September 26, 2026 · Pleasant Springs Church · 7 questions
The middle and right of the board, that evening, as you left it.
The rest of the new questions from the evening: heaven, baptism, walking on water, and whether Adam had a bellybutton, and whether a Christian can drink. People wrote encouragement for each other too. Find yours below — and if you know a good answer, share it at the bottom of the page.
What did people get baptized in before Jesus came?
Water, usually a river. John the Baptist baptized crowds in the Jordan River just before Jesus began His ministry, and Jesus Himself was baptized there. Before John, Jewish people washed in pools of water to be made ceremonially clean, and non-Jews who turned to the God of Israel were washed in water too.
Mark 1:5 (ESV)
“And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.”
What age did Jesus walk on water?
The Bible doesn’t give His age that night, but we can work it out. Jesus was about 30 when His ministry began, and He walked on the sea partway through it, so He was probably about 31 or 32.
Matthew 14:25 (ESV)
“And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.”
Luke 3:23 (ESV)
“Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,”
Did Adam have a bellybutton?
Answered on the board“yes”
Fun question! The board said yes, but the Bible doesn’t actually say. A bellybutton is where your cord was when you were born, and Adam was never born: God formed him from the dust and breathed life into him. So many people think he didn’t have one. We’ll have to ask him!
Genesis 2:7 (ESV)
“then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”
What would Jesus do?
It is a great question to carry around. The way to answer it is to get to know what Jesus did: read the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). He loved people, told the truth, forgave, served, and always did what pleased His Father.
1 John 2:6 (ESV)
“whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.”
John 13:34 (ESV)
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”
How would I feel when I get to Heaven?
Home. Full of joy. The Bible says there is fullness of joy in God’s presence, no more tears, and things so good we can’t even imagine them yet. Best of all, you will see Jesus face to face.
Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 (ESV)
“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—”
How many pages does the Bible have?
It depends on the printing: most Bibles run about 1,100 to 1,800 pages. The count that doesn’t change is 66 books, 1,189 chapters and about 31,000 verses. And John says that if everything Jesus did were written down, the world couldn’t hold the books!
John 21:25 (ESV)
“Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.”
Is it OK for a Christian to drink alcohol? The water that Jesus turned to wine — was it fermented?
Yes, it was real wine. The master of the feast at Cana praised it as “the good wine,” and wine in Jesus’ day was fermented. The Bible does not forbid a Christian a drink, but it plainly forbids getting drunk, and it asks us not to cause a brother or sister who struggles to stumble.
But the real question is why you picked up the drink in the first place. If it was to find peace outside of Jesus Christ — to quiet the pain, the worry or the emptiness — then the drink has taken the place that belongs to Him. Anything you put before Christ will be your undoing. The peace you are reaching for is the peace He offers, and it does not come in a bottle.
John 2:9–10 (ESV)
“When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.””
Ephesians 5:18 (ESV)
“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,”
Romans 14:21 (ESV)
“It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.”
Exodus 20:3 (ESV)
““You shall have no other gods before me.”
John 14:27 (ESV)
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
Also written on the board
“With God, all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26 (ESV)
“But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.””
“Jesus is the light of the world.”
John 8:12 (ESV)
“Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.””
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