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| Calvinism Presented Unfairly in the Extreme: Caller thinks that Steve presents Calvinism's various positions in a way that is too extreme and therefore not accurate. |
| Women Having Authority over a Man: What do you think about women having authority over men? [1 Timothy 2:12] Women Silent in Church: What does it mean when scripture says women shouldn't talk at church? [1 Corinthians 14:34-35]. |
| Massah & Meribah: To what are the names "Massah" & "Meribah" referring? [Exodus 17:7] |
| Women Having Authority over Men: Did you say that the restriction of women having authority over men only applies to the churches of Corinth or as still true for the church today? [1 Timothy 2:12, 1 Corinthians 14:34-35] Picking & Choosing Verses in the Bible: Caller thinks it dangerous to pick and choose verses from the Bible. Discussion about customs and application of scripture. |
| Walking Alone with God: Is walking with God meant to be a solo experience? Can you recommend some scripture to assist me in my walk? [1 Corinthians 7, 1 Peter 3:1-6]. Recommends; Bible Study Fellowship |
| Venerating Mary: Do those that venerate Mary have a completely different gospel? |
| Women's Ordinations: What will be the long-term ramifications if the Christian continues using women in leadership roles? |
| Head Coverings: Didn't even Paul acknowledge that the head coverings was only referring to the church in Corinth? Even Martin Luther agreed about the importance of them. [1 Corinthians 11:2-16] |
| Going to a Psychic: What does the Bible say about consulting a Psychic? |
| Applying same Scripture Different Ways: There really is no universal way to apply the same passage of Scripture for everyone....it might mean something else to someone else. Do you think that might be true? (Spiritualizing Scripture) God Speaking to us: Can God speak to us apart from the what He says in the Scripture? Is it possible He might ever tell us something CONTRARY to what the Scripture said? |
| Qualifications of a Deacon/Deaconess: I don't see any references to women deacons either, let alone elders or pastors. Are there women deacons in the Bible? Streets of Gold: Are the Streets of Gold going to be in Heaven or on the New Earth? Mansions in Heaven & Confusion: If there's physical Mansions in Heaven, why can't there be physical streets of gold in Heaven? [John 14:1-4] I've been being confused a lot the last few days of stuff I thought was clear! |
| Guns: Should Christians have guns to defend themselves or be involved in politics? |
| Entire Sanctification: Salvation is a continuing, life-long process, that you aren't just made holy by saying a sinner's prayer at an altar call. |
| Holy Spirit & the New Covenant: Did people's heart get changed in the Old Testament? Bearing Arms in Self-Preservation: Did you say we are not allowed to defend ourselves in self-defense with guns? |
| God Space by Doug Pollock: Are you familiar at all with a book called, "God Space" or its author Doug Pollock? He's coming to speak at our church for a few days & wanted to know what you thought of him & his teachings. |
| Falling Away: Can you Fall Away & not be able to come back &/or is it also talking about feigned Christianity, who never really believed, but witnessed the Holy Spirit at work? [Hebrews 10:26-31] (unfortunately, the show end's halfway through answering this question.) |
| Hell, Annihilation: Would the death of Jesus be more significant if He died to prevent us from being tormented forever, instead of just being annihilated? God's Glory Magnified by Eternal Torment in Hell: Would it exemplify God's glory for people to burn forever, in contrast to just being annihilated? [2 Thessalonians 1:9] More Discussion on Hell: Even more dilaogue about hell. (but this was a follow-up from the previous show, but the last half of the show is missing from the day before, so we missed what they were originally talking about.) |
| Jews Never Rejecting the Gospel: What if the Jews had never become hardened to the Gospel? Would the Gentiles still have had a chance at Salvation? It seems like it was a prerequisite for the Gentiles, the Jews having unbelief. [Romans 11:19-20, Romans 11:11-12] |
