Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "G"
Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.
Gambling
- "I disagree with 'Is Gambling Sinful?'"
- If I win the lottery, won't that be a blessing from God?
- Is a "bag raffle" gambling?
- Is it wrong to win money from a casino?
- What do you think about the idea "anything you do in moderation is not a sin?"
- What if the site I write for also advertises gambling?
Genesis
- Can you help me with some questions from an atheist?
- Did Eve commit adultery with the serpent?
- Did God clothe Adam and Eve with feathers?
- Did God create darkness or did it always exist?
- Did God intend for Adam to have children before the fall?
- Did people normally tie a scarlet cord on a twin at birth?
- Did Tamar renounce Judah publically or privately?
- Does Genesis 1:1 say there was nothing except God before the beginning?
- Does the curse of Canaan mean we should be saving as many black people as possible?
- How can there be Nephilims after the flood if the flood wiped out all but Noah's family?
- How do we know Pharaoh did not have relations with Sarai?
- How do you know that Ham was the youngest son?
- How is Abraham famous? What did Abraham care about most?
- How long did it take for Jacob's children to be born?
- How long did Noah build the ark before his sons were born?
- How many children did Abraham have?
- How old was Isaac when he was offered up to God?
- How were Isaac and Jacob blessed?
- How were the nations scattered and was the world one continent, divided in the days of Peleg?
- Is Cain the son of the serpent?
- Joseph was the favorite of all of Jacob's sons, so why did Judah get the blessing?
- Was God sexist in punishing Eve?
- Was Cain fathered by Satan?
- Was Mahalath a Canaanite and did Esau marry her to get back at his father, Isaac?
- Was the earth populated by Noah's sons and daughters and their children married each other?
- What is the point of Lamech's statement in Genesis 4 and what is meant that people began calling upon the name of the Lord?
- What is the significance of a vow taken with the hand under the thigh?
- What makes some animals clean while others not?
- What was before the heavens and earth? Where does God come from?
- What was the first lie told in the Bible?
- What was the original language?
- Where are Cush and Havilah today?
- Where did Cain get his wife?
- Where is the garden of Eden?
- Where is the Tower of Babel?
- Were Jacob and Esau identical or fraternal twins?
- Which of Noah's three sons did the Gentiles come through?
- Who is the "us" when God said "Let us make man"?
- Why couldn't Isaac take back his blessing and give it to Esau?
- Why didn't God allow Adam to eat of the Tree of Life?
- Why is the creation of man mentioned twice in Genesis?
- Why isn't Cain mentioned in the genealogy of Adam?
- Why was Abram rewarded for lying to Pharaoh?
- Why was Canaan punished for his father's indiscretion?
- Why was the serpent cursed?
- Why wasn't Rachael buried with Jacob but Leah was?
- Why would God make plants that are poisonous if He said to Adam and Eve they could eat eat all the plants?
- Your argument that the Nephilim came first is wrong.
Ghosts
- Can we talk with those who have died?
- "Spirits surround us at all times."
- What about ghosts and speaking with the dead?
- What about ghosts, sacrificing to the dead, and sin?
Giving
- Are Christians to tithe?
- If you get a raise, should the first check go to the Lord?
- Who decided we should give 10% each week?
Gluttony
Gnostics, Gnosticism
God
- Are God's blessing physical or spiritual?
- By what name shall we address the Father?
- Can God be fair if He doesn't give a sinner another chance to repent?
- Can Satan hear our internal prayers?
- Can we bribe God?
- Could God have two wills, one that tells man what to do and a hidden will where He makes some men sin to accomplish His other will?
- Could "Mighty God" in Isaiah 9:6 refer to a man?
- Did God break His promise to Moses?
- Did God have a wife?
- Did you ever study the life of Christ? Then you would not that it's impossible for God to kill.
- Didn't God tell someone to lie in I Kings 22?
- Does God exist outside of time and sees all of time at once?
- Does God get angry and hates?
- Does God hate anyone?
- Does God put a yearning in our hearts for Him?
- Does God send us signs?
- Does God speak to unbelievers?
- Does God wait for me to sin?
- Does "Jehovah" always refer to the Father?
- God cannot be tempted, but Jesus was tempted; so, is Jesus not God?
