Asking For a Friend: Part 8

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Asking For a Friend: Part 8

July 21, 2024 • Pastor Jacob Franks

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We explore several questions ranging from obscure Biblical references to holidays and cultural phenomenons. What are the leviathan and behemoth of the Bible? I’d like to know more about the Nephilim and Giants of the Old Testament. Did God create aliens or other intelligent life forms? What language did Adam speak? Why isn’t Easter considered a National Holiday, but Christmas is? And why we don’t celebrate Jewish holidays? If a couple was married at a courthouse is the marriage still a marriage in God’s eyes? If God put plants, minerals, etc on this earth and we know that certain plants have certain "powers" medicinally, would it be wrong to be ok with having certain rocks or crystals around your environment that might give off some type of energy? How should we approach children we know who have gender identity issues? Is the Bohemian Grove a satanic gathering?

Asking For A Friend: Part 12

August 18, 2024 • Pastor Paul Smith

We conclude this summer series with these final questions to consider: What does the Bible say about Jesus' brothers and sisters? How did Mary manage Jesus and her other children too? Who was more challenging to parent? Can you imagine being His sibling? - How should a Christian understand same-sex attraction? - When children are involved - who tends to the "broken" children who are at times used as pawns and suffer the consequences of their parents' actions?

Asking For A Friend: Part 11

August 11, 2024 • Pastor Paul Smith

As we near the end of this question series today we tackle the hard questions of: I believe God is in control of illness – physical and mental – so how do we emotionally continue to have the strength of expectation that God will heal when years of praying have not changed a situation? If you are divorced and remarry are you committing adultery? When Jesus says to turn the other cheek, that's fine, I get that. But at what point does one decide that this cheek turning has just turned into abuse? There has to be some point we say enough is enough?

Asking For A Friend: Part 10

August 4, 2024 • Pastor Paul Smith

Today we discuss responses to the follow questions: 1. The Bible says God has not given us a spirit of fear. What does that mean? Are there particular spirits of depression, addiction, bitterness, lust, etc. that need to be cast out? 2. In a culture where sexuality and gender expression are in the spotlight, how do we reach out to a culture that is being told their biological sex is interchangeable? Should we use pronouns? 3.How do we take the plank out of our own eye? I can be so critical of others and see everyone’s flaws. In my mind I have solutions to fix the problems of others, but when it comes to myself I struggle to make needed changes or exercise self-discipline. I know the Holy Spirit is working in me and through me but it feels like nothing changes. 4. How do Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons understand the nature of God? How do Christians dialog with them in a meaningful way?