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"It's urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living. -- John 5:24 (The Message)
Tough Questions
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Tough Questions 1
Originally Preached: December 30, 2007
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Tough Questions 2
Originally Preached: March 30, 2008
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Tough Questions 3
Originally Preached: August 31, 2008
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Tough Questions 4
Originally Preached: March 29, 2009
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Tough Questions 5
Originally Preached: May 31, 2009
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Tough Questions 6
Originally Preached: June 14, 2009
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Tough Questions 7
Originally Preached: August 30, 2009
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Tough Questions 8
Originally Preached: November 29, 2009
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Tough Questions 9
Originally Preached: May 30, 2010
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Tough Questions 1
Originally Preached: December 30, 2007
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Tough Questions 2
Originally Preached: March 30, 2008
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Tough Questions 3
Originally Preached: August 31, 2008
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Tough Questions 4
Originally Preached: March 29, 2009
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Tough Questions 5
Originally Preached: May 31, 2009
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Tough Questions 6
Originally Preached: June 14, 2009
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Tough Questions 7
Originally Preached: August 30, 2009
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Tough Questions 8
Originally Preached: November 29, 2009
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Tough Questions 9
Originally Preached: May 30, 2010
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Tough Questions
At The Crossover, we love tough questions! And we admit right up front, we don't have all the answers. But sometimes questions are better than answers. In fact, a healthy faith almost has to have some tough questions because God is not easy to understand.
Our hope is not only to give you some answers but more importantly to help give you a framework from which to tackle your own tough questions.
We ask our congregation to give us tough questions and we use those questions for Tough Question Sunday.
Every 3 months, there is a Sunday with 5 Sundays. That fifth Sunday is Tough Question Sunday! Make a plan to join us.
Here is a list of tough questions so far.
From Tough Questions 1:
Why Doesn’t God just Forgive us Without the Cross?
Are all Angels Male?
What Would It Take to Unite All the Churches of the World?
How Is It Wrong to Be Gay When God made us Who We Are?
From Tough Questions 2:
Which is of most important? Knowing Jesus or Knowing of Jesus?
Do you believe in "Once Saved, Always Saved"?
If a Christian takes their own life, do they still go to heaven?
What does the Bible of The Crossover say about man's need to be born again?
From Tough Questions 3:
Why is it easier to be “bad” than to be “good”?
The Bible says you’re supposed to love everybody. How am I supposed to love the Devil?
Hell, personally, I do not think there is one. Why would God condemn people to hell for not knowing?
Why is the Bible so authoritative when it was put together by a group of men, just like us?
When some talks about lice, our heads begin to itch. How is feeling God any different?
From Tough Questions 4:
How many times should a person be baptized? Or Why do people get baptized more than once? (Romans 6:1-13; Colossians 2:9-15)
Can you explain the purpose of Hell's existence? (John 3:16-21; Matthew 25:31-46)
What does it mean in Romans 9 when it talks about Predestination?
Why don't we observe lent?
What does God look like? Would I recognize Him today? (Genesis 1:26-27)
Christians are the number one reason I have trouble believing in God. They complain about serving. They are unwilling to let me be myself and get to know me. They are so convinced they are right about so much more than just about God. Why are Christians like this? (Matthew 23:13-33)
From Tough Questions 5:
Why has the band stopped using a Religious Tempo?
Can you believe in extra terrestrial life, that earth has been and still is visited by this life and still believe in God and that the Bible is 100% true and supports this theory?
What makes you think God wrote the Bible and not just a bunch of guys over the years?
Why is there evil if God created everything? Did God create evil?
From Tough Questions 6:
Most of the world would consider a paper boy in America to be rich because he makes over $50.00 per month. What did Jesus mean by rich when He said that it will be harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle?
From Tough Questions 7:
Catholics worship Saints and worship The Virgin Mary, yet the Bible says that a person is not to put another person before God so isn't wrong to worship Saints or even Jesus’ Mother or does God just overlook that practice?
How do you know someone believes and not just walking thru the steps?
Do some sins carry more weight than others?
Who is God's Father?
Since its wrong to divorce, what happens if I do? Will God still forgive a person if they do?
