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Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "C"
Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.
Calvinism
What do you think about this group who says believers cannot lose their salvation?
See also:
Once Saved, Always Saved
Perseverance of the Saints
Inherited Sin
Predestination
Faith Alone
Canon
Do you know of any good books on how we got our Bible?
"I find the criticism on the Wisdom of Solomon out of order."
Why don't you use the Book of Enoch?
Cheating
Would God be pleased with my example to my children?
Child Rearing, Parenting
A rebuttal to "When is a child too old to spank?"
Am I being too controlling?
Can a child
have too many toys?
Can I correspond with you regarding parenting issues?
Can spanking hurt a child's feelings?
Can you make some recommendations for a computer for a 14-year-old?
Could you explain Proverbs 26:3 and 19:29?
Did I go too far in spanking my daughter?
Do I spank my child for telling me off?
Does my son enjoy being spanked?
How can a parent spank a teenage athlete?
How can I get my 8-year-old son
to stop wetting his pants?
How can I make my 17 year old daughter understand lying makes me distrust her?
How can I make my daughter interested
in studying?
How do I chasten my teenager for
using drugs?
How do I get my child to be honest with me?
How do I handle a daughter who choses her boyfriend over her parents?
How do I help my depressed teenage daughter?
How do I punish my teenage son for lying about his grades?
How do I spank my three boys?
How do I stop my daughters from stealing?
How do we start biblical discipline
when our children are already older?
How do we undo the bad parenting we did in the past?
How do you deal with an overactive six year old?
How do you get over the embarrassment of spanking a teenager?
How do you handle a 16 year old who acts like a 5 year old when it comes to a spanking?
How do you handle a manipulative girl?
How do you handle a teenage liar?
How do you handle nosy neighbors' questions about spanking?
How do you handle people with hot
tempers?
How do you prevent teenagers from
having pre-marital sex?
How do you punish a boy caught masturbating?
How do you repent of having sex out of wedlock and a baby is on the way?
How do you teach preteens about
salvation?
How many swats is proper in a spanking?
How should I handling out-of-control teenage boys?
How should I punish my defiant 14-year-old son?
How will male virtues be passed
on without spanking?
I attempted to spank my step-son, but I think I mishandled it. What should I have done?
I stole money from my aunt. Should I ask for a spanking?
Is it right for my dad to still
spank me at nineteen?
Is it right for my step-father to spank me at 20 years of age?
Is spanking a thirteen year old child illegal?
Is my daughter's craftiness a self-esteem issue?
Is this spanking normal?
I'm not certain if we are ready to raise children.
May Christians make use of denominationally sponsored preschools?
May I correspond with you about
parenting issues?
Should a child's personality be considered when disciplining?
Should children contribute to the church?
Should families with small children sit in the back pews?
Should I give my seven-year-old a spanking for getting an F on his report card?
Should I go ahead and spank my son?
Should I spank my boys for breaking a window?
Should I spank my stepsons?
Should I tell my mother what I have done, knowing that it will lead to a spanking?
Should teachers spank children?
Spanking teens with a switch?
Thank you for the information on teenage boy's mood swings.
The spankings don't seem to be working, what should I do?
We suspect our daughter is stealing, but she hasn't been caught. Any words of wisdom?
What advice should we give our children in receiving a spanking?
What do I do with a 20-year-old who continues to lie?
What do we do when the government
is involved in our child rearing?
What does it mean to honor your
father and mother?
What is the proper punishment for mishandling funds and lying?
What to do when parents disagree
about spanking
When is a child too old to spank?
Why are boy-girl relationships
not advisable at a young age?
Why attitudes toward spanking are
changing
Why is the "Height Projector" giving me different answers at different ages?
Will God hold me accountable for my son's sinful life?
Will my daughter's moodiness go away?
Would Jesus spank a child?
Children
At what
age is a person accountable?
Can a child have too many toys?
Can spanking hurt a child's feelings?
Does "honoring your mother and father" mean following their religious beliefs?
How do you teach preteens about salvation?
Should families with small children sit in the back pews?
Should teachers spank children?
Should young boys lead singing in worship?
What does it mean to honor your
father and mother?
What happens to children when they
die?
What is the age of accountability
for a child?
Christianity, Being a Christian, The Christian Lifestyle
Are pants, earrings, makeup, or Reggaeton music bad?
Could you explain the phrase, "consider the lilies?"
Do members of the church of Christ believe they are the only ones going to heaven?
Do you have advice for a young Christian going into military service?
How can a young man stay focused?
How can birds be an example of God's care when they can suffer from droughts and famines?
How can I go from feeling so much peace and joy to the exact opposite?
How do I get motivated?
How do I keep focused and not be tempted and fall?
How do you handle criticism?
How do you keep focused in life?
How do you make an interesting conversation?
I became a Christian and am improving, but my family is lashing out against me. What do I do?
I think I'm getting too caught up in the "doing" parts of being a Christian. How can I improve?
Is a person condemned if others hate him?
Is life not meant to be enjoyed?
Must everything we do be in God's name and a benefit to His kingdom?
Now that I'm changing, people I know are taunting me. What do I do?
Should the church building be used for weddings or funerals?
There's too much to learn. How can you not sin?
What does it mean to be converted and become like children?
Where does the Bible say the priesthood is given to all men?
Your home page took me aback.
Church
A brother who was helping in me in the Lord's work left. What can I do?
Are Gentiles also descendants of Abraham?
Are you a Jehovah's Witnesses church?
Are you a part of the "Church of Christ" denomination?
Are
you "anti" or "liberal"?
