This isn’t the first thing I have read from your Q&A forum, but this one is the most disturbing. Sin is missing the mark, and if our body is the temple of the HS, isn’t smoking, overeating and basic abuse of our own bodies a Sin? Do you smoke? Why or why not? Please elaborate.

In a recent answer about the para-church movement you said, “More and more people are turning to places like the internet to meet their spiritual needs. This has the added benefit of leading believers back into the pattern of self study, something the Lord always intended for us. (Acts 17:11)” What is the para-church movement?

Re: Your commentary on Psalm 7. Could you please explain in more detail exactly what you are referring to in the US? Are there some laws coming down that we are not aware of? Are you speaking of the tribulation (Daniel’s 70th week) or are you talking here and now before the Rapture? I certainly agree that there is no end to ALL kinds of problems on the horizon but I’m confused about the severe persecution comments, at least in the “near future” as you have indicated for the U.S. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.

I need your advice on a dating issue. I have been thinking about starting to date my late wife’s sister. She has been divorced about five years now after her ex left her for another woman. Is it morally wrong for us to start this dating life? We are both saved. My biggest issue is this. Am I disrespecting my late wife for doing it? And how will it affect our reunion in heaven when we are reunited?

Concerning these days as being like the days of Noah, and as we speculate that once again, the Nephilim, or fallen angels, may be mating with some humans, the following scripture has been brought to my attention.

2 Peter 2:4 states “For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved until judgment”.

If this refers to those same fallen angels, how can they be doing it now, today, if they are chained in hell?

I want to observe Resurrection Day on the correct day. I’m familiar with the Gregorian Calendar and how it differs from the Hebrew Calendar. Resurrection Day is supposed to be the first Sunday following Passover on the day of “Feast of First Fruits”. However, my Jewish Calendar does not give this day. It says that Pesach starts on April 3rd. I would assume that Ressurection Day would then follow on the first day of the week after the sabbath which is Sunday the 8th (which just happens to land on Easter Sunday). However, this year that day falls on Pesach VI or “5th day of the Omer”. I assume that the Feast of First Fruits can float around on these days? I’ve heard that there is a Desporia calendar and an Israel calendar. Which one should I use? What is the Hebrew term for Feast of First Fruits and can I find it on the Hebrew calendar?

Do you think it’s OK for a Christian to teach their children about Jesus through the Easter bunny? If the motive of the person’s heart is sincere and one of “I’m teaching them about Jesus” does that make it OK? Does our Lord approve of such things?

I just read your article “What Does The Bible Say About Israel’s Future?” You mentioned that there was “external meddling” in the Israeli election process. What did you mean by this?

I read that Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. Is this correct?

Some people who try to make a case for a pre-Adamite race point to Genesis 1:28. What does the Hebrew word translated replenish in Gen 1:28 mean?