Questions & Response
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PTM’s Question & Response feature addresses actual questions on various topics sent to us from all over the world. Greg Albrecht and Brad Jersak answer as many questions as possible. Here are some of the more interesting and relevant Q & Rs. Please feel free to share those you find particularly helpful with others. If you do share any of these we would appreciate if you include an attribution to our site. (www.ptm.org)
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How does ‘All Jesus, All the Time’ relate to the Trinity? – Jersak
What are the limits to God’s mercy? – Jersak
Keys to the Kingdom? – Jersak
Eternal Punishment? – Jersak
Which Religion is Right? – Albrecht
Inspired, Infallible & Inerrant? – Albrecht
The End Times – Is Jesus coming back? – Albrecht
What do you make of “Soul Sleep”? – Jersak
What do you make of “Preterism”? – Jersak
Why did Jesus reject his family? – Jersak
Was Paul wrong about Esau & Pharaoh? – Jersak
Should Christians Celebrate Christmas? – Albrecht
How does the Bride of Christ make herself ready? – Albrecht
Is the Bible ‘the Word of God’? – Albrecht
Are the Gospel Narrators Reliable? – Jersak
Does Christ ‘deny us’? – Jersak
Let there be light? – Jersak
What is “transactional” or “retributive” salvation? – Jersak
Do I need to be rebaptized? – Albrecht
Religion Burnout? – Albrecht
Growing pains as we receive new insights – Albrecht
You yourselves cast out? (Luke 13:28) – Jersak
Were only WE ‘saints’ chosen from eternity? Ephesians 1:4 – Jersak
David’s Census – What was God up to? – Jersak
Is Noah’s flood story true? – Jersak
What about the Rapture? – Albrecht
What will happen to Christians during the Tribulation? – Albrecht
Is tithing a requirement? – Albrecht
Can we withhold God’s forgiveness? – Jersak
Will Jesus be ashamed of me? Luke 9:26 – Jersak
Why the Violent God of Joshua? – Jersak
Intellectually Honest Bible Reading – Jersak
Is there any significance to numbers used in the Bible? -Albrecht
Haunted by Cult Guilt – Albrecht
Can a 2000-year-old book apply to a 21st-century Indian? – Albrecht
If we’re already forgiven, why strive to be good? – Jersak
No longer counting our sins against us? – Jersak
Not counting our sins against us? Part 2 – Jersak
Matthew 11:12 – The violent take it by force? – Jersak
Do I need to learn ‘Christian-ese’? – Albrecht
What do you think about “Deliverance Ministries”? – Albrecht
Falling out of God’s will? – Albrecht
What are the Limits of Everlasting Mercy? – Jersak
Why would a Christlike God kill the firstborn of Egypt? – Jersak
Why the Prophetic Directives to Destroy? – Jersak
On Abraham’s Attempt to Sacrifice Isaac? – Jersak
Does God Forgive and Forget? – Albrecht
Can I work out my own salvation? – Albrecht
Do tattoos honor God? – Albrecht
What will become of the ungodly? – Jersak
Do you have moments of doubt? – Jersak
Christ in a Violent World? – Jersak
Eternal Life – now or later? – Jersak
How can God sit on his own right hand? – Albrecht
Should we boycott the wedding? – Albrecht
Are Christians commanded to “win souls”? – Albrecht
How should we understand God’s ‘Sovereignty’? – Jersak
Do ECT & PSA hold any theological merit for you? – Jersak
Bumping into unChristlike faith statements? – Jersak
Do only Christians Love with Agape? (1 John 4:16) – Jersak
Does God literally send blessings & curses? – Jersak
How does a pastor preach to “perfect” people? – Albrecht
Law or Grace? A Debate – Albrecht
Should Christians Boycott & Protest? – Albrecht
Why listen to abusive preachers? DON’T! – Jersak
The N.T. Mercy Seat & Sacrifice? – Jersak
Is 1 Corinthians 3 a judgment of believers? Or everyone? – Jersak
Blessings & Curses – Deut. 11:26-28? – Jersak
Are You “Christian”? – Jersak
Does God Bless Financial Vows? – Albrecht
Rethinking Church? – Albrecht
How does the gospel influence life and politics? – Albrecht
Did God the Father Forsake Jesus on Good Friday? – Jersak
If not penal substitution…? – Jersak
The Father of Love and OT genocide? – Jersak
The Lord’s Supper: if not penal substitution, what’s communion about? – Jersak
Sin? Missing What Mark? – Jersak
How can I show love and compassion without condoning specific behavior? – Albrecht
Is becoming a better person the goal of Christianity? – Albrecht
Does the Bible condemn cremation? – Albrecht
Salted with Fire — Hell, Mark 9 ? – Jersak
Who is Paul’s “antiChrist” in 2 Thessalonians? – Jersak
If hell is not eternal conscious torment, why share the gospel? – Jersak
Propitiation, Expiation or Mercy Seat? – Jersak
Go and sin no more? – Jersak
Those mean, nasty, hateful Christians . . . – Albrecht
Are Catholics Christians? – Albrecht
Is Christianity a Religion? – Albrecht
Reading Romans without courtroom lenses? – Jersak
What does “prepared for destruction” mean? (Romans 9:22) – Jersak
Should the “Woman Caught in Adultery” be in John’s Gospel? – Jersak
How can God be ‘jealous’? – Jersak
Progressive Revelation and the Unveiling of God? – Jersak
How do you define sin? – Albrecht
Does Satan exist? – Albrecht
Why does Jesus mention the Sabbath? – Albrecht
Q & R with Children – Jersak
Universal Salvation & Divine Vengeance? – Jersak
