Ask A Pastor: Should I Fast?
Question: In a few of the past sermons and speakers I have listened to over the last few weeks, I have heard fasting and prayer brought up. Example from Matthew…
Question: In a few of the past sermons and speakers I have listened to over the last few weeks, I have heard fasting and prayer brought up. Example from Matthew…
Question If you go on dating sites or apps is that wrong? If it is wrong, what is the explanation? Is there such thing as a good Christian dating site?…
Question How should a Christian react to the Black Lives Matter movement and those who support it? Answer Black Lives Matter (BLM) was founded in 2013 after the fatal shooting…
Question: If God is a loving God, why did God create the tree of good and evil knowing that Adam and Eve would sin and cause all of creation to…
This is a great question, but one that really needs a longer discussion to adequately address. Our understanding of the meaning of words is important because differences of meaning can cause people to be divided on these issues when they need not be. I encourage you to first define to yourself what you understand by the word anxiety and then compare it to how the Bible uses the word. Certainly, the Bible does speak about anxiety directly. Anxiety is spoken about in relation to commands. We are not to be anxious, read Matt. 6:25, 34 and Phil. 4:6. It seems clear that we are commanded by God to not be anxious. This would seem to indicate that anyone who is anxious is therefore sinning, they are doing what the Scriptures have said they ought not to do. I also suspect that there is no person alive who has not struggled with anxiety. Perhaps a comparison would be helpful. The Bible says “Fear not” over 350 times. Does this also mean that any time a person is afraid or fearful they are sinning? If you are 10 years old and your older brother jumps from behind the door and scares you, were you afraid for a moment or for 2 minutes? Have you sinned? You see how discussing a simple question can quickly become complex.
The answer is no, it’s not okay. The Bible both teaches and explains this too, why no one may “play” the person and role of Jesus Christ. A main reason is the second commandment in which God forbids emphatically to make any likeness of God for whatever reason. (J.I Packer explains this well in his classic book, Knowing God in the fourth chapter, entitled, “The Only True God”.)
Have you ever felt that your faith has become stagnant?
Question: In our denomination we practise closed communion. This means that it is possible for a person who isn’t a member of our church to participate in the Lord’s Supper.…
Question: Do you believe that we will remember everyone and everything that happened during our time on Earth in Heaven? I have been told that we won’t because it would…