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A local pastor named Josh wrote in and shared a man in his community he's been meeting with, who is an atheist. They've been getting coffee and having lots of "lively discussions." This man pointed the pastor to a series of articles he wrote, called "the false prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel." In these writings, he points to some of the more obscure prophecies and posits that history nowhere mentions the fulfillment thereof. He, therefore, comes to the conclusion that all Old Testament prophets are proven false, Jesus is a fraud, and Christianity has been exposed as a sham. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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Q: Will the church be going through the tribulation?Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: I recently came across a study called “breaking the bonds of familiar spirits” and I wanted to see what your knowledge is on this. It seems a lot of scripture that I’ve found speaks about sorcery, divination, etc. or people talking about experiences where there could be curses in their family or generational addictions, a few different things there, at first I hadn’t heard this term before so I wanted to figure out what scripture actually says about this? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

My question is about hearing from God. It seems to be a trend among popular bible studies and teachers today–hearing from God–quite a bit. Even my Sunday school class at church is doing a video series from a very popular christian author who talked about how God still speaks the same today as He did in the Old Testament through dreams, through burning bushes, etc, and I found that to be unbiblical. My understanding through studying the word is that God spoke in the Old Testament because we didn’t have the scripture yet, the inspired Word of God, and we didn’t have the Holy Spirit yet. And that, yes, today the Holy Spirit can speak to us but our primary means of hearing from God is through His word, the Bible. I just want to make sure I have a correct understanding of that, and I was hoping you could Biblically walk me through that to make sure I understand about “hearing from God.” Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: How do Ephesians 2:8-9 and 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 go together? This states that our works will be revealed when we stand before the judgment seat - specifically what we have done in the body whether good or evil. Are we to "receive what is due"? That's a daunting thought.As believers, if our sins are as far as the east is from the west, is it only our good works that will be revealed at the judgment seat? How can the peace of God guard our hearts and minds in Christ when we know that the judgment seat is coming and still live in the Romans 7 tension of knowing what we ought to do but being unable to do so?Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: My husband and a trusted spiritual advisor had arrived at different view of the trinity - instead of three separate persons as one God, they believed there are three aspects of the one God. I was not taught that growing up and I can't understand how they arrived at this conclusion. My husband died in 2019 and I asked the spiritual advisor, who is a very intelligent man, who Jesus was praying to in the Garden before being crucified and he replied, "Himself." I can't wrap my head around this. Could you explain? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: How do you reconcile Luke 6:29 and have healthy boundaries with those who use you for their own personal gain and hurt you because they just can? How do you reconcile obeying God in denying oneself and taking up your cross daily, and protecting oneself from those who use this passage of scripture against you; once again for personal gain? "Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either." Luke 6:29 Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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