I’m adopting an irregular feature on this blog called Jeremy Answers Your Questions. In it, I will answer your questions, to the best of my ability. Here’s how it will work. Use the comments here to submit questions, or to vote for questions previously submitted. Periodically I will answer them, unless no one ever submits anything, then this will be a failed experiment. I will do my best to answer them thoroughly and hopefully be interesting.
I will seed the comment section with previously asked questions, just to get you started. I’ll even put a correct timestamp on them to fake them properly.
I work [in the Army] with a conscientious objector. He objects because he says he is a Christian and the Bible forbids warfare. Can a Christian be a soldier?
UPDATE: This question was answered here, and here.
Is there actually scripture that backs up what I’ve heard a lot of people (including several preachers) talk about when they say that, even though we’ve been forgiven and our sins forgotten (ocean floor, east from west, etc.), there’ll come a day when we’ll all have to answer for our sins to God?
UPDATE: I’m working on this one. One day it will be posted.
When will you put up the picture of Rupp Arena again? It is way better than the turtle.
UPDATE: The answer to this one is found here
So, still no thoughts whatsoever on the second one I asked? I tried to contact that radio show thing, but I don’t think it worked. I’m really interested in it.
I have a question for you and the readers of this blog; that is similar to one of your posts about christians not serving. In the past, it was called the “80/20 rule” or some variation and it was stated that 20% of church attenders did 80% of the work at a church. This also could apply to tithing.
Do you think this rule is still true in most churches and what do you think the percentages would be today?
Update: This does not directly answer your question, I’ll get to it later. But here are some things to think about in this link.
A couple of choice quotes:
“The percentage of adults who tithe has stayed constant since the turn of the decade, falling in the 5% to 7% range. The Barna tracking reported that the proportion of adults who tithed was 7% in 2006 and 2005; 5% in 2004 and 2003; 6% in 2002; and 5% in 2001.”
24% of evangelicals tithed last year, and 83% gave at least $1000
Another update: Here’s a good post by Ed Stetzer addressing this topic
Is it, a violation of separation of church – state to invoke biblical morals or biblical definitions of marriage or sin into law?
Update: I Answered this one in two parts, here and here.