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2024 Q4 Questions & Answers Index

2024 Q4 Questions & Answers Index

Q4 Q&A #11

T = 00:15 Is it true that people use pot to self medicate? Why is it bad for them to use?
T = 06:10 Why did the Holy Spirit need to come upon Jesus at baptism? An outward demonstration for the people?
T = 07:35 Jesus referred to himself as the Son of Man. But God also refers to Ezekial as the son of man. Why are they both called the same?
T = 08:20 According to John 10 : 18, did Jesus resurrected himself or did God the Father?
T = 18:10 Several bible verse say your faith has healed you. Can our faith alone heal? Can we be healed if we don’t have faith?
T = 23:08 What is your understanding of the 2520 prophecy in Leviticus 26 and how does it relate to the 2300 year prophecy?
T = 23:20 In John 9 : 2, why did the jews believe that people born blind was a punishment for his or family sins?

 

Q4 Q&A #10

T = 00:15 Is Mary of Bethany the ame person as Mary of Magdala?
T = 01:30 Are we the ‘judge’ of our own individual ‘court?’
T = 04:20 Why is the term judgement in Isa 1, where God is pointing out the Israelites rebellion and sinfulness, used in a positive rather than a negative expression?
T = 06:05 Explain how the days of Jesus’s burrial was not three full days and nights, as some expound on, referring to a High Sabbath and a weekly Sabbath.
T = 10:10 What is meant in Revelation 6 : 10, where the martyrs under the alter are asking God to avenge their blood, in the context of design law?
T = 12:20 If people reap what they sow (one of the design laws), then how is it possible for me to love my abusive father who was also just a horrible person?
T = 14:10 In the garden of Eden with the tree ‘knowledge of good and evil,’ who wrote that law?
T = 15:55 Who was Seth married to when there apparently weren’t any woman around other than Eve?

 

Q4 Q&A #9

T = 00:10 What is your thoughts on Abraham representing God and Isaac representing Jesus, when God told him to sacrifice his son?
T = 04:20 What are your thoughts on not legally married people living together, having children and wanting to get baptisted, but the church telling them they can’t unless they get legally married, ect.?
T = 09:40 What are your thoughts on plurality in the church, as it pertains to our identity? See “We need historians to tell us what we were really like in the past… and theologians to tell us what the scriptures really teach.” — Loma Linda University Hosts Discussion Highlighting Adventist Plurality, Spectrum, November 15, 2024.
T = 15:35 In the story of Nadab and Abihu offering profane fire in the sanctuary, explain Patriarchs and Prophets, pg 259 “for this sin a fire went out from the Lord and devoured them in the sight of the people.”
T = 17:10 Explain the Father withdrawing when Jesus was dying on the cross (so that death would come since he’s the source of life) vs. Jesus also being the source of life within Himself, yet still dying?
T = 19:30 Do you have a topical reference guide?

 

Q4 Q&A #8

T = 01:18 How would you define the infallibility of the scriptures?
T = 04:50 Shouldn’t we be using the lunar calendar (which sometimes has 8-day weeks) instead of the man-made calendar?
T = 07:35 Is the sabbath mentioned in Heb. 4 : 9 be the same as the Sealing into the truth about God where we cannot be moved?
T = 08:55 Should we cut any ties, such as tax-exempt status, grants, etc. with government?
T = 11:10 In Numbers 21, why was a bronze serpent on a cross selected to represent God’s healing, when a snake represents Satan?
T = 12:15 How do you explain God’s statement “I will greatly increase your pain in child birth” to Eve?
T = 15:30 Explain Jesus saying on the cross “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” quoting Psalms 22.
T = 17:35 Is there a design law that can be explained around the idea of delayed gratification?
T = 18:40 Please explain the ‘strange act’ God does to the wicked when He returns.

 

Q4 Q&A #7

T = 00:45 A.W. Tozer said “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.” If this is a godly principle, why would God hurt a person he blesses?
T = 12:15 How do we reconcile the traditional claims of the infallibility of the Bible (and its writers) with the fallible human elements evident in its composition (culture, personal bias, and changing word meanings over time)?

 

Q4 Q&A #6

T = 00:15 Is Jesus the light Genesis 1 is referring to?
T = 08:40 Was man spoken into existence like the animals, or sculpted out of dirt/clay to become tissue, organs, and bones?
T = 13:00 Has the SDA church been captured by the King of the South (secular imperial law) philosophy?
T = 17:30 Isaiah 6 : 6-7 why did the coal have to be handled by tongs by the seraphim angel?

 

Q4 Q&A #5

T = 00:20 If a day in prophecy = a literal year, then why are the 70 years in Jeremiah’s prophecy, re. nations serving Babylon, literal?
T = 01:45 Why does Genesis say that Elohim (plural) created the earth, but John says the Word (Jesus) created all things?
T = 03:25 Tell us about lying spirits in 1 Kings 22 : 22 and God sending strong delusions 2 Thess. 2 : 11.
T = 08:25 Why does Paul describe a believer’s faith journey as a race?
T = 10:05 How do we reconcile Liberty of conscience vs legislating morality, like Prohibition (against alcohol) and drugs?
T = 17:40 What is the difference between the Adventist interpretation of the scapegoat and yours?