From Tough Questions 8:
There is song about the Bible being like a deck of cards. I know some churches don't believe you should play cards. Is that song accurate?
The Bible teaches us that in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven we must become like little children. What does that mean?
If everything happens for a reason, what are we supposed to do when we don't know or understand that reason?
How are we to act when God says no?
We go to A LOT of Catholic weddings. Priests are not supposed to be married right? How can a Priest talk to a couple about marriage and what it takes to have a healthy and strong marriage when they have no idea what it is like to be married?
From Tough Questions 9:
Are kids part of heaven and church?
Do your pets go to heaven?
Why does God love a sinner such as I am?
At The Crossover, we love tough questions! And we admit right up front, we don't have all the answers. But sometimes questions are better than answers. In fact, a healthy faith almost has to have some tough questions because God is not easy to understand.
Our hope is not only to give you some answers but more importantly to help give you a framework from which to tackle your own tough questions.
We ask our congregation to give us tough questions and we use those questions for Tough Question Sunday.
Every 3 months, there is a Sunday with 5 Sundays. That fifth Sunday is Tough Question Sunday! Make a plan to join us.
Here is a list of tough questions so far.
From Tough Questions 1:
Why Doesn’t God just Forgive us Without the Cross?
Are all Angels Male?
What Would It Take to Unite All the Churches of the World?
How Is It Wrong to Be Gay When God made us Who We Are?
From Tough Questions 2:
Which is of most important? Knowing Jesus or Knowing of Jesus?
Do you believe in "Once Saved, Always Saved"?
If a Christian takes their own life, do they still go to heaven?
What does the Bible of The Crossover say about man's need to be born again?
From Tough Questions 3:
Why is it easier to be “bad” than to be “good”?
The Bible says you’re supposed to love everybody. How am I supposed to love the Devil?
Hell, personally, I do not think there is one. Why would God condemn people to hell for not knowing?
Why is the Bible so authoritative when it was put together by a group of men, just like us?
When some talks about lice, our heads begin to itch. How is feeling God any different?
From Tough Questions 4:
How many times should a person be baptized? Or Why do people get baptized more than once? (Romans 6:1-13; Colossians 2:9-15)
Can you explain the purpose of Hell's existence? (John 3:16-21; Matthew 25:31-46)
What does it mean in Romans 9 when it talks about Predestination?
Why don't we observe lent?
What does God look like? Would I recognize Him today? (Genesis 1:26-27)
Christians are the number one reason I have trouble believing in God. They complain about serving. They are unwilling to let me be myself and get to know me. They are so convinced they are right about so much more than just about God. Why are Christians like this? (Matthew 23:13-33)
From Tough Questions 5:
Why has the band stopped using a Religious Tempo?
Can you believe in extra terrestrial life, that earth has been and still is visited by this life and still believe in God and that the Bible is 100% true and supports this theory?
What makes you think God wrote the Bible and not just a bunch of guys over the years?
Why is there evil if God created everything? Did God create evil?
From Tough Questions 6:
Most of the world would consider a paper boy in America to be rich because he makes over $50.00 per month. What did Jesus mean by rich when He said that it will be harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle?
From Tough Questions 7:
Catholics worship Saints and worship The Virgin Mary, yet the Bible says that a person is not to put another person before God so isn't wrong to worship Saints or even Jesus’ Mother or does God just overlook that practice?
How do you know someone believes and not just walking thru the steps?
Do some sins carry more weight than others?
Who is God's Father?
Since its wrong to divorce, what happens if I do? Will God still forgive a person if they do?
From Tough Questions 8:
There is song about the Bible being like a deck of cards. I know some churches don't believe you should play cards. Is that song accurate?
The Bible teaches us that in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven we must become like little children. What does that mean?
If everything happens for a reason, what are we supposed to do when we don't know or understand that reason?
How are we to act when God says no?
We go to A LOT of Catholic weddings. Priests are not supposed to be married right? How can a Priest talk to a couple about marriage and what it takes to have a healthy and strong marriage when they have no idea what it is like to be married?
From Tough Questions 9:
Are kids part of heaven and church?
Do your pets go to heaven?
Why does God love a sinner such as I am?
