TPE offers "Answers" to your questions

By Kara Chase
Assemblies of God News Service

Looking for answers to your tough faith-related questions? Today’s Pentecostal Evangel can help.

Today’s Pentecostal Evangel (TPE) recently launched "Answers," a new blog-format Web site that provides answers to challenging questions about the Bible, theology and Christian living.

"TPE gets hundreds of questions in the course of a year ... and we feel that people deserve answers," Ken Horn, editor of Today’s Pentecostal Evangel, says. "So we try to answer, sometimes in the pages of the magazine. Time does not permit us to give personal attention to each question, so we hope that by building a database of answers that are posted online people will be better served."

The premise of the new interactive site is simple. "Answers" visitors submit their questions and Assemblies of God leaders, scholars and pastors contribute answers founded in the Word of God. In addition to submitting questions, the blog format allows site visitors to read previous answers, post comments and read others' comments. With these capabilities, "Answers" functions as both a resource and a platform for discussion.

Believers and nonbelievers alike are encouraged to submit questions and browse previously posted responses. The language of the answers is reader-friendly and easy-to-understand, with scripture references to encourage further study.

"We hope that people will consider these answers, and the scriptures provided, and open the door for their own study," Horn says.

The site already has questions and answers posted, but beginning in 2008, "Answers" will be updated at least once a week. The first of the year will also see the launch of other new AGblogger sites, including several contributed by TPE staff members.

According to the blog, the answers "are not 'official' Assemblies of God positions, except where noted. [They] are the opinions of the individual authors but all are believed to be compatible with official doctrine of the Assemblies of God."

Got a question? Visit answers.agblogger.org.