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1 | sorry, I cannot find any. | Not Specified | azurelaw | 173567 | ||
Is there any guidelines in the bible on the performance appraisal concerning the fulltime staff in Church? Since Chuch is a very unique organization, what kind of measuring scale should be considered? |
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2 | David's conspiracy on Uriah | Not Specified | azurelaw | 174025 | ||
2 Samuel verses 14 to 27 Can someone help to answer my following 2 questions? 1/ Joab received order from David to set Uriah up in the fiercest place to get him killed. Joab did follow David's instruction. Then why did Joab think the king would be angry with him? Why did he not just simply report to David that Uriah was killed in the battle? 2/ In David's reply to Joab's messenger, David told Joab not to be upset. What for was Joab upset about? Thanks in advance for all your help. |
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3 | Genesis - material for creating man | Not Specified | azurelaw | 174026 | ||
Genesis Why did God make man with "dust" and not any other substances? Does "dust" symbolize anything in the creation of man? |
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4 | Matthew 13, v 31-32, Mustard Seed | Not Specified | azurelaw | 174239 | ||
Can anyone explain in details what the parable of mustard seed mean in Matthew Ch 13 verse 31 to 32? I have read a book stating that the kingdom of heaven could be viewed as the church today and as it grows adnormally big (it is no longer a mustard plant)and becomes a tree, birds in the air (i.e. Satan's agent) come and nest in it. I don't know if this is according to the bible. I have searched the topic on this forum but most of the discussions concern the latter part of Matt which talked about faith to move mountain in relation with mustard seed. Only one or two brief discussions bear the similar content relate to my question. | ||||||
5 | Acts Ch 15, verse 36 to 41 | Not Specified | azurelaw | 174437 | ||
There appeared a disageement between Paul and Barnabas concerning bringing Mark (or John) with them. It seems to me that Paul is a very tough person whereas Barnabas could be more gentle and would like to give chance to Mark (who might not be strong enough spiritually or physically?) in hoping that he could be part of their work and grow stronger. However, the result is a disagreement between the two. So when apply to today's church, what should we do as leaders in church? Shall we act like Paul to be tough and firm in the work of God or shall we be more understanding and caring to help the growth of who are weak? Did the bible mention somewhere that John (Mark) has improved and gained back Paul's trust? |
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6 | Sam 2 Ch 15 v. 16 David n his concubines | Not Specified | azurelaw | 174513 | ||
I don't think David a good husband (probably bad and irresponsible). It is because I see no reason for David to leave his cocumbines behind in the palace when he fled from Absalom. How could the women take care of the palace when Absalom was going to take over the place? He (David) was risking his cocubines to the hands Absalom and putting the women in such an insulting situation. Evenmore, he (David) finally abandoned the women till they died (II Samuel 20:3). He had no excuse from this evil (Sorry that I have to say this). I really do not know what is God telling us about David in this case? Could it be David's selfishness or David's following the commandment of no adultery (since those women had slept with Absalom so David could not take them back again)? Were the women innocent? |
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7 | the 5th commandment | Not Specified | azurelaw | 174758 | ||
Can anybody explain the meaning of the promise given in the 5th commandment - honour your parents? This promise was made straight direct to Israelite concerning Canaan (I guess?). How should we view this promise nowadays? Does "live long" mean physical longetivity? (I don't think so) If so, I think it wouldn't be a blessing in today's world with so many social problems. Thanks for helping me to understand this. |
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8 | Killing of Joab and Adonijah | Not Specified | azurelaw | 175883 | ||
1 King 2 : 1 to 35 1/ Why didn't David kill Joab himself but left it to the hands of Solomon instead? 2/ For what reason did Solomon kill Adonijah? (He had promised that he would not kill him unless evil was found in him - 1King 1:52). Thanks for answering in advance. Azure |
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9 | Love or spoil our brother? | Not Specified | azurelaw | 176032 | ||
Love or spoil our brother? 1 Peter 4:8, Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. Matthew 7:3, Do not judge, or you too will be judged..... When seeing some improper behaviour or misconduct of a brother or sister (his/her behaviour affects the smooth operation of a certain function in church) , some chose to be silent (while some over reacted with anger) instead of reminding the person for the reasons that: 1/ we are told to love and tolerate our brothers. 2/ we are not in a position to judge, only God can judge man. Though we should not judge, can we escape from the duty of giving warning or advice (as prophecies did in the OT)? If we refrain from giving warning or advice, the person's misconduct or improper behaviour could have continued. In that case, we are just spoiling our brother/sister and we might be resposible for his/her such behaviour. I need biblical advice. |
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10 | 1 Corinthians 7:17 to 28 | Not Specified | azurelaw | 177580 | ||
Good day to you, brothers and sisters: If my below questions are repeated in past posts, kindly direct me to them. Scripture from my NIV bible 1 Corinthians 7:17 to 24 Paul said: ...each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him... Q: What did Paul mean? In what aspect(s) did this apply? How should I interpret it in modern days? 1 Cor 7:25 to 28 Q: What kind of present crisis did Paul mean in verse 26? (problem of adultery in Corinthian church? female outnumbered male?) Q: In verse 28, why did Paul specifically mention that marrying or a virgin marrying was not sinning? Was it not understood that it was not sin? Thanks for any help. God bless. Azure |
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11 | Can pastors retire? | Not Specified | azurelaw | 177635 | ||
First of all, I would like to declare that I mean no offence to any retired pastors here (if any). My question is generated from my curiosity and my understanding or perseption as to the life-long commitment of a pastor. If I am wrong, kindly correct me with scritpural support. My question is: Can a pastor retire? or Can a pastor not retire? My understanding is that once a person is called to commit himself fully to serve Christ (here, of course I should not limit it to the pastor, instead, every Christian should commit his/her life fully and life-long to Christ) as a pastor, can he retire someday just like those people having their retirement in the society? We see so many examples in the Bible - Moses, Paul, Peter - who demonstrated a life-long pastoring a certain group of people until death, why do we have retired pastors nowadays? Thanks for any scriptural guidiances. God bless you all. Azure |
