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| Young Earth & Light before Sun: I have a theory about the Young Earth & light being before the Sun, & that is that God was so fast, has the speed of light, it's very possible that light could be available even before the sun, thus it still being a young earth. [Genesis 1:2] |
| Gentile meaning "Gentle Person": Caller thinks Gentile means, "gentle person". |
| ObamaCare: What do you think of Obamacare being the law of the land? |
| Races Since Noah: Was Noah's family Jewish? |
| SDA & Meat: How come Seventh Day Adventists don't eat meat? |
| A Venue for Steve: Caller has a venue for Steve Gregg to go to, but the e-mail won't work, so the only way he could contact him was by contacting the show. |
| Jesus being Michael Archangel: Was Jesus Michael the Archangel? Jehovah's Witnesses & SDAs say so. Trinity: Can you explain the Trinity? Jehovah's Witnesses don't think it's exists, that you are claiming 3 Gods. |
| Adventism & Vegetarianism: Caller opines on why Adventists are vegetarian, even though he's not an Adventist himself. |
| Jesus being Michael Angel followup: Caller has an idea on why Jehovah's think that Jesus was Michael the archangel. |
| Jesus not being Michael the Archangel: Caller has another idea on why Jehovah's Witness believe Jesus was Michael the archangel. |
| Adventist Explain why Vegetarianism: An Adventist caller calls to explain on why they are vegetarian. |
| Calvinists Tending to be Cessationists: Does it seem that most Calvinists are cessationists, having an intellectual experience towards spirituality? Caller is going to go down & see John MacArthur's conference called, "Strange Fire". "Worship Before thy Feet": What is this verse in Revelation 3 talking about? They won't be worshipping us, will they? [Revelation 3:9] Nero fitting the bill of 666: If Nero did represent the calculation of 666, wouldn't that put the date of Revelation much earlier than 95 AD? |
| Entering His Rest: Is the chapter of Hebrews 4 that is talking about entering into Jesus' rest talking to believers or unbelievers, Christians or Judaizers? [Hebrews 4, Matthew 11:28-30, Isaiaih 30:15] |
| Understanding the Trinity 101: Can I give an easy way to explain what the Trinity is? |
| Jesus Having a Sinful Nature: Did Jesus have a sinful nature? Since it says He was tempted in ALL points as we are, was He tempted to be gay? Could He have been lustfully attracted to Mary Magadelene? [Hebrews 4:15] |
| New Earth: Callers knows we are going to be living on the New Earth when Jesus comes back, when we are in eternity, but will we be able to transport ourselves between here & where Heaven is? Wedding Feast of the Lamb: When we die & go to Heaven, is that then the wedding feast, before Jesus comes back here? |
| Being Caught Up: Caller really thinks the Pre-tribulation rapture is correct, especially in light of 1 Thessalonians. If the great theologians of that day are wrong, how can they be so wrong after studying the same Scripture? [1 Thessalonians 4:15-18] |
| Chuck Smith Passing Away: Chuck Smith passed before the show that day, & Steve reflects on back him & his ministry. |
| Getting to the Debate: Caller wanted to thank Steve Gregg for getting him to the debate. |
| Biblical What are the verses for Biblical grounds for divorce? [Matthew 19:9, Matthew 5:32] Steve Gregg Refusing to Divorce: Even though you had grounds for divorce, how come you chose not to iniate the divorce? Joy & Peace in Suffering: How did you maintain having joy & peace in suffering? [Romans 18:8, 2 Corinthians 4:18] |
| Forgiving People: I thought a person had to go Jesus themselves to ask for forgiveness, but this verse SEEMS to be saying we can go around forgiving people. [John 20:23] |
| Living a Holy Life: How come I have aspirations to live a holy life & truly follow Jesus, but fail miserably? [James 5: Desperate & Questioning: [Luke 18:1] |
| Head Coverings: I know we are not supposed to decide what Scrpture we can obey or not obey, so what about these verses in Corinthians about head coverings? No one seems to be following them. |
| Chuck Smith's Last Sermon: A Caller from Bermuda, just calling to say his condolences about Chuck Smith dying the day before, but even though he's in Bermuda now, he was just there listening to the last sermon he ever preached in California. |
| God Permitting Violence: Why would God have people kill other people? [Joshua] (The call gets interrupted because Steve's computer rebooted on its own.) |
| Grace, Entering God's Rest & Striving: A caller wants to talk further about entering God's rest & having Grace & striving. [He also gets bumped off the phone.] |
| Losing our Salvation: Is it possible to lose our salvation? What if we have a gun put to our head & deny that we believe in Jesus? [Matthew 16:25, Ephesians 2:8-10] |
| God Cursing the Serprent: What does the Serpent being cursed above the cattle, crwling on its belly mean? [Genesis 3:14-15] Enimity between Thy Seed & Her Seed: What is "enimity between thy seed & her seed" mean? |
| Born Again: Caller thinks that you can't be "aborted" (lost) once you are born. Peter denied Christ three times, but he repented & was saved. We are a New Creation. [1 John 5] |