- How can God be eternal if eternity is like a circle?
- How can God have the power to do anything but not be capable of doing wrong?
- How can I love God when I fear Hell?
- How can I serve God when I am so angry at Him?
- How can such a loving God condemn people who have never heard of Jesus or the Bible?
- How can the Son be called the Everlasting Father?
- How could a just God put a man in a place where he is unable to hear about Jesus and then send him to hell?
- How could God repent for creating man when the Bible also says God is not like man to repent?
- How did light reach the earth from the stars when God created the world?
- How do you prove there is a God?
- How does God influence us?
- If God doesn't show favoritism, then why was Abel's sacrifice accepted and Cain's was rejected?
- If God doesn't tempt with evil, then why did He send Saul an evil spirit?
- If God knows everything, then why did Jesus marvel at the centurion's faith?
- If God knew man would sin, why did He create the world?
- If God is sovereign, why does He express sorrow when man is bad? If God knows of everything, why did He repent?
- If there is a God, why does evil exist?
- Is Job 36:26 saying we can never exhaust the knowledge of God?
- Is God bound by time?
- Is God limited?
- Is God referred to as Satan?
- Is God's greatness just as unsearchable as the number of His years?
- Is only Yahweh God's name?
- Should the Father only be addressed as Yahweh and the Son as Yahshua?
- Should we call on Jesus or Jehovah to be saved?
- "The spirit cannot be God"
- Was God sexist in punishing Eve?
- What does God do if you make a deal with Him and don't keep it?
- What does "put my tears in your bottle" mean in Psalms 56:8?
- What does "you shall have no other gods before me" mean?
- What is God doing for me now to prove His love?
- What is God's name?
- What is meant by God's ways being higher than man's?
- What is meant by the beauty of the Lord?
- What is the purpose of praise and worship?
- What was before the heavens and earth? Where does God come from?
- What was God doing before the earth was created?
- What were the three thing mentioned in the Bible that God wrote upon?
- When I pray to God, am I praying to the Father or the Son?
- When we love God, how do you define love?
- Where does it say the Holy Spirit is God?
- Where was God before He created the heavens and the earth?
- Who is God to decide my life?
- Who is the commander of the Lord's army?
- Who is the "us" when God said "Let us make man"?
- Who should we worship: God, the Father, or Jesus Christ?
- Why can't we see God?
- Why did God kill many people in the Old Testament?
- Why did God kill the Amalekites?
- Why did God prove He existed before but not now?
- Why didn't God allow Adam to eat of the Tree of Life?
- Why do you believe in God? If God loves us all, why doesn't He let us all in heaven?
- Why does God kill so many humans?
- Why does God punish?
- Why doesn't God just end the world and stop the corruption?
- Why is there no female god in the Bible?
- Why is YHWH translated LORD?
- Why won't God heal amputees?
- Why would God turn His back on the world?
- Will both God and Jesus judge us on judgment day?
Godhead
- How can the Son be called the Everlasting Father?
- Is Jesus God?
- Is Jesus, the Father, and the Spirit three manifestations of the same one Spirit?
- Is the Holy Spirit Jesus?
- Should baptism be done only in Jesus' name?
- "The spirit cannot be God"
- Was the spirit of Christ the Holy Spirit?
- What are the Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs about the Godhead?
- Where does it say the Holy Spirit is God?
- Who is the "us" when God said "Let us make man"?
Gospel
- Should we just preach the gospel?
- "The gospel doesn't judge us, Jesus judges us."
- Why is there only one gospel when we have four gospels?
- Who are "them" in Hebrews 4:2?
Gospels
- Are the gospels more important than the rest of the New Testament?
- Can you help harmonize Matthew 10:34 and Matthew 26:52, and also John 3:13 and II Kings 2:11?
- Could you explain Matthew 21:44?
- Did an angel actually stir the waters at Bethesda, or was it only a local tradition?
- Did Mary's intercession advance the hour Jesus showed he was the Messiah?
- Did the folded napkin in John 20:7 mean Jesus was coming back?
- Do the gospels contradict each other regarding Jesus' empty tomb?
- Do you have a summary of John 6?
- Does history record Herod killing the children?
- Does the Bible say that Barabbas was cursed to walk the earth and never die?
