http://ask.sethbarnes.com Ask Seth Radical Answers to Your Christian Questions - en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:21:22 GMT 30 http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=what-do-you-do-when-god-is-silent http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=what-do-you-do-when-god-is-silent Yesterday was a good day. Frankly, sometimes I get tired of writing this blog. I wonder, "Does anybody care about this stuff?" So yesterday I got some great emails from a number of blog readers and was encouraged (thanks folks). Monica was one - she wrote me yesterday with this question: Hi Seth, I came across your site today in my desperate attempt to find anyone on the i Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=work-vs-business http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=work-vs-business Carey asks: What do you consider the difference if at all between "work" and "business." Paul says if we shouldn't work we shouldn't eat. What do you think? I like this quote:   "The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, lea Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=i-am-after-a-interesting-way-to-teach-christianity-vs-evolution http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=i-am-after-a-interesting-way-to-teach-christianity-vs-evolution From my evolution expert, Jimmy McCarty: Wow, this is a question that would take an entire curriculum to answer. If I were teaching this topic to 4th-6th graders, here are some topics I would focus on and some ideas of how to get it across: 1) I think the Biblical account should be the focus. It's best to know the truth and compare it with the falsities. When talking through the creation account (7 days) it can be really interesting to talk about why God created things in the o Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=most-effective-methods-in-reaching-the-unreached http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=most-effective-methods-in-reaching-the-unreached Question: Having experienced a variety of countries from a misisons perspective, what aspect of the Gospel has proved most consistenly effective in reaching the unreached? Answer:  What works best is Paul's paradoxically antipodal evangelistic tools that he used to win the Corinthians in 1 Cor. 2:1-5. Weakness and power. He came in his own weakness, but with a demonstration of the Lord's power. In the Ukraine there is a church where 7 people have been raised from the dead. It's no a Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=how-does-this-ask-seth-thing-work http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=how-does-this-ask-seth-thing-work This is a new and experimental concept that I'm trying on my blog! Use the big red button on the left to ask me a question. I will probably receive LOTS of questions. I will try to answer as many as I can. If you would like to receive an update any time I answer a question, use the "Update Alerts" link on the left to register for an email notification when I answer questions. Ask away! Seth Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=my-question-is-this2 http://ask.sethbarnes.com/?filename=my-question-is-this2 I'll be anwering this one shortly with the help of my friend Jimmy McCarty from Youth Works - Seth From Jimmy McCarty: In the interest of brevity, my position is as follows: In the evolution verse intelligent design debate, the fact of the matter is that neither can be proved scientifically or beyond a shadow of a doubt.  It is interesting to note however, that evolution is now taught as the "fourth" law of thermodynamics when the other 3 laws clearly refute the possibilit Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT