Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, offers this answer. “In the Old Testament, yes. In the New Testament, no,” Ernie said. 1 Timothy 4:3, “forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them, which believe and know the truth.” Roman 14:14,...

Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, presents this answer. “In Romans 12 verses 18-21, […] if any thy enemy hunger, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. […] Overcome evil with good. “I worked with a guy, he would sometimes be so nasty. I tried to be nice to him. The...

Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, offers this answer. “In Ephesians 6:1-4, children obey their parents and the Lord. This is right. Honor thy father and mother,” Ernie said. “Fathers, provoke not your children into wrath.” “If you’re bringing your child up and you’re trying to bully [him or her], that’s not...

Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, offers this answer. “God has known us from the moment we were conceived in the womb. We are created by God. God did not make any junk. Why do we need to change our bodies? We may not be perfect, but God loves us the way...

Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, provides an answer to the question. “There are so many types of churches in the United States and the world say because: what human wants to be wrong? What man will do: he’ll change God’s word to fulfill man’s good will because he doesn’t want to...

Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, serves up this answer to the question. “In Proverbs 20:1, wine is a mocker. Strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Alcohol clouds your mind and your judgment. The miracle that Jesus performed at the wedding feast in Cana, the wine...

Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, offers this answer to the question. “In 1 Corinthians 3:17, if any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are,” Ernie said. We are God’s temple on this earth. If we harm or...

Tom Sheppard, elder at South Main Church of Christ, offers this answer to the question. “In John 3:16, the Bible says ‘for God so loved the world that He gave His own begotten son so that whomever believes in Him will have everlasting life,” Tom said. Is that enough? We know James 2:19 the devils...

Tom Sheppard, elder at South Main Church of Christ, offers some explanations about the question asked here. “A lot of times, we think everyone goes to Heaven, but that is not the case, according to the Bible,” Tom said. “Jesus said in Matthew 7:21, ‘Not everyone who says to me, Lord, shall enter into the...

Ernie Starling, elder at South Main Church of Christ, gives the answer. “Yes, Jesus performs miracles. In fact, Jesus was a miracle,” Ernie explained. The apostles and those who the apostles laid hands upon were able to cast out demons, and people who were possessed by demons and devils. But the people whom the apostles...