Galatians 5, morality and the kingdom of God? – Jersak
The Kingdom of God, Hell & Mark 9? – Jersak
What ‘Christ Died For Us’ Meant to the Fathers – Jersak
The Bible and the Gospel – Albrecht
Straight and Narrow – Will only a few be saved? – Albrecht
What’s So Bad About Cults? – Albrecht
Does the Bible demonstrate an evolving understanding of inclusion? – Jersak
Is the book of Enoch authentic? – Jersak
Handling politicized faith? – Jersak
What does “glorified” mean in John? – Jersak
Narrow Way, Narrow Gate? – Jersak
Do people go to heaven when they die? Where is it? – Albrecht
Would Jesus Attend a Gay Wedding? – Albrecht
Which Religion is Right? – Albrecht
Abba vs. Father? – Jersak
The wrath of Christ in Jude’s Epistle? – Jersak
Is death/hades a servant of God or an enemy? – Jersak
It is a dreadful thing… (Hebrews 10:31)? – Jersak
How is Christ a “sacrificial lamb”? – Jersak
What About 3 Days and 3 Nights? – Albrecht
Did Jesus’ Crucifixion Satisfy God’s Wrath? – Albrecht
Why did Jesus Die? – Albrecht
Isaiah 54:7-8 – Does God abandon us? – Jersak
Do you think the Bible is authoritative? – Jersak
Gritty Love or Syrupy Sentimentalism? – Jersak
What about “God’s wrath” in the NT? – Jersak
The Ethics of the Trinity? – Jersak
Who Is It You Are Looking For? – Albrecht
What Is the Gospel? Part 1 – Albrecht
What Is the Gospel? Part 2 – Albrecht
A Nonviolent God with Violent Prophets? – Jersak
What are the Roots of Belief that God is omnipresent, omnipotent & omniscient? – Jersak
What’s the Deal with Hosea’s Angry God? – Jersak
Is suffering “necessary”? -Jersak
God’s Mighty Sovereignty & Protection? – Jersak
Righteousness By Law or By Faith? – Albrecht
Eternal Torture – Divine or Human Vengeance? – Albrecht
What Is Our Eternal Reward? – Albrecht
Saving Grace Appeared to All People: Offer or Gift? – Jersak
Forgiveness: What it isn’t & what it is – Jersak
Eternal Destruction? in 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 – Jersak
What happened to souls before Christ conquered death? – Jersak
Baptism and the fate of the ‘unprepared’? – Jersak
“We are not Under the Law, but Under Grace”? – Albrecht
10 Percent Grace and 90 Percent Law? – Albrecht
What Do You Mean – The Narrow Gate? – Albrecht
What is the worm that never dies? – Jersak
What if you’re wrong about hell? – Jersak
But why did Jesus NEED to die? – Jersak
If the Bible isn’t inerrant, can we trust what the Gospels say about Jesus? -Jersak
Why not be baptized? – Jersak
How Big Is God? – Albrecht
Is God Disappointed With You? – Albrecht
Who Am I – Who Are You? – Albrecht
Is the Bible our final authority? – Jersak
Does God Ever ‘Intervene’ in Natural Law? – Jersak
How do we harmonize the Bible’s judgment and redemption texts? – Jersak
Was the early church anti-Semitic? – Jersak
Is Christ IN all people or only IN Christians? – Jersak
Whose Side Is God On? – Albrecht
Can We Lose Our Salvation? – Albrecht
Getting or Being Saved? – Albrecht
Wasn’t there separation from God before the veil was torn? – Jersak
The church is the pillar and foundation of the truth” (seriously?) – Jersak
The essence of forgiveness? – Jersak
Does God “intervene”? – Jersak
Are all people God’s children or only Christians? – Jersak
Why did Jesus Call a Woman a Dog? – Albrecht
How Far Will God Go For Love? – Albrecht
Have You Forgiven God? – Albrecht
Pain, Belief & the Suffering of Children? – Jersak
Our Final Authority: Bible or Jesus? – Jersak
Were Adam & Even perfect people living in a perfect paradise? – Jersak
Be Perfect? – Matthew 5:48 – Jersak
In whom and when does the Holy Spirit “enter” us? – Jersak
But what About Rewards? – Albrecht
Does God Forgive and Forget? – Albrecht
How Free Is Free Will? – Albrecht
Beloved Children or Worthless Slaves? – Jersak
Christ or Crake? Mortality is the Fear of Death? – Jersak
A Question about “Ultimate Redemption” – Jersak
Are you saved? and other Cringe Questions – Jersak
Why pray for gifts God has already given? – Jersak
How Far Will God Go? – Albrecht
What Is True Fellowship? – Albrecht
The Trouble With Halloween? – Albrecht
How do we trust God when prayer for healing are denied? – Jersak
Christ revealed God as Abba. Doesn’t the OT also reveal God as Father? – Jersak
Under grace, are we still ‘sinners’? Is confessing sin a denial of grace? – Jersak
How can God both never give up & ‘give us up’? – Jersak
When did the ‘Finished Work’ start? – Jersak
Is My Church Legalistic? – Albrecht
Are You a Believer? – Albrecht
When Were You Saved, Does It Matter? – Albrecht
How do we comprehend the Son and Spirit without demoting them to less than the Father? – Jersak
If God consents to our freedom, what’s the point of the relationship? – Jersak
Is preaching Christ’s any-day return right? – Jersak
What does ‘the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world mean? – Jersak
How do we practice Matt. 18:15-18 discipline? – Jersak
How Can Jesus be 100% God and 100% Human? – Albrecht
Lottery – A Ticket To Hell? – Albrecht
Turning from or turning to? A question about evangelism – Jersak
C.S.I. Jerusalem: Who killed Ananias & Sapphira? – Jersak
Do people who die just sleep or are they in God’s presence? – Jersak
Condemnation in Mark 16? – Jersak
What if my spouse stops believing? – Jersak