Dr. Jeremy Grinnell is here to answer tough questions! Jeremy earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI, and taught theology at a West MI seminary for nearly 15 years.

Here are the questions Jeremy takes on...

The Psalmist cries out for God to “Crush his enemies,” even their children! But Jesus comes along and says “Love them.” So Ron asks, “How do you explain the apparent contradiction with curses on enemies in the Psalms and Jesus saying ‘Love our enemies?’ ”

Adrianna asks, “When speaking about the adulteress women in Revelation 16, does she represent the Catholic church?” Short answer, “No.”

Stephanie asks, “In Joshua 7, Achan was guilty for stealing plunder from war when God had clearly commanded Israel not to take any. Why was his whole family stoned and burned? His wife and children probably weren’t guilty!”

Then when Jesus cried from the cross, “ ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,’ what was really going on?” How could God be forsaken by God??

Jim wants to know, “With over 50 translations available, how there can be so much variation from translation to translation. For example, Acts 2:46 ends with ‘singleness of heart’ (KJV). There are about 7-8 variations of that phrase in other translations, what’s going on??”

John asks, “What do you think causes some people to choose a certain Christian belief system over another?”

Lastly, Kim shares, “I’m in a Bible study and the bible teacher was talking about the Israelites gathering manna as usual on day 6 and that God multiplied it to be enough for day 6 and 7 (the Sabbath).

“I had never heard that before. My version of the Bible says Moses tells the Israelites to gather twice as much on day 6 so they would have enough for the Sabbath. Did God multiply the manna or did they just gather extra on the 6^th day?”