Q. I read your commentary on Psalm 21 with much encouragement.  But I have a question.  You wrote, “Our enemies will be vanquished and required to admit in our presence that we were right and they were wrong. They’ll suffer the consequences of their behavior, while we enjoy the rewards of ours.”

I’m wondering if this will be true if one’s “enemy” is a professed believer? Specifically, I have had a run-in with two people who claim the name of Christ with outspoken piety, yet every time their lips are moving, they are gossiping, slandering, and lying about other believers. My thought is to put them “out of the church” as publicans and heathens, in hopes that they will repent, but others see it differently, and tell me to forgive and reconcile. Any advice?

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A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

There’s no doubt we’re living in some of the most difficult times of our generation. If experts are correct it’s been 2 ½ years since this recession officially began, and many workers have already exhausted their jobless benefits. But others are just now being laid off and according to projections another million families will lose their homes in the coming months, so it’s not over yet. It’s a sobering thought, but the Bible offers some sure fire advice on living in hard times. Let’s take a look.

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Q. I’m just wondering how a person can get through life as a Christian with little to nothing and be ok watching other Christians get dumped with blessings. Bear with me; I’m still a baby Christian. I’m just having a hard time dealing with illness and poverty, unemployment, troubles marriage etc, but I look around me and see so many of my Christian friends so fulfilled… good jobs, stable income, loving homes.. It makes me wonder what I am doing wrong.. I won’t lie either.. It also upsets me that I have to wait until Heaven, yet other people are so blessed in this life and will continue to be blessed in the next.  Am I not seeing these blessings? Am I not even being blessed? Is it because my spouse is not a believer?

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Q. This is kind of embarrassing to ask but I have to know. Does Matthew 5:30 have anything to do with masturbation?  It says, “If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.”

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Q. My mother died when I was three years old leaving  my siblings and myself to live with our stepfather.  He was the most abusive and hateful person I have ever met.  I do not need to get into how my life growing up was, let’s just say it was so terrible that I could not forgive him for years.  I am an adult now and the same stepfather has fallen ill. I have eventually forgiven him and was ready to make provisions to take him into my care.  I felt that although he was my step-father, he was the only father that I knew.  I tried to remove him from a very abusive situation so that he may die in some dignity.  My problem is I think that God is not allowing me to take him. 
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Q. I have a question about verse Luke 9:23. Is this verse talking about sanctification? or eternal salvation? And finally, what are we to deny ourselves? Thank you for your time.

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Q. I have a question about my father.   He gambles on things  like cock fighting and Mah-jong.  He is a catholic while I and my elder sister are Christians. I work for my family all my life from high school up to this point and I am getting a good salary. My father asked money from me to spend for his monkey business. What came up to my mind was I didn’t work just for him to spend some of my money on gambling. I know that children are to obey the parents but In this case I don’t know what I should do… he gambles for a living. By the way I am in the Philippines and this kind of gambling is legal I just prayed to God that He will enlighten my father.

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Q. Since God is more interested in motives than our works, how do we know our motives are correct? I have a little “something” I do & try to make sure the recipient doesn’t know who I am. I include a verse so God receives the glory, and hesitate sharing so I don’t appear to “blow my own horn”.  However I actually REALLY enjoy doing this. I find it very fulfilling. How do I know when/if I’ve stepped over the line & am just doing it for my own satisfaction?

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Q. Before I was saved, I worked in an office with a number of Christians who boasted daily about being saved and knowing where they were going (Rapture).  But these same persons treated non-Christians, mainly myself, so badly that I vowed that I would never become a Christian. Even so, I was not a bad person. I was respectful, performed my duties and even went beyond my work scope.  The woman who was behind all this  has since left us and I have started to attend church but I do not think that I can forgive her.  I always thought that one should know a Christian by their deeds.  This situation has left me very scarred and I tend to judge people which I do not like to do.  Could you advise me of the best way to put this behind me?

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Q. Thank you for your website. For some reason yours is the one that I gravitate towards. What practical advice would you give concerning our money? Should we buy gold, store up any supplies? Do you think that this is at all necessary given what is going on with our economy or am I focusing on the wrong thing?

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