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Bible Study Questions and Answers JACK COTTRELL’S QUESTIONS and ANSWERS 1 Bible Study Questions and Answers JACK COTTRELL’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL STATUS OF THOSE BAPTIZED UNBIBLICALLY? 2. IS THE “BAPTISM OF DESIRE” SUFFICIENT? 3. THE MEANING OF THE FOOTWASHING IN JOHN 13:1-17 4. THE IMPERATIVES OF ACTS 2:38 5. CAN WE COOPERATE WITH CHRISTIAN GROUPS? 6. IS REBAPTISM EVER NECESSARY? 7. DEGREES OF REWARD IN HEAVEN 8. WILL CHRISTIANS GO THROUGH THE JUDGMENT? 9. HEBREWS 12:15 AND THE QUESTION OF ETERNAL SECURITY 10. ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS 11. SUICIDE AND FORGIVENESS 12. IS FAITH A WORK? 13. IS SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT A CALVINIST DOCTRINE? 14. ARE CHRISTIANS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY NON- CHRISTIANS? 15. WHAT HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE DIE? 16. IS SOUND DOCTRINE A MORAL OBLIGATION? (PART ONE) 17. IS SOUND DOCTRINE A MORAL OBLIGATION? (PART TWO) 18. DOES IT MATTER WHAT CHURCH WE ATTEND? 19. DID THE EARLY CHRISTIAN FATHERS TEACH CALVINISM? 20. TO JUDGE OR NOT TO JUDGE? THAT IS THE QUESTION. 21. EVERY ASPECT OF HUMAN NATURE IS CREATED 22. ETERNAL HELL AND “IMMORTAL” SOUL: HOW ARE THEY RELATED? 23. “ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED” – AGAIN! AND AGAIN! AND AGAIN! 24. THE PARADOX OF PRAYER 25. PART TWO: APPLICATION TO OUR PRAYER LIFE: THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF PRAYER. 26. WHEN DID CALVINISM BEGIN? 27. IMPUTED VS. IMPARTED RIGHTEOUSNESS 28. GRACE IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES 29. THE “PIOUS UNIMMERSED” 30. CHURCH UNITY: WHO ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST? 31. LOVE WINS, BY ROB BELL: A SYNOPSIS OF COTTRELL’S REVIEW 32. BAPTISM FOR SALVATION: IT’S BIBLICAL BASIS 33. THE BIBLE AND CULTURE 34. INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE, PART ONE: SOME HISTORICAL DATA 35. INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE, PART TWO: WHAT IS AT STAKE? 36. INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE, PART THREE: EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DENIED 37. INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE, PART FOUR: AN APPEAL 38. ARE BABIES BORN IN ORIGINAL SIN? 39. WAS JOHN’S BAPTISM “FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS”? 40. IS BAPTIMS A NEW CONDITION FOR SALVATION? 41. DID JESUS’ POWER TO WORK MIRACLES COME FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT? 42. OUR AUTHORITY: SCRIPTURE OR EXPERIENCE? 43. A SORT-OF PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING 44. IF JESUS IS GOD, WHY DID HE NOT KNOW THE TIME OF HIS SECOND COMING? 45. SHOULD WE TAKE THE LORD’S SUPPER EVERY WEEK? 46. ELECTION, CALVINISM, AND THE BIBLE, PART ONE 47. ELECTION, CALVINISM, AND THE BIBLE, PART TWO 48. CAN A CHRISTIAN WHO FALLS AWAY EVER BECOME SAVED AGAIN? 49. CRANBERRY JUICE IN THE LORD’S SUPPER? 50. CAN A GOD OF LOVE BE A JEALOUS GOD? 51. APOSTOLIC PRECEDENT AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 52. MORE ON REMARRIAGE AFTER A NON-BIBLICAL DIVORCE 53. THE PRETERIST VIEW OF CHRIST’S SECOND COMING 54. WHEN WAS SATAN CREATED? 55. CAN THE GUILTY PARTY REMARRY AFTER DIVORCE? 56. DIVORCE AND CHURCH LEADERSHIP 57. IS GENESIS ONE A POEM? 58. SALVATION AND “THE CHURCH OF CHRIST” 59. IS EVERYTHING “THE WILL OF GOD”? 60. DESCRIBING GOD 61. DIVORCE AND 1 CORINTHIANS 7:15 62. THE MEDIUM OF ENDOR (1 SAMUEL 28) 63. BAPTISM AND ORIGINAL SIN 64. WHO ARE THE “COWARDLY” IN REVELATION 21:8? 65. “IS BAPTISM NECESSARY FOR SALVATION?” QUESTIONING THE QUESTION 66. “RELIGION” VS. A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD 67. BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD (2) 68. