Question:What do we learn from Zacchaeus the tax collector? Answered by: Polly Gwinn, who has been a volunteer with us since October 2004. Answer: Zacchaeus taught me that Jesus chose me (John 15:16) and came to seek me so that I might be saved (Luke 19:10). If I seek God with all my heart I will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13) but I must come to Jesus like a child, humble and not thinking myself great (Matthew 18:2-4). The sycamore tree is a symbol of that place in our lives where and when we have a clear vision of Jesus. I call this the recognition . . .

Question: Is it wrong to think of yourself as being special? Is it a sin? Does doubting that you are special actually show that you are more human and a better person who cares more for other people than some-one "who is full of there own self importance" and doesn't ever doubt themselves? Does God/Jesus want you to always think of other people as being special before yourself? Or not? Or does he want you to think that you are special/important to him? Yours Sincerely Answered by: Edie Edmondson, who has been a volunteer with us since February . . .

SAMPLE Q&A FROM MAY: Question: Is it wrong to decline the service of a deacon if one aspires the office of an overseer instead? Answered by: Bill Stewart, who has been a volunteer with us since June 2003. Answer: Thank you for your question. 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent . . .

Question: Hello, Does the Bible say anything about a person refusing to offer a business service to another person due to moral/religious values? Thanks Jorge Answered by: Ed Romero, who has been a volunteer with us since July 2011. Answer: Hi, Jorge! Thank you for question. This is a really nuanced subject which really isn't black and white. The Bible doesn't say (that I know of) to whom we can or can't offer services. However, it does give us permission to buy from pagans. For example, in 1 Corinthians, they were allowed to even buy meat . . .

Question: When and why did an unchanging God change his mind on punishments he handed out in the O T then decided after Jesus came, an unchanging God cannot change his mind or he cannot be God? Answered by: Frank Shimkus III, who has been a volunteer with us since April 2005. Answer: Hello, and thank you for your question. I can understand your confusion when it comes to this question, as many, like you, have been befuddled by some of the language found in the Old Testament, especially Jonah where it says God changed His mind, when compared . . .