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I have listen to a lot of sermons and started wondering about the following: Is there anywhere in scripture where the preacher/teacher/prophet was trying to get his audience to laugh? Did Jesus ever try to get His audience to laugh? Jesus did tell some “almost” humorous stories, like the log...

Christ Crucified 1. Is Christ Crucified described by Paul, Peter, Jesus, John and the Hebrew writer as a ransom type payment? 2. Paul preached 18 months in Corinth and said: 1 Cor. 2: 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. So did Paul...

Been studying Hebrews to teach an adult class and was taken back by the number of references to sacrificial blood, which got me thinking. Each week we partake of the Lord’s Supper (bread representing the body and the wine representing the blood) all in remembrance of what Christ did by/with/on...

Part of the reason for the cross being a stumbling block to the nonbeliever is the poor answer we give to this question. Is the reason preachers do not preach more on the cross have to do with a lack of understanding of the answer to this question? Is the analogy for what Christ did on the...

Are we assuming God has something to gain in making this universe, this earth and humans? Does God gain something from his creation but would have done it anyway even if He had gotten nothing? We talk about God wanting our Love and/or fellowship and He does get that but is that “gain” for...

Christ explains how God’s forgiveness works by giving God’s forgiveness in a Parable form to explain how we are to forgive, but you are going to have think and study what he says: Matt. 18: 21 Peter came to Jesus. He asked, “Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother when he sins against...

Can we philosophically “prove” that God must be good? If God is good would he have to be the absolute best? Would humans have to be made to recognize what/who is the best God? Who best describes a wonderful and perfectly Loving God? (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Mormon, J.W., Hindu or other)...