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Scripture – September 2015

September 8th, 2015
"Why do you say, O Jacob, / and speak, O Israel, / 'My way is hidden from the Lord, / and my right is disregarded by my God'? / Have you not known? Have you not heard? / The Lord is the everlasting God, / the Creator of the ends of the earth. / He does not faint or grow weary; / his understanding is unsearchable. / He gives power to the faint, / and to him who has no might he increases strength. / Even youths shall faint and be weary, / and young men shall fall exhausted; / but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; / they shall . . .

Praises and Prayer Requests – September 2015

September 8th, 2015
We so appreciate your prayers! Here are some specific requests for this month: 1. Please pray that people will be able to find our site easily and be edified by the information it contains. Pray that those who submit personal questions will be forthcoming, open to hearing truth, and drawn closer to God as a result of their question. Please also pray for those writing and approving responses and articles to be attentive to the Holy Spirit and in-line with biblical truth. 2. Please pray for fellow volunteers to be empowered to do the work that . . .

Sample Q&A from August 2015

September 8th, 2015
Question: How should Christians feel when they know that billions of people from other religions will burn in hell for eternity because of their beliefs? Answered by: James Toland, who has been a volunteer with us since May 2010. Answer: We should feel an earnest passion for the lost just as Jesus did, Luke 19:10, Mark 10:45. And it mattered so much to Him, He gave His life on the cross so that the lost could be saved, 1 John 2:2. We are called to be like Christ as John 2:6 states, "Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did," and . . .

Testimonials from August

September 8th, 2015
From Eric Hoehn, who has been a volunteer with us since January 2011: I have a great story relative to Got Questions and how God is using it. I pastor at a local church. One of our other pastors is a chaplain for the local police. He helped a family over the weekend through an unexpected death. They needed a pastor to do the funeral (which I did today) so they came to me at our other pastor's recommendation. As I was walking through the service with the folks they said they had some things they wanted me to include in the service. Wouldn't you know . . .

Welcome Jeff Laird as the newest GQ employee!!

September 7th, 2015
Shea Houdmann September 7, 2015 Got Questions Ministries is excited to announce the hiring of Jeff Laird as our newest employee. Jeff will be contributing in the usual areas of writing, editing, assigning questions, and approving answers, and will also be administrating a new project. What's the new project? Stay tuned! smile emoticon . . .

Important Safety Reminder

September 7th, 2015
Shea Houdmann September 4 at 9:26am IMPORTANT! - Please do not give your full name, email address, or phone number in your answers. It is unsafe and unwise to do so. A question you answer is sent with the statement "Answered by: First name" - and that is sufficient. There is no need to give your full name. . . .

Question on Someone Claiming to Hear God Audibly

September 7th, 2015
Jason Finch September 5 at 8:10am Hey everybody, I would really like your thoughts on this topic. If there is an individual who claims to hear from God (audibly), but refuses to submit himself to any type of church leadership and authority, is not accountable to anybody but himself, has his own "house church" and has appointed himself as pastor of that "house church," bashes other churches in the community and tries to tear other peoples marriages apart and justifies it by saying that you have to go where . . .

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