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Not sure just how common chromosomal aberrations are (I suspect very rare). Usually people have XX or XY gender chromosomes. An XX is a female, an XY is a male. The gender chromosomes that determine one's gender come from the father - the mother will always pass on an X chromosome while the...

Jesus healed the man without putting him in the water, and he isn't recorded as having healed anyone else. The man had been there a long time because other people got to the pool first. So either he was the last one left, or Jesus is recorded as healing one person who needed it but not others...

Not for me, personally I don't see why people get things inked permanently onto their bodies. If people want a tattoo I wouldn't stand in their way but wouldn't want one for myself.

I never said the US flag was offensive, I merely asked why one flag is offensive if another one is not. Either flags are offensive to those who don't identify with them, or they aren't. If a Christian flag is offensive to non-Christians then why isn't the Stars and Stripes offensive to...

Something I wanted to see for years, just didn't fancy the crowds fighting for space on the journey home. Truth be told I didn't fancy the crowds during the fireworks either. I did see the Lord Mayor's fireworks one year, although it was pure chance I was in town on the day. I saw the crowds...

Something I wanted to see for years, just didn't fancy the crowds fighting for space on the journey home. Truth be told I didn't fancy the crowds during the fireworks either. I did see the Lord Mayor's fireworks one year, although it was pure chance I was in town on the day. I saw the crowds...

Aren't you also a Christian? If flying a Christian flag is offensive to those who don't identify with it (i.e. non-Christians) why is flying an American flag any less offensive to those who don't identify with it (i.e. non-Americans)?

Little piece of trivia here. Most people think that Big Ben is the clock tower joined on to the Houses of Parliament. Big Ben is actually the largest bell inside the clock tower. The tower was called the Westminster Clock Tower although following the Queen's jubilee (I think it was her 60th in...

I wouldn't throw out dreams and visions, it's just important to test them to make sure they are the result of God speaking and not the result of us eating too much cheese before going to bed. The idea to assume that the dream you had last night is from God just because you asked God for a dream...

The trouble with the legal approach is that it's expensive and very time-consuming. If you enter the US legally in the "immediate relative" category it costs in the region of $1500 and takes several months. I don't know about the costs for other categories but I understand it can take several...

Why is one flag offensive to those who don't identify with it while another flag isn't offensive?

If it is disrespectful to non-Christians, is flying the American flag disrespectful to non-Americans?

There are some teachers out there who teach that testing isn't necessary, that we can pretty much stray into the spiritual realms and not worry about being deceived. One particular teacher's material talks of praying for dreams and visions and explicitly states "Finally when the visions begin...

That's a really good point - true worship should involve at least some level of emotion. When we see Habakkuk and his declaration which, paraphrased, might say "Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong, the world is coming apart around me, yet still I will worship God", we see the sense of...

One overall concern I have with music in church is that it can very easily turn into little more than a sing-song that happens to mention this guy named Jesus. A song I'm particularly aware of is "In Christ Alone". I don't have any particular issues with the words, just the musical...

A lot would depend on what counts as "contemporary". If you mean the endlessly repetitive songs from places like Bethel and IHOP that sing the same line or two repeatedly for 5-10 minutes, then switch to another line or two, then I can't stand it. The repetition they use is something I find...

Do you believe in the power of the occult?

I guess it would depend on what you mean by "do spiritual warfare". If we're petitioning God for something we aren't necessarily engaging the enemy in battle. We might just be asking for God to be with us (or someone else) to bring them peace. We can do that without it being a specific battle...

So how do you explain the thorn in Paul's side, Timothy not being healed, and the fact Jesus is only recorded as healing one person at the poolside in John 5 when he could have healed everybody there just as easily?

Very true, we just need to make sure it lines up with the overall message of Scripture rather than just a cherrypicked verse or two plucked out of context to make a point.