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOUL AND SPIRIT? 69. WHAT ABOUT REWARDS IN HEAVEN? 70. CAN NON-CHRISTIANS DO GOOD WORKS? 71. WHY WAS JESUS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT? 72. IS BAPTISM AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE TO A COMMAND? 73. DID JESUS GO TO HELL TO PAY FOR OUR SINS? 74. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF FREE WILL? 75. THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 76. WHAT WILL BE OUR ACTIVITIES IN HEAVEN? 77. LOVE OR TRUTH? A FALSE CHOICE! 78. WHAT IS THE GIFT OF APOSTLES? 79. MAY WOMEN SPEAK IN CHURCH? 80. THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND BAPTISM 81. ARE SINNERS “BEGOTTEN” TO NEW LIFE BEFORE BEING “BORN AGAIN” IN BAPTISM? 82. IS BODY AUGMENTATION MORAL? 83. WILL THERE BE SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN HEAVEN? 84. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ESSENTIALITY OF BAPTISM 85. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:17 AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BAPTISM 86. THE ONE TRUE GOD VS. FALSE GODS 87. HOW DO CALVINISTS EXPLAIN 2 PETER 3:9 88. WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT GOD’S GIVING HIS SON? 89. SHOULD THE EMBLEMS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER BE TAKEN BY CHRISTIANS ONLY? 90. JEWS AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL: DOES AMOS 9:14-15 APPLY TODAY? 91. DOES 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14 SUPPORT CALVINISM? 92. IS BAPTISM A SACRAMENT? 93. WHO ARE THE “ELECT ANGELS” IN 1 TIMOTHY 5:21 94. WERE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS TRULY FORGIVEN? 95. WERE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS TRULY FORGIVEN? 96. ARE “THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES” PLANNED OR SET BY GOD? 97. IS IT NECESSARY TO BE A MEMBER OF A LOCAL CHURCH (I) 98. IS IT NECESSARY TO BE A MEMBER OF A LOCAL CHURCH (II) 99. WHY WE NEED THE CHURCH (III) 100. IS HOME COMMUNION NECESSARY? 101. DOES COLOSSIANS 1:15 SAY THAT JESUS IS A CREATED BEING? 102. THE “NOT A NEW CONVERT” RULE FOR THE ELDERSHIP 103. WHAT IS THE SALVATION STATUS FOR THE UNEVANGELIZED? 104. MODALISM: AN HERETICAL VIEW OF THE TRINITY 105. WHO IS THE “TRUE GOD” IN 1 JOHN 5:20b 106. WHAT DOES 1 JOHN 1:9 MEAN? 107. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GRACE 108. WHAT ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT? 109. GRACE, LAW, AND THE NEW COVENANT 110. WHAT IS THE TRINITY? 111. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE “BAPTISM IN FIRE” IN MATTHEW 3:11? 112. WHAT IS THE “ONE BAPTISM” IN EPHESIANS 4:5? 113. WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL STATUS OF THE UNIMMERSED? 114. IS INFANT IMMERSION A VALID BAPTISM? 115. CAN A PERSON DISPLAY THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT WITHOUT THE INDWELLING OF THE SPIRIT? 116. WHAT IS THE BEST TIME FOR BAPTISM? 117. WAS IT POSSIBLE FOR JESUS TO SIN? 118. TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT FREE WILL 119. SUNDAY: THE CHURCH’S SPECIAL DAY 120. THOUGHTS ON JUDAS’ FIELD 121. TIPS FOR PREPARING LORD’S SUPPER MEDITATIONS 122. MY BOOK ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 123. IS MULTICULTURALISM WRONG? 124. IS IT WRONG TO EAT BLOOD (ACTS 15:29)? 125. HOW SHOULD ONE STUDY THE BIBLE? 126. WHY SHOULD A CHRISTIAN STUDY THE BIBLE? 127. SHOULD NON-MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN LEADING OUR CHURCH SERVICES? 128. DOES JESUS HAVE “THE SAME BODY” FROM BIRTH THROUGHOUT ETERNITY? 