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MJ asks: Why does a good God let bad things happen to good people? SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Matthew 10:29, Job 2:7, 1 John 1:5, Romans 5:12, James 1:2, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Isaiah 53:3-5, Isaiah 53:7-10, Isaiah 55:8, Revelation 21:4

How do we reconcile predestination, free will and God's omniscience/sovereignty? Is it possible for all three to work together and be independent of one another? If God knew the end from the beginning, then we do not have free will; We have been set up to do what he has envisioned.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: John 3:1-10, John 11-21, Matthew 11:27-28, John 6:35-37, John 6:44, Acts 2:22, Romans 9:12-14, Romans 9:15-23, Genesis 50:15, 1 Corinthians 2:8, Romans 11:34-35, Deuteronomy 29:29

Is a homosexual someone who is attracted to same sex or is a homosexual someone who acts on his attraction to a same sex person? If it's the former, can such a person make heaven? NB: He/she has feelings for same sex persons but never had sexual encounter with a same sex person.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Romans 14:23, Genesis 4:7, Romans 7:8, Genesis 20:6, 1 John 3:6, 1 John 3:9, Ephesians 2:3, Matthew 5:19, Mark 7:17, Mark 7:20-23, Romans 6:23, James 1:13, 1 John 3:15, Genesis 11:5, John 3:5-7, 16, Romans 10:9-10, James 2:17, Matthew 7:21-23, 1 John 1:8-10, Romans 7:15-20, Romans 12:2, 1 John 5:16, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Matthew 12:31, Hebrews 6:4-6, Genesis 3:19, 1 Corinthians 15:53-57, 1 John 5:18, Romans 1:28, John 6:63

Kobby Korankye asks: Christians in music. What is secular music? If a Christian makes music without references to his "religion" does it make it secular? Can secular music please God? Can the Holy Spirit inspire you to make art that has no "religious tag"? Big question, isn't it? SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Romans 10:9,10, John 3:16-18, Matthew 7:21, Matthew 7:16, Colossians 3:5,8, Hebrews 11:6, Romans 14:23, Hebrews 11:1, Romans 10:17, 1 Corinthians 2:11, Revelation 4:11, 2 Timothy 3:16, Exodus 31:1-3, 1 John 4:2-4, John 16:14, James 3:15,17, 2 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Samuel 16:16, Romans 11:29, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 2 Kings 3:15, Romans 12:2, Galatians 6:7-8, Ezekiel 2:2, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.

Kobby asks: We usually agree that the woman is the help of the man. Does that mean that the goal or purpose of the woman is geared towards fulfilling the man's purpose? Or can a man in any particular case be the woman's help? What does "helper" really mean? If you're my helper, can't I also be your helper and help with your goals too? SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:21-22, Genesis 2:24, 1 Corinthians 11:7, Matthew 5:16, 2 Peter 1:3, Ephesians 5:22-29, 1 Corinthians 11:11, 1 Corinthians 11:8, 1 Corinthians 6:17

We're all afraid sometimes. In these times, especially, fear is the most common of emotions. An anonymous listener decided to take the opportunity to ask one of the most relevant questions yet: IS FEAR A SIN? Let's hear what the word of God has to say about it! SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Hebrews 3:12, Ezekiel 28:15, Proverbs 9:10, Psalms 25:14, Psalms 34:9, Exodus 20:20, Revelation 21:8, Mark 4:40, Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:6, Romans 14:23, Matthew 22:36-28, Psalms 78:13-22, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Psalms 103:14, 2 Corinthians 4:7, Nehemiah 6:10-14, Malachi 3:6, Revelation 4:11, 1 John 4:19, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 2 Corinthians 13:5, John 16:8

Brace yourself, because Jade's 5 questions hold the record for longest episode yet. She wants to know what Tithing really means, whether it's under the Law or Grace, Prosperity Gospel and what I think about the structure of the church in today's society. Please do well to check out all of the scripture references. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:

TITHING: Malachi 3:8-10

GRACE AND THE LAW Psalms 24:1, Proverbs 3:9, Romans 6:14, Romans 3:31, Romans 3:19, Matthew 5:17, Luke 24:44, Romans 3:20, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:2, 5, Romans 13:8-10, Matthew 22:38-39, Matthew 7:12, James 2:8, Romans 10:17, 1 Corinthians 13:3, 1 John 4:7, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 3:5, 1 Timothy 1:5, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Romans 9:30-32, 1 John 4:20, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Mark 17:19, Galatians 3:19, Psalms 19:7-14

PROSPERITY GOSPEL

Deuteronomy 8:18, 3 John 1:2, Hebrews 6:1, Hebrews 5:12-13

STRUCTURE OF CHURCHES

Romans 14:4, Matthew 12:33

An anonymous listener inquires why some prayers seem to go unanswered. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:21, Isaiah 59:1-2, Isaiah 1:15, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Matthew 6:7-8, John 14:21, Matthew 6:33, Hebrews 4:12, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 12:35, Matthew 5:24, Mark 11:25, James 4:3, 1 Samuel 1:6-7, Matthew 26:39, Colossians 1:9, Romans 12:3, Deuteronomy 29:29, Matthew 24:36, Romans 6:26, 1 Peter 3:7

Kow asks, not 1, not 2, but 3 big questions: Why did God create the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?, Why did God throw the fallen angels down to earth?, and another big one: Who did Cain marry and where was she from? SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Hebrews 11:3, John 1:1, Ezekiel 28:12-15, Revelation 12:7-9, 12, Luke 10:18, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Isaiah 60:2, Genesis 1:14-19, John 1:1-5, Psalms 119:105, Genesis 1:16, Revelation 4:11, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:7, 21-22, Hebrews 12:9, Galatians 3:28, John 4:24, Revelation 13:8, Genesis 3:15, 2 Peter 3:8, Genesis 5:5, 1 Peter 1:20, Deuteronomy 30:19, Colossians 2:15, 1 Corinthians 2:8 || Genesis 5:3, 4, Genesis 4:16, Luke 3:38, Leviticus 18:9

Araba wants to know: Which is more reasonable; Being with the one you love, or the one who loves you? SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:7; 2:20-25, Hebrews 12:9, John 4:24, Galatians 3:28, Genesis 1:26, Song of Solomon 3:1-4, Ezekiel 2:17, Ezekiel 33:7, Ephesians 6:1-3, Hebrews 13:17