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You've got all these great answers to all these great questions.

You've got all these great answers to all these great questions. You've got all these great answers to all these great questions.

Well, we have questions from our listeners on Old Testament figure Melchizadec.

Was he the pre-incarnate Christ? We've also got questions on cremation, miscarriage, and praying for unbelieving loved ones.

Welcome back to Issues, Cedar. It's time to respond to your unanswered Bible questions.

Joining us to do so, Dr. Brian Ketchelmeier, he's Associate Pastor of Crown of Life Lutheran Church in San Antonio, Texas,

and author of the book Reading Isaiah with Luther. Brian, welcome.

Hey, it's great to be here, Todd. And Pastor Brian Wolfmiller, author of several books,

including his American Christianity failed. Brian, welcome to you. Thank you, Todd.

Pastor Wolf Miller, the first question comes from Wesley. The scriptures speak to a unity of doctrine.

To what degree should churches have unity in practice, according to the scriptures? C.S. Lewis writes in the screw tape letters that one of

the demons' jobs is to convince people that there is a divide between theology and practice.

What does the Bible say about these two things actually being related?

Yeah, it's a beautiful question.

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