Asking For a Friend: Week 3

This week we cover 6 questions: 1. How can we be supportive yet truthful with unbelievers who have suffered loss or tragedy when they do not understand God’s word but are still angry at God for “allowing” their situation to happen? 2. Where does the church stand on engaging with the teachings of pastors like Steven Furtick or Mark Driscoll? 3. Which words are meant to be capitalized? I know “God” should be, but what about “Bible”, “Holy Spirit”, “Christian”, or “Pentecostal”? What about “Satan”? I don’t want to give him a capital letter. 4. Did John Calvin do more harm than good for Christianity? 5. How much stock should we put into dreams? We know that people like Daniel were able to interpret their dreams but is there a biblical example that we should examine our own dreams? 6. If occasional drinking is not a sin and can be used to relax or blow off steam, why is this not true of swearing? What does the Bible say about swearing? Is it always frowned upon or are there certain swear words that don’t offend God?