Question & Answer
This series of messages is a collection of questions and answers from the members of Kootenai Church and answered by Jim Osman, a pastor at Kootenai Community Church.
Q&A with Joel Baker and Pastor/Elder Jim Osman – January 12, 2025
Pastor Jim Osman interviews Joel Baker, a candidate for a lead biblical counseling role at Kootenai Church.
Questions and Answers
- Salvation Testimony: How did you come to know the Lord? What are the details of that, and tell us that story?
- Southern California Transition: What was your dad doing in Southern California?
- Theological and Spiritual Influences: Who were your early theological and spiritual influences?
- Theological Convictions: Have you always had your current theological convictions, and how would you characterize them?
- Family Introduction: Tell us a little bit about your family. What is your wife’s name, and how did you meet?
- Educational Background: Can you share the steps you went through in your education and the degrees you earned?
- Biblical Counseling Definition: Can you define biblical counseling?
- Difference in Counseling Approaches: How is biblical counseling different from other forms of counseling?
- Hobbies and Non-Ministry Interests: What are your hobbies and interests outside of ministry?
- Influential Books: What five books have most influenced and shaped you?
- …and more.
Q&A with Pastor/Elder Jim Osman – January 5, 2025
Questions and Answers
- Did the prophecy concerning Damascus in Isaiah 17 happen in Sennacherib’s time or is there something yet future?
- Question about Zipporah being upset with Moses about circumcision and casting bloody foreskins at his feet (Exodus 4:25)
- Over 30 years of ministry, where has Pastor Jim’s mind been changed?
- What about languages/tribes that have been lost before hearing the gospel – how will they be represented in heaven if “every tongue and tribe” will be there?
- What happens to babies who die before reaching an age of understanding?
- Regarding Exodus 20 and visiting sins of fathers on children – how does this align with individual accountability?
- For tribes that have never heard the gospel, does the judgment based on knowledge principle apply to adults and children?
- How does the Doctrine of Sovereign Election align with children being imputed Christ’s righteousness?
- Since faith is a gift of God, is there any reason babies cannot be given the gift of faith?
- Can 1 John 2:2 about Christ being the propitiation for “sins of the whole world” be correctly understood just by reading 1 John, or does one need cross-references from other Scripture?
Q&A with Pastor/Elder Jim Osman – April 26, 2020
Questions and Answers
- Revisiting and clarification of women’s role in the church and explanation of egalitarianism?
- Is what we see in Genesis Chapter 2, prescriptive or descriptive, as God communicated to Adam first, then created Eve, so every teaching without exception must be by men? (Genesis 2:15-18)
- Does Titus 2:3-5 mean women can teach women, but ONLY about “women’s stuff?”
- Are women restricted to only teaching other women’s groups, etc., restricted from any teaching of men?
- Will there be dinosaurs on the new earth that God will create described in Revelation 21:1?
- Who are the gods held in the judgment referred to in Psalm 82:1?
- Specifically and practically, what is the opposite of idolatry, and what is a good way to turn my heart from worshipping an idol of my heart and turn it towards God?
- Thoughts on tithing and what it says in Malachi 3:8? (2 Corinthians 9:7)
- Can you please clarify that we as men learn from women all the time? Is there a specific context for this?
- What are your thoughts on Abortion?
- Answering Abortion Arguments Conference – It is the unjustified taking of human life.
Q&A with Pastor/Elder Jim Osman – April 19, 2020
Questions from the Q&A
- If man is totally depraved, why is he capable of performing selfless “good” acts?
- Can you explain what 1 Timothy 2:14-15 means re: Adam not being deceived?
- Depending on how 1 Cor 14:34-36 is interpreted would we conclude that women are NOT TO SPEAK in church? Does all their instruction come from their husband? What if the husband is not a believer?
- What is the purpose of the book of Revelation well? I’m not sure how to respond to those who read it, and then look for all the ways it connects to current events, sort of like a biblical dot to dot?
- I’ve heard people say that God causes calamity. True. Does God cause it or allow it or is there a difference?
- What is the purpose of the book of Revelation well? I’m not sure how to respond to those who read it, and then look for all the ways it connects to current events, sort of like a biblical dot to dot?
- Should Christians concern themselves with “conspiracy theories” and “satanic” goings-on in the world? One look on YouTube and there are a ton of ministries dedicated to exposing these theories. Bill Gates seems to a hot topic right now.
- Are lions going to eat grass during Millennium? or this allegorical regarding the nature of man?
- How do you respond to those who say Christians deny science?
- Can a person that has truly had a Christian rebirth experience have their heart hardened later in life?
- For a science-thinking, meditating neighbor who could be open to truth, what book might you recommend that?
- What is the proper interpretation and application of the passage dealing with women and head coverings?
- What can be said to people who quote Hulk Hogan’s statement, “God said, ‘you want to worship athletes, I will shut down the stadiums. You want to worship musicians, I will shut down Civic Centers. You want to worship actors, I will shut down theaters. You want to worship money, I will shut down the economy and collapse the stock market. You don’t want to go to church and worship Me, I will make it where you can’t go to church.” It bugs me. People tell me its correct?
- What does a wife’s submission look like in a Christian marriage?
- Do you think it is possible that in some cases when someone takes their own life would God show them mercy if their mind is so far gone they are no longer accountable?
Q&A with Pastor/Elder Jim Osman – March 29, 2020
Questions
- Is there going to be birth and death in the new earth based on Isaiah 65:17-25?
- What Podcasts do you listen to?
