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Topic: Essentials (Basics, Foundation, Non-negotiables)
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2024-04-15 Differences & Division (Salvational or Theological): Could you clarify what you mean by division or differences sometimes being "salvation" or sometimes "just theological?" [Genesis 15:6].
2024-02-29 Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses: Do you think that Mormons, Jehovah's, Seventh-Day Adventists, and other cultic groups might still be saved?
What We Must Understand: What must we understand to be saved?
2024-02-09 Salavation within Cults (Jehovah's Witness, Mormon, 7th Day Adventist): If you are a Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, or 7th Adventist, can you still be a Christian and be saved? [Galatians 1:6-12, 2 Peter 3:16].
2024-02-07 "Unity" Over "Doctrinal Agreement": What do you think about "unity" over "doctrine"? [Proverbs 6:16-19].
2023-09-14 "Wood, Hay & Stubble": Could you explain this passage about "wood, hay, and stubble?" What is the "fire?" Who is "every man?" [1 Corinthians 3:1-15, Acts 18-19, 1 Peter 2:5, Ephesians 2:21-22].
Trial or Judgment Symbolized by Fire: So, "fire" could symbolize either trials or final judgment? [1 Corinthians 3:1-15, 1 Peter 4:12-19].
2023-09-01 Summary of "The Gospel": Would you give an accurate summary of "The Gospel?"
2023-06-08 Disagreement of Doctrines (Essentials of the Faith): How important is it for my wife and I to have the same doctrines, in particular, Calvinism's "limited atonement?"
Apostle's Creed & New Earth: Do you believe in the Apostle's Creed and the fact that we are coming back to the earth?
2023-02-01 Satan's Character & Role: Is it possible that Satan is not really only evil but more like a "prosecuting attornery" that God actually created for testing? [Revelation 12:9, Job 1-2, Zechariah 3:1-5, Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28].
Avoiding Temptation: What is the point of avoiding temptation and prayer to avoid them, if this is all part of the plan. [Luke 18:7, James 1:15, Luke 11:2-4, Matthew 5:9-13].
Skeptics Doubting the Reliability: How do you answer a skeptic that complains that there is something wrong with the teacher when everyone in Christianity has a differing opinion? [Proverbs 25:2].
2023-02-01 Lutheran View of Baptism: What do you think of the Lutheran view of baptism? What is the overall significance of baptism? Is baptism essential? Rec:topical lecture series "Foundations"-"Baptism."[Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38].
2022-12-06 The Foundation of the Church: Caller disagrees with Steve's that this passage refers to the foundation of the church rather than for the individual. [1 Corinthians 3:11-15].
Keeping Diet Restrictions-According to the Law: Could you comment the Christian's obligation to keep diet restrictions according to Old Testament Law? [Romans 14:1-5, Galatians 4:10-11, Galatians 5:2, 1 Timothy 4:1-5, Romans 14:14, Mark 7:19, Hebrews 8:6].
2022-10-21 Salvation by Works vs Faith: Are you not condemned if you are justifying yourself by your works, rather than relying entirely on faith in Christ? [Galatians 3:10, Galatians 4:5, Romans 10:9, James 2:19, Galatians 5:6, James 2:14-26, Acts 10:15].
2022-07-06 Atheist-Age of Earth: Atheist; If the age of the earth is not a hinge point for Christian faith, then where does the line get drawn on what is true and literal?
Atheist-On His Unbelief: Atheist compares religion to the cartoon "Scooby-Doo" and claims the supernatural is just malarkey.
2022-05-05 "Deeper Things:" Could you expound on the "deeper things" discussesd in Hebrews 6? [Hebrews 6:2-3, Hebrews 5, I Corinthians 2-3, I Corinthians 2:9, Ephesians 3:3, Ephesians 1:9, Colossians 1:26-27].
2022-01-14 Genesis-Literal, Historical, or Symbolic: Would you trust someone who starts out saying that one doesn't need to take Genesis or historically? [Genesis 1].
Is God Blessed?: Is God blessed in Himself? [Genesis 6:6].
2021-10-29 Baptism Required to be Saved: Does someone have to be water baptized to be saved? [John 3:5-6].
2021-10-18 Obscure Passages in Scripture: What do we do about those passages we don't really understand? What are we to groom from those? [I Corinthians 15:29].
2020-12-04 Fear of God & Steve's New Books: Compliments on Steve's new book, "Empire of the Son," especially his thoughts on the fear of God. Would you talk about the fear of God? [I Peter 1:17, 2 Corinthians 5:11, Revelation 14:7, Proverbs 9:10, Hebrews 12:11, Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 23:17].
2020-11-10 Laying on of Hand, Fundamental to the Faith: I am studying the fundamental principles of the faith, and I am struggling with the "laying on of hands", can you help? [Hebrews 6:1-2].
2020-11-10 Thoughts on the Foundations of the Faith: Pastor calls to share his thoughts on Hebrews 6 and the foundations of the faith. [Hebrews 6:1-2, Hebrews 5:10-11].