| Calvinism & Arminianism: Salvation is granted, or it's us reconciling ourselves with God. |
| Set Free of Sinful Nature: Caller thinks that once we are saved, have a true conversion, we are saved for life, for eternity, because our will has changed & has become God's will. |
| Origin of Satan: Do you have any insights as to the original of Satan? Was he created evil? [Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, Proverbs 16:4, John 8:44, 1 John 3:8] |
| Not Hanging Out with Christians in Sin: When do we draw the line & quit associating with Christians living in sin? When do we perform church discipline? [1 corinthians 5] |
| Church of Christ: The Church of Christ believes that salvation begins at baptism. Is that true or are we saved before Baptism, that we are just doing it as a public symbolic gesture becaues Jesus commanded it? [Acts 2:38, Titus 3:5, John 3:20] |
| Money Set Aside on First Day of Week: I was wondering about financing for the church in the New Testament, & what was the money for that Paul was having people set aside on the first day of the week? [1 Corinthians 16:2, 1 Corinthians 9] |
| Never Water Baptized: I haven't been water baptized yet, & I heard that it's not necessary for salvation, but i should still do it? Origins of Satan: What do we know about the origins of Satan? |
| Divorce not wanted, but not there Financially: A husband & a father doesn't want to get a divorce from his wife, which she wants, & because he's so devastated, he just disappears & is not there emotionally or financially for his children. Isn't that worse than being an infidel? [1 Timothy 5:8] |
| Matthew a Disciple: What Matthew actually one of the 12 disciples of Jesus? |
| Can't go Under Water: A lady is afraid to get baptized because she doesn't want to put her face under water. What should they do for her? |
| Reason SDAs are Vegetarians: I was calling because the other day you had people wondering why Seventh Day Adventism practiced vegetarianism. I think I know why. |
| Palestine: When did the term "Palestine" start being used? Spiritual Circumcision: What is Paul talking about being "circumcised without hands"? [Colossians 2:11-13, Philippians 3, Romans 2:28-29] |
| Healing Rooms: Caller is concerned about a book she's reading at a Bible Study called, "Prophecy & Wisdom" by Graham Cooke & Randy Clark, which talks aboaut healing rooms & stuff that happens at Bethany. What does Steve think? Heidi Baker: Have you ever heard of Heidi Baker? Fellowshipping at churches that Disagree: Is there any churches I can go to that won't mind me being a partial preterist & not agree with them? Are there any churches that agree with the Partial Preterism paradigm? |
| Death Before able to Forgive: What if the offender that you need to forgive dies before you forgive them? God Forgiving us, Us not Forgiving Others: How does this verse in Matthew square with the fact that Jesus died on the cross for us, forgiving everyone? [Matthew 6:14-15] |
| "by" & "through" Is there a different meaning when Paul says in Romans chapter 3 about "by" & "through" the law? [Romans 3:30-31] "We Establish the Law": What does Paul mean that "we establish the law"? [Romans 3:30-31] |
| John Calvin & Michael Servetus: Was John Calvin an unrepentant sinner for killing Michael Servetus at the stake for heresy? |
| Pay Tribute to Whom Tribute is Due: What is the actual role of the Government? Should I pay my taxes without question? [Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2] Sins of Ignorance: What happens if you commit sins of ingnorance? [Acts 2:17] |
| Ishmael & Isaac Perpetual Enemies: Ray Comfort thinks Ishmael & Isaac decendants are going to be perpetual enemies forever. What do you say? Rebuilding the Temple: Isn't rebuilding the Temple a big spit in the face to Jesus? |
| Word of Faith Movement: What is wrong with believing in the Word of Faith Movement? |
| "Raise It Up Again": What is the "it" in John 39 when Jesus says, "it shall be raised up in the last day"? [John 6:39-58] |
| Baptism in the Holy Spirit & Speaking in Tongues: Is it true that if you are filled with the Holy Spirit that you automatically have the ability to speak in Tongues? [Acts 2, Acts 8, Acts 9] John MacArthur not Believing in Gifts: Isn't it strange that John MacArthur thinks the Gifts of the Spirit have ceased, because while it might seem to say something like that in 1 Corinthians 13, it also says knowledge will ceased! If anything it has increased! [1 Corinthians 13:8] |
| Word of Faith & Spiritual Gifts: I think you are too critical of the Word of Faith movement, & I want to share some of my own experiences. She also talks about Rhema and Logos. [John 14:12] |
| Charismatics Sometimes Crazy: Sometimes the stuff that happens in Charismatic circles is genuine & sometimes it's nothing but crazy stuff going on, fakery, caller wanted to point out. |
| Speaking in Tongues: I think Speaking in Tongues is so people with a different language can understand it for evangelism, to understand the gospel. |
