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Why did God choose the Jews to be His people?
Click here to listen to Nancy answer the question on Moody with Kelli and Steve. In the Middle East is the nation of Israel. It is the size of New Jersey and has, throughout the history of the world, played a critical role politically and religiously. What sets it...
Will I have to have to stand before Jesus at the judgment seat in Heaven?
Click here to listen to Nancy answer this question on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve. Yes, all believers will individually be judged by God. There are two judgments. There is God's judgment seat for those who believe in Jesus, and the Great White Throne Judgment for...
What is the rapture of the Church?
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and then created men and women to be obedient to Him. Everything was perfect until Adam and Eve became dissatisfied with all God had given them and chose to put their hopes and trust in the Deceiver, Satan. God...
Why does being an encourager matter so much to God?
I was teaching a class of junior and senior students a week ago and, in the process, was reminded of how critical it is to encourage one another. I asked them if they remembered something that someone said that hurt them. All of them raised their hands. One girl said...
Can I believe and not be saved?
Click here to listen to Nancy on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve. To answer to this question we must ask, “what do you mean by “believing” and being “saved”? Does “believing” mean giving mental ascent to something, but does not influence how you live? Or, is your...
Is there a conflict between science and my faith in God?
Listen to answer answer the question on Moody with Kelli and Steve. If God is who He says He is, and science is knowledge or a system within His creation, there should be no conflict between science and faith. Through the sciences, the truth of God's creation is...
Is it wrong to question that the Bible is Truth?
No! There are a multitude of religious books that claim to have the inside track to God. As an agnostic, I asked those Christians who wanted to engage me in conversations about God if they believed that the Bible is the Word of God. All, without exception, answered...
How can I develop the heart of an encourager?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. We all need and appreciate a word of encouragement. To be an encourager goes beyond random words and acts of kindness. It is a person who continually gives and encourages others by words, love, hope,...
Why should I forgive those who have deeply hurt me?
Click to listen to Nancy answer this question on Moody radio with Kelly and Steve. Hurt is pandemic and will continue until we leave this world and live with Christ forever in Heaven! Some of the pain and suffering we currently, or have previously experienced, leaves...
Why is it so difficult to live for God but so easy to live for myself?
"If there is a 'wet paint, do not touch' sign, I am the first to touch it." "If I get just a single dip of ice cream, it's no big deal. I can still stick to my no-sweets-diet!" "I am jealous of a friend of mine so I feel justified putting her down." "I know I should...
Why does it matter that we were created as humans?
Listen to Nancy answer this question recorded on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve It matters because no human is a mistake. All those whom God created are loved. God purposed all humans to become more like Him by how we love and live our lives. It matters because life...
How do we as Christians navigate in a culture where absolute truth is adamantly unwelcome?
Nancy answers this question on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve I spoke early morning in a high school to a Christian group of students about the uniqueness of Jesus of Nazareth. I talked about Jesus being God, who came as a man to earth to die for all the sins of all...
Why is listening to other people’s life stories important?
Listen to Nancy answer this question on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve. "Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger" (James 1:19). Part of earning the right to speak into lives about Jesus comes first with a...
What does God require of those who believe in Him?
Listen to Nancy answer this question recorded on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve I had the privilege of hearing former football great Deion Sanders speak about his new job as coach at the University of Colorado. He said that he recruits those athletes who are...
What is a legacy?
Listen to Nancy answer this question recorded on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve Understanding Legacy Webster's Dictionary defines "legacy" as "something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past." Some common legacies are: She left...
How can I stay focused on Christ?
Listen to Nancy answer this question recorded on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve Our pace, especially in America, is generally on fast mode combined with the pressures of our daily grind and jammed schedules, makes "fixing our minds on Jesus" difficult. Even those...
Why do I struggle to believe what I believe?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. "People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do, will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the...
Can you answer these questions God is asking you?
Listen to Nancy answer this question recorded on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve Why would God ask anyone a question? He is Sovereign and loves us. Generally, we humans are the ones who are continually asking God to do a multitude of different things to help us. God,...
What is Christian Deconstruction?
Listen as Nancy answers the question on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve. Christian deconstruction challenges the truth of God, the Bible, and the moral value system that God institutes through the scriptures that has resulted in thousands leaving their Christian...
What is the prayer I need to say to be saved?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. Growing up as an agnostic, what frustrated me the most about the Christians I knew, was that none of them could answer fundamental questions about their faith. I would ask, “How do you know that Jesus...
Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio with Kelli and Steve. Click below. The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit make up the Being of God. All three persons of the Trinity make up the Being of God. They have always existed together and will continue to...
What is Jesus doing now?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio,. Click below. The greatest act of love in the history of time came when God the Father, who so loved the world that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to leave His position in Heaven and go to earth to pay the penalty...
Is there a reason for suffering that I’m missing?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. On April 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States—the perpetrators, 12th-grade students Eric Harris and Dylan...
Unseen Signs: 5 Indicators of Emotional Suffering You Might Be Ignoring
It's easy to notice physical pain, especially when we have a scrape, a bruise, or a headache. But when it comes to emotional pain or suffering, it can be tricky. Emotional suffering can manifest in different ways, such as anxiety, sudden changes in behavior, insomnia,...
What is the story behind the Easter story?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. There is something about Easter that is so Holy that when we stop to contemplate what God the Father and the Son did for us, it brings us to tears. As superficial, entitled, and selfish humans, we are...
What is the significance of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead?