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12 | 1 King 15:14 Asa had gone astray? | Not Specified | azurelaw | 177920 | ||
1 King 15:14 second part Asa's heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life (NIV) or all his days (both NASB and Amplified). 2 Chronicles 16, it mentioned that: Asa had done a foolish thing that he relied on the king of Aram (verse 7 to 9) Asa showed his resentment toward the seer's charge. He also relied not on God but the physicians concerning his feet illness. So, how should we interpret the description on 1 King 15:14 second part? Did Asa finally repent before his death? Thanks and in Christ. Azure |
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13 | 1 Kings Chapter 13 | Not Specified | azurelaw | 178825 | ||
1/ Verse 1 : ...a man of God..., Verse 11: ... a certain old prophet. Is this "certain old prophet" not from God? What is the difference between 'a man of God' and 'prophet' since I see the two are used interchangably in the OT? Is the term 'prophet' used generally as a spokesman of God or gods in the OT, but 'a man of God' refers specifically to the true prophet from God? 2/ Why did that old prophet lied to the man of God? 3/ What is the teaching here? Was it teaching us that God does not contradict himself? 4/ Why was the punishment so severe? Thanks for helping. Shalom Azure |
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14 | Choir prophesying | Not Specified | azurelaw | 179223 | ||
Are these part of the system applying in today's Sunday worship at church that: verse 2: for the section of teaching and bible reading? verse 3: for the choir? Both have the function of prophesying, are they serving different aspects as to the kind of prophet we know in OT? If choir prophesy, it is a very interesting attribute to let the choir member know of it. It is because I always want to spare some time with them to share the spiritual message of the hymn during our rehearsal. It would be very convincing for me to talk to them on such arrangement. Thanks for your biblical guidance. Azure |
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15 | Choir prophesying | Not Specified | azurelaw | 179226 | ||
My previous question refer to 1 Chr chapter 25 verse 2 to 3. Sorry. I have put the bible reference on the selection bar above, but it just did not come out. I don't know why. Maybe I have made some mistakes. Regards. Azure |
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16 | Biblical guildelines on serving communit | Not Specified | azurelaw | 179520 | ||
Biblical guildelines on serving community? Our church has received a request for special offering from a sister branch (I don't know how it termed in English. We belong to the same denomination but just serve different regions of the city and our church is financially independent but they are not). They have deficit almost every year and they rely on other sister branches' special financial offering to help their operation. In order to understand more of their situation, each sister branch assigns a representative to sit in their meeting (4 times a year). The main reason for their inadequate offering received from their congregation is because of that the community they serve are the low income group people. Most of them are single-parent families and new immigrants of low education or unskilled people. It is a district with serious social problem. Today in our monthly deacon's meeting, we have to decide the allocation of the special offering whether it should be offered to this sister branch or another organisation. We all think that we should help this sister branch. However, when our representative further updated us on the situation, I found it questionable (it sounds so to me) on their usage of the money. She said that they have organized quite a lot of entertaining activities (e.g. picnics, outings, social gatherings) providing a big portion of subsidy for the participants (where most of them are out-sider, just a small portion of regular church members). By doing so, they hope to attract (I wanted to use "lure") people to church. I hardly agree to such practice. Although we should serve the poor and needy people, this is not the way it should be. I believe what really attracts people to church has been fully demonstrated in Acts (i.e. the gospel and love within true-believers in church). Nothing to do with materials and benefits. Therefore, I proposed that the amount should be offered for the purpose of education or training. However, I would like to know the biblical guidelines for us to serve the community. Thanks for your help. Love in Christ. Azure |
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17 | The risk of emptying oneself? | Not Specified | azurelaw | 179824 | ||
Matthew 12:43-45 Is it talking about a so-call believer who acknowledged his own sin and determined to abandon it (...the unclean spirit goes out of a man...), but failed to accept and follow the Word / the Holy Spirit, thus emptying himself (... finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order ...). On the other hand, he was possessed with those heresy, false doctrines, worldly philosopy, etc. (...other spirits more wicked than itself...), and his condition was even worse than before? I don't know if my such understanding correct. I have been stuck with this scripture for quite some time. I believe some of you will be able to guide me through. Thanks Azure |
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18 | Matthew 12:43-45 | Not Specified | azurelaw | 179993 | ||
Matthew 12:43-45 How should I interpret what Jesus said? Shalom Azure |
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19 | Who are the heads of the widows? | Not Specified | azurelaw | 180457 | ||
Ephesians 5:22 We know from the bible, a daughter is submissive to her father, a wife to her husband. What about the widows and the divorced women? Who will be their heads? Are they under the cover of church instead? Azure |
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20 | Comforting scriptures and poems | Not Specified | azurelaw | 180829 | ||
Our dear and loving retired old pastor has become widowed a month ago. He lives alone for his only daughter lives in America. Yesterday, when he shared with us in the prayer group, he said he was still making his way to adapt to the loneliness. Everything at home reminds him of his beloved wife. I want to email him some comforting scriptures and poems which can make him feel the sweetness of our Lord Jesus, but nothing comes to my mind. Any recommendation? Thanks. Shalom Azure |
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