 

Q4 Q&A #4

T = 00:10 Is it true that Eve was never to leave the side of Adam in the garden of eden?
T = 07:10 What book of the bible should young people in this woke culture read first before going on to read the whole bible, so they don’t get the wrong, legal view of God they’re sure to interpret as being in the OT?
T = 14:40 You have stated that Jesus did not die either the first or second death. I understand the second but can you explain how he did not die the first?
T = 19:55 I know satan is using both conservative and liberal sides of the political aisle, so how can we and should we vote?
T = 30:30 If you could only give one piece of literature from this ministry to a random person, what would it be?

 

Q4 Q&A #3

T = 00:15 What are the first 3 things you would mention when having a conversation about God?
T = 03:30 What would you recommend we do for those who might be entertaining suicidal thoughts?
T = 06:10 I get very emotional when praying alone or giving my testimony. How can I stop this?
T = 07:20 Does God look at and treat Israel differently, to the point we need to assist and support them?
T = 10:30 Help me understand Luke 12 : 5 “fear Him… who has the power to cast you in to hell.”
T = 13:25 Is Safety a design law?
T = 11:40 How do I help a family member who does want to understand the idea of God “not punishing?” They point out multiple verses in the Bible stating or strongly implying he does.
T = 17:00 What insights do you have regarding propaganda coming from our own, SDA, church, such as debunking “blue zones?”

 

Q4 Q&A #2

T = 06:55 Your definition of eternal gospel is to counter the lies about God. What important semantic am I missing re. eternal since Lucifer/satan is not eternal, nor was there any lies before he was created?
T = 08:55 Have you heard of the China study? What do you think about the carnivore diet becoming so suddenly popular?
T = 11:50 Can we change God’s “planned” outcomes when we pray for people?
T = 12:45 Is Jesus’ death a human sacrifice required to appease God the Father, a personal suicide, or a cold-blooded murder by demonized church leadership? 

 

Q4 Q&A #1

T = 00:05 Do you think God would frown on me making a weekly list and refer to the list, rather than saying each individual request?
T = 06:00 Are familiar with the use of SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) in the treatment of brain issues?
T = 07:30 What are your thoughts on Conrad Vine’s sermon at the Maine campmeeting calling the GC leadership to accountability over their signing of the reaffirmation statement regarding the upholding of vaccine mandates?
T = 19:20 What is the meaning of intersessory prayer?
T = 24:50 Do you have teachings about the letter to the 7 churches in Revelation? How do you see the tribulation?
T = 27:20 Explain why it is not contrary to 1 John 1 : 9 – 10 for God to unconditionally pardon a sinner as you indicate he does in your blog, “The strangeness of God.”
T = 30:45 What are your thoughts regarding anorexia?
T = 32:50 Why did God say, “Jacob I loved, Esau I hated?

 

 

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Testimony 38

Since November 2015, when I started studying Gods word from this God Is Love point of view, my life has been transformed. My troubled marriage of 15 years has been healed and my husband and I are truly happy for the first time in 15 years. Now When I read the word of God I understand it so much better and I can’t help but see Gods love radiating through the pages to humanity. Gods word is living and active and I am blessed beyond measure to be having this amazing experience. God has given me a beautiful understanding of Jn 3:16 that amazes me more and more each day. Thank you again for your ministry.

Helen D., London, England

 

Testimony 2

I continue to enjoy your lessons every week. The more that I research your conclusions, the more I am convinced that the Holy Spirit has lead you to distill out the essence of human redemption. Thank you for your courageous stand for the truth.

S. G., TX, USA

 

Testimony 36

Thank you and may God continue to bless you as you share with others the intricacies of how we are all “fearfully and wonderfully made”. I must share that you have opened a whole new world to me, and I have found tremendous healing through what you have shared in two of your books, “Could It Be This Simple?” and “The God Shaped Brain.” I praise God for what you shared, what I have learned, and how I have grown and healed! My prayer is that My Precious Jesus will be seen by others in the way I live, act, talk, etc. and they may be encouraged to know He is truly a GREAT God of LOVE, desiring that no one should perish! God Bless you in your continued endeavors to present Him as He really is!

Joleen H. GA, USA

 

Testimony 48

I just want to tell you how blessed I have been reading “The Remedy!” It has become a daily part of my devotional relationship with God. In it I have found a God of love and a God that loves me! The bible has come alive for me! It is the first time that I can say that I have felt hope fill my heart as I have read God’s word. This is good news I can share! Thank you, Dr Jennings! Thank you for your heart for others. I can’t put into words how this has set me free! It has strengthened my trust and love for God.

Jason H.