| Calvinism & Election: How do I know if I'm of elect or not? I'm afraid I'm not of the elect. |
| God Loves You, He Always Has, He Always Will: Have you ever read the book by David Jeremiah called, "God Loves You: He Always Has-He Always Will"? Caller then tries to relay a story on the judgment that i also couldn't follow. |
| Glorifying God: What does it mean to give glory to God? |
| Delighting in God's Commandments: Caller has never considered the idea of "delighting" in God's Commandments until now. [Psalms 112] |
| Obeying the 10 Commandments, Pride & Reading OT: What do we take from the Old Testament to the New Testament? The 10 Commandments? [Romans 6] |
| Admiring God's Creation, but not Creator: Buddhist caller says that everything exists, no matter paradigm you live in, has merit of by its creation in itself. [Romans 1] (A lot of snap, crackling, pop going on here!) |
| Eternal Punishment verses Eternal Punishing: Don't Annihilationists have a problem with this passage of Scripture, because whatever you are applying to the term, "aiōnios", when you apply it to the righteous, don't you have to apply it to the wicked? [Matthew 25:46] Death a Punisment: Is death a punishment or a penalty, consequence of sin, the curse of sin? [Genesis 2, Romans 8:18-22] |
| Donating: Donating to Steve Gregg personally & donating to the Ministry, how does he do both? Apostle Smith: Apostle Smith wants to charge for the gospel. |
| A Serpent Speaking: How come Eve wasn't shocked that a Serpent was talking to her? |
| Universalism: What exactly does the word, "Universalist" mean? Is it similar to Purgatory? |
| Tax Loop Holes: You buy a car from private party, & they say that you paid a lower price than you actually did so you don't have to pay as much tax on it as you otherwise would, is that being dishonest, & should Christians participate in it? |
| David & Jesus Regarding Enemies: Why did David curse or say bad things about his enemies, but Jesus said to forgive & love your enemies? Blessings for doing Good, Cursing for doing Bad: How come in the Old Testament is says evil will happen if you sin, & good if you obey, or blessings & cursings for doing good or bad? [Job, Deuteronomy 28] Legalizing Abominations: Does a nation that legalizing abominations be in trouble & receive the judgment of God? |
| Pray for our Leadership of our Country: How do we pray for the leadership of our country when they are passing laws of abominations, yet will single out the righteous people? Mark of the Beast: Is it true that once we accept the Mark of the Beast, that we are lost forever? |
| Steve's Lectures & Books about Eschatology: Do you say the same stuff in your book about the 4 views of Revelation that you say in your 14 lectures, When Shall These Things Be? Do you have any more books written besides that one? (Answer: 3 views of Hell & 2 books on the Kingdom of God.) 70 Week Beginning: When does the 70th week begin? At the beginning of His ministry or the right before His crucifixion? [Daniel 9:27] Fleeing from the 70 AD Siege: If all the people fled there'd be none left, all Israel & Christians leaving. Do you & Hank agree with each other about the events of 70 AD? |
| Rituals of the Priesthood for the Clean & Unclean: Were the instructions of how the priesthood handled the clean & unclean which are in Leviticus from God or did they do it on their own? [Leviticus] |
| Greg Boyd & Open Theism: I was wondering what your thoughts about Greg Boyd's view on Open Theism. |
| Appreciates Steve's Teachings of the Law: Caller appreciates Steve's teachings about the Law of God. |
| Hell & Conditional Immortality: It doesn't seem like God would perpetuate sin forever by letting people be tormented forever instead of annihilated. [Revelation 21:4] |
| Calvinism & Predestination: Caller disagrees that Paul is asking rhetorical questions in Romans 9-11 & Romans 6, that he's actually being literal that some will resist God's will, are predestined to do that. A long lengthy explanation of what Paul is really saying ensues. [Romans 6, Romans 9-11] |
