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Over the years, many people have come to me asking for advice on religion, spirituality and their ministries. Below are links to their questions and my responses. While I do not claim to have all the answers, many people have found my responses useful. I invite you to send me your questions. If I can be a resource for you, I will rejoice in being a servant to our Father and His children. Click HERE to open your email program to my private email address. Please put "Dear Brother Ron" in the subject line to help me identify your message. Abiogenesis Abuse of Religion Adam and Eve Affirmations Alcohol and the Angel Am I a Bible-Thumper? Am I Going to Hell? Animals in Heaven Apes As Our Ancestors Are All Baptisms Equally Authoritative? Are Jazz Christian Songs Sinful? Are There Many Paths to God? Are There Things Science Can Not Explain? Are My Parents Being Fair? Are Our Pagan Ancestors in Hell? Baha'i Prayer Behavior of the Body of Believers Believing in Religion Believing Without Seeing The Bible and Political Office The Bible Is In Vain The Bible is Outdated Bible Translations Bible Verses about Trust The Big Bang Big Ideas Book Burnings Can a Person Be Cursed? Casting Pearls Before Swine Causes of Anti-Semitism Christian Humanists Corporate Ministry Deceiving Spirits Describing God Different Types of Prayer Disrespect for Judaism Do Different Bibles Have the Same Text? Do Even "Good Christians" Question Their Faith? Do You Worship the God Scient? Docetism, Nestorianism and Monophysitism Does It Hurt When Someone Underestimates You? Dominion Over the Earth Eunuchs in Judaism Evolution in School Explaining the Rosary Explaining the Trinity Eye of a Needle Faith-Based Proposals Federal Money for Faith-based Organizations Free Will vs. God's Will God in Us God Showed Me Buddhism God's Will or Demons Going Through Channels The Gossip Game Has Christianity Forgotten Its Purpose? Hatred of Gays and Premarital Sex Hell on Earth Homosexuals and Christianity How Can I Feel Equal and Free How Could Jesus Be God? How Do I Find a 30 Day Novena? How Do I Forgive Myself? How Does One Walk by Faith? How Does Sin Take Us Away from God? I Am So Confused I Don't Feel Worthy to Pray I Need Some Help If God Helps Those Who Help Themselves If God Is Just a Feeling If Humans Were Smarter, Would We Still Need Religion? If Jesus Came Back Today If Jesus Really Did Rise, What Would It Mean? If You Were God In Much Wisdom Is Much Grief Individual God Intelligent Design Is Being Ordained Online Real? Is Christianity a Fear-Based Religion? Is God an Individual God? Is God a Sadist? Is God Really In Control? Is God Taking a Break? Is God Testing Us? Is It More Important To Read the Bible or Go to Church? Is Jesus Coming Back Soon? Is the Bible a "Good Book"? Is the Theory of a Multi-Universe Plausible? Is There a Difference Between Male and Female Ablution? Is There Something Strange About Me? Is Your Belief a Conscious Choice or the Result of Experiences? Isaiah 43:18 Jealous God Jesus in the Fourth Dimension Jihad John 13:1-15 John 14:6 Joseph and His Coat Judges 3:10-11 Judgment Without Knowledge Killing the Prophets Kung Fu and God Leningrad and Aleppo Codices Lesson of the Virginia Tech Tragedy Love or Fear Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin Lutheran Baptism Making Your Own Religion Matthew 24:45,46 Mark 1:2 Money and Religion More Sides to the Story Mosianic Law My Father Doesn't Want Me To Be a Christian My Intolerant Atheist Parents My Mother Is an Extremist Mythology in the Bible The Name of Jesus Names of the Three Kings Natural Witches The New Toy Objectivism, Subjectivism and Relativism On Judgment Day Once Saved, Always Saved Only Begotten Son Our Pastor Keeps the Profits "Passion of the Christ" Special Perfect Truth Personal Responsibility The Pledge and the Court Prayer and the Kennedy Assassination Probate Mind Prophecy Proverb 11:1 Prosperity Gospel Purity Rings Puzzled by Phelps Queen of Sheba Question on Coveting Questions About Religion Rakshabandhan Raptureready.com Reincarnation Religion and Hate? Religion and the War in Iraq Religion in the Workplace Religion Will Not Solve Your Problems Religious Tolerance The Role of the Church Romans 12:9 Same Sex Marriage Sanctity of Marriage Sandalphon and Vimarone Satan-Trickster or Scapegoat Satanic Symbols Should I Attend the Local Church? Should I Name My Son "Jesus"? A Sign From God or the Devil Slaughtering Lambs for Eid Slippery Slope Son of Man The Soul and the Holy Spirit The Spiritual World and the Material World Starting a Wiccan Ministry Streets of Gold Thinking Too Highly of Yourself Titus 1:9 Trouble With Old Habits True Church The Truth Turning the Other Cheek Unwanted Proselytizing We Are All Going to Hell Web Sites for Marriage Ceremonies Weight and Ministering What Do You Think of Apostasy? What Does INRI on a Crucifix Mean? What Does "Tat Twam Asi" Mean? What Happens When the Rapture Comes? What Is a "True Christian"? What Part of Christianity Can Be Accepted by Non-Believers? What Would Jesus Do? When Should I Be Baptized? Where Does Jesus Say "Worship Me"? Who Are the Murdered Prophets? Who Created God? Who Was Cain Worried About? Who Was God Talking To? Why Am I Responsible for Adam and Eve? Why Ask for God's Help? Why Can't God Be Female? Why Can't We Pray to God? Why Did God Fail? Why Do I Need to "Find God"? Why Do People Blame God for Their Problems? Why Do People Try To Force Their Beliefs on Me? Why Do Women Have To Obey? Why Does God Create Sinners? Why Does God Hate Me? Why Does God Need Worship? Why Doesn't Christianity Make Sense? Why Is There Such a Stigma About Sex? Why Should I Believe in God? Will God Forgive Me For My Sins? Will I Ever Understand the Bible? The Woman in Revelations 12 World Without End

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