129. FULLY GOD AND FULLY MAN: THE INCARNATION AND PHILIPPIANS 2:5 130. MUST DEACONS HAVE CHILDREN? 131. DIVORCE, REMARRIAGE, AND CHURCH OFFICES 132. DIVORCE, REMARRIAGE IN LIGHT OF 1 CORINTHIANS 7:10-16 133. PATRIOTIC SONGS IN THE CHURCH? 134. “A CHURCH THAT FITS” 135. BAPTISM AND CALLING ON HIS NAME 136. CAN SATAN CAST OUT SATAN? 137. WHAT ABOUT TITHING? 138. GOD HATES SIN AND THE SINNER 139. IS BAPTISM NECESSARY FOR SALVATION? 140. MORE ON THE CHRISTOLOGICAL FALLACY 141. THE CHRISTOLOGICAL FALLACY 142. WOMEN, QUIETNESS, AND SILENCE: 1 TIMOTHY 2:12 & 1 CORINTHIANS 14:34 143. ARE WE JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST’S DEATH OR BY FAITH? 144. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STUDYING GREEK 145. DID JESUS GO TO HELL WHEN HE DIED (1 PETER 3:18-19)? 146. HEBREWS 6:4-8 AND “ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED” 147. WHAT IS THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY? 148. DOES SILENCE MEAN PROHIBITION OR PERMISSION? 149. IS FAITH A GIFT? 150. WHAT IS BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD? 151. ACTS 22:16 AND BAPTISM 152. WHAT ABOUT HALLOWEEN? 153. THE WONDERS OF CHRISTMAS – 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 154. CAN CHRISTIANS BE CALLED “SINNERS”? 155. ARE EXORCISMS MIRACULOUS? 156. GOOD FRUIT FROM THE “UNBAPTIZED” 157. WHY DEMONIC WORKS IN A CHRISTIAN CONTEXT? 158. THE LEVIRATE LAW AND RUTH 159. THE CANE RIDGE PHENOMENA 160. WHY MUST CHRISTIANS ASK FOR FORGIVENESS? 161. ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA: SAVED OR LOST? 162. “THE SPIRIT’S SWORD”: RESISTING TEMPTATION THROUGH THE WORD 163. IS 1 TIMOTHY 2:12 A CONCESSION TO CULTURE? 164. THE BIBLE: REVEALED, INSPIRED, OR BOTH? 165. WOMEN PREACHERS 166. “ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED” AND LUKE 8:13 167. HEAD COVERINGS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 168. HEAD COVERINGS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 169. DEPRAVITY: TOTAL, PARTIAL, OR NONE AT ALL? 170. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND THE APPLICABILITY OF SCRIPTURE (2 TIMOTHY 3:16) 171. IS BIBLICAL INSPIRATION A PROOF OF CALVINISM? 172. FORGIVENESS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 173. ARE WE ARMINIAN, PELAGIAN, OR WHATEVER? 174. THOMAS CAMPBELL’S DECLARION AND ADDRESS 175. MARTIN LUTHER ON IMMERSION 176. ARE DEMONS ACTIVE TODAY? 177. THOUGHTS ON 1 CORINTHIANS 14:34 178. “COMMON GRACE” IN CALVINISM 179. THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE CHURCH 180. SONS OF GOD AND DAUGHTERS OF MEN IN GENESIS 6 181. TO WHOM SHOULD WE PRAY? 182. A WRONG VIEW OF LAW AND GRACE 183. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HOMOSEXUALISM 184. ARE WE JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST’S LIFE OR BY HIS DEATH OR BOTH? 185. HOW CAN 1 KINGS 15:5 SAY THAT DAVID SINNED ONLY IN THE CASE OF URIAH? 186. JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND THE DEITY OF CHRIST 187. WHAT ABOUT NORMAN GEISLER’S SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY? 188. ORIGIN OF THE NAME “HEBREW” 189. GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN HEALTH CARE 190. DOES GOD HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR? 191. A NOTE ON PSALM 105:18 192. “ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED?” 193. “SECOND WORK OF GRACE” 194. CALVINISM SUMMARIZED 195. MORE ON BAPTISM IN JESUS ONLY 196. OLD TESTAMENT JUDICIAL KILLINGS 197. MORE ON ORIGINAL SIN 198. WHAT ABOUT REBAPTISM? 199. FOLLOW UP ON “BAPTISM IN THE NAME OF JESUS ONLY” 200. ORIGINAL SIN AND THE INCARNATION OF JESUS 201. BAPTISM IN THE NAME OF “JESUS ONLY” 202. WHEN WERE THE APOSTLES BAPTIZED? 203.
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