9 Hard Questions on God and the Bible

Is God a narcissist? How can a loving God send someone to hell? These are two of the questions I was asked recently at Cross Assembly Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Check out my answers to some of the top questions on the Bible, God and other apologetic questions. Hope you check it out and leave some of your questions/responses in the comments!

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[logan]

Thanks for that answer at the beginning. Appreciate the sober but encouraging reminder to love each other, as you never know how someone is hurting.

[gaetanetheriault]

Thank you Sean for answering some hard questions here…it’s good to ask questions and to pray Holy Spirit will help us understand what we need to understand. God’s thoughts are not our thoughts nor his ways our ways. Even if we could have an answer to everything, we probably wouldn’t be able to know what to do with that information, anyway. For me, I go with what I have read and understand…I pray Holy Spirit speaks to my heart and teaches me to go with that. It’s not how much I know but what I do with what I know…read, hear and go/do. Don’t let the enemy take your peace, your joy, your gifting. Love everyone but don’t compromise God’s Word.

[janethanson]

Thank you, Sean, for being a great example to me, to all of us, in being so well informed and therefore so able to speak & communicate your beliefs so clearly and effectively. It takes a lot of work for me to be able to do that... but it is so important for us all to be "prepared to give an answer" And to share the Gospel message, and our testimony to lots of different people each day. I appreciate your podcasts and the many guests you have had on. Excellent, and I am sharing these with many friends. Blessings!!!❤🕊🙏👏

[AwsomePossum]

God is selfish? Are you kidding me? He never had to make us at all. He chose to share existence with us. Then, all the things that He made for us to enjoy. What an awesome God we have, that He thought of a little worm like me.

[darrenmiller]

I didn't know he married his high school sweetheart. So cool. I admire Sean's way with people the most, and his preaching close behind, oddly enough with a guy so talented and accomplished. Brilliant guy. Now when I pray for him and his family, I can pray, "Sean, Stephanie, and the kids." Thanks so much, much love. Oh, great talk/podcast.

[JohnSpencer]

The speaker was asked why so much bad exists if an all-good, all-powerful entity is in control. Their response was, 'I don't know, ' which was refreshingly honest.

[FdoSanchez]

Thank you Sean, as a father of 3 young adults who struggle on their walk with God and ask me these kind of questions...I really appreciate your channel and specially this video, I wish I could answer them as eloquently as you do...lol. God bless you and your ministry/work.

[Suavemente_Enjoyer]

This was very informative! Thank you sir!

[Jeddacoder]

Atheist here. Good content. I wish we'd discussed these things more in church/homecell when I was still in the faith. A small qualm with one of the points raised by the host at around 19:10-19:20):

Objections to Christianity can most certainly can be logical. I think it's unfair to say that it's always because of some hurt, or out of immorality. This notion comes from a place of believing that Christianity is true, so much so that any objections HAVE to be illogical. Granted, many atheists are so because of hurt, selfishness, poor reasoning, but many Christians also believe in Christianity for poor reasons. It's a human phenomenon, and epistemology is HARD. An individual's reasoning for a certain worldview has little bearing on the truth of a worldview.

In my case, I opened the can of worms on Biblical inerrancy, and the Bible became a weak foundation. That, coupled with my own underwhelming personal experiences (never seeing miracles, people overreporting mundane things as miraculous, God being silent, prayer being ineffective) lead me to seriously question the truth of it all. As soon as I stopped ASSUMING Christianity was true, it allowed me to question it deeply. The whole thing unraveled like a big woolly sweater. I desperately wanted Christianity to be true. I was so afraid of becoming wicked and depraved if I stopped believing. My motivations were not to be immoral. I wasn't hurt by my church. I'm still friends with many of them.

I bothered writing this because it sucks to have my motivations decided for me. Imagine if I assumed that the only reason you're a Christian is because you fear death, or you feel like you need a father figure. You'd immediately recognize that you don't fall into that category, and it was unfair of me to assume that.

[HalLeath]

Sean is amazing. Thanks for sharing this video with us 🕊️🕊️🕊️☝️☝️☝️

[betygarces]

Glory to My Lord Jesus Christ the living God!!!

[annaraeellison]

This was not long enough! I wanted to hear you pray for our country!

[Anabee]

My condolences for the loss of your family member, Pastor McDowell.

[marieroche]

God IS NOT A LIAR. We turned our back on Him. We said we are God. So God let us have our way.
That is why there is suffering in the world.

[RandallChase]

We are going to be doing a Q&A service at our church in a couple weeks, as the last in our Defending the Faith Summer series.

[Lifejourney]

truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."

[nlavigne]

That was an interesting Q&A. The evidence for god seemed to come down to morality, history, and the watch maker arguments. These really don't hold water. I was really hoping for something novel, but no. I wonder if Paulogia will take a swing at this.

[PiRobot]

"If I'm talking with somebody and they refuse to believe in God, I just want to know what's the root. Is it really intellectual for you? Is it emotional? Is it moral? What's the heart of the issue?"

Well maybe... just maybe it is intellectual. That doesn't mean it isn't also emotional, but maybe it is intellectual as well.

As someone who was a believing Christian, I know that this may be difficult for some to accept.

[oliverjamito]

Voice come here in front and remind! LORD knows thy Voice. Thy voice through thy Shepherds!

[spacenie]

Some don't like the fact that God commands people to worship Him. They say that it's egocentric and narcissistic.

We can look at this in different ways. I'd like to choose just one with these 4 points:

1. God can't create anything greater than Himself.
2. God can't create anything equal to Himself.
3. Therefore- if God is going to create something, by definition it must be less than God. This is inevitable.
4. As such- if what is created has the ability to worship God, then he or she should do so.