I have been reading the articles about the moon and eclipse and frankly, it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Date setting tends to give me the creeps. One web site did say that it was not an attempt to set a date, but rather to give info that might lead to further study on the subject, which I intend to do.

We all know that the “birth pangs” have gotten stronger-that is apparent. What we don’t know is how far the Earth has to be “dilated” in order for the Rapture to take place. Can you give some insight as to this dilemma? Have I overlooked something?

It seems like yesterday that I was writing to you asking about the proposed 10 year peace treaty Jimmy Carter has drawn up yet here I am today ready to bring up a new development that I would really like to hear your thoughts on. I just read an article that says that a meeting will take place on July 13, 2008. The prophetic significance of this meeting? Nothing short of this statement: ‘the Union for the Mediterranean or Mediterranean Union will be geographically identical to the Roman Empire and will be the power base which will give rise to the Antichrist’ Your thoughts on this?

I am having trouble understanding what you mean on the “healing amputees” answer. Do you mean that there are degrees of faith? I would think that if you believe that “God can do it”, is that not faith?

Is the faith that saved us different from the faith for healing? Please correct me if I am wrong, this has always been a difficult issue for me. I have prayed for healings and other things and sometimes receive answers, but would say on average my prayers “fall to the ground.”

Our church is facing a crisis over the issue of a believer’s remarriage. We’re an Independent fundamental KJ only Baptist work. Our church stand is that marriage is between one man and one woman until death. No divorce and no remarriage. We have a number of divorced and remarried members that were voted into membership after they were remarried, I included and I’ve been a member since 1995.

We have a brother who was divorced by his unsaved wife 12 years ago when he was an unsaved man. He was Born Again about 4 years ago and has witnessed to his former wife on a number of occasions. Not only has she rejected Christ but she considers our church a cult and refuses to allow their daughters to attend any more.

This brother has since met a woman from another country who is also Born Again. They’ve known each other for about two years and believe that the Lord has brought them together. Knowing the church’s position on remarriage they decided to have a private wedding with just a few people there at his home. Our pastors both refused to do the ceremony which I agree with.

Here’s the hard part, both of our pastors have recommend that this brother resign from membership. Since this brother has removed himself from the class he was teaching after finding a willing and capable replacement, removed himself from our bus route, removed himself from the usher committee and building committee I don’t see a need for discipline since he has imposed this upon himself already.

My desire is that this brother doesn’t leave but if he doesn’t our pastors will and I don’t want this to happen either. We are at a cross roads here. Did this brother do anything wrong when he remarried? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

I’m preparing to begin a study on Daniel next week (for which your commentary was VERY helpful, thank you so much) and I’m wondering whether or not the apocryphal chapters of 13 and 14 carry any historical merit at all (as in the case of 1st and 2nd Maccabees) or if I should just mention that there are 2 more chapters in Catholic Bibles. Any information you have on the subject or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I have just loved your teachings, and have been spreading your website and downloaded teachings to many to also learn.

I do have a question that we were “discussing” yesterday with my father, who is a believer. He says we must vote, that failing to do so is giving “them” a win. I think, voting for the lesser of two evils is still evil. I have always maintained that when voting for a candidate, I cannot and will not ever vote for someone who does not oppose abortion. I understand that the President alone does not hold that power-but it is, to me, an indication of their true human character and lack of value for Life.

So, my question is this. Does opting out of voting because both candidates are bad go against biblical teachings? God clearly states that it is He that appoints leaders. Or, do we “compromise” on our values and pick the lesser of the two evils? My husband likened that to this: If you had to vote for Hitler or Stalin, would you vote?

Thank you so much for your biblical teachings, keep ’em coming!!

My husband was taught by someone as a child that we wouldn’t know our loved ones in heaven. He wondered if we would know our children and if they would know us.

Thank you so much for this wonderful site. I have found answers to so many interesting questions. Now I have one of my own.

My pastor is preaching through the book of 1 Samuel right now. Recently, we covered 1 Samuel chapter 6.

I use a New American Standard, while my pastor preaches from a New King James. Verse 19 notes that God struck down 50,070 men. However, while talking about it later with some of our friends, they said they were confused when our pastor read that part. Their translations said it was just 70, not 50,070. There was no explanation, and at the time they were confused where that extra fifty thousand came from.

Sure enough, the notes in my Bible state that the 50,000 was probably a copyist’s error, as it was not properly conjugated or something like that, and doesn’t appear in all the manuscripts. It further states that there’s no way the city held over fifty thousand people, and that the likely number was actually just seventy.

So what’s going on here? Obviously, I’m extremely confused. Can you shed some light on this for me?

Re: Healing Amputees. So basically what you are saying is that when we pray to be healed and we are not then it’s because we didn’t have enough faith?

I just read your response to a reader’s question as to why God does not heal amputees and I think I know where the reader got the question from.

Actually, it is one in a series of ten that question the rationality of believing in the God of the Bible. It is titled “10 questions that every intelligent Christian must answer.” I was hoping you could answer the remaining nine.