Contacts
Info
Each episode will ask tough, provocative, and even forbidden questions about Christianity—and offer surprising Biblical answers you may never hear in church.
Bible Questions with Andrew Farley
Bible Questions with Andrew Farley
What is fellowship with God?
16 JUL 2024 · Fellowship with God is synonymous with salvation in the New Testament. When we believe the Gospel, we are invited into an intimate and unending fellowship with the Trinity (1 John 1:1-3; John 17:21).
What is the purpose of repentance?
9 JUL 2024 · Repentance for salvation is a change of mind from unbelief to belief in Jesus (Acts 19:4; John 3:16-17; Ephesians 2:8-9). After salvation, repentance becomes about maturing in the faith through an exchange of sinful mindsets and behaviors for righteous mindsets and behaviors (Romans 6:2, 12, 18). For the believer, repentance from sins doesn’t make us more forgiven by God, but it does help us to express more fully our new identity in Christ.
Why should we confess our sins to one another (James 5:16)?
2 JUL 2024 · James 5:16 states that confession of sins to other believers is an important part of the Christian life. Admitting wrongdoing helps us support one another in prayer. However, it is important to remember that we do not confess our sins to other people in order to get more forgiveness from God. He has already forgiven us – past, present, and future (Hebrews 10:14).
Do Christians need to recite the Lord’s Prayer?
25 JUN 2024 · Some teach that Christians should recite the Lord’s Prayer, but Jesus warned against meaningless repetition of the same prayers (Matthew 6:7). Furthermore, in the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus describes a forgiveness from God that is conditioned upon us forgiving others first. Here, Jesus wants the Jews of His day to imagine what it would be like if they received from God the same treatment they’ve been doling out to others. In short, the Lord’s Prayer exposed their hypocrisy and their need for unconditional grace from God.
Do we have to forgive others in order for God to forgive us?
18 JUN 2024 · In the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:5-15), we see a forgiveness from God that is conditional and based upon forgiving other people first. But when we read the passage in the context of the Sermon on the Mount, we discover that Jesus is wanting His Jewish audience to imagine receiving only the same type and degree of forgiveness that they’ve given to others. In this way, Jesus is pointing out their hypocrisy, their slavery to bitterness, and their inability to merit God’s forgiveness. Ultimately, this realization is what drives a person to see their need for God’s grace. Today, on this side of the cross, we believers are totally forgiven people, apart from our forgiving of others (Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 4:32; Hebrews 10:14).
Why does James 5:15 say our sins will be forgiven?
11 JUN 2024 · James 5:15 does express the believer’s forgiveness using future tense. However, James is simply presenting a hypothetical situation (“if he has committed sins”) and assuring his readers that such a person will be forgiven in that scenario. This passage is intended to be comforting for anyone who might be afraid of a future struggle. Any sin committed will be forgiven because of the finished work of Jesus Christ, once for all (Hebrews 10:14).
What is the sin unto death? What is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
4 JUN 2024 · Many have wondered whether a believer is capable of committing the “unforgivable sin” (Matthew 12:31-32) or the “sin unto death” (1 John 5:16). Both of these refer to unbelief in Jesus or rejection of the Gospel message. Therefore, these warnings are not for believers. We have already received the Gospel, and we are completely forgiven of all our sins (Hebrews 10:14). In addition, we possess eternal life and will never experience spiritual death (John 5:24).
Does the message of total forgiveness make you sin more?
28 MAY 2024 · Some believe that teaching total forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ will lead believers to sin more. But 2 Peter 1:9 says the opposite: We will sin more if we forget our total forgiveness! So, teaching believers their total forgiveness of sins will promote godly living, not sinfulness. In Luke 7:47, we see Jesus affirm this reality as He tells us that whoever is forgiven much will love much.
How can you forgive someone who hurt you deeply?
21 MAY 2024 · Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling. To forgive someone is to release the offending person of any relational debt they might owe you. This happens as you assess the damage (how they made you feel), cancel the debt against them (releasing them from anything they “owe” you, even if they do it again), and then, going forward, counting on the choice you made to forgive them.
Do Christians need to ask God for forgiveness?
14 MAY 2024 · No, a believer does not need to ask for forgiveness for each sin they commit. The phrase “ask forgiveness” or “ask for forgiveness” is not found in any New Testament letter, and for good reason. Remember that Jesus announced from the cross: “It is finished.” Christians are not being forgiven progressively when we ask for it (after all, what if you forget a sin?). No, Christians are totally forgiven people for all time (Hebrews 10:14).
Each episode will ask tough, provocative, and even forbidden questions about Christianity—and offer surprising Biblical answers you may never hear in church.
Information
| Author | Dunham+Company Podcast Network |
| Organization | Dunham+Company |
| Categories | Christianity |
| Website | - |
| clawson@dunhamandcompany.com |
Copyright 2024 - Spreaker Inc. an iHeartMedia Company
