Why Do You Say the Bride of Christ Is the Church?
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In some passages the bride is the Church.
Why Do You Address So Many Moral Issues in Your Books? It Seems like Overkill.
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As for your concern about addressing too many moral issues, that's fine. It's just a matter of taste.
Why Do You Think Multi-Level Marketing Can Lead to Materialism?
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Materialism is often a big part of it, but those in it think it isn’t because they give some of the money away.
Why Didn't God Send Jesus to the Earth to Die Right After Adam and Eve Sinned?
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I don’t mean to be trite or cute, but after having considered who God is, the answer to this question is “because God didn’t want to.”
Where Do You Stand on the Calvinism and Arminianism Debate, and What Resources Do You Recommend?
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I came to Christ in a church that was Arminian, so that was naturally my early leaning. I went to a Bible college and seminary that were both middle of the road where neither hard core Calvinism nor Arminianism often surfaced in class, though on a continuum, some faculty would lean more toward one than the other.
Where in Scripture Are We Reassured That We Will Have the Comfort of Making up Lost Time with Loved Ones in Eternity?
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First Thessalonians 4 says we are to “comfort one another with these words” about being together with the Lord forever. So clearly we will be spending eternity with our loved ones.
Where Do We Get Our Misconceptions about Heaven?
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Satan labors to give people an inaccurate view of heaven.
Where Did You Get the Ideas for the "Chair of Honor" and the Reverence for the Bible Box in Safely Home?
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The box was based upon an experience a friend of mine had in Moscow back in 1990 where they were passing out free Bibles to people.
When Writing About the New Earth, Did You Mean to Leave out the New Jerusalem, which Is the Final Heaven, and Is Described in Rev. 21 and 22?
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The point is where the New Jerusalem is located. It is brought down to the New Earth and is the capital city of the New Earth.
When You Write, What Sort of Theological "Puzzles" Have You Had to Sort Through to Your Own Satisfaction Before You Could Continue with the Story?
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One example would be the problem of evil and suffering that plagues Ollie in my novel Deception.
When Sex Becomes Sin
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“How can anything so good be so bad?” If sex is as good as we portrayed it in the previous chapter, why is it that many sexual acts are condemned in Scripture?
When Were Angels Created?
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Leave it to a child to ask a great question which has no definitive Biblical answer. Here is what we know.
Where Do People Get Their Theological Beliefs?
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Our theology tends to come from whatever we trust.
Where Is the Location of the 3rd Heaven You Mention when Discussing the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus?
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In 2 Corinthians 12 Paul calls the third heaven “paradise.” When Jesus (before his resurrection), refers to where the thief on the cross would go, he calls it paradise.
Will We Continue to Change, Grow, and Learn Once We Get to Heaven?
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In keeping with our finite natures, we’ll experience process in heaven. We will continually learn more of God.