Carl Gobelman

Question: Hello, I’m struggling with a couple things and it’s causing a stumbling block in my relationship with God and I was hoping you can prayerfully clarify what Paul Meant in Roman’s 14:23 anything done without faith is sin? No one has perfect faith

Question: In light of Galatians 5:22 giving "faith" as a Fruit of Holy Spirit, how do you (and everyone else) refer to as something we do? Speaking of Eph 2:8 as "our faith" that we must have to be saved? Fruit is the ultimate manifestation of the life of

Question: The use of titles or labels for a person's name, like pastor, deacon, Rev or elder, is in some circles something that is brought to give self-esteem or pride. Some people use titles to boost their self-esteem due to past treatment, and these

Question: What types of sins does the Bible say should get the death penalty? Is there a way to know what sins deserve it? Also do accidental sins deserve it or do only internal sins deserve it? Does the Bible say if accidental sins deserve the death

Question: Why was Jesus tempted? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. This is a great question because it gets to the heart of Jesus and His ministry. The temptation of Jesus is briefly recorded in Mark's Gospel (Mark 1:12-13), but given a

Question: When sharing the gospel and explaining that all have sinned, how do I answer someone who says that if all humans have sinned, then that shows a flaw in the Creator? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. First, let me commend you for

Question: If all God's promises are "yes, and amen," why do they take so long to come to pass? Answer: Thank you so much for your question. I guess the first thing I would say by way of a response is to ask you a question: who says the promises of God are

Question: Is the Bible for everybody? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. I am going to answer your question in such a way that might seem contradictory and confusing, but I am going to say "yes and no and yes." First, yes, the Bible is for

Question: I've been having doubts for a long time. Every time something good happens, we're supposed to praise God for it. But when something bad happens, we're supposed to be like, "Oh, it's fine. These things happen." To be clear: I'm not saying God

Question: God can foresee what the future holds, and he often warns us about it. Does that mean that we can change our foretold outcome? Can we mess with our "fate?" Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. This is a great question, so let's

Question: Thank you so much for your reply. It was indeed a comfort. Yet however, how do I know I have been elected by God? And the other question is how do I increase my faith in Jesus? Answer: Thank you for the follow up question and the opportunity to

Question: When I see people of faith and people who seem to be more spiritual and stronger in faith than I fall into temptation, I feel so scared and insecure. And I become very much scared pondering if I will also fall like them and unable to keep up

Question: Many portions of the OT seem edited, added, and some portions seem like they are missing portions. Further, the Tanakh seems to promote and/or allow slavery, mysogony, genocide, Deistic favoritism, etc. And it seems to have conflicting issues of

Question: How can the curse, which was spoken over the relationship between man and wife in Genesis 3:16, be broken? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. The curse spoken of in Genesis 3:16 is part of what God says to the woman, Eve. Before

Question: If mankind is God’s creation and creation is another way of describing an idea, is anything one comes up with for or against God? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. I am not quite sure I fully understand the question the way it's

Question:  I always thought of total depravity as meaning I can’t save myself. But recently, I’ve started to wonder about how far Calvinism took this. When I started seeing what they meant by “dead in sin," it raised some real questions in my mind. Some

Question: Jesus taught in John 6:46 that no one has seen God except the One whom the Father has sent, namely only Jesus himself. How, then, do we reconcile this text with 2 Kings 2:11, which is the account of Elijah being caught up in "whirlwind" and

Question: How should someone's political convictions be considered in choosing a spouse? How do I know when God wants me to look past that in choosing a spouse? How do I know how to make sure it’s a discernment/judgment issue I have with potential spouses

Question: People who argue for annihilationism will often cite passages such as Romans 6:23 and John 3:16), in support of their argument. They argue that "death" and "perish" mean "cease to exist." How do I answer this argument to show that this isn't the

Question: I was in a debate with a Buddhist and they said their complaint with Christianity was Christ was not deified until 325 by Constantine at the first Council of Nicaea, in order to unify Rome under one religion and by proxy increase his control and

Question: Could you share your thoughts regarding the "puddle analogy," which is presented by some to show that actually the world is not crafted for humans, humans just adapted to the world and it is an illusion to say it was made for humans. Also, could

Question: If all sin is rebellion against God, why would some people say that idolatry is the worst sin? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. Your question gets at the heart of an issue many Christians (and non-Christians) have with how the

Question:  I have come across a scholar and her name is Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou and she made some very interesting claims that I hadn’t ever heard before so I thought I’d ask for an opinion. She was being interviewed by a channel called MythVision

Question: From a Reformed Theology standpoint, and knowing most Reformers reject an actual rapture itself, what are the next prophetical events on a Reformer’s calendar? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. As a pastor in a reformed

Question: How would one give an apologetic answer about early civilization's great engineering feats? Some people believe these were impossible for man to do and the only way was for ancient aliens to have visited or helped with such feats. How can we

Question: What is the Biblical perspective on modesty for a man and treating his body as a Holy temple? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. When it comes to modesty, there seems to be an emphasis in the Bible on women dressing modestly.

Question: I've confessed Jesus as my Savior & Lord, but struggle with a lukewarm faith. I had a prodigal season & haven't healed/reconciled from things which I think began my journey down the wrong path, but I don't feel like I want to spend years healing

This is a great question, thank you for bringing it up. We all know that in the incarnation, the Second Person of the Trinity took to Himself a human nature. In theological circles, this is called the hypostatic union – Divine nature and human nature

Question: In what ways was John the Baptist’s ministry similar to Jesus’s ministry? How did the ministries differ? Answer: Greetings and thank you for your question. There are certainly similarities between the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus.