Answers to Questions Listed by Topics Beginning with the Letter "I"
Unless otherwise noted, all answers were written by Jeff Hamilton.
Icons, Religious
- Are not pictures of Jesus and angels, or even wedding announcements, sinful because they are graven images?
- Is having a symbol of Christianity idolatry?
- Is it ok to be a fan of a team that calls itself the Blue Devils?
- What about displaying so-called pictures of Jesus?
- What do you think about the use of crosses in a building?
Idols, Idolatry
- Are not pictures of Jesus and angels, or even wedding announcements, sinful because they are graven images?
- Can thinking about a girl constantly be idolatry?
- Who is the Queen of Heaven in Jeremiah 7:18?
Ignorance
Indwelling
Influence
- Do you think a movie with a good story line but some immorality scattered in should be watched?
- How does God influence us?
- Is it okay to listen to secular music?
- Is it wrong to make a decision about what is right or wrong based on what you think a cartoon character would do?
- Is it wrong to purchase items that helps fund a denomination's missionary efforts?
- Is it wrong to work in a Catholic hospital or work for a company that produces sexual themed movies?
- Is watching movies or making jokes about sinful things really that bad?
- Should a Christian eat with a non-Christian who is having alcohol with his meal?
Inherited Sins, Total Depravity, Original Sin
- Are people born good and do bad things, or are they born bad and do good things?
- Can a person do good without God allowing him to do so?
- Can you explain what it means that the sins of the fathers are put on the children?
- Could you clarify why you say we don't inherit Adam's sin?
- Could you explain the different translations of Psalm 51:5 in detail?
- Do we inherit sin, but do not inherit the punishment?
- Does Psalm 58:3 show that at least some children are born sinful?
- How could Jesus be sinless when he was born of Mary?
- If Adam’s sin isn’t inherited, why do ALL women experience pain during childbirth?
- If there is no inherited sin, then wouldn't this leave a possibility for a person to live a sinless life?
- If we didn't inherit Adam's sin, why aren't we all starting in the garden of Eden?
- Inherited sin has been taught for so long, if you teach otherwise you'll confuse people about the Christ.
- Is Judaism Calvinistic?
- Is one of Christianity's flaws that it never theorized power?
- What do you think of what T. B. Wilkinson wrote concerning Calvinism?
- What is meant when Paul said we are by nature children of wrath?
- What is wrong with Catholicism?
- What proof is there that Mary was born without sin?
- Where did my stillborn child go upon his death?
- Where in the Bible does it say we inherit the nature to sin?
- Why do you teach that men are born without sin?
- Wouldn't Mary's sins be passed on to her son Jesus?
Inspiration of the Scripture
- Did Matthew fabricated a prophecy to support his claim that Jesus was the Messiah?
- Hate mail from a feminist
- How can Solomon's writings be God's words?
- How can you trust early Christian writers when you disagree with them on some topics?
- How do we know that we have a accurate rendition of the oral teachings?
- How do we know the Bible is inspired?
- Is the gospels more important than the rest of the New Testament?
Institutionalism
- Are lectureships scriptural?
- Are you "anti" or "liberal"?
- Can those teaching institutionalism or liberalism be called brethren?
- "I was once in an orphans' home."
- Is our college Bible study group operating in a scriptural manner?
- Is the Sunset International Bible Institute a trustworthy organization?
- What do you think about a church funding a school or senior housing?
- What do you think about the divisions among the churches?
- What do you think about the World Bible School?
- What is this business about "anti," "liberal," and "sound?"
- Wouldn't a New Testament church realize that we are our brothers' keepers?
Instrumental Music
- Are drums of God or the devil?
- Can a seventeen year old conduct worship?
- Can I go to a show and sing along with the hymns that are being sung with instrumental music?
- Can't instruments be an aid to singing?
- Did Amos curse those who introduced instrumental music into Hebrew worship?
- Did God command the use of instrumental music under the Old Law?
- Do you have something on the use of instrumental music under the Old Law?
- Have I been worshiping in vain all these years by using instrumental music in worship?
- If God gives us talent, then can we not use that talent to worship God?
- If is wrong to use instrumental music because the New Testament doesn't mention it, then it would be wrong to use electricity.
- If something is used to praise God, then it can't be wrong, can it?
- Is playing an instrument for a person's own enjoyment scriptural?
- Is the use of instrumental music in worship a salvation issue?
- I'm so disappointed with the older people in my church. They oppose the use of RNB, hip-hop, and Reggaeton in church. What would you advise?
- Since I Corinthians 14:7 mentions instruments, doesn't that justify instrumental music in the worship?
- What is the source of the quote from Martin Luther in McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia?
- What is your opinion about instrumental music in the church?
- What musical instruments were used in ancient Greece?
- Why are there musical instruments in Revelation?
- Why did God let David play music?
Insults
Isaiah
Islam, Muslims
- Did Orson Pratt originate the idea that the Bible is unreliable?
- Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel is a good way to reach Muslims.
- "I call upon you to obey Allah's command and convert to Islam."
- If Jesus was crucified to pay for our sins, who was the payment made to?
- Why do Christians call Jesus the Son of God?
- Why don't Muslim believing governments allow their people to break Islamic law?
- Why is the Qur'an different from the Bible?
Israel
- Are the problems in Israel and wars in Iraq what Revelation talks about?
- Does God still need to keep His covenant with Abraham?
- Don't you know Israel will be saved after the fullness of the Gentiles is reached?
- How did the children of Israel get their name?
- Is there a group of Jews today who still believe they are God's chosen people?
- Of what tribes were Mary, Joseph, John the Baptist and his parents?
- Who are the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom and the 2 tribes of the Southern Kingdom?