| Remarks about Calvinism: Caller makes a few short comments on Calvinism as a result of the previous call. Adam Understanding Concept of Death: Was there already forms of death in the Garden of Eden before the Fall that Adam could relate to so he knew what God was talking about when He said he'd die if he ate from the Tree of Knowledge? [Genesis 2:17] |
| All Believe Justification by Faith: Even all the Reformers believed in Justification by faith, Sola Fide, isn't that true? Whether we are predestined or not, we have to have faith, & we get salvation from having faith, isn't that right? [Romans 9-11] Names in the Book of Life from the Foundation of the World: Don't you agree that people's names are already written the Book of Life before the Foundation of the World? [Revelation 13:8, Revelation 17:8] Election & Free Will: Our Free Will & Election are 2 separate things, because our Free Will inclines us to sin & our election brings us closer to God. |
| Elohim - Elohiym: Is the word "Elohim" plural, & is it referring to the Trinity? Shama: The Lord God is one & your God alone, can you explain this about? He's only one? [Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 8:5] Allah: Is the word, "Allah" referring to the same God as the Judeo-Christian God? |
| Herod-Not the Last Edomite: (Idumean) Could you clarify how Herod could be the last Edomite (Idumean), and yet there were Edomites in the destruction of Jerusalem? [Isaiah 34]. Abomination of Desolation: Do you think that John of Giscala and the Zealot temple siege could be the "Abomination of Desolation?" The Coming Kingdom: What do you think about The Lord's Prayer being referred to as the coming of the Kingdom? [Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 13:19]. |
| Creation: Gap Theory: What do you think about the "Gap Theory"? [Genesis 1, Exodus 20:11]. Pre-Adamic Race: Regarding the Gap Theory, doesn't it mean that sin was in the world before Adam? Older Earth & Evolution: Doesn't it seem like the earth is older than 6,000 years and evolution was used? |
| The Conscience: Do you think that the commandments are stepping stones to a mature conscience? [Galatians 5:23]. God as Vulnerable Man: Isn't it particularly touching that God would become vulnerable as a man and suffer temptation? Jesus' Deity: How did Jesus describe His own deity, and did He use "Son of God"? [John 10:36]. |
| Women as Elders; Do you think that when scripture says women will prophesy, that means they can now be elders? [Acts 2:17, Joel 2:28, Ephesians 4:11, I Timothy 2-3]. |
| Funerals for the Unsaved: What would you suggest I say at a funeral for my brother who may not have been saved, though I do want to talk about the Lord? [Hebrews 9:27, John 3:15, John 5:24] |
| Esau He Hated: Could you shed some light on the scripture about "Jacob I have loved and Esau I have hated"? [Romans 9:12-12, Malachi 1:2-5, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:31, Matthew 6:24, Luke 14:26, Matthew 10:37]. |
| The Nature of the Fallen Angels & the Devil: Are the fallen angels and the devils possibly immortal? [Revelation 20:10, Hebrews 1, Psalm 102:25-27]. Devil Tormented Eternal: Is it possible that the Devil will be tormented eternally? |
| God's Choice & His Omniscience: Don't you think that God's will and His choices do not take away from His omniscience? And if He chooses to, He could forget our sins and remember them no more? [Hebrews 8:12]. |
| Unforgiveness for Unfaithfulness: I struggle with unforgiveness toward my unfaithful husband, but don't want to go to hell. Can you help? [Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 7:12, Ephesians 4:30]. Unforgiveness Sends Us to Hell: Should I take the Bible literally when it says I will go to hell if I don't forgive? What will happen to my unfaithful husband? [Matthew 19:6]. Some Sins Worse Than Others: Doesn't the Bible say that all sins are the same, rather than some sins worse that others? |
| Saint Malachy's Eschatological Prophecies: What do you know about Saint Malachy and his prophecies? [2 Thessalonians 2:11] |
| Obedience Regarding Forgiveness; Caller shares more about forgiveness and obedience to God. Recommended book; "Choosing Forgiveness" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss |
| Destruction of the Spirit; Is there any place in scripture that God indicates that He has or will destroy the spirit (the human spirit)? And what bearing would that have? [Matthew 10:38]. |
