The Bible Line - July 3, 2012

How do you deal with family members (who claim to be Christians) who have performed a grievous sin. And if they do repent, what does the relationship look like going forward?

What is a true apostle? When Paul on the road to Damascus and was blinded what did Christ look like to him?

I have a technical disagreement with my christian boss.  Due to his unwillingness and/or the unwillingness of his colleagues (peer pressure) to consider new technologies, they are about to choose a path that I think will cost the company far more money than necessary.  I do not think he honestly believes my opinion to be true.  I think that in his own mind he has a clear conscience regarding the matter.  My conscience is bothering me in regards to me wasting (1) company funds by using old technologies and (2) my own time (salaried extra hours).  I am in this situation because of a reorganization which subordinated my company and colleagues and our technologies to those of our parent company.  On the one hand, I am concerned about offending God by wasting company time on wasteful technologies.  On the other hand, I am concerned about offending God by speaking up and as a result possibly harming the career of my christian boss.  The Bible tells me to be a good steward of my employer's money/time and to be a good slave (employee), and that God hates an uneven balance (unfair exchange of goods/services).  The Bible also says not to do harm to other christians.  I suspect the welfare of the Saints is more important to God than the finances of a godless corporation.  I am having trouble discerning between my own pride and what God wants.  I've been at other companies where professing believers did harm to each other while jockeying for position in the company, and I know this is not pleasing to our Lord.  I know I have a history of abnormally excessive vanity and pride, and of God humbling me for it.  I don't want to bring shame to my Lord or the discipline of God upon myself in the process of whatever he wants me to learn thru this.  Any counsel you could give on this matter (which I'm sure many christians have been confronted with in the workplace) would be greatly appreciated.

A listener wants Pastor Carl to explain about Satan's falling in relation to creation. She wants to make sure she's totally accurate when explaining this to her children.

What are some good Bible study tools?

How ought we respond to those who say that the Books of Matthew and the letter to the Hebrews were written in Hebrew not Greek?

When Christ reigns on the earth for the 1,000 years and the believers are with him, do these believers live for the entire 1,000 years? If so, do these believers have the chance to have children during that time and do their children have to become believers during that 1,000 years?

Emmanuel , Beaverdale, PA  1)Qualifications for a pastor. Does a pastor have to be married and have children to fulfill this office? Or are the qualifications generic in nature. 2) Is it possible to run a church without a pastor, instead having a group of elders?