Today marked the passing of Raymond Jacobs, one of the original flag raisers on Iwo Jima. Raymond was 19 when he joined the United States Marine Corps. The year was 1943. He served for the next three years, leaving as a PFC (promotions are much slower in the Corps than they are in other services, [...]
This is where we enter a highly charged, very emotional debate. I am aware that a wiser man would not answer this particular question in such a public forum but I have never been accused of being all that wise so… I’m having a tough time with the notion of repentance after adultery and subsequent [...]
This is a fun one that came into tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com recently… Why does everything occur in the Bible in 3s, 7s, 10s, 12s, or 40s? I often hear that there is something special about those numbers, but I usually can’t get more info than that. Is it just a coincidence that Jesus fasted the same number [...]
As the questions continue to come into tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com I find myself smiling a lot. Some of you want to ask one question but that leads to another and… oh, yea… while we’re at it, I have another one. That is fine! It reminds me that life is just one big infomerical with a chorus of [...]
This question came in and touched my heart. It was written by a member where I preach. I don’t agree with all the doctrines here at Rochester Church of Christ. Does that mean I should leave? I’m not sure I belong here if I’m not in full agreement with everything. In most congregations one could [...]
This came in via tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com this week. This isn’t exactly a “Question I’d ask God,†but a lot of them right now aren’t. This ties in with question #26 (clapping) where you mention Romans 14. Question: Does Romans 14 & 15 apply to ALL “disputable matters†or only matters of a private nature? The issues [...]
[Questions are still being accepted at tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com and will be for at least another month. Twenty or so questions are already waiting for an answer. Some of them require me to do a lot more research before I answer them. Today's question, however, is simple and sweet] After a baptism recently, some of us teens [...]
As predicted, I got a lot of "helpful" emails from people who wanted to prove that they know all about Revelation. Good. I wish they could have been around earlier — like 2000 years ago when churches Paul established got it all wrong, but, hey, what can you do? How does the “Left behind†series [...]
You might have wondered if I only answer questions I can… uh… answer. No so! Refusing to show the sense God gave a donut, let me leap into the brier patch with these questions: Can and will you shed some light on the end-times prophesies from Revelation and the old testament? Is the thousand year [...]
The migraine is in full force today and the hate mail is stacking up in my inbox. I just found out yet another website has been set up for the sole purpose of attacking me and Rochester. Cool. Stepping into the snake pit again, here I go! Why don’t we call the Father and Son [...]