- STRAsk – Greg Koukl https://www.str.org/podcasts
- Alpha and Omega Ministries by James White https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/webcast/
- American Conservative University – Avoid Sunday stuff from Mormons https://player.fm/series/american-conservative-university-podcast
- Art of Manliness https://www.artofmanliness.com/category/podcast/
- Ben Shapiro Show https://www.iheart.com/podcast/404-the-ben-shapiro-show-28178102/
- Christian Worldview Radio Program https://player.fm/series/the-christian-worldview-radio-program
- Contra Krugman https://contrakrugman.com/category/podcasts/
- Crossroads Bible Church http://cbcbellevue.com/podcast
- Dan Bongino Show http://www.westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/the-dan-bongino-show/
- Expositor with Pastor Steven Lawson http://www.onepassionministries.org/expositor-podcast
- Freekanomics https://freakonomics.com/podcast/peak/
- Grace to you Pulpit Podcast with Pastor John MacArthur https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grace-to-you-pulpit-podcast/id295647558
- Grace Life Pulpit with Phil Johnson https://www.thegracelifepulpit.com/sermons.aspx
- Listening In from World Magazine https://world.wng.org/radio/listeningin
- Matt Walsh https://soundcloud.com/mattwalshshow
- Motley Fool https://www.fool.com/podcasts/
- Steve Deace Show https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/conservative-review/steve-deace-show
- Thinking Out Loud https://www.rzim.org/listen/thinking-out-loud
- Tom Woods show https://tomwoods.com/podcasts
- The Verdict with Ted Cruz https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verdict-with-ted-cruz/id1495601614
- The way I heard with Mike Rowe https://mikerowe.com/podcast/
- The world and everything in it https://world.wng.org/radio/worldandeverything
- Wretched Radio https://www.wretched.org/radio/
- How I built this with Guy Roz https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this/yelp-jeremy-stoppelman-JcsACjH9QiN/
- What is the sign hanging over your shoulder?
- Is it always wrong for a Christian to lie?
- Is a Christian supposed to follow the old testament law? Clarified what about current civil law?
- Where does the soul come from, is it created or does it come from our parents?
Q&A with Pastor/Elder Jim Osman – March 22, 2020
Questions:
- What does “Without Wax” mean on your email signature line?
- What are the core/essential doctrines that Christians must agree on?
- Why did David lament Saul’s death in 2 Samuel, then write Psalms calling for the judgement of his enemies?
- Imprecatory Psalms/Prayers
- Was it wrong for David to have 2 wives?
- What’s distinctive about Reformed Theology vs Arminian Theology?
- What is hyper-Calvinism?
- Spurgeon V. Hyper-Calvinism: The Battle for Gospel Preaching
https://www.amazon.com/Spurgeon-V-Hyper-Calvinism-Battle-Preaching/dp/1848710976
- Does God cause sin and does He have two wills?
- How long was the famine option following David’s census, 3 or 7 years, as the bible seems to contradict itself form 1 Chronicles 11:9?
- 1 Chronicles 21:11-12
- 2 Samuel 24:13
- Keeping Faith in an Age of Reason: Refuting Alleged Bible Contradictions
https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Faith-Age-Reason-Contradictions/dp/1683440927
- Rabbits don’t chew the cud, so is the bible wrong?
- What is Pastor Osman’s thought about the Corona Virus as it relates to the bible?
- If the Devil is beaten why does he keep fighting?
- What verses talk about the different kinds of love God has for people?
- What is Pastor Osman’s favorite fictional book.
To be addressed in the future:
- Was it wrong for David and Jonathan to lie to Saul?
- Is it wrong for a Christian to Lie?
Q&A with Pastor/Elder Jim Osman – January 5, 2020
- What is exactly is gluttony and is it a sin?
- Recently has something caused you to change your doctrinal position? Ephesians 1:7 NASB
- Have you wrestled through all the scripture that is on the scope of the atonement debate? 1 John 2:2 | John 3:17
- How do we explain election to unbelievers?
- Is categorizing sins as large or small biblical, or are all sins equal?
Book Recommendation: Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate By: Jerry Bridges - How do we not be judgmental to other people struggling with their sin?
- Is there a hierarchy in heaven and/or hell?
- How do we describe believers who were pre-reformation, where they Christians?
- Is it appropriate for a Christian to rejoice when terrorists are killed?
- How should we deal with people who either hate or love the current administration?
Jim Osman
Pastor-Teacher
Jim Osman was born in May of 1972 and has lived in Sandpoint since he was three. He achieved his life’s ambition by graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1990. Jim came to know Christ through the ministry of Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp. Kootenai Community Church has always been his home church, attending Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and Youth Group.
After graduating from High School, he attended Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun, Saskatchewan. It was at Bible College that Jim met his wife-to-be, Diedre, who was also enrolled as a student. Jim graduated with a three-year diploma in April 1993 and married Diedre in August of that same year. He returned to Millar to further his education in September 1994 and graduated from the Fourth Year Internship Program with a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Ministries in April 1995.
Jim and Diedre returned to Sandpoint, where Jim began working in construction and as a Roofing Materials Application Specialist (roofer) until he was asked to take over as the Preaching Elder of Kootenai Community Church in December 1996. Now, he counts it as his greatest privilege to be involved in ministering in the Church that has ministered to him for so many years. It has been a great adventure!
Jim is the author of Truth or Territory: A Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare, Selling the Stairway to Heaven, The Prosperity of the Wicked: A Study of Psalm 73, God Doesn’t Whisper, and his latest book, God Doesn’t Try, which he co-wrote with co-elder Dave Rich. Jim and Diedre have four children: Taryn, Shepley, Ayden, and Liam.
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