| The Lord's Prayer & Forgiveness; Caller shares the values of the Lord's Prayer in her life, as it helped her come back to faith. |
| Realized (Inaugurated) Eschatology: Could you explain "realized eschatology" (or inaugurated eschatology)? [Daniel 2:35, Colossian 1:13, Romans 14:11, Philippians 2:9-11]. |
| Understanding to Whom Scripture Applies: How does one determine whether a certain scripture applies to a specific person or group, or whether it is more universally to be understood? [Jeremiah 13:23, Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 17:9, Genesis 6:5]. |
| "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?": When Jesus said, "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? was he just quoting the Psalm 22 or was it because He was taking on the sins of the world at that moment? [Psalm 22:1, 2 Corinthians 5:17, I Peter 2:24]. |
| "None that Does Good"-The Human Condition: How do you handle the scripture; "there is none that does good"? [Romans 3:9, Psalm 14:5, Romans 2:17, Romans 2:1, Romans 1-4]. Gentiles Cannot Seek God without Regeneration: Do you think that the unregenerate (and the gentiles) can seek God in their flesh? [Acts 10, Psalm 14:3, John 6:44]. Calvinism vs Arminianism: Can both Calvinism and Arminianism be merged or both be somewhat correct? |
| To Whom Was the "Great Commission" Given?: Could the directives of the "Great Commission" really have been specifically given to the apostles, rather than to all of us? [Matthew 28, Mark 16, Acts 1:8, I Corinthians 12:16]. |
| Old & New Testament's Inspiration vs Authority: Could you do a synopsis of the difference of the kind of authority (and inspiration) of the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments? [2 Peter 1:19, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18, I Corinthians 7:12, I Timothy 4:1, Matthew 28:18]. |
| Contradiction in Joshua: Is there a contradiction in scripture about when Joshua took the land-one saying it was in a battle and in another peaceably. [Joshua 10:21]. "Violent Take it by Force": Could you review the verse about "the Violent taking by force"? [Matthew 11:12, Luke 16:16]. More Violence in the Old Testament: Is God more violent in the Old Testament than Jesus is in the New Testament? [Psalm 103:8]. |
| Churches Supporting Homosexuality: Why do some churches critical when I share my concerns over homosexuality? [I Corinthians 10:13, 2 Timothy 2L22]. Homosexuality & Repentance: Can a homosexual repent? [I Corinthians 6:9-11]. |
| Authority of Scripture: Since the Old Testament is considered "inspired" because they were written by prophets, is it possible new books can be inspired by God? |
| Getting Through the "Dry Spells" in Our Faith: How do I manage my dry spells and work though my conviction, especially with all the distractions? [Joshua 1:8, I Peter 2:2]. God Knows Our Hearts: God knows our hearts and intentions, right? [Psalm 119]. |
| Addressing My Hate: How should I handle my hatred for the left, and in light of David's expression of hate in Psalm 139? [Psalm 139:21-23]. |
| Universal Reconcilation View of Hell: Are you open to the Universalist (Universal Reconciliation) idea of hell-that people may still be able to be saved after death? [Matthew 25, Luke 16, Revelation 14:11, Isaiah 66:24, Mark 9:48, Revelation 19:3]. |
| God's Miraculous Protection of Us: What about those that think God has some obligation to protect them no matter now foolish their actions or choices may be? [Psalm 91, Matthew 4:7, Deuteronomy 6:16, John 9:3]. |
| Repentence & Salvation After Death: Is it possible that someone can go to hell and still be saved by repenting there? [John 3:16, I Timoth 6:16, Revelation 20:10]. |
| Hell: What difference does it make how God uses hell and which view of hell is correct? The Incentive of "Eternal Torment": Are we losing the incentive of "eternal torment" if we consider the possible other views of hell? [Proverbs 28:5]. Steve's book; "Hell-Three Views" |
| Hell-Catholic View: Could you talk about the Catholic Church determing the church's "Eternal Torment" view of hell? [I Peter 4:12]. |
