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Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "E"
Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.
Eating in the Church Building
Can a hall
used by a church for worship also be rented for a potluck by members?
If you can have fellowship with
people who differ in one area, why can't you have fellowship with
those who have kitchens and fellowship halls?
Is it wrong to have a fellowhip building for dinners?
Isn't a kitchen just an way to reach people with the gospel?
Why is eating in the building an issue?
Education
Are lectureships scriptural?
How
can I make my daughter interested in studying?
May Christians make use of denominationally sponsored preschools?
What
is the philosophy of true education?
When I get busy in school, I lose sight of God. Is that wrong?
Where
have you studied?
Were the apostles educated?
You're too harsh on public schools
Elders
Can
a man be both a preacher and an elder?
Can a woman be a pastor?
Did Onesimus later become an elder?
Do the elders and preachers constitute the church in decisions?
Does an elder need to step down if one of his children falls away?
Does "faithful children" mean
faithful to God or faithful to the parent?
How old does a person need to be to become an elder?
Must an elder have faithful children?
Must elders have more than one child?
Should a repeated adulterer be dismissed from the ministry?
Should the current eldership select additional elders?
What happens if an elder's wife
dies?
What is meant by an elder being
the husband of one wife?
What is the function of a pastor?
What qualifications does an elder need that a deacon does not?
What would you tell an eldership who rejects a preacher because his wife wears a headcovering?
Who appoints elders?
Who removes an elder from office?
Emotionalism
Should I only listen to "Christian" music?
Emotions
Can you discuss "gut feelings?"
Employment
Are Christians
commanded to physically labor?
Do I have to work on Sundays if my boss demands it?
May a Christian serve in government?
Questions about Boaz
Should a woman stay home and not
work to take care of the children?
Should I continue talking to a co-worker who only wants to talk about sex?
Should wages be fixed?
What does the Bible say about employment?
When I get busy in school, I lose sight of God. Is that wrong?
End of Time, End of the World
Is the
end of time drawing near?
Is the recent major earthquake
in Indonesia an indication that Jesus is about to return?
Engagement
Are engagements required before a marriage can take place?
Boy -
girl relationships don't affect studies do they?
Does the Bible talk about asking
a father for his daughter's hand in marriage?
Why are boy-girl relationships
not advisable at a young age?
Eternal Life
Is the spirit of man immortal?
Eternity, Eternal, Everlasting, Forever
Does the word "forever" in Ecclesiastes 1:4 mean "everlasting?"
Eunuchs
Didn't Jesus say some are born homosexual?
Evangelists
Can
a man be both a preacher and an elder?
Can a woman
be a preacher?
Must preachers be ordained?
Should a preacher be paid
to hold a gospel meeting?
Should you only teach a subject
once to a Christian who disagrees with you?
What
does a preacher's wife do?
Evil
If there
is a God, why does evil exist?
Why was I born if God knew I would fail?
Evolution
Could
there have been a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?
Did dinosaurs really exist?
Do historians and the Bible disagree?
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?
Excuses
Isn't it alright to go to a denomination if a faithful church isn't close?
Exercise
Would it be proper for a Christian to do Qigong?
Expediency
Can you
explain "expediency"?
Isn't a kitchen just an way to reach people with the gospel?
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