 

Testimony 57

You have helped make sense of thirty two years of confusion. The material you freely provide reorganized so much of my life into such a beautiful pattern that has always been hinted at from within, but misguided with my training and what I was experiencing externally. My filipno parents, who were converted from Catholicism to SDA, were sincere and did their best to raise me the right way and I have deep respect for them. However, being immigrants and not understanding the language made for a difficult transition as I was growing up, which also applied to my spiritual growth as I learned the patterns of religion. I have been listening to as many bible study classes and reading blog posts as my time in a work truck will allow, searching for the practical applications of where spirituality and reality meet, and I thank you for helping me find that. You have helped me reach a point in which I can truly say that I love God, that I believe He loves me, and, like David, I delight in His law. God bless.

Emmanuel V., Calgary, AB Canada

Testimony 1

Thank you! I love listening to the Come And Reason Ministries Bible study classes and am using some of your notes to get the lessons together that I will be teaching. You always have such good quotes and Bible texts and pull things together to make good sense.

T. C., IN, USA

 

Testimony 69

After reading your book, ‘Could It Be This Simple,’ someone was explaining Christianity in a way that made sense to me for the first time in my life. One morning, I simply prayed “I’m sorry and I love you.” As soon as I silently said that, I could literally feel God’s presence and light flood down on me from above and fill me up with love and joy. I sat there crying my eyes out, because I was so overpowered with this feeling of love and joy. It was just so incredible. I hope that more people can read this book and get a blessing from it. It’s really amazing.

Rachael H.

Testimony 67

I was introduced to Come And Reason by a friend of my mother-in-law, who gave me several CD’s of Dr. Jennings. The clarity of the message and recognition that God’s is a God of love was so clear, advancing beyond Dr. Maxwell’s message. However, grappled with Maxwell saying God used emergency measures for the fallen world. Now after several years of being a regular listener of the Come And Reasoning bible study class and attending Jennings’ meetings in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, things are becoming clearer for me. Design law versus imposed law has added so much to my personal understanding of theology. This message has really impacted my work in counseling so many people miserable because they are searching for and trusting human governments to create order and peace or believing in a God who says love Me or I will kill you. I am grateful that I have an alternative view to offer my clients that makes sense. I teach a bible study class on a semi-regular basis and I value the materials that Come And Reason so freely offers to aid me in presenting this vital message. Thank you for continuing to provide advancement in our very limited understanding of a Infinite God that is rational and believable.

Dr. Roger D, Arlington, TX, USA

 

Testimony 3

My husband is a pastor and I listen to your lesson almost every week. Thank you for helping me in my study life and to help me love the “real” God more.

C. F., NC, USA

 

Testimony 29

Thank you for all of your work to correct misconceptions about God’s character. So many people that my husband and I have talked to seem to be against the natural law construct and view it as “errant” and “dangerous.” Having learned more about it through your blogs and lessons, I don’t really understand why they view it that way, except that it means they have to relearn theology they have known for their entire lives. But I’m so excited to relearn this. For the past few years I have been questioning how I could trust a God who punishes arbitrarily and is full of wrath for those who don’t obey His commands. That view made me afraid to “mess up” or “not be good enough,” even within my relationship with God. I really appreciated the point you bring out about God not wanting us to serve Him because we are afraid, but because we love Him.

Melissa H., IN, USA

 

Testimony 33

I was invited over a friend’s house to see the “God and Your Brain” seminar today. I became [a christian] 36 years ago at the age of 19, but have struggled with the concept of God taking His ‘pound of flesh’ out on His Son to be appeased. Wow. Your seminar has been an incredible revelation and breath of reason and fresh air! I have your book, “The God Shaped Brain,” and it is SO eye opening. Finally, after 36 years enlightenment has come! Praise the Good Lord! What can I say, but that the Real Gospel is truly “Good News!” Thank you for your efforts in giving the Gospel a clear sound!

Paul C.,  Springfield, MA, USA

 

Testimony 32

The message [of Come And Reason Ministries is] for all Christians (and those who may become Christians) and not just Adventists or any other group. It is difficult to imagine why any [anyone] with intellectual and spiritual honesty could find fault with the way you explained the healing substitution concepts and the truth about God’s character, though I know some will reject and criticize. On behalf of those in our group near Tacoma, WA, thank you and your staff for all of the hard work and for sharing the Gospel in this manner. God’s message of healing love will be carried to the whole world and then Jesus will come – He promised it.

Terry U., Tacoma, WA, USA

 

Testimony 11

I would love to have a copy of “Healing the Mind” DVDs to have in my therapy office. I enjoy having clients check out materials to enhance their therapy experience. I have sat under Dr. Jennings’ teaching at an American Association of Christian Counselors convention and respect his work greatly.

K.B., LA, USA

 

Testimony 14

We really appreciate your views on the judgment and they make good sense considering our free choice.

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Testimony 55

I was born [into the church], then I left it for many years. 10 years ago, I came back, but I could not take the hypocrisy and the lack of answers to the missing pieces. I struggled, but I did not abandon my commitment to know the truth. God is leading me to the simple understanding of his relevance and I am relearning what the church taught me as a youth… that he loves me, that he has led me to a knowledge of him such as I have never known. He is using Dr. Jennings to connect the dots that are now so apparent and hiding in plain sight!

Dean P., Arlington, TX, USA