2020-08-11 Christians Hating: How bad is it now, as we Christians seem to hate each other within the church, much less outside the church? [I John 3:15].
2020-06-25 Good Books About Satan: Caller offers book suggestions on the topic of Satan: by Michael Brown.
Christian Fundamentalism: How would you define Christian Fundamentalism? Is is a good thing or a bad thing?
2020-06-02 Former Catholic Questions "What is Essential": From a Former Catholic, who is now attending a non-denominational church; "I get confused about the meaning of being "Born again" among other things. What should I be more focused on to grow in my faith?"
The Pentecostal Denomination & The Trinity: Does it matter what church I go to? The pastor of the Pentecostal church is nice, but his view of The Trinity doctrine is different.
2020-04-17 Defining One's Faith: What do you tell people about your faith, without aligning to a particular group, movement, or theology?
Calvinism: Comment on Calvinism and how their theology maligns the character of God.
2019-08-26 Calvinism: How can a Calvinist be a good Christian if they believe that some people cannot be saved? [I Corinthians 13:9-12, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:6-10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, I Peter 1:17, Revelation 20:12-13].
2019-05-13 Essentials of Salvation: What are the essentials of salvation?
2019-02-05 Essentials or Non-Essentials: Should there be a statement of faith, a list of things that are essential & non-essential that a church believes in? Is that a good idea?
2019-01-02 Essentials of the Gospel: What are the absolute "essentials" of the gospel? What must we understand and what should we be laboring to tell others?
2018-06-21 Compromising on Truth: How do you know what or how to disagree on secondary issues? (cont. after break)
2017-11-16 Being a True Follower of Christ: The essentials of Christianity, what does it take to be recognized as a believer by God?
2017-11-06 Jehovah's Witnesses: What are the biggest difference between JW's & the Christian?
2017-10-31 Fundamentalism: What is Fundamentalism? Is it a form of Evangelicalism?
Literalism: I guess i'm just asking about Fundamentalism because some say we need to take all the Bible literally.
2017-10-12 Unified by the Holy Spirit: I'm also, like your previous discussion having doubts about Christianity, wondering if Christians really have the Holy Spirit, why is there so much division, why so much hypocrisy?
2017-08-21 Being Saved: What does it mean to be saved?
Requirements for Salvation: What is required to be saved?
Belonging to God: What does the Bible say about those who belong to God?
2017-08-18 Liberal Christians: I've been asking Fundamental Liberal Christians fundament basic 101 questions, & they won't directly answer.
2017-08-04 Disagreement or Unity Among Brethren: Can there be disagreement among believers & still be saved? What is the purpose of life, is it just to escape hell?
Purpose of Life: What is the purpose of life? Is it just to escape hell?
2017-07-17 Sound Doctrine: How much should we be concerned about sound doctrine?
2017-05-19 Confessing our Sins & Being Cleansed: Confession of sins & staying in communion w/ the Lord being cleansed, [1 John 1:9]
Hunger for the Word: We need to be infilling of the Holy Spirit, Study the Scriptures & obey them. [2 Timothy 2:15-22, James 4:8, 1 Peter 2:2]
2017-05-18 Baptism Essential: Is being baptized an essential part of salvation? [Acts 2:38]
2017-05-11 Not Understanding Christian Essentials: Claiming to be a believer & but not getting basic stuff right, are you really a believer?
2017-04-27 Repentance & Salvation: What is repentance & how important is it to salvation?
2017-03-20 Denominations & Lack of Faith: Who is accountable for the lack of faith & having all these different 44,000 denominations?
2017-03-01 Uniformity in Doctrines: Is uniformity of thought critical in certain doctrines regardless of scripture, as in Romans 14? [Romans 14, Matthew 28:20]
2017-02-03 True Christianity: What is the true way to be a Christian, because Buddhists seemed more Christ-like than Christians?
2016-12-09 Baptism: Is it necessary to get baptized to be a Christian?
2016-07-20 Baptism Essential for Salvation: You HAVE to be baptized in order to obtain eternal life, is this true? [Mark 16:16, John 3:5]
2016-07-14 Doubting the Inerrancy of Scripture: Can a person who doubts the inerrancy of Scripture be a true Christian?
2016-06-23 Baptism Necessary for Salvation: Is baptism necessary for salvation?
2016-05-13 Foundation/Ground of the Church: Jesus is the real foundation, but what about denominational "ground" (foundation) of the church?
2016-05-13 Motivated by Love for Christ: We shouldn't be motivated to be saved just to be either wanting euphoria in heaven for eternity or fear of burning in hell, but for the love of the Master Himself, right?
2016-04-25 God Obligated to Answer our Prayers: Is God obligated to do what we pray in His name? 1john 5:13-15,
Christian Essentials: Do you have anything on Christian Essentials or non-negotiables?
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