Q: Dr. Mike, is God concerned with the material well-being of Christians, knowing that He promised us a roof over our heads, food on our tables, and clothes on our backs? A: I will answer this question with an emphatically YES! We could say that He is concerned about the material well-being of the entire […]
Q: I’ve heard some people say that the phrase, “I said, you are gods,” quoted by Jesus in John 10:34, means: that we are “little gods” here in the earth: is this true? A: That is indeed a good question, because I too, have heard it quoted the same way, numerous times, over the years. […]
Q: Dr. Mike, people mention miracles for everything, and there are those respected Christian leaders that say very little about them: What is your theological view? A: [Now] that is a really good question: I honestly believe that we don’t hear noted theologians talk much about miracles in operation (today) is because people are drawn […]
Q: From TV celebrities to religious groups, they all say that “All Religions lead to the same God: How do we show people that our Christian God is different? A: Without sounding disrespectful to other world religions or their belief systems, but the one unique characteristic that our God possess’ over all other gods, is […]
Q: I love The Lord And Don’t Want My Personal Christian Growth To Ever Become Stagnated. How Can I Avoid Stagnation? A: I’ll start by repeating what one of my mentors said, when asked the same identical question. He said, “There’s one, one absolute way to prevent our Christian growth from stagnation, and that’s to […]
Q: I have seen a few Christians standing in the lottery lines and on occasion gamble: what is the biblical position on these activities? A: When weak, feeble-minded Christians open their mouth and say, “Well the Bible doesn’t really say …!” I immediately say, “Don’t go there!” I have to admit that the Word of […]
Q: I would like your opinion on, what does the Word “ALL” make reference to in Matthew 17:11 and Acts 3:21? I have heard some noted Bible teachers say that Jesus will not return until everything is restored back to the glory it had in the Garden of Eden. A: Without writing a dissertation: I’ll […]
Q: If God is sovereign, and I believe that He is, then, why do we have to pray, knowing that it’s not going to change the mind of God? A: As you so graciously stated, our sovereign God not only invites us but commands us to pray. Why? Because prayer is our Christian duty, and […]
Q: As a minister, would you marry a believer and a nonbeliever? A: The basis for your question obviously is the biblical text that says we ought not to be yoked unequally with unbelievers. The assumption, of course, is that this text has direct reference to marriage. The Bible doesn’t explicitly say that. The Bible […]
Q: What does the Bible really teach about interracial marriages? A: The first thought that comes to mind as an African American minister is this, if slave owners, who brought the first African slaves to the North America colony of Jamestown, Virginia back in 1619, to assist in their tobacco production, had put more effort […]