BCLR Students Questions and Answers

Douglas Allison and Garrett Plunkett discuss the following question: "If we are called to submit to those in authority over us, how do we distinguish between an evil leader and a leader who is trying to command us to do evil?"

Douglas Allison and Nolan Games discuss a student's request for us to talk about drinking alcohol.

Douglas Allison and Troy Philips discuss the following questions submitted by students:

1. Is it better to die early and see Christ or live longer and delay it? 

2. What is God’s favorite color?

3. Pleasure: So is it wrong to spend a bunch of time reading or watching a dumb show? What about small talk?

Molly Nickles and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "How would you counsel someone who feels guilty about feeling any pleasure in life at all?"

Howard Bennett and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "Is genuine joy in the Lord something that happens naturally for you, or are there things you do to focus on this joy?"

Douglas discusses three questions submitted by students with Sarah Ramsfield and Vivian Etherington: 1) We know that God loves us why would he send the one he loves the most for us? 2) Why does God care about us? What are we to God? and 3) Can I scroll through Instagram to the glory of God?

Ryan Jones and Douglas Allison answer the questions, "Can people in Heaven feel sympathy for those in Hell?", and "How do we understand the struggle Paul describes in Romans 7?"

Douglas Allison and Lawson Hembree discuss the question, "What does it look like for a Christian woman to pursue marriage?"

Douglas and Clint discuss the question, "Are angels in glorified bodies? Are they in their final eternal state?"

Douglas and Clint discuss the question, "I’m reading the New Testament part of the church plan and just read the feeding of the five thousand and the four thousand. What do you think it looked like when Jesus broke the bread and fish to feed the people?"