Category archives: FAQs

  • W____ wrote: Dear Mike, I enjoy your site and have studied much and am learning much.  I believe my mind has been polluted by orthodox Christianity so much so that I am still having troubles seeing spiritual truths.  However, I am progressing.  Although Ezekiel 28:11-19 address... [read more]
  • Hi Mike, Thanks for answering my question. I re- read the article you gave. I'm assuming the two verses I mentioned must have used a non- aion word for 'eternal' to make it into Young's literal? 1) Regarding the question about 2Pe 2 discussion of certain individuals being 'destroyed' instead of puni... [read more]
  • What is the Purpose For God's Elect? When Christ told Martha: Joh 11:24  Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Joh 11:25  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he li... [read more]
  • J____ wrote: Hello Mike, I read the article entitled, "The Law of Moses versus the Law of the Spirit" and am still unclear about works and grace and how they should interact. From reading your article, I sense that you feel that we need to completely eschew works of the law.  You have sta... [read more]
  • K____ wrote: Hello Mike, I saw some of your articles touching the subject of what is called 'universalism' http:// www. iswasandwillbe. com/ search. php? q= universalist It is only my opinion, but I think that a 'summary' article showing the differences between them and you may assist readers in dis... [read more]
  • The doctrine of the ‘fall of man’ is completely unscriptural.  Neither Christ nor any of his apostles ever mention "the fall." The reason is that all the New Covenant writers understood that: Rom 8:20 For the creature was made[ right from the hand of the Creator] subject to vanity,... [read more]
  • If you have a second, could you give me quick thoughts on 1Co 9 (the chapter)? Thanks, M____ Hi M___ Your question is, in essence, should we have career ministers? No one denies that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple, and they which wait at the altar are partak... [read more]
  • K___ wrote: Hello Mike, Thanks for inviting me to write back. Concerning your e- mail and article about your understanding of the Godhead; I have read it and believe I grasp your view, although I'm not sure I agree with you. Even as you wrote, I am willing to have my understanding cha... [read more]
  • Hi Mr. Vinson,             My name is J____ I Amo 13. I study with my mom and dad all the time and I have a question; was Jesus Christ part of the elect, or was he down here on earth just so he could choose the disciples so that they c... [read more]
  • Hi Mike I think that I may have taken the meaning of a verse in scripture wrong. It is Luk 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. What I get from this is that Jesus asked forgiveness for all of us who have sinned, as h... [read more]
  • Good Morning Mike, I stumbled upon your web site several weeks ago and have really enjoyed reading your various articles. Your explanations of many spiritual truths, which are mostly misunderstood or mis- taught altogether, has helped me to view scripture with "new" eyes. The explanation of the "man... [read more]