this narrative isn't given. Hence we are only able to speculate...
Most scholars would suggest that Daniel was probably away from the capital at the time of accusation, most likely on a mission somewhere.
However, you are right to conclude that Daniel would not have been amongst the crowd worshipping ...
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Sermon Q&A Blog
Answers to questions posed following Sunday's sermon.
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