Difficulties

1:15-26 - Does this passage support papal succession? 1:16, 20 - Doesn’t this passage imply fatalism? 1:18 - How did Judas die? 1:26 - Should we cast lots? 2:1-4 - Does this passage support the Pentecostal doctrine of the second blessing? 2:16-21 - Does Peter misquote Joel 2:28-32? 2:25-28 - Why does Peter cite Psalm 16:10 to demonstrate the resurrection of Jesus? 2:38 - Is baptism necessary for salvation? 2:44-45 - Were the early Christians the first communists (c.f. 4:32)? 3:21 - Does this passage imply universalism? 3:22-23 - Why does Peter apply this passage to Jesus? 4:12 - Does this verse teach that people need to hear Jesus’ name to be saved? 4:19 - Submitting to government? 4:32 - Were the early Christians the first communists? 5:15 - How could Peter’s shadow heal people? 5:31 - Is repentance a gift to man?—or is it an act of man? 5:36-37 - Did Luke make a mistake in citing Theudas and Judas? 7:14 - Does Stephen misquote the OT text? 8:14-15 - Why did Peter and John need to come down to preach in Samaria? Also why was there a delay in them getting the Holy Spirit? 8:20-24 - Did Simon lose his salvation? 8:30-31 - Does this support the idea that we need an interpretive society to understand the Bible, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses claim? 13:41 - Why does Paul cite Habakkuk 1:5? 13:48 - Does this passage teach that only some are appointed for eternal life? 15:16-17 - Why does James cite Amos 9? 15:28-29 - Why does James add these requirements, if they are no longer under law? 16:3 - Why does Paul circumcise Timothy? 19:11-12 - Healing handkerchiefs? 21:4,11 - Was Paul contradicting the Spirit when he went to Jerusalem? 21:26 - Did Paul make a mistake in bringing a sacrifice to the Temple to appease Jewish believers? 23:2-5 - Was it wrong for Paul to revile the high priest? Also how did he not know who he was?