The Bible Line

Some churches use the term "Reverend" regarding their pastors. Is this a term that should be reserved for God, or is it okay?
 With all that is at stake for Christians, is it okay to vote for someone who may not share all of our morals? We...

Please give some clarity on the phenomenon of John the Baptist leaping in Elizabeth's womb when she encountered Mary.
 How would Pastor Carl respond to an unbeliever who says "I don't believe He will ask me that" when a Christian...

Alan, Decorah, Iowa - Pastor Broggi, Thanks so much for your ministry and teaching. I am in a church led by a younger pastor who is a Dallas Theological Seminary graduate. The church is very loosely associated with Converge but went through some...

Aden, Albany, GA - Is it not biblically sound for a Christian Marine or Christian police officer to kill or injure evil people in the line of duty? Relatedly similar question regarding defending ones self or family with force (including deadly force)...

1. What confesion are you? Are you a Baptist Christian or something else? 2. I'm a Christian and fell in sin outside marriage (not beyond hugging and kissing). I feel bad about it. I love the Lord and I want to be clean. Please help.
 
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A caller has a friend with a porn addiction. What should he do? Is the friend comitting adultery?
 
 We had a caller who listened to Pastor Carl's message on Daniel and is wondering if it is possible that Gabriel would or could appear to someone...

Augusta, GA - In light of what scripture says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for...

In Zechariah 11:7-8 What are the two staffs and the three shepherds?
 
 Kim, Seabrook, SC - I have been a submissive wife in many ways and for many years. I have stepped out in faith and followed my husband where he leads our family as the spiritual...

How ought we study the Bible?
 Hannah, Beaufort, SC - Did Lazarus go to Heaven and then come back when Jesus resurrected him? And why is Jesus called the Son of Man?
 
 A caller says he's going to Charlotte, NC on vacation and would like to know...

Bonnie, Bluffton, SC - Leviticus 10:1-2 & 8-9 First we have the strange/profane fire Nadab and Abihu offered before the LORD. Then the admonition about drinking wine or intoxicating drink when entering the tabernacle of meeting. Two questions: 1...

Our first dictated question is from a caller who says that she and her husband always tithe. He is disabled so she works. They have had some unexpected expenses (for example, the car broke down and was very expensive to fix) so they are now...

Jose , Bluffton, SC - What is your vision in the Spanish ministry?
 Joseph, Lincoln, RI - For the past few years now I have tried to find a church here in New England, with a faithful Pastor who is committed to solid doctrinal teaching. The search has...

Who is Jesus talking to in Matt 7:21-23
 David from Hilton Head - Why are there so many spiritually ignorant pastors in certain denominations?
 Rosemary, Beaufort, South Carolina - I need spiritual guidance in the area of marriage and church...

David, Bluffton, SC - What was Moses' sin in striking the rock twice?
 Aden, Albany , GA - Question: Dr. Broggi - what is your opinion as to the book of Enoch? It is not among the 66 books of the Bible. However, there are sections (Gen 5:24 and...

Brandon, Savannah - Concerned about the hypercalvinist...sometimes wonders whether they are even saved, because they're so focused on the limitations rather than the opportunity. Wants Pastor Broggi's opinion.
 Jose, Bluffton, Sc - What is...

A caller says he heard a program and the speaker, David Chadwick, talking about how the Bible does not say do not drink wine and he used the example of Paul advising Timothy to have wine for his ailment. What is Pastor Broggi's thought about...

A listener heard Dr. Broggi talk about the books in God's library. She would like to know what they are?
 Does God have a free will? 
 Marie, Savannah, GA: Since Orthodox Judaism has not accepted Jesus as the Messiah, how do they deal with sin...

A caller wants to know whether it honors God for a Christian couple to use birth control to limit the size of their family? 
 Jamie, Lilliwaup, Washington - In a recent conversation I had with someone who defends moderate Islam, one argument given to...

Our next caller would like to know if the pastors who are preaching untruth out of ignorance will be held to the same accountability at the Judgment as those pastors who teach apostacy as a choice to do so? Further, is it the responsibility of pastors...

Is it true that T.D. Jakes has come out in favor of homosexual marriage?
 Stacy, Bluffton, SC - What is the balance we as Christians and as citizens in general should take in relation to our handling of Muslim refugees?
 Sarah, Rincon, GA - I have...

Jeff, Rincon, Georgia - Have you heard of the early 19th-century evangelist Smith Wigglesworth? He wrote a couple books on Faith, as he was a "faith healer," who claims in his books to have risen several people from the dead through faith. I...

Anonymous, Columbia, SC - Dr. Broggi can you please comment on the book entitled "The Shack?" Do you know the author
 A caller would like to know why some members of her family who are Catholic give Mary such high regard and, at times, go to...

David, Columbia, SC - Dr. Carl, last week on Perry Noble’s face book page he gave six reasons why a woman could be a pastor justifying the young lady who preached in his church on November 1. Can you comment? Can his evaluation be trusted?
 Why was...

David, Bluffton, MA - What should mainline denominational evangelicals say to their friends in order to steer them away from the likes of Perry Noble and Joel Osteen?
 Betty, Tybee Island, Georgia In light of all the publicity concerning the...

Patricia , Beaufort, SC - Recently two people I knew in my life committed suicide, and I was wondering when you take your own life do you go to heaven? Is it a matter of if the person had Christ in their life before they took there own life ? Any...

David, Hilton Head, SC - Has a question about spiritual gifts.
 Wayne, Winslow, Maine - I have a question about the lineage of Christ. Matthew makes a point to walk down through the lineage to show the connection from David to Christ and I understand...

A caller says that he is aware of some denominations that teach you are not filled with the Holy Spirit until you show evidence of His residing in you by speaking in tongues. What is the Scripture that is used for this and does Pastor Broggi believe...

Anonymous - I was listening to the Bible Line from Sep 8 and a question came in regarding co-ed life groups lead by a husband and a wife. The question dealt with the wife having a co-leadership role with her husband. I am a woman who is in a co-ed...

Courtney, Lincoln, Nebraska - I would like to hear your opinion on K12 education. Do you feel that as Christians we should avoid sending our children to public schools if at all possible? Our local Christian school is wonderful, but costs more than...

It was announced last week that Pope Francis has given priests the right to formally forgive women who have had an abortion during the "year of mercy". Can't these woman repent directly to God? We know there is forgiveness for all sin...

David, Bluffton, SC: What is the thrust of the book of 1 Corinthians?
 What does the Bible say about the sins of the father?
 Deployed Marine - Dr Broggi, Recently i attend a service at the base chapel here where i am deployed. The msg surrounded the...

A listener seeks Pastor Broggi's reason for why people should read the book of Romans.
 A caller would like to know why CBC had a "magician" perform last month? Isn't that against scripture?
 Betty, Crawfordsville, In. - What are...

Jamie, Lilliwaup, WA - Dr. Broggi, so many people refer to the washing of feet passage in John 13 as a teaching on humility and more specifically, service to one another. In context though, Jesus makes it clear that He is contrasting being...

Is Andy Stanley’s church model purported in his book, “Deep and Wide” something that you agree with? What do you see as the error, if any, with this model and/or with Andy Stanley’s theology? 
 A listener wants to know whether stray, unholy thoughts...

Gregory, Durham, New Hampshire - How should Christians react to the now new law passed on same-sex marriage in all 50 states?
 Jeremiah 7:30-34 verse 31 strikes me that God didn't know that humans were going to burn their children What do you...

A listener comments on the gender change of Bruce Jenner.
 A listener wonders, in light of Scripture, whether it is possible for one member of a married couple to deny divorce if the other desires one.
 Zack, Canyon lake, TX: Why have we Christians...

Gregory, Derry, New Hampshire - How can I possess effective evangelism? What are some ways to be effective in spreading the Gospel to non-believers as well as those in different religions?
 
 In the MacArthur Commentary Bible in John 7:53- 8:11, the...

Kari, Beaufort, SC - What would be your answer to a person who says God's Word was written by people and not God. (I remember you saying over so many people wrote the scripture in so many continents and so on...can't remember it all. 
 After...

A listener read recently about C.S. Lewis believing in purgatory and praying for the dead. What does Dr. Broggi think?
 
 Tyrone is an usher at his church in Bluffton. He would like to know the duties of an usher.
 
 Larry, Beaufort, SC - Do you think...

When did Paul actually believe in Christ?
 Jason, College Station, Texas: In Exodus 9:12 after the plague on livestock it says God hardened Pharaoh's heart. Again in Exodus 14:4 God says He will harden Pharaoh's heart in order to make him...

Emmanuel, Cordova, Tennessee: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF REVELATION 1:6 CONCERNING BEING KINGS AND PRIESTS? Also, does the Bible address groups/organizations such as fraternities and sororities? If someone I know and love is in fact a member of one...

Beaufort, South Carolina - I remember in a sermon a while back you mentioned Matthew 24:40-41 as not being rapture verses. Could you please explain why? 
 A listener's sister wanted to know where Jesus' soul went when He died.
 A listener is...

Is it possible to committ the unpardonable sin in this day and age?
 A listener would like Pastor Broggi's opinion on ISIS, Islam, peaceful Muslims and the Q'uran.
 A listener recently moved to a new area and the pastor at the church they...

A listener was recently unfriended on Facebook after she had asked her friend to ask her husband to refrain from swearing in her presence. The woman told this listener that she was being judgmental. And now relations between these two women has been...

Jamie, Lilliwaup, WA : I was wondering if you are familiar with the book by Kirk Youngblood, Free To Be Wise? It deals with discerning God's will and the many errors via mystical methods prevalent today. If so, I would so appreciate your...

A caller would like to know when the Rapture happens and all who are born again are caught up in the air, what happens to the babies in the womb? Do they have to wait to be born?
 Where is Jesus pictured in every book of the Bible?
 If a man had an...

Tobi, Seabrook, SC - What is the role of a Deacon in the church
 David, Beaufort, SC - During the tribulation are the regions that are cgoing to come against Israel Egypt, Syria, Ukraine and Russia?
 Grace, Savannah, GA - Is there a college campus...

Dereena, Augusta, GA - What does the Seventh Day Adventist Church believe? Will there be Seventh Day Adventists in Heaven? I work with a man who is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and he and his family follow a church-ordained diet and...

Danielle: Are all the commandments applicable for today? What about the fourth commandment
 Stacy, Hilton Head, SC: Jack Van Impe was speaking the other day about the threat of Islamization in the U.S. What does Dr. Broggi think about this...is it...

A caller wanted Pastor Carl to expound on something he said in his message on Sunday that had a profound effect on this caller...that was that when people try to deny that Jesus was the Messiah and God, the best argument is the resurrection. Such a...