Questions from the Congregation - Part 19B
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Note: The time signatures [00:00 ] below indicate the approximate start of a question if you'd like to skip to a particular one of interest in the audio file.
Family / Kids:
[02:15 ] - Q: How can Christians help transgender family members fit into a family structure without alienating them?
Creation / End Times:[07:28 ] - Q: Why did Adam live so long on the earth when we can’t now?
[10:30 ] - Q: Buckle up, this is a doosey! :) How are scientists using Carbon Dating to find rocks that are millions of years old? Carbon Dating works by using the Half-Life of Carbon (the amount of time for half of the carbon in something to decay (5,730 Years in Carbon-14, which is used for Carbon Dating)). If the Earth is only 6,000ish years old (which I believe it is), then I should be able to get my own doohickey that tells me how much carbon is decayed, and find that only about half-of the carbon is decayed. This would mean that the scientists were lying, but all the carbon dating says the Earth is millions of years old. Are the scientists lying? Or when God created the Earth did he create it with a lot of the carbon decayed? And if so, why would he do so? Wouldn’t he want it to show that the Earth is only 6000ish years old? Is this whole Carbon Dating thing false and is a lie? Or does it have something to have to do with the fall, or something else entirely? Okay, that’s your homework assignment for the next few weeks! Enjoy, and thank you!
[13:53 ] - Q: During the Millennium, where Christians reign with Jesus, people will sin, but I’m confused about who. 1. Will the Christians who have already died on the earth and received their glorified bodies sin? 2. Will the Christians who were raptured and did not receive their glorified bodies sin? 3. Will the children that the Christians in the millennium have sin? Thank you!
[15:43 ] - Q: Why aren’t Christians talking about the Bible prophecies from thousands of years ago that are happening in our day and age? How is this not fascinating to every Christian? SOOO many Scriptures point to what is happening right now. How is it that Christians don’t know or care? I actually do want an answer to this question.
Miscellaneous / Potluck:[21:16 ] - Q: How long does somebody have to be dead before it’s considered “archeology” instead of “grave robbing”? ***How is this Bible related? I’m not sure, but grave-robbing is definitely a sin!***
[23:20 ] - Q: In 2 Sam 16:5-14 Shimei cursed David and David said, “it may be that the Lord will look on my affliction and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing this day”. What is going on here? Why did David accept this cursing?
[26:02 ] - Q: What does the Bible say about cremation?
Reprise (from Part 1):[31:01 ] - Q: What does the “gift of tongues” accurately look like in today’s church? Since I’ve only seen the “crazy” – there must be a legit use for it since Paul spent so much time on it in 1 Corinthians 14. And if it is no longer valid, how do you determine what gifts are valid or not?
[36:40 ] - Q: Do the leaders of this church like each other? If so, how do you show it to each other?
Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Review the questions submitted above. Discuss any of these that stuck out to you, or that maybe your group finds particularly interesting.
Breakout Questions:
Pray for one another!




