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Q&A question: Finding Hope in Difficult Situations

Q&A question: Should our Faith Make Sense?

Q&A question: Identifying & Rejecting False Teaching

Q&A question: Book Recommendations?

Q&A question: Can There Be Differing Interpretations of Scripture?

Q&A question: Interpreting the Psalms

Q&A question: Book of Ecclesiastes – Enjoying Life?

Q&A question: About the “Lying Spirit” in 1 Kings

Q&A question: Settling an Interpretive Disagreement

Q&A question: About the Parable of the Prodigal Son

Q&A question: Biblical or Unbiblical Use of a Verse?

Q&A question: How to Interpret Proverbs

Q&A question: About the Doctrine of Election

Q&A question: What is a False Teacher?

Q&A question: About the Cruciform Hermeneutic

Q&A question: Parable of the Minas

Q&A question: About Foul Language

Q&A question: Can We Go Outside of Scripture for Context?

Q&A question: Does God Use Verses Out of Context?

Q&A question: Rejecting the Message due to Credentials

Q&A question: Does the Devil Know Our Thoughts?

Q&A question: Interpreting the Book of Acts

Q&A question: Political Signups in Church?

Bonus Q after viewer watched WIM series: Is a woman helping her husband teach a co-ed adult Sunday school class an elder-type role?

Q&A question: Bible Typography

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Finding Hope in Difficult Situations: How do you interpret the hopelessness of Psalm 88? How can you comfort someone who feels what Psalm 88:18b (NIV) implies?

Should our Faith Make Sense?: Is Christianity a faith that should make sense, or is it just having the faith to believe? How can we believe if one person interprets the Bible this way and another the other way?

Identifying & Rejecting False Teaching: What's up with all the bad hermeneutics out there? How can those of us without formal training avoid bad interpretation/application of Scripture by ourselves and be able to spot them in sermons, etc.?

Book Recommendations?: What are some good books for important topics like systematic theology, hermeneutics, complementarianism, etc.?

Can There Be Differing Interpretations of Scripture?: If the word “clear” is used to describe a teaching in the Bible by two Christians with opposing views on the same teaching, wouldn’t that void the effectiveness of using the word in that way?

Interpreting the Psalms: In Psalm 2: 12, What does the psalmist mean by this verse in its non-messianic context?

Book of Ecclesiastes – Enjoying Life?: When the teacher in Ecclesiastes says to enjoy life, in the context of the book, is it being said like "Enjoy it 'cause it is a gift from God," or "Enjoy your lot since everything is meaningless”?

About the “Lying Spirit” in 1 Kings: How do you interpret the lying spirit in 1 kings 22?

Settling an Interpretive Disagreement: Can you help settle this? I've heard it said that the word “brothers” in Matt 25: 40 refers only to believing brothers. I believe it refers to anyone in need. How would you interpret this?

Biblical or Unbiblical Use of a Verse?: Many Christians use "The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away" from Job (1: 21) to explain difficult things such as the death of a loved one. Is this biblical, or is it a misinterpretation of Job?

How to Interpret Proverbs: Verses in Proverbs often seem like unrelated thoughts. Their vague quality makes it hard to know how to interpret them correctly. How do you determine the context of these verses?

About the Doctrine of Election: How do you interpret 2 Thessalonians 2: 13 in light of the debate on the doctrine of election?

What is a False Teacher?: What do you think is the biblical definition of a false teacher? People's interpretations of this vary widely. I’d just like to have a fresh pair of eyes on it.

About the Cruciform Hermeneutic: What are your thoughts on the cruciform hermeneutic or cruciform theology?

Parable of the Minas: I was just wondering what your interpretation of the parable in Luke 19: 11-27 is. Specifically, what do you think the slaves and the minas represent?

About Foul Language: What makes language foul? Is it the words themselves, or the context? Like if I use a word in a friendly way, is it still considered foul language?

Can We Go Outside of Scripture for Context?: I've heard 1 Corinthians 4:6 used to say not to go "outside" of scripture (e.g., learning history to help interpret biblical context). Your thoughts?

Does God Use Verses Out of Context?: Does God still communicate through verses taken out of context? Some say “yes” due to His unique ways, but I'm unsure.

Rejecting the Message due to Credentials: Any advice for lay people doing public ministry that get attacked by non-believers on the basis of their credentials? I feel I am capable of interpretation and ministry despite never having been to seminary.

Does the Devil Know Our Thoughts?: Can the Devil interpret what a non-believer may be thinking or what's on their mind? Can he understand what a person is thinking?

Interpreting the Book of Acts: How do we interpret the book of Acts? Is it a reasonable interpretation that it’s merely a transitional period and that we have to be careful how much doctrine we take from it?

Political Signups in Church?: Do you think churches should allow political signup ballots for certain bills in the church? I had an older woman come up to me and ask me to sign. For context, it was about gas and electricity.

Bible Typography: How important is Bible typography? For example, the way the KJV arranges paragraphs makes context harder to understand than in the ESV.

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