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Bible Questions Answered Archive Please click on the question you'd like to have answered. Question 1: Isaiah 14:12 a in the KJV reads: "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" In the NIV and other modern versions it reads "How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!" Doesn't this make the title of the devil very similar to that of Jesus as shown in Revelation 22:16, ". . . the bright Morning Star"?

Question 2: Galatians 2:16 and James 2:24 appear to directly contradict. Do they actually contradict one another, and what is each saying?

Question 3: Would you discuss briefly your personal thoughts about Bible foundation and being 'led by the Holy Spirit'?

Question 4: Share with us a personal Scripture that directs you in the ministry 'call' God has given to you.

Question 5: In Hebrews 11:21 we read, "By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff." (NIV) What does it mean to worship leaning on the top of a staff?

Question 6: In Numbers 20:13, we are told that God showed Himself holy among the Israelites at Meribah. In what way did He do this?

Question 7: What does the word “incarnate” mean? Does it occur in the Bible?

Question 8: What was the sin of Sodom?

Question 9: Why are there two creation stories in Genesis?

Question 10: What is a tithe? How do I know how much to give?

Question 11: I hear that you are writing a Bible translations book. Why? What do Bible translations mean to me as I study the Bible in my private time and in Sunday School?

Question 12: Please tell me if there is a command for not having sex before marriage anywhere in the Bible.

Question 13: Whatever happened to Bethsheba?

Question 14: "The sins of some men are obvious, reaching the place of judgement ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them" - 1 Tim 5:24 (NIV)
Please, what does this verse mean? Could you kindly explain to me your own view of this verse.

Question 15: Where does it say in the Bible, "A dram (occasional) drinker is worse than a drunk." Someone asked me, but I have searched high and low and can't find that anywhere. I honestly don't think it says that in the Bible! Can you help? Thank you!

Question 16: I have had several questions from Christians who have had nightmares, some of which appeared to them to be demonic. Those who asked want to know who is speaking, and what to do about such dreams. Some have been reading books about hell while others have been studying about demons. What should Christians do in these circumstances?

Question 17: One of the questions that I am most frequently asked is, "Why did God allow Satan to commit such unspeakable horrors not only on Job's possession, but even more so his family? As a Christian minister, I am inevitably drawn to Job's words when he says, "Even though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him!" But for the unsaved, and even many Christians, this remains at least confusing, and to the unsaved even cruel and unjust. What advice or guidance might you have in this area?

Question 18: Why are there two creation stories?