Questions Answered-2020
Weekly Video and Questions Answered
Week One - Finding Life Satisfaction
View The Complete Video From 4/19/20
Listen to the complete 4/19/20 audio below.
Homework Given:
Read John 1 - John 5 (pp. 2 - 11)
Questions & Answers
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Isn’t life more about finding peace, stability, and security rather than satisfaction?
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When something goes well in life, or something good happens, we are supposed to thank God. When something goes bad in life or something horrid happens, do we treat God as the culprit and blame Him?
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Over the last 5 years I've became increasingly depressed. I've prayed that God will show Himself to me but I've not heard from Him. What do you recommend to finding hope again?
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If God wants us to know Him so badly, why doesn’t He make our hearts yearn for Him?
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Can someone fall in and out of faith?
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How do you move on if you spend many years pursuing what you think is God's will for your life, and then it crumbles before it begins?
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What if I’ve sincerely examined the evidence, listened to the thoughts and experiences of others, and even tried praying for God to show himself to me … but I’m still not finding myself compelled to belief? I certainly don’t want to fake it.
Week Two - Is The Bible God's Word?
View The Complete Video From 4/26/20
Homework Given:
Read John 6 - John 10 (pp. 11 - 25)
Questions & Answers
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To whom does the “Word” refer? Why is the name used?
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Why was Christ called the Lamb of God?
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What did Jesus say was necessary to have eternal life?
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Can someone be right in relationship with God without being right in relationship to Christ?
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How does the Quran compare to what you're saying about the Bible's consistency and ancient copies and preservation?
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If God is all-powerful and can do anything, and if He knows I am seeking, then why does He not appear to me or talk to me?
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What does the Bible say about dinosaurs? How do they fit with the timeline of the Bible?
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I struggle with the idea that we were created to worship God. How is that not arrogant?
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I am 54 and have been single for 15 years. It is very hard for me to let anyone in. I am content but feeling empty inside. I can relate to Judy from last week. I feel like I've done it all but something deep down inside is missing. What should I do? I work in healthcare and Covid has been tough.
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In Exodus it says "You cannot see My face; for no man shall see me, and live." How do you interpret this verse while believing Jesus was 100% God when walking the earth?
Week Three - Do Non-Christians Really Deserve Eternal Punishment?
Why Does God Allow Bad Things To Happen To Good People?
View The Complete Video From 5/3/20
Homework Given:
Read John 11 - John 15 (pp. 26 - 36)
Questions & Answers
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If God's agenda is better than ours, why do you pray and ask Him to change things?
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How is it fair for people who only sinned for a short lifetime to spend eternity being tortured in hell? The scale seems to be weighted against us.
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You talked about God revealing himself to people who reject him through dreams. I have been looking for God for years and begging Him for peace. Why does He hide from people who want to see Him then reveals Himself to people who don’t?
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Can you please expand on how you accepted your friend's explanation about your grandmother suffering before she passed? Mine has just died. She suffered. I don't understand the way you explained it. It seemed harsh.
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I have had many emotional and physical injuries to my body. I am racked with pain. What is the point of God allowing all of these things to happen and render me useless to other people. What is the purpose?
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If Jesus died to take away our sins so that we don’t perish, what happened to people who were born before Jesus died for our sins?
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Do you believe people can sin all they want and still go to heaven? Like, if the pilots who were responsible for 9/11 believed in Jesus, they would go to heaven?
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If man has a sin nature but is made in the image of God, what does that mean about God?
Week Four - Is Jesus The Only Way To God?
View The Complete Video From 5/10/20
Homework Given:
Read John 16 - John 20 (pp. 37 - 47)
Questions & Answers
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Jesus taught that to be His disciple meant to follow His Word. What does it mean to hold to His teaching? (John 8;31)
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What does it mean to be free? (John 8:32-36)
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The Jews of Jesus’ day certainly had a strong belief in God. Did Jesus accept such a belief as sufficient? (John 8:38-47)
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What did Jesus mean when He said, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am!”? (John 8:58)
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What is the one condition Jesus gives for finding life? What does He mean by this? (John 12:25-25)
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In Jesus’ view, is there any other way than believing and following Him order for a person to find God? Why? (John 14:6)
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What does Christ promise to those who will ask Him anything that honors Him? (John 14:13-14)
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If God created everything and knows everything, does that mean He is responsible for this pandemic and even decided who would die from it?
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Can you help me understand the role our “works” play in getting us to heaven?
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If someone was baptized as a baby into a Christian family but turn away from God, does God still have a claim on them? Don’t Christians preach that even when we abandon God, He never abandons us?
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Why do Catholics who believe in Jesus pray to Mary and the saints?
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Randy looks back to "when bad things happen to good people.
Week Five - What Is Required To Have Eternal Life?
View The Complete Video From 5/17/20
Questions & Answers
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What is the "fruit" we are talking about? If I am not leading people to Christ but I feed the poor & take care of the sick, am I yielding fruit?
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Can you explain what the “the Helper” is from the reading in John this week?
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Why do some people praise God for all the good that happens in their lives, but never blame God for all the bad?
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My grandson continually says he is a bad person. That he is stupid and cannot do anything right. Once he even said he wished he wasn't alive! What do I do for him?
