The Bible Line October 20, 2026

Alberto, Savannah, GA - Good morning Dr Carl broggi my question is about Mathew 12:36-37 . Jesus we will give an account for every idle word .I hear pastors & christians say that if I say something that doesn't edified anyone .I shouldn't say it . The problem that I have with that is people want to their ears tickle and don't want to hear the truth . So they justify it that its not edifying them! I know that the tone how you say things matters but sometimes people need to be shouted at because they do not take sinning serious! Even God in the old testament spoke loud many times to isreal Jesus shouted at the religious pharasees & scribes! So what's your response to this email God bless!

Randy, Hilton Head, Sc (Live Caller) - Could you please explain the Crowns and what they mean when we get to Heaven?

Joseph, Port St. Lucie, FL - To give you a little background, my friend was my roommate in college, at which time I was an atheist. He is a lifelong Christian. I used to argue with him about the existence of God, but now 20+ years later, we have calls every other week to discuss faith. I only came to faith in the past couple of years, and I’m reading as much as I can and listening to sermons daily to increase my knowledge of Scripture. My mother is a member of your congregation and I use the Search the Scriptures app often. My friend recently started preaching a series on the book of Revelation and I’m struggling to understand his stance on it. He believes that Revelation is not a literal timeline of events but more of a timeless cautionary tale of persevering in faith through tribulations and that in the end, Jesus wins. I attend a Calvary church in my area, which is dispensational, pre-millennial, evangelical Protestant. Much like Charles Ryrie taught, they use a literal (or plain) reading of the Bible that recognizes figures of speech when they are used but uses scripture to interpret scripture, and that makes sense to me. My friend’s view is that Revelation is apocalyptic literature and that readers in the first and second century AD would have recognized it as such. They would have read it as symbolic and not literal according to him. I’m still young in my faith and don’t know about this subject - what is your view on this topic? Are there any resources you can point me to that would provide more insight on this?

Anthony, Beaufort, SC (Live Caller) - He has a question about Enoch & Elisha?