May I offer all readers some general advice on finding answers to your Bible questions:
* Try to figure out the difficulty or question yourself using whatever Bible tools you have. Aim to teach and train yourself (Hebrews 5:14, Joshua 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:15).
* If you still need help, ask your friends for ideas leads or reading suggestions.
* Speak with the leaders of your ministry; generally speaking, the "higher up" they are the better prepared they ought to be to assist you with your questions. Staff members especially are paid to "know their stuff." Let's all call one another higher.
* If you still need help ask your (lead) evangelist(s), women's leader(s), elders or teachers - in other words your local church leadership.
* After this stage reach out beyond the local church and contact well-known Teachers. In all likelihood somewhere there is someone who has researched your very question!
(This is by no means to discourage you from sending your best questions to DouglasJacoby.com -- just to provide guidance for all your future questions.)
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