Sin

Question What does the Bible say about abortion? Answer For this important answer, you can listen to two sermons I preached on abortion. Also you can download the small handouts as well that include all the passages and points in the lessons. You can find the lessons...

Question My question is can you define gossip? and what are different forms of gossip? and scriptures can I look at concerning this?  Answer Gossip: 1. Webster defines gossip as: (1) A person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts. (2) A rumor or report...

Question After turning 18 recently I have been troubled by the question of whether Christians should drink alcohol? And should they associate themselves with non-Christians in a pub or nightclub?  Answer As to your question, I will try to answer it looking to a couple...

Question When the Bible speaks of wine, is it alcoholic or grape juice. specifically the miracle of the water changed to wine at the wedding in Cana.  Answer Just like our English word "wine", which can refer to fermented or unfermented grape juice, the word used in...

Question My question is one on suicide and on suffering.  Answer I assume that you mean (1) is suicide a sin?; and (2) Why does God permit suffering? Corinthians 3:16–17 says, "Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If...

Question Where is it that God forbids prophesying via the stars?  Answer Yes, God does forbid His people from worshipping and prophesying by the stars or any other created bodies. When the Law of Moses was given, Israel was warned not to be deceived by worshipping the...

Question Where in the Bible does it refer to pornography and the evils of that?  Answer It shoes use a word that is strongly related to pornography. This word is "porneia", sound familiar and it is translated fornication or immorality. It refers to all types of sexual...

Question What does the Bible say about gambling? Is it wrong? I feel that it is, but I don't know where to find verses to back that up.  Answer Although the word "gambling" is not directly mentioned in the Bible, there are clear Bible principles that we violate when...

Question My bro-in-law is now a Pentecostal member. He told my husband that it is a sin for him to have long hair. Does this still apply to us nowadays?  Answer The passage in 1 Cor. 11 compares the natural order of things with the spiritual order. In the natural...