Questions and Answers

Questions answered this month:

Was Adam a Neanderthal?
Who is the Simon mentioned in Luke 24:34?
When engaged in a discussion with someone who supports instruments in worship, what is an appropriate response when they equate the use of instruments with four part harmony?
Please explain the difference between the reasons for baptism by John the Baptist and our baptism (Mark 1:8).
If a song is put in a songbook and then later removed because of unscriptural ideas, why would it have been put in the book in the first place?
What was the order of Melchizedek?
Are there any references to the Angel of the Lord that might not be in reference to Jesus?
How does one deal with the through that God is not real?
Is the thought “Jesus, please come into my heart” an unscriptural idea?
What’s the difference between an apostle and a disciple?
When Jesus ascended to Heaven, did he gain knowledge of the day and hour mentioned in Matthew 24:36? If not, how can be omniscient?
How do children explain to other children at their Christian school that Jesus was not born on Christmas Day?
Did people in the Bible, like Methuselah, actually live that long?
In the story of the Prodigal Son, why did the son have a job feeding pigs?
Why do we still reference the Old Testament? Wasn’t the old law abolished?
Why did Jesus have to go in order for the Spirit to come (John 16:7)?
In I Corinthians 3:2-3, what as the milk and what was the meat? How much time has passed since he fed them the milk?
Did Solomon write Ecclesiastes before or after allowing pagan worship?