Q.  Throughout my life as a Christian, I was always taught that the Body of Christ was made up of all born-again believers.  But lately, I’ve been hearing some pastors are teaching that the Body of Christ refers only to members of a local church.  I’ve read the scriptures they use to justify this teaching, for example 1 Corinthians 12:27: “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”  I’m confused and upset, since I’m disabled and can rarely attend church.  I would greatly appreciate any insight you can provide.

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Q.  Re: Choosing What To Believe.  In this answer you seem to be questioning the salvation of anyone who believes in evolution.  I think this is an unfair conclusion on your part.  It’s not important to me whether you believe in evolution or not. What is important to me is that you allow me and others to believe in evolution without making the accusation that we do not believe in Jesus.

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Commentary by Jack Kelley

I first wrote about the so-called blood moons five years ago. (For reasons I’ll explain below, total lunar eclipses are called blood moons.) At the time a video series on the subject was being heavily marketed as revealing the date of the second coming. By now most people no longer believe that, but the series is still popular and since we’re getting closer to the time of their arrival I’ve been getting questions about the blood moons again. So here’s an update.

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Q.  I recently read that the Vatican has purchased the Upper Room and that some of the Jews are very displeased by this.  With the current Pope’s acknowledgement of his and Muslim’s God being the same, do you think this is a precursor to  one world religion and the splitting of Jerusalem between Jews and Palestinians?

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Q.  I have recently posted to a Christian forum a study I did to learn more about and better understand the End-Time events.  I was accused of error and of spreading false doctrine even though I backed up everything with many Scriptural references.  I guess my questions are how do I deal with this, both on a personal level and in the public forum?

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Q.  Today I have read your thoughts on the scars of Christ’s incorruptible body, and the thought that ‘my’ scars may be permanent is quite a disappointment.  I have several pronounced scars and half a left thumb and these are just ugly and I don’t much care.   I don’t mind being ugly in a genderless afterlife but both  my eyes have had the lens removed and synthetic replacements installed.  I do not look forward to being totally blind for eternity.  The verses you gave did not cause me to think that damage done to our mortal bodies would not be transferred to our replacements.  Can you help?

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Q.  I notice that in commentaries on 2 Cor 2, regarding the shunned incestuous believer, the commentators always insist the man ‘must’ have repented. But to me it seems that Scripture is silent on this point, and that in verses 7-9 it is the shunning believers that are instructed, as a test, to do the repenting, or turning. Is there a verse I am unaware of that indicates the believer repented? Or does God leave this unspoken so that even sinning believers will not be forever cast away from the fellowship of the saints?

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Q.  I hear of crowns being awarded to the members of the church at the “Bema Seat Judgment”, In my mind and my heart I do not feel I deserve any crowns, awards or any acknowledgments of what I have or have not done on earth.

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Q.  I know the Bible says our expected lifespan is 70 years (and 80 if you’re healthy) but I have noticed lately that a lot of people are living well into their 90′s. So I am wondering do you think God, and Jesus have expanded a human’s life span from 80 years of age to 100? And that the 2nd coming of Jesus is 100 years, from the date of 1948 when Israel became a nation?

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Q.  I was raised in a Reformed Church that subscribed to infant baptism. My parents had me so baptized at age 5. I always felt this was proper based on my understanding of the doctrine of covenant theology that says infants should be baptized, they way infants were circumcised, prior to faith(Acts 2: 39). I am a believer of many years and my wife and I recently decided to become members (covenant  partners) at a non-denominational  baptist background church we have attended for 3 years. Now I am told I can not become a member without a baptism of immersion.  I know the points or arguments for both. I feel my baptism was sure, based on the character and integrity of God. What do you advise?

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