Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "H"
Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.
Hair Styles
- Does it matter how long was Jesus' hair?
- How long does a woman's hair have to be?
- Isn't long hair on men a sign of rebellion only since the 1960's?
- There are people in the Bible with long hair, so it can't be wrong.
- What is wrong with men having long hair?
- Why do even non-Christians look down on men with long hair?
- Why were men in Jesus' day required to have beards and not shave?
Handicapped
- Is there no salvation outside the church?
- Should a mentally impaired person be baptized?
- Why doesn't God restore my hearing?
Happiness
Head Covering
- Are men permitted to wear a hat during worship services?
- Can a woman wearing a covering work in a store selling alcohol?
- Could Paul have argued against a Jewish tradition in I Corinthians 11:1-16?
- Could the veil just be a symbol of the husband and not a physical veil?
- Do you allow women to teach or lead prayer in the assembly as long as they wear a covering?
- Does the use of unique words in I Corinthians 11 change the meaning of this passage?
- How does a woman start wearing a covering?
- If Priscilla can be used as an example of head covering, why not of women serving communion?
- Is a head covering needed for all prayers or only during worship?
- Is a veil required?
- Is the covering in I Corinthians 11 an article of clothing?
- I'm looking for a "veiling" church. What denomination are you?
- Should a head covering be worn all the time?
- Should women use head coverings when praying?
- Thank you for this article on head covering.
- What if the husband is convinced of the headcovering, but his wife isn't?
- What is the history behind the articles on head covering?
- What would you tell an eldership who rejects a preacher because his wife wears a headcovering?
- When did women stop covering their heads during worship?
- When does head covering apply?
- Where can I find a head covering?
- Why do some women not wear a head covering?
- Why do some women wear a cloth on their heads during worship?
Health
- Any ideas what is wrong with me?
- Cunnilingus is injurious to health!
- Do women have menstrual pains because of Eve's sin?
- Does smoking menthol cigarettes cause erectile dysfunction?
- How do we handle sexual intimacy when my husband has diabetes?
- I believe some people are born with homosexual tendencies.
- I'm addicted to pornography and masturbation. How do I stop?
- Is being addicted to caffeine a sin?
- Is "Cleanliness is next to godliness" in the Bible?
- Is it wrong to work at McDonalds or sell Twinkies?
- Should I trust in God for my healing and not seek the aid of a doctor?
- What does the Bible say about having a fetish?
- What is wrong with smoking?
- Where does it say that a man can't be with his wife during her monthly periods?
Hearing
- How do I know if I'm doing what God wants me to do?
- Is reading the Bible the best place to start if you have never been religious?
Heaven
- Are the new heaven and new earth been already made or will it be created in the future?
- Are there degrees of rewards and punishment?
- Do you know anything concerning the eastern gate in reference to heaven?
- Does the tree of life still exist?
- Is the point of life seeing the fruit of your labors?
- What does it mean to "inherit the kingdom of God?"
- What is the Christian's Sabbath?
- What will heaven be like?
- When did the concept of eternal life, heaven and hell first get mentioned in the Bible?
- Why does Hebrews 4:9 speak of the Sabbath rest remaining if the Sabbath observance is no longer required?
Hell
- Are there degrees of rewards and punishment?
- Can you answer some questions about Satan and Hell?
- Is God's presence felt in hell?
- Is "hell" a proper translation of "Gehenna"?
- When did the concept of eternal life, heaven and hell first get mentioned in the Bible?
- What does "gnashing of teeth" refer to?
- What is the punishment for the unrepentant sinner on Judgment Day?
- Where does the idea that Hell is a place of torment come from?
Hermeneutics
Hinduism
- 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?
- "Jesus was a vegetarian because the Bible was compiled by a bunch of meat eaters."
History and Geography
- Are the twelve Jordan crossing stones still visible today at Gigal?
- At what gate was Stephen stoned?
- Can you help me figure out the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah?
- Could Hegesippus have been mistaken and John was sent to Patmos in A.D. 70?
- Did Ahaziah begin to reign in the eleventh or twelfth year of Joram's reign?
- Did Asa and Jehoshaphat's reigns overlap in Judah?
- Did Christians have similar religious freedoms under Rome as the Jews?
- Did Laodicea have cold and hot water?
- Do I understand the history of the Temple accurately?
- Do you know of some good visuals on Herod's family tree?
- Does history record Herod killing the children?
- Doesn't the Scriptures say that Edom took over Israel's identity?
- How big was Jerusalem?
- How can you say there is no symbolic meaning in the name "Hebron?"
- How could Herod, an Idumean, end up ruling Israel?
- How do you know that Ham was the youngest son?
- How far did Jesus carry the cross?
- How long did it take for Jacob's children to be born?
- How long did the exodus from Egypt take?
- How many people were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost?
- If Daniel was the third ruler in Babylon, who were the first two?
- Is Assyria the same as Syria today?
- Is Rephidim and Kadesh Barnea the same place?
- Isn't Ur in Syria?
- My map shows Baal Zephon to be on the Mediterranean Sea, so doesn't this prove the crossing of the Red Sea to be allegorical?
- The Moabites and Amorites refer to which country?
- Was Job a Gentile?
- Was Mark Peter's son?
- Was the famine mentioned in II Kings 8:1 the same famine mentioned in II Kings 6:24-31?