- Does the Bible say when Mary realized she was pregnant?
- How many Roman soldiers came to the garden to arrest Jesus?
- If Jesus knew Judas would betray him, why did Jesus have him around?
- In the feeding of the five and four thousand, was the count exact or a guess?
- Justifying Divorce and Remarriage by Claiming Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are Old Testament Books
- Was Judas at the Last Supper?
- Was Matthew only clarifying what Jesus said on the Cross?
- Was Matthew originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic?
- Were Roman soldiers involved in the arrest of Jesus?
- Were the disciples rowing the boat for seven hours?
- What are the main things we learn from the four gospels?
- What is meant by "so the last error shall be worse than the first"?
- What is the significance of the veil being torn at Jesus' death?
- Why did Jesus allow divorce when the Law had a death penalty for adultery?
- Why did John call Jesus the Messiah and then later ask if he was the one?
- Why did it take 35-40 years to write the Gospels?
- What are the four faces of Jesus?
- Who died first, Jesus or the thief?
- What does "the day of visitation" mean?
- Who was the younger desciple, Mark or John?
- Who were the first two disciples?
- Who were the scribes?
- Why did John doubt?
- Why do we cite Matthew regarding divorce since Jesus lived under the Old Law?
- Why does Matthew mention the exception to divorce but Mark and Luke don't?
- Why is there only one gospel when we have four gospels?
- Why is there mention of the young man who fled naked in Mark?
Gossip
- Does sin require a public confession before a congregation?
- Doesn't a publically known sin need to be confessed?
- How do you handle people trying to pull you into their problems?
- Is Apple a satanic organization?
- Is it wrong to by from a company which uses poor business practices to make money?
- Is it wrong to hire a preacher who has been divorced?
- I'm trying to do what is right, but my mother is spreading gossip. What do I do?
- Should I let a congregation know that the preacher's son is homosexual?
Government
- Are you a 501C church?
- Can a Christian critize society?
- Can a Christian offer a pledge of allegiance?
- Can Christians choose not to pay an income tax?
- Did the world governments do wrong attacking Afganistan?
- Do you support conscientious objection?
- Do you think the American government would be better run by Christians?
- Does religious ethics do more harm than good?
- How are conflicts between military service and God's will handled?
- How can past sexual abuses be dealt with today?
- How could the Revolutionary War be justified in light of Romans 13?
- How do I decide who to vote for?
- I'm shocked at your stance regarding 501(c)(3) churches.
- Is driving over the speed limit sinful?
- Is it right for a soldier to kill in war?
- Is it right to deduct contributions from your taxes?
- Is it sinful to download movies or songs from the Internet?
- Is it sinful to play Airsoft, Laser Tag, or Paintball?
- Is it wrong for a church to be incorporated?
- Is it wrong for a church to give out a form letter to its members to send to their representatives?
- Is it wrong to report less than what something cost so as to pay less taxes?
- Is modern war still determined by God? How can a person determine which is the right side?
- May a Christian serve in government?
- Should a Christian serve in the military?
- Should a government that taxes its citizens at 99% be followed?
- Should a woman head the government?
- We took vows before God, isn't that enough to say we are married?
- Was my friend wrong to be baptized even though it was after curfew?
- What do we do when the government is involved in our child rearing?
- What happens when people insist that the first day of the week is Monday?
- What happens when social issues and politics collide with the church?
- What if a government gives false reasons for going to war?
- What passages of the Bible are connected to the laws of our government?
- Why should we prayer for a corrupt ruler?
Grace
- Do you believe that baptism could be linked to grace?
- Do you believe that the only way to heaven is by accepting Jesus as your Savior and not by good deeds or grace?
- How do you grow in grace?
- Is it by grace or by law?
- Is it too simple to say we are to believe and we will be saved by God's grace?
- What is the "free gift?
- Who initiates grace, God or man?
Greek
- Did biblical Greek have a "v" sound?
- How can I tell when a word in the New Testament actually has an article in front of it?
- Is the antecedent of "it" "church" or "rock" in Matthew 16:19?
- Where can I go to learn Koine Greek?
Greetings
Grief
Growth
- How do you grow in grace?
- Now that I've made significant progress against one sin, how do I know where to next make improvements?
- What can I do to grow?
