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Over the years, as I have presented Bible studies in hundreds of homes from Northern Oklahoma, across Texas and Southern Florida, I still get the same questions over and over concerning certain Bible verses. They are good questions about verses that can be hard to understand. They deserve good answers. Below I have shared some of these questions that I am often asked. I am not smart enough to answer all these questions. However I am sharing how the Bible solves its own dilemma. After each difficult question is a link that will provide the Biblical solution. I hope you find this section of my website useful. If you have any Bible texts that are hard for you to understand, there is a very good chance the rest of us have had trouble understanding it too. Please e-mail me any difficult texts that are not already listed below and I will share them here. Together we will find the Bible answer. You may e-mail me at LayPastor@TampaAdventist.net

Did Jesus tell everyone He would be in the grave three nights as well as three days? http://inlightofthecross.com/jonah.html

Is 1 Timothy 5:23 proof we all should drink fermented wine? http://inlightofthecross.com/timothy.html

Examine the eight verses in the Bible mentioning the first day of the week. Do any of these verses tell us Sunday is now sacred? http://inlightofthecross.com/sunday.html

Is there really no forgiveness if we willfully sin? http://inlightofthecross.com/forgiveness.html

What does Paul really teach about speaking in tongues? http://inlightofthecross.com/tongues.html

Did God already decide before Jacob and Esau were ever born, that Jacob would be saved but Esau would be lost? http://inlightofthecross.com/esau.html 

Did God give Pharaoh no choice but to have a hard heart? http://inlightofthecross.com/pharaoh.html

Does Jesus tell a parable teaching us that we go straight to heaven or hell when we die, instead of resting in the grave until He returns? http://inlightofthecross.com/lazarus.html

What did Paul mean when he said he would rather be absent from the body and be with Jesus? http://inlightofthecross.com/absent.html

Are souls literally under the altar of God now? http://inlightofthecross.com/altar.html

Does Saul talk to Samuel even after Samuel has died? http://inlightofthecross.com/saul.html

Is Matthew 24:37-41 about the secret rapture? http://inlightofthecross.com/rapture.html

Were the Commandments and the Sabbath done away with at the cross? http://inlightofthecross.com/colossians.html

What did Paul mean by, "We are under grace" and not the law? http://inlightofthecross.com/grace.html

Do Matthew 15 and Acts 10 tell us we can eat anything we want now? http://inlightofthecross.com/unclean.html

Do 1 Corinthians 10 and Romans 14 tell us we can eat pork? http://inlightofthecross.com/paul.html

Did Paul warn people about Seventh-day Adventists telling people they can't eat meat? http://inlightofthecross.com/meat.html

Does Revelation 20:10 teach that sinners will be tormented throughout the endless ages of eternity? http://inlightofthecross.com/fire.html

What did Jesus mean when He said Hell was unquenchable? http://inlightofthecross.com/unquenchable.html