| Calvinism & Evangelism: How does one respond to those that think that God does all the choosing, as opposed to us choosing Him, therefore it makes one question evangelizing? [John 15:16, John 12:32, John 6:44]. No Second Chance in Hell: Doesn't one's free will disappear if people have a second chance to repent and follow Jesus when they are already in hell? [Matthew 4:17, Matthew 18:21, Matthew 5:44]. |
| Calvinism & Evangelism: How does one respond to those that think that God does all the choosing, as opposed to us choosing Him, therefore it makes one question evangelizing? [John 15:16, John 12:32, John 6:44]. No Second Chance in Hell: Doesn't one's free will disappear if people have a second chance to repent and follow Jesus when they are already in hell? [Matthew 4:17, Matthew 18:21, Matthew 5:44]. |
| Feeling a Relationship with God: If I am sincere to want to be close to Jesus, and yet I am not sure how close I am. Can you help? Relationship with the Trinity: Am I in a relationship with the Holy Spirit and Jesus if I am committed to God? [Romans 10:29, Romans 8:9, Galatians 5:22]. |
| Leadership in Church: Caller comments on the need for leaders to be able to persuade their listerners, but also that the learners need to be persuadeable. [Hebrews 13:17]. God's Covenant relationship: Considering the picture of Israel being an faithful (adulterous) wife and the fact that Jesus later dies, did that allow Him to take another wife? [Jeremiah 3, Deuteronomy 32:21, I Corinthians 7]. Unforgiveness: If we don't forgive, does God remember our sins against us? |
| The Comforter (Holy Spirit) Caller shares testimony of the Holy Spirit coming to comfort when a family member is lost. |
| "Poor in Spirit": Do you think that Hannah's spirit is and example of being "poor in spirit"? What is a good example of being "poor in spirit"? What does it mean? "Poor in Spirit": What is a good example of being "poor in spirit"? What does it mean? "Cut-off" in the Old Testament: When people were "cut-off from the people in the Old Testament what happened to them? |
| Speaking Against (Blaspheme) the Holy Spirit: What is your take on "speaking against" or "blaspheming" the Holy Spirit? Unpardonable Sin (Blasphemy) & "Sin that Leads to Death": Do you think that the unpardonable sin is actually refusing God until the very end, and relates to the sin that leads to death in I John? [Matthew 12:32, Matthew 15:18, Matthew 7:17-20, I John 5:17]. Pharisees Blaspheme: Do you think that the Pharisees blasphemed the Holy Spirit? |
| Sovereignty of God: Do you believe that God is sovereign in all, or that man has some part in his salvation? [Isaiah 46:8, John 3:16, I Timothy 2:4]. God's Sovereignty: In eternity past, in His sovereignty, did God already know who would be saved ? [2 Timothy 3:17]. Salvation Entirely up to God: Our salvation has nothing to do with us, and has only to do with God's sovereignty.[James 4:6-7, I Peter 5:5-6]. |
| Israel Replaced: Could you clarify your position on Israel being replaced? [Deuteronomy 32:21]. Disagreement-Church Replacing Israel (Replacement Theology): Caller makes points in disagreement with Steve about Israel being replaced by the church (Replacement Theology). Recommended topicl lecture; "What are we to Make of Israel?" [Jeremiah 33:19-26, Deuteronomy 7:6-9, Genesis 12:1-5, Luke 24:45, Galatians 3:16, Galatians 3:28, John 8:39-44, Romans 9:3, Jeremiah 18:7-10, Deuteronomy 28:1, Deuteronomy 28:45-46, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:13]. |
| Calvinism-Personal Responsibilty: Can you clarify your position on personal responsibilty, and the idea people can't be held accountable if they can't do anything to resolve an issue (relative to God punishing people who have no choice)? Calvinism-The Dead Can't Choose: Why do you pass over the idea that people are "dead in trespasses and sins", and can't choose God? [Ephesians 2:1-10, Luke 15:24]. Why Men Choose Bad: Why don't all men choose "good", if all man have a natural ability to do so? [John 6:44, Matthew 23:37]. |
| Steve Gregg's Income: Are you not obligated to disclose from where your income comes? See: TheNarrowPath.com "Donations" and "Biography" pages. |
| What is Sinful (Good & Bad)?:: What is it in my own being that is good or sinful? [Romans 3:23, Luke 10:27, Mark 12:30]. |