- What did the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments look like?
- What do you know about the Kenites?
- What does "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem?" mean?
- What happened between Israel and Edom to cause Amaziah to invade them?
- What happened to Barabbas?
- What happened to Ishmael's descendants?
- What was Jerusalem and Galilee like at the time of Jesus?
- What was the climate like when Jesus was alive?
- What was the climate like in the time of Jesus?
- What were the requirements for being member of the Sanhedrin?
- When did Adam, Eve, and the Bible come into existence?
- When was the great flood?
- When was the Sanhedrin council convened?
- Where is Edom today?
- Where is the ancient city of Babylon located today?
- Where would Golgotha be located?
- Which book is the oldest in the Bible?
- Who is Gallio, mentioned in Acts 18:12?
- Who is the Queen of the South?
- Who was Flavius Josephus?
- Who was Herodias' daughter?
- Why did Nehemiah have to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem? What happened to it?
- Why did Paul say he left Titus in Crete?
Holidays
- Do you perpetuate the myth of Santa Claus?
- Isn't the Nicene creed wrong and don't most Christians celebreate Christmas on the wrong day?
Holiness
Holy Spirit
- Can you explain the gifts mentioned in Ephesians 4:11-16?
- Can you explain the indwelling of the Holy Spirit?
- Can you sin after receiving the Holy Spirit?
- Did the disciples receive the Holy Spirit at the last supper or on Pentecost?
- Does the Holy Spirit really come inside a person at conversion or only upon a person?
- Does the Spirit of God come upon all men?
- Does the Spirit physically indwell a person?
- How does God influence us?
- How many gifts did the early Christians receive from the Holy Spirit?
- I want to see a girl, but I think God wants me here. What should I do?
- I'm coming off of drugs, but I had cursed the Holy Spirit, can I ever be forgiven of this?
- Is it possible for a person to blaspheme today?
- Is Jesus, the Father, and the Spirit three manifestations of the same one Spirit?
- Is the Holy Spirit Jesus?
- Is the Spirit only given to the obedient?
- Is the temple of the Spirit the Christian or the church?
- Must you speak in tongues to have the Holy Spirit?
- Paul was filled with the Spirit before he was baptized, so wasn't he saved before baptism?
- "The spirit cannot be God"
- Was Jesus created since he is the firstborn of creation?
- What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
- What is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
- What is the role of the Holy Spirit today?
- When does the gift of the Holy Spirit come, after repentance or baptism?
- Where does it say the Holy Spirit is God?
- Why aren't we following the Holy Spirit?
- Why haven't you written about the Comforter?
Homosexuality
- A denial that homosexuality is condemned in the Scriptures
- A Roman Catholic priest attempts to defend homosexuality
- Am I doomed to hell? Is it a sin to be gay?
- Any suggestions on how to combat a proposal to ordain homosexuals in the ELCA?
- Are girl - girl relationships condemned?
- Are homosexuals going to hell because they found themselves to be homosexual, yet remain chaste?
- Are same sex relationships wrong if they are non-sexual?
- Can a person be born gay?
- Can I as a homosexual change if I start going to church?
- Can the passage about homosexuality in Romans 1 and the one about the Jews and Gentiles in Romans 11 be compared since they both talk about what is natural or contrary to nature?
- Can two homosexuals truly love each other?
- Didn't Jesus say some are born homosexual?
- Do brain region sizes or pheromones prove homosexuality is genetic?
- Does the definition of marriage change?
- How can Solomon say that multiple sexual partners is bad when he had hundreds of wives?
- How do I get someone to believe the truth about homosexuality?
- How do I overcome my homosexual behavior?
- I believe some people are born with homosexual tendencies.
- I left homosexuality, but should I take the risk of joining a church and possibly being rejected?
- If homosexuality isn't genetic, then is heterosexuality genetic?
- Is homosexuality a race?
- Is homosexuality a sign of mental illness?
- If other sins in the Old Testament are no longer sins, then isn't homosexuality also not a sin?
- Is same gender love wrong?
- "It's mean to say homosexuality is a sin!"
- "It's your fault that people are biased against homosexuality"
- My almost 18 year old daughter appears to be seeing a lesbian. What can I do?
- Should I let a congregation know that the preacher's son is homosexual?
- Since children are no longer stoned for disobedience, homosexuality can't be called wrong either?
- "Telling people that homosexuals can change is doing them harm"
- "The sins of Sodom were not homosexual."
- What do you do when people say it is wrong to speak out against homosexuality?
- What is there to repent for in being homosexual?
- What kinds of homosexuality does the Bible mention?
- Where can I find an article on how homosexuality is not a part of a Christian's lifestyle?
- Where does it say that a person who approves of homosexuality is also condemned?
- Where does the Bible say homosexuality is a sin?
- Where does the Bible talk about homosexuality?
- Why are you cherry picking laws from Leviticus to condemn homosexuality?
- Why is it a sin to be gay?
- Would my husband have crossed the line by having sex with another guy because he is a cross dresser?
- Your article on homosexuality was a little harsh, but it's dead on.
Honesty
Honor
- Am I loving God and giving Him glory?
- What does "honor" mean in I Peter 2:17?
- What is honor and respect?
- Where in the Old Testament does it say to honor others more than yourself?
- See also: Manners