I am teaching Sunday school ages 5-11. I am going to teach the story of Cain and Abel but I don’t have a good understanding of it myself, or I may be going too deeply into the story.

When someone asks why Cain’s offering wasn’t accepted is there an easy way for me to explain it or do I have to go into the whole thing about blood sacrifices. I don’t want them to get more confused. What offering was God initially looking for from Cain?

Does the new creation still have a sin nature or not? This seems to be a divisive theological problem.

My question is regarding Judas. Do you believe he was saved? If he was so grieved that he took his own life I can’t imagine him not being truly repentant. The last time I asked a pastor about this was maybe 20 years ago and he got very angry! Is it possible Jesus could even forgive Judas this grievous sin?

The Bible is not specific on this, but when Jesus walked on the water (John 6:19), do you suppose He spoke to the water and commanded it to solidify under His feet, or do you think the water automatically knew to solidify itself under the feet of God to allow Him to cross to the other side?

Do you believe that it is possible for us to be saved and for failures in our life to be the result of demonic activity? Looking back over my life, I have experienced one failure on top of another in my career, my relationships, and finances. While I have had some success for brief periods of time, my overall assessment would be I am a failure in life. Am I somehow allowing demons to control me?

Do think it’s possible that that some people can be born without a conscience?

A friend asked me where in the Bible (verse) is it mentioned that this is the end of the Old testament and this is the beginning of the new testament, and also where it is mentioned that this is the end of the old covenant and the beginning of the new one?

We know Jesus was sinless, but when he was on the cross he cried out “My God, My God why have you forsaken me?” It was at the moment when he was bearing our sins. However, he himself did not become sinful because of them, so why did God turn away from Him at that time?

Quoting from Ezek. 28:14 “You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.” My question is, what could God possibly need protection from? Why would He need Satan’s protection? Are there other guardian cherubs?

Didn’t God promise Israel that they would hold the promised land forever? And didn’t He promise David an heir on the throne forever? I know that God can’t lie, but for most of the last 2,000 years, neither has occurred. Why wouldn’t forever include those years as well?