Listen to Nancy answer this question recorded on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve The raising of Lazarus from the dead is significant because Jesus used this historical event to prepare the world for the most incredible miracle yet to come: His death and resurrection,...
Do all religions believe in the same Jesus?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. Most religious people believe that being a good person is a ticket to Heaven. The historical Jesus is not God in all religions and cults except Christianity. What do the major religions believe...
Is the Jesus in The Chosen movie series a false Jesus?
Christian leader and writer AW Tozer wrote, "The horrible travesty we have in America today is Christianity without holiness”. Hundreds of false religions and cults that purport to be Christian because they believe in their own version of Jesus are successfully...
Is the Asbury “revival” genuine?
Listen to Nancy answer this question recorded on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve Remember when you first became a Christian? For those of you raised in a Christian home where Jesus was loved and lived out, consider yourself blessed. For many of us who were not so...
Whom can I trust?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. Social media, the internet, youtube, and television fuel our anxiety with loud voices of impending disaster. Mass shootings, floods, earthquakes, viruses, wars, and threats of war have thrown...
What does it mean to be good?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. I wish I had a penny for every time I strongly encouraged my children to be "good." By that, I meant I expected them to follow instructions, be helpful, and be kind. It sounds like a normal request...
How deep is the Father’s love for His Son and for us?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. I never experienced God’s love until I became a parent. I never knew that kind of love existed. Within minutes of the births of our sons and daughter, I would have laid down my life for any one...
What is a counterfeit Christian religion?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. A counterfeit Christian religion is a religious group that claims to be Christian but is not! Five thousand of these counterfeit groups of people in the United States meet the definition of a cult but...
What does it mean to be set free?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio with Kelli and Steve, click below. God is a giver of great gifts. Paul writes in Ephesians 1:3, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in...
What is the significance of Jesus being The Good Shepherd?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. One of the most amazing things about Jesus is that He is not only the all-powerful creator of the Universe but also a personal God. He created each of us uniquely different from one another with the...
Where is God when my expectations go unmet?
Listen to Nancy answer this question on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve In the first Century, a Jewish betrothal or engagement was an essential part of the marriage process and was as binding as marriage itself. Those initiating the betrothal and witnesses to the...
Why did God choose Mary?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. Only God knows why He chose Mary to be the mother of Jesus, but one thing we know is that there was nothing random about it. He had Mary in His mind before the creation of the world. After...
Why does being thankful matter to God?
To listen to Nancy's answer recorded live on Moody Radio, click here. The Christian message we often hear is how much God loves us and how He came to die to pay the price for our sins. All that is true, but the outcome of our faith should reflect a desire to walk with...
Does Jesus understand me?
Listen to Nancy answer the question on Moody Radio with Kelli and Steve. We all experience times when friends and foes have frustrated us, hurt our feelings and made us angry. Loneliness and sadness set in because no one seems to understand us. God does. He knows...
What does it mean to be a peacemaker?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. When Jesus spoke on the Beatitudes, he said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9). The Hebrew word for peace is Shalom, which means completeness,...
What does the Bible say about the compassion of Jesus?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. So often, when a friend or acquaintance becomes ill or is hurting, we are concerned, feel sorry for them, pray and sometimes call to see how they are doing. We might even see it as our duty to...
What are ghosts, and should I fear them?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. Are there such things as ghosts? Yes, there are spirit beings, and ghosts would be an example. They are not ghosts; however, when spirit beings are defined as people who have died. The Bible makes it...
How can I know for sure that God is in control?
To listen to Nancy’s answer recorded from Moody radio, click below. Many believe in God but still feel they need to control their life. As a result, most live in fear for the well-being of their family, friends, and country. I know that people say that God is...
Are the Jehovah’s Witnesses a cult?
Listen to Nancy's answer recorded live on Moody radio, here: A student, who is a Christian, asked why I referred to Jehovah's Witnesses as a cult. "After all," he said, "they believe in Jesus." Yes, they believe in Jesus, but is it the Jesus of the scriptures who is...
What is God’s view of work?
Listen to Nancy's answer recorded live on Moody radio, here: We don’t have to look far into the scriptures to see that God was the first to work. Genesis 1:1 declares: “In the beginning God created….” God worked for six days and rested on the seventh, the Sabbath....
How does God want us to worship Him?
Listen to Nancy's answer recorded live on Moody radio, here: What is Christian worship? Many would answer this question the same way they would describe how they came to faith in Jesus: I grew up with it, or it is just what I do on Sundays. Worship for others might...
Is atheism a religion?
Almost all atheists claim that there is no God. They contend that their worldview is not religious but built on evolutionary science and common sense. Many argue that they embrace a "non-belief," but according to the definition of religion, atheism is a religion. The...
What is sanctification?
Listen to Nancy's answer recorded live on Moody radio, here: Before believing and relying upon the truth that Jesus Christ died and rose again for our sins, we lived for pleasure and glory. As followers of Jesus, our behavior should bear witness to our standing before...
Why was Jesus a rabbi?
Listen to Nancy's answer recorded live on Moody radio, here: The people of Galilee, where Jesus was born and lived, were the most religious Jews in the world during the 1st Century. They also interacted with the world because one of the major trade routes, the "Way of...
Why does God hate pride?
Listen to Nancy's answer recorded live on Moody radio, here: God hates anything we do that keeps us from honoring God alone or enriching our relationship with our Savior. Prideful people are consumed with themselves and are masters of using others to elevate...