Can
a bake sale be held at a church?
Can
a church consist of just one person?
Can a seventeen year old conduct worship?
Can
the church use its funds to send flowers?
Can you explain the gifts mentioned in Ephesians 4:11-16?
Do children attend your worship services?
Do the elders and preachers constitute the church in decisions?
Does a person have to attend church?
How can a congregation stay focused?
How do I address the crictism of the church by a family member?
How do I know which church is the one the Lord intended? And what about the Eucharist being the real body and blood?
How do you fund your church?
How do you get other members to participate?
How does a disfellowshiped Christian
worship God?
I want to attend a different church than my parents. What do I do?
If I am just not able to get out, can I worship at home?
If there are no sound churches in my area, should I worship with a liberal one?
Is "body of Christ" more proper than "church of Christ"?
Is God's kingdom vegetarian?
Is it right or wrong to sell inside the church?
Is Matthew 28:19 a part of the setting up of the church?
Is
the church a business?
Is the church or Israel the bride of Christ?
Is the church the building or its members?
Is there authority for Bible classes segregated by ages?
Jesus only followed Judaism because he was born in it. Doesn't Jesus want his followers to remain in whatever religion they were born into?
Should a repeated adulterer be dismissed from the ministry?
Should an unused preacher's home be rented out by a church?
Should children contribute to the church?
Should families with small children sit in the back pews?
Should the church building be used for weddings or funerals?
Should young boys lead singing in worship?
What do you think about the divisions among the churches?
What do you think about the use of crosses in a building?
What does it mean to be a child of God?
What is my responsibility when I know that a person is sinning within the church?
What is the history of the "Church of Christ?"
What is this business about "anti," "liberal," and "sound?"
What should a new congregation be called?
What type of Christian are you?
What was the church used for in the 14th century besides religious activities?
What would you tell an eldership who rejects a preacher because his wife wears a headcovering?
When a church splits, who is right?
When did the Devil fall?
When should an invitation be offered?
When should I leave a church?
Where does it say that only members of the church of Christ will go to heaven?
Where is the line drawn between false teachings and matters of conscience?
Which Christian denomination is the right one?
Would it be wrong to accept a donation from a non-member?
Why are so many churches of Christ so small?
Why did Jesus say not to forbid the non-follower from casting out demons?
Why do you have an article about John Hus?
Your home page took me aback.
Circumcision
How important is the Sabbath day?Shouldn't circumcision be advocated for health reasons?
Why did God command circumcision?
Clothing, Modest Dress, Proper Attire
Are pants, earrings, makeup, or Reggaeton music bad?
Can a man go shirtless to church?
How
long were the priests' breeches?
Is a sleeveless shirt or a knee-length dress immodest?
Is it a sin to view naked girls?
Is it
okay for boys and girls to swim together?
Is it wrong for a Christian woman to wear pants?
Must a woman wear a skirt
to worship?
Should I continue talking to a co-worker who only wants to talk about sex?
Should
my attire match those around me?
Should people dress up for church?
Was I not dressed up enough for worship?
What do you think about people wearing shorts to church?
What does the Bible say about wearing pants low?
What would you consider as modest
apparel for a woman?
Why isn't I Timothy 2:9 taken literally?
Collection
Communication
Communion
Does
Acts 20:7 refer to a common meal?
How do I know which church is the one the Lord intended? And what about the Eucharist being the real body and blood?
Should non-Christians participate
in the Lord's Supper?
Confession
Did the thief on the cross work when he rebuked the other thief?
Is repentance
necessary to be saved?
Should failure to attend in the
past be publically confessed?
What is wrong with Catholicism?
Confidence
Conscience
Can you discuss "gut feelings?"
Contributions
Are
Christians to tithe?
Can a bake sale be held at a church?
Does a preacher need to give?
Does I Corinthians 16:1-4 apply to general collections?
Is giving to the church optional?
Questions about King Joash's financial
management
Would it be wrong to accept a donation from a non-member?
Counsel
Where did you learn to give counsel?
Courtship
How
do you prevent teenagers from having pre-marital sex?
Why are boy-girl relationships not
advisable at a young age?
Covenant
Abraham
wasn't baptized, so why should we need it?
Does the New Covenant require confirmation?
How important is the Sabbath day?
Is the covenant different from
the Law?
Were the covenants for
the Israelites only?
What are covenants?
What constitutes a marriage?
What is the eternal covenant?
Why did God command circumcision?
Creation
Could
there have been a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?
Did God create the earth without a shape and then later give its current shape?
Do extraterrestrials exist?
How did light reach the earth from the stars when God created the world?
How old is the world?
"It isn't hard to coincide the Bible and evolution if we understand that days could have meant some long period of time."
Was there a world before Genesis?
What was before the heavens and earth? Where does God come from?
Who made the discoveries regarding oceanic springs and innumerable stars?
Why were the stars and moon created?
Creeds
Isn't the Nicene creed wrong and don't most Christians celebreate Christmas on the wrong day?
Criticism
Crucifixion
Could Jesus have said "My God, my God, for this I was kept?"
Did Jesus carry his cross?
Did Jesus know he would die by crucifixion in advance?
Does the phrase "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" have a different meaning in Aramaic than in the Greek?
Was Matthew originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic?
What do you think of the movie "The Passion of the Christ"?
What does the sign of the water and blood mean in John 19:34?
Where did Jesus carry his own cross?
Who were the two men that hung beside Jesus on the cross?
Why did the people think Jesus was calling for Elijah?
Why does Mark have "Eloi" and Matthew have "Eli" for the same statement?
Cursing
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