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2024-04-17 Christian Married to a Muslim Women & the Children: How does my friend handle the way his Muslim ex-wife is exposing her to the Muslim faith? [Acts 17:23-31].
2024-04-11 Forgiveness: If someone doesn't yield their position, and remains unrepentant about something, is forgiveness still required? [Luke 17:3, Mark 11:25].
2024-04-10 Romantic Relationships with Non-believers: What does the New Testament say about being romantically involved with an unbeliever? Rec: Topical lecture series, "Toward a Radically Christian Counterculture" lecture"Approaching Marriage."
2024-04-08 Unsaved Elderly Mother: What do you recommend I do for my unbelieving, not terribly receptive, elderly mother who is now sick with cancer? Rec: free audiobooks at the website, "Empire of the Risen Son" (Vol 1 & 2).
2024-04-05 Someone Who is Hostile: What should I do if someone is really hostile to me and now I am avoiding him? I feel as though it is harming my prayer and spiritual life. [Luke 6:20, Matthew 5:44-45, John 15:18-27].
2024-04-04 The Damnation of Unconfessed (or Unrepentance) Sin: What happens if we die with an unconfessed sin or two (in light of 1 John 1:90? [1 John 1:9, James 3:2, Mark 9:24].
2024-03-12 Giving Up One's Rights: Regarding your recent talk "The Way of Peace" and giving up one's rights, what if I don't want to serve where my church wants me to? [1 Corinthians 9].
2024-02-16 God Saving Our Friends: Is this a promise indicating that if I am praying for my friends, I can be confident that He will save them? [1 John 5:16].
2024-01-24 Losing One's Salvation: If one apostatizes after he has become a "new creation," then what does he then become? [2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:14, Romans 11:23].
Regeneration: Isn't salvation (being born again) regeneration? [1 Peter 2:2, Colossians 1:22-23].
God's Mercy vs Man's Participation: If keeping one's salvation depends on man's own ability, then doesn't it nullify God's mercy?
2024-01-23 Repentance & Grace: Can you expand on the marvelous work of repentance and grace?
2023-12-21 God Kills Prophet: Caller comments on the story of God killing the prophet for not listening (referring to the previous call). [Deuteronomy 13:3].
Witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses: What would you emphasize when witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses?
2023-12-07 Wives Who Won‘t Submit: How far does a husband go if his wife will not submit? [Ephesians 5:22-25, 1 Peter 3]
2023-11-15 Difficult Relationships: How long do you try to work on a friendship before you just give up the friendship?
2023-11-14 Sexlessness for the Unmarried: Is there some compensation for those who will never be married because they are barred from sexual fulfillment? [Job 5:7, John 16:33]
2023-10-06 The Gift of the Holy Spirit: The gift of the Holy Spirit can be rejected or accepted.
Narcissism & the Enemy: Was my narcissist ex the enemy, or was Satan really using him, making him the enemy? [Matthew 5:43-45].
2023-05-29 One's Past Doesn't Matter: How would you counsel someone who claims one's past doesn't matter when entering a relationship with them?
2023-05-15 Indwelling & Relationship: Could you discuss the meaning of the terms "indwelling" and "relationship" in scripture? [I John 3:24, I John 4:13, John 14:17].
2023-05-11 Forgiveness & Separation in Family Relationships: If we have forgiven some, but they continue to persecute you, do you have to continue to be around them? [Mark 11:25, Luke 17:3-4, Acts 7:60, Matthew 18:22].
2023-04-10 FInding Others in Heaven: How will we find out loved ones in heaven?
2023-03-30 Witches and Witchcraft: Should I continue to hang-out with someone who claims on social media that they are a witch, even though they don't talk about it in front of me? [2 Corinthians 6:14, 1 Corinthians 5:9-11]
2023-03-15 Relating to God & the Trinity: How do I relate to God and The Trinity? To whom do I pray, God or Jesus? [Matthew 6:9-13, John 8:31-32, John 16:23].
2023-02-08 Assurance of Relationship with Jesus: I don't have the same kind of emotional or intense relationship with Jesus as some do. Is there something wrong with me?
2022-12-28 Unmarried Couples & Fornication: If a couple is living together for many years included in the list of those living in fornication and therefore not included in the kingdom? [1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-20, Matthew 15, Mark 7].
2022-12-22 Understanding Parables: How were the disciples expected to understand the parables? [Mark 4:13, Matthew 13:11].
Relationship with God: Doesn't God want to have a relationship with everyone?
2022-12-20 Marriage & Divorce: If a woman married the wrong guy, can she divorce him, and marry the one the Lord wanted her to marry? [Psalm 15:4, Matthew 7:21-23].
2022-12-05 The RIght Person for You to Marry: Do you think it is correct for a pastor to tell you that God has the right one for you? [1 Corinthians 7:39].
2022-09-01 Peacekeeper vs Peacemaker: Could you elaborate on the difference between a peacekeeper and a peacemaker? [Romans 12:18, Psalm120:7, Psalm 133:1, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Ephesians 2:14, Isaiah 58:12].
2022-08-30 Toxic Relationship with Parents: How do I deal with a toxic and hostile relationship with my parents (with whom I live)? [Ephesians 6:1, I Peter 2:18].
