BCLR Students Questions and Answers: Recent Episodes
Bible Church of Little Rock
Questions & Answers is a podcast for the student ministry at the Bible Church of Little Rock, where our goal is to learn to live for God through Christ. Douglas Allison is the Student Ministries Pastor and host. He is joined each week by fellow leaders who discuss the students' questions with the goal of answering them while modeling biblical thinking.
Douglas discusses three questions submitted by students with Sarah Ramsfield and Vivian Etherington: 1) We know that God loves us why would he send the one he loves the most for us? 2) Why does God care about us? What are we to God? and 3) Can I scroll through Instagram to the glory of God?
Ryan Jones and Douglas Allison answer the questions, "Can people in Heaven feel sympathy for those in Hell?", and "How do we understand the struggle Paul describes in Romans 7?"
Douglas Allison and Lawson Hembree discuss the question, "What does it look like for a Christian woman to pursue marriage?"
Douglas and Clint discuss the question, "Are angels in glorified bodies? Are they in their final eternal state?"
Douglas and Clint discuss the question, "I’m reading the New Testament part of the church plan and just read the feeding of the five thousand and the four thousand. What do you think it looked like when Jesus broke the bread and fish to feed the people?"
After an introduction to Clint, Douglas and Clint discuss the following questions submitted by students: "Was it a sin for people to tell other people about Jesus healing them after he told them not to? Why did Jesus tell people in Mark not to tell other people about the miracles he performed?"
Douglas Allison and Benny Riley discuss questions from a student about forgiveness. Is forgiveness more about trusting God to heal than trusting the person not to sin again? What's the difference between God forgiving us and us forgiving each other?
Douglas Allison and Garrett Plunkett discuss the question, "What does First Corinthians 13 mean when it says that love believes all, bears all, and hopes all?"
Douglas Allison and Mike Meadors discuss the question, "Is it unbiblical to call someone by their new preferred name if that new name represents a change in gender or new sexual identity?"
In Galatians 3:8, what does it mean that he “preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand?"
Douglas Allison and James Henrich discuss the question, "How do we respond to "Christians" who accept or don't want to call out homosexuality because they don't want to judge or think that their religion shouldn't be imposed on others?"
Douglas Allison and Greg Scheideman discuss the question, "Why didn't Paul address the mothers in Ephesians 6 like the fathers?"
Douglas Allison and Greg Scheideman discuss the question, "How do I know if I'm repentant?"
Nolan Games and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "How do I glorify God with my thoughts?"
Nolan Games and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "Did Paul know that what he was writing would become Scripture?"
Nolan Games and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "Were all the psalms intended to be sung?"
Ryan Jones and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "What are some tips for continuing to read your Bible even when it gets hard?"
Ryan Jones and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "What are the most impactful sermons you have ever heard?"
Howard Bennett and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "Was Jesus omniscient in the womb or the manger?"
Ryan Jones and Douglas Allison discuss the question, "Will we remember pain in Heaven?"
Ryan Jones and Douglas Allison answer the question, "Why is it important that we have the Old Testament?"
Ryan Jones and Douglas Allison answer the question, "How do we know the Bible is true?"
Douglas Allison and Garrett Plunkett discuss the question, "Do unbelievers have spiritual gifts like believers do?"
Douglas Allison and Garrett Plunkett discuss the question, "Should baptisms be performed only by pastors?"
Douglas and Garrett discuss the questions, "What is the definition of the church? What is the attribute that makes a body of believers a church?"
Douglas discusses the question, "How do we pray with the will of God in mind? How do we pray correctly, not that there is a specific way to pray. But what is the best way to pray?" with youth leaders Lori Harris and Jennifer Rahman.
Douglas discusses the question, "Is topical preaching ok?" with youth leaders Lori Harris and Jennifer Rahman
Douglas discusses the question, "How can you speak the truth in love?" with youth leaders Jennifer Rahman and Lori Harris.
Greg Scheideman and Douglas Allison answer this question submitted by students: "In what sense is union in marriage a reunion?"
Greg Scheideman and Douglas Allison answer this question submitted by students: "Can a Christian couple be married without a ceremony?"
Greg Scheideman and Douglas Allison answer this question submitted by students: "Why do people who have never heard the gospel or had the opportunity to learn about the gospel go to hell?"
