As we grow and learn as Christians we frequently come across things we don't understand when it comes to God, the Bible or Christian living. This section of the VCNP website is dedicated to trying to answer the questions people have and to dialogue about issues of the Christian faith. If you have a question you'd like an answer to, enter your question as a comment below and we will do our best to…
I have a question I'm hoping you can answer or help me to understand. What is the church's stance on "The Secret"? I have friends that have read the book, find it fascinating and helpful in helping them to focus and have a positive outlook. Is it okay to use the book as a tool, as with any other faith based book, to become "closer" to Christ and to gain more understanding of how we need to…
I’ve heard that James Cameron is claiming to have found the Jesus Family Tomb. "What is the Jesus Family Tomb? Has the lost tomb of Jesus Christ been discovered?"
In 1980, in Talpiot (a suburb of Jerusalem), Israel, a construction crew unearthed an ancient tomb. Inside the tomb was discovered ten ossuaries (burial bone boxes). Inscribed on these bone boxes were names. The discovery of the…
I have heard people say that we should only have services on Saturday, because that is the "true" Sabbath. Is that true? What does the Bible say about the Sabbath?
The Bible has a lot to say about the Sabbath and there are well meaning Christians who differ on this subject. I think to answer the question we need to first look at God's intent for the Sabbath and then look at what the Bible says…
I am reading a Life Application Study Bible (NIV)and in chapter 12 it states that Ciaphas was convinced that Jesus needed to be arrested, brought to trial, and sentenced to death but "the Jewish council needed Roman approval before they could carry out the death sentence". Is this true? Would it have been legal under the then existing Roman law if they had not sought the Roman approval but…
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What do you think about "soul sleep"? I'm sure you know, but it is something that Seventh-day Adventists believe, that when we die our soul dies or goes to sleep and sits their unconscious until Jesus comes. It doesn't sound right, but then I read that Martin Luther was a believer in this (and I always thought he was a pretty smart guy, but then again everything i know about him is from a 'made…
What do you think about Leviticus 11, about not eating certain meats. Is that something that we (Christians) should follow, if not why?
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The short answer is the Old Testament Dietary laws aren’t something that we as Christians need to follow. Jesus in Mark 7:19 declared all foods clean, thus abolishing the Old Testament dietary laws. Whatever the reasons were for the dietary laws was had…
I have been told that in the Book of Leviticus it says that getting a tattoo is a sin. Is that true today?
Indeed in Leviticus 19:28 it says, ““Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.” (NIV). This would seem to indicate that tattoos are a bad thing. Many people who teach that don’t teach verse 27 as applicable, it says, “Do not cut the hair at the…
I have heard that some people believe that once you are saved you can never lose that salvation and other people say that you can lose it for various reasons. Is "once saved, always saved" Biblical?
Once a person is saved are they always saved? This has been one of the most debated theological questions since the Reformation. While well intentioned Christians have differing views on this idea…
