Archive for March, 2008


Quick takes — 46, 47, 48

Is it possible that an evil person (Hitler, etc.) could make it to heaven if they repented on their death bed? If the questioner will allow, let me reframe this question slightly. You see, I believe that an individual needs to be baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit so let’s [...]

45 — The Council of the Holy Ones

You can still go to tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com and drop a question into the pile. We have about 30 there already so it might take time for yours to surface. I am humbled by your kind emails and comments. Thank you. I am off to the Church of Christ Tractor Pull (aka Tulsa International Soul Winning Workshop) [...]

.44 Magnum — some heavy questions about the darkness

The 44th question is really a series of questions, summarized in these: Is there anything wrong in playing with tarot cards or reading your horoscope? Where the demons and gods in the Old Testament real or just stories? Are there really false gods or are demons pretending to be gods?  While I answer these and [...]

Glad Tidings

Yes, we have snow on the ground for Easter. Yes, I ache all over after yesterday’s marathon storm-drive. Yes, that face in the mirror isn’t getting any better looking even as my vision blurs a bit… But I have glad tidings of great joy… The tomb is empty. Jesus is risen. Death is disarmed. Fear [...]

Questions about angels and demons — 43

Do angels really have wings? Are all angels male?  These two questions were very easy to answer when I was a kid. If we had a few minutes to play Bible Trivia, some teacher was certain to ask us if angels had wings or if there were any women angels. The answer to both was [...]

Demons? Question 42

I’ll blend a few questions together for this one: Are there really such things as demons? Can they hurt us? Isn’t it true that they can’t hurt believers? When Jesus died on the cross, didn’t that stop demons from possessing us? There certainly ARE such things as demons. Jesus believed in them, interacted with them [...]

God Bless Joshua Chiarini

This comes via Military Times and Navy Times, two newspapers that cover all things military. Joshua earned the Silver Star for his actions. A Navy Corpsman, he rescued several Marines. For those who are unaware of the relationship: the Marines are a department of the Navy. The Navy supplies all the corpsmen ("medics" to you [...]

41b — a second follow up!

One thing I intended to discuss in the last blog was the fact that we can also come to terms with the concept of the Trinity by understanding physics and how God lives outside of it.  One thing that Muslims and, to a lesser extent, Jehovah’s Witnesses and those from the "Jesus Only" churches have [...]

41a – a follow up question

[We're down to about 20 questions in the queue at tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com so send more if you've got them. This one came in and can be considered a follow-up to the last one. For those who've asked, you may certainly borrow or steal anything printed here. I don't copyright things and don't need the infamy... uh, [...]

Out of Time — question 41

Several questions circle around these: Who made God? How could He just be there forever? How can God listen to every prayer all the time? How can God be everywhere at the same time? When the Bible says that Jesus returns, it says he will come back in the air but every eye will see [...]