Nolan Games and Douglas Allison discuss this question submitted by students: "Are we pre-destined for God‘s wrath or are we pre-destined for his grace?"
Nolan Games and Douglas Allison discuss this question submitted by students: "Is there a difference between election and predestination?"
Nolan Games and Douglas Allison discuss this question submitted by students: "Were there angels in heaven before Creation? If satan is a fallen angel, then how were there angels in heaven before the fall?"
- What does God-honoring work look like? What does it look like in a normal day?
- Is school a simple gift from God?
Were humans made to be vegetarian or vegan? Did the fish/swimming/water animals survive the flood?
What do you mean when you say that if you don’t have a soul you don’t exist? Did Adam and eve know how to make fire after the fall? Or did God teach them?
Introducing Clint: On Eldering On the Podcast's Purpose What does God think of suicide?
- How long were Adam and Eve in Eden and how do we know how old they were? 0:0-6:50
- What would have happened if only Adam or Eve had eaten the fruit but not both? (on what-if questions) 6:51-20:06
On Pastors and Elders 1:1-8:20 Whom did Adam and Eve's children marry? 8:21-14:05 How did early people live so long? 14:06-23:30
What are you looking forward to about the retreat? What effect do you hope it has on students? How can they best prepare? How does dating fall into all the marriage passages in the Bible? What would you call emotional and spiritual boundaries in a relationship?
What are you looking forward to about the retreat? What effect do you hope it has on students? How can they best prepare? How does dating fall into all the marriage passages in the Bible? What would you call emotional and spiritual boundaries in a relationship?
What are you looking forward to about the retreat? What effect do you hope it has on students? How can they best prepare? How does dating fall into all the marriage passages in the Bible? What would you call emotional and spiritual boundaries in a relationship?
What does it mean to fast? How would someone fast from social media? How should believers think of social media? What does it look like to use it well?
What does it mean to fast? How would someone fast from social media? How should believers think of social media? What does it look like to use it well?
What does it mean to fast? How would someone fast from social media? How should believers think of social media? What does it look like to use it well?
How should a believer find community in the church? What would you say is THE most R-rated passage in the Bible? Is the world more evil now than before the flood? Is it ok for Christians to play Dungeons & Dragons?
How should a believer find community in the church? What would you say is THE most R-rated passage in the Bible? Is the world more evil now than before the flood? Is it ok for Christians to play Dungeons & Dragons?
How should a believer find community in the church? What would you say is THE most R-rated passage in the Bible? Is the world more evil now than before the flood? Is it ok for Christians to play Dungeons & Dragons?
-Doesn God hear the prayers of unbelievers?/ How would he not hear those if the believer? - Did the sailors and Jonah become believers? -Is the fishes name Sheol?
When do you think Jonah prayed the prayer in Jonah to? While he was in the sea, in the fish or after he was out of the fish? Have you ever met someone who you think relates and/or acts like Jonah? / disobey, conceal, ignore, high then low Do you think Jonah answered God’s questions?
- What does casting lots mean? What does it mean when they did that for Jonah?
- Why don't we hear more of the dialogue between Jonah and the sailors?
Why is the Bible in the order it is in? Based on Zephaniah 2:14, Isaiah 14:23, and Isaiah 34:11, what does God have against hedgehogs? What did Israel do when God left them? If God is omnipresent, how can you say that his name/He was ever not with his people in OT times? Can you explain the difference?
What do we do when we have struggled with assurance of salvation for years? When does it become sinful?
why are the genealogies in the Bible? Why are Ruth and Jonah your favorite books? How do you relate to Jonah?
What have you enjoyed about preaching 1 Corinthians? What is the gift of tongues? Why do some Bible translations have missing verses? Why do we drink the cup in communion if the Bible forbids drinking blood?
Why did Judas choose to kiss Jesus as the sign? Why would he choose to show such affection in the moment that he gave Jesus up? What happened to the Garden of Eden? Is the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament? Where?
- Why does Jesus ask for the cup to be removed from him even if he knew that it would not happen?
- What would happen to those who were outside during the Passover?
- Why don’t Jewish people who don’t believe in Christ still sacrifice lambs?
Were monkeys the last to be made before humans? Why was Judas ever born and why did he become one of Jesus’ disciples if it would have been better for him never to have been born?