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Why Should We Honor Father and Mother?

Original Question God’s commandment “Honor your Mother and Father and your days will be long upon the land which the Lord giveth they.” Alex, in your opinion, what does the word “honor” and the concept of “long days” mean? More importantly, why do your think God offers “long days” if one “honors” his/her parents? I  Read more


Why BC/AD vs. BCE/CE?

Original Question In your video about different crosses, you used the terms BCE/CE instead of BC/AD. To me, talking about history in terms of a “Common Era” assumes that the age in which we live is fundamentally no different than any other era. It’s just a way to talk about historical dates. But as Christians,  Read more


Does God Exist? – Part 2

Original Question   I know why you’re here, Alex. I know what you’ve been doing… why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. You’re looking for god. I know because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told  Read more


Does God Exist? – Part 1

Original Question I know why you’re here, Alex. I know what you’ve been doing… why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. You’re looking for god. I know because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me  Read more


Is Noah and the Ark True?

Original Question Recently in my humanities class in college, we read stories from Genesis. As a pastor who teaches on these things regularly, how do you not find the stories in the Bible to be totally crazy? For instance, and please don’t take this the wrong way, but the story of Noah and the Ark  Read more


The Church and Communion – Part 2

Original Question Do all branches of the Christian religion practice regular communion, and if not, why? – Linda Topic Alex discusses the roots of communion (or the Eucharist) and why different churches have different approaches to their celebration of communion. Perspective In this installment, Alex discusses why certain churches practice communion every week versus some  Read more


Churches and Communion – Part 1

Original Question Do all branches of the Christian religion practice regular communion, and if not, why? – Linda Topic Alex discusses the roots of communion (or the Eucharist) and why different churches have different approaches to their celebration of communion. Perspective In this installment, Alex discusses the roots of communion in the Jewish festival of  Read more


Why Different Crosses?

Original Question What is the difference, or is there a difference, in the way the Catholics depict Jesus on the cross and the way other Christians do? Do churches usually show Jesus on the cross or do some just have a cross? – Judy Topic Alex discusses the history of how the Catholic church came  Read more


The Steve Jobs Dilemma

Original Question I just read the new biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson and kept coming back to the question of why would God give such talent and vision to such a contemptible person? I realize that everyone is flawed and the Bible is full of stories of less than perfect people that God  Read more


Why should we believe in God? – Part 2

Original Question How can I know, or have faith God is real? There seems to be a lot of evidence to suggest that God is a human creation. – Darren Topic Alex discusses the evidence for and against the belief in the existence of a God. Perspective In the second part of this two part  Read more


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