2022-08-24 Not Keeping Company With Some: How does the verse about not keeping company with those that are not living right play out in real life? [2 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15].
Church Discipline & Correction of Fellow Believers: Have you ever seen correction as directed in Matthew 18 ever really work? [Matthew 18:15-20].
Parachurches: Caller comments that many of the traditional churches are the subnormal churches and ministries like The Narrow Path are the real church.
2022-08-03 Gender Pronouns: Do you address someone with a pronoun as they wish to be called, regardless of their evident gender? What would you do?
Not Taking a Husband's Last Name: How should I address my granddaughter and her live-in boyfriend, if she is not taking his name in their marriage?
2022-07-28 Our Relationship with Jews: What should our relationship be with Jews, based on Jesus' words? [Matthew 8:9-12, Mark 12:31].
2022-07-28 Justification, Sanctification & Salvation: What do you think about the difference between justification and sanctification? Is it wrong to say you are saved, if you are only justified? [Hebrews 11:6].
Salvation as a Process: Is it not legalism to say that one must be living a life in obedience as they become more sanctified to be truly saved?
2022-07-15 Judaism: Works-based: Has following God ever been a "works-based" religion, as in the Old Testament when Jews were required to follow the Law or not go to heaven? [Hebrews 10:19-20, Hebrews 11, Genesis 15:6, Psalm 32:1, Galatians 5:6, James 2:26, Romans 4:8].
Old vs New Covenants: If both the Old Testament Jews and the New Testament believers were saved by faith, why then is there a "New Covenant?" What is new about it? [2 Corinthians 3].
2022-07-04 Fleeces before God: Would you share your personal story of putting fleeces before God about about the girl who you would marry?
Demonic Forces at Work: What other forces, other than demonic forces, could have been at work in the experience of all your fleeces set before God?
2022-06-14 Cannabis: Is every kind of use of cannabis a sin? [Proverbs 31:6].
Why Did God Allow for Sin?: Why would God allow for sin, if He wants a deep relationship with Him?
2022-05-16 Dating-How Long Before Marriage?: What is your recommendation regarding how long one should date someone before they marry? Recommendation; Topical Articles at the website.
2022-04-26 Dating-Unequally Yoked: How do I get out of a relationship where I have found that the man I have been dating is not really a Christian, though he had said he was, without leaving a bad taste in his mouth about Christians? (Signifcant part of the call continues after the break).
2022-04-12 Filling of the Holy Spirit: If you are once filled with the Spirit, do you just automatically stay filled, or do you need to be filled again? [Ephesians 5:18, Acts 2:4, Acts 4:31].
Walking in the Spirit: Can one walk in the Spirit, if one is not filled with the Spirit?
2022-03-28 "Salvation" in Both Old & New Testaments: How does "salvation" work in both the New and Old Testament's and what happens to those of "all tongues, tribes, and nations" that do not confess Jesus? [Philippians 2:10-14, Romans 14:11, Luke 15:11-32, Genesis 15:6, Psalm 32:1-2, Matthew 1:21, John 20:29, Revelation 7:9].
2022-03-21 Dating Relationships: How does one avoid various pitfalls in dating relationship?
Father Questioning a Daughter's Date: What would you require of someone who wished to date your daughters?
2022-03-21 Dating Relationships: How does one avoid various pitfalls in dating relationship?
Father Questioning a Daughter's Date: What would you require of someone who wished to date your daughters?
2022-03-21 Dating Relationships: Caller recommends Steve lecture for those Christians in dating relationships; from the series "Toward a Radicaly Christian Counter Culture: Approaching Marriage"
Proclaiming the Death of Jesus During Communion: When we are taking communion, why do we not proclaim the death of Jesus as scripture directs in I Corinthians? [I Corinthians 11:26, I Corinthians 6:20].
2022-03-17 Seeking a Spouse: How does someone navigate seeking a spouse if they find that those that are more attractive seem to have less strength in their Christian walk?
2022-03-17 Finding a Good Spouse: Caller comments that good marriage partners require not only compatibility, but endurability and having a life calling. [Psalm 15:4].
2022-03-16 Evangelism's Alternate to the "Sinner's Prayer": What do you suggest, rather than using the "Sinner's Prayer" as an alternate when evangelizing? [Romans 10:9, Ephesians 1:13, Matthew 7:21].
2022-02-24 Unity and Justice: Could you talk about the Sermon on the Mount and the importance of unity ? [Matthew 5:25-29, Romans 12:1, Mark 12:31, Luke 17:3-4].
2022-02-11 Complicated Relationships; If you felt you had to separate from a couple who was unapologetically living together, but they have since married, but don't seem to be repentant, how does one view this?
2021-10-27 Losing One's Salvation: Can a Christian lose their salvation, and if so, how and why? [John 6:66, Galatians 5:4-6, I John 5:12, John 15:6, Hebrews 3:12].
2021-08-17 "Shacking-Up" for Older People: Are we older people still held accountable for our non-marriage relationships (like shacking-up)?
2021-08-06 Apostasy (Falling Away): If you can fall away, or have the Holy Spirit, doesn't that prove the predestination idea (of Calvinism)?
Holy Spirit Departing because of Sin: Do you believe that because of your sin, the Holy Spirit will walk away? [Hebrews 6].
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