| Dedicated People of Wrong Religions: Sometimes because of the sincereity & dedication of people of other religions, one sometimes question their own faith. Christians Falling Away: If Christians have the truth, then why would they want to fall away from it? Wavering if True: Caller admits that he's wavering back & forth with doubt. |
| Gift of Interpretation: Most churches try to have interpreters interpreting people speaking in tongues. |
| Disease Relapse: What about getting miraculously healed but having a relapse? |
| Changing Your Heart: What comes first, a changed heart or changed behaviour? Addictions: What is the equivalent word to "addiction" in the Bible since that word is not in there? |
| Michael the Buddhist belief of Jesus: What is the percentage that Michael believes of what Jesus said? What percentage of Buddhism does Michael not believe? |
| Michael's answers Previous call: Michael answers how much he believes of Buddhism, & answers how much he believes or doesn't believe of the sayings of Jesus. |
| 6th & 8th Day Creation: God rested on the 7th day, after He created some people, & THEN created Adam & Eve on the 8th day. What does Steve think? 2 People of Every Race on Ark: Caller also thinks that 2 of every human race got on the ark. |
| Buddhism to Christianity: Caller wanted to explain things that made her switch over to Christianity & wanted Michael the Buddhist to know that too. |
| New Apostolic Reformation: What do you know about the New Apostolic Reformation Movement? C. Peter Wagner is part of it, do you know of him? |
| Parallels Regarding the Olivet Discourse: The parallel passages about the Olivet Discourse seem to not match when they are talking about 70 AD destruction of the Jerusalem & His actual Second Coming. Can you help me out? [Matthew 24, Mark 17, Luke 21] |
| "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it": Why do some translations add "Me" when Jesus says in John that people who ask in for something in His name, He'll give it to me? [John 14:14] |
| Origins of Tithing in NT: Do you have any idea who started the idea of giving 10% in the New Testament? The Catholic church? Salvation & Tithing: Is Salvation based on Tithing? Currency for Tithing in OT: Are there any examples of people using money or currency for tithing in the Old Testament? |
| "Who Walk Not After The Flesh, But After The Spirit": Does this phrase belong, "who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit", belong in Romans 8:1? I know it belongs in Romans 8:4, but the first verse too? [Romans 8:1-4] No Musical Instruments in Church: Is there any validity to not having musical instruments in church like the Church of Christ proclaims? |
| Serpent or the Devil: When God gave the curse to the Serpent for deceiving Eve, saying that he'd be crawling on his belly, was He actually talking to the serpent or the Devil himself? Devil Tempting Jesus: Where did the Devil get the wherewithal to tempt Jesus the way he did? Visitation by Evil Spirit: Caller reminds Steve about his apparitions & talks about it again. |
| Every Heart Beat, Every Breath: People have said that God is in control of EVERY heart beat you have, every breath you make, if you are going to live past the next breath. Is that true based on these verse? [Acts 17:24-25, Colossians 1:17, Luke 12:7] |
| Tithing is in the New Testament: Caller thinks tithing IS for the New Testament believers! |
| The 10 Virgins & 1000 Millennial Reign: Caller heard that Witness Lee & Watchman Nee had a twist to the 10 Virgins parable, where they say that all 10 Virgins were Christians, but the 5 who ran out of oil had to go through the 1000 year reign & do all the good works they failed to do. All Scripture God-breathed: When Paul was saying the Bible was God breathed, he was obviously only talking about the Old Testament, right? [2 Tidmothy 3:14-16, 2 Peter 1:19] 2 & 3 Gathered together & Church Discipline: When Jesus was talking about the gathering of 2 0r 3 people, He was only talking about church discipline then, right? |
| Tithing is Important: Caller thinks that Tithing is obligatory even in the New Covenant. |
| Elijah & Enoch the 2 Witnesses: I think Elijah & Enoch are the 2 witnesses in Revelation. What do you think? [Rwevelation 11] |
| Parable of the Talents: Are the servants in the Parable of the Talents Christians? |
| 1844 & a Different Gospel: Caller thinks that Seventh Day Adventists are preaching a different gospel. [Galatians 1:6-10] |
| Muslims having Visions of Jesus: Have you heard that Muslims having visions about Jesus lately? John Piper says that's not the way Jesus would do things. |
| Good Christian Books: What are some exceptional books that stand out for Steve Gregg outside the books of the Bible? |
| Calvinism, Free Will & God's Omniscience: Caller thinks that our "free" will is an illusion, that we don't we really have free will. God knows everyone who's going to be |
| "Recompensed at the resurrection of the just": Is the Resurrection the same for both the righteous & the unrighteous? [Luke 14:14, John 5:28-29, Acts 24:15, Luke 20:24, Philippians 3:11] |
| Paul's Ongoing Christian Experience: Can Steve please explain what's going on right here with Paul? [Romans 7:15-25] |
| No More Crying, No More Sorrow: Caller has a unique take on the "no mre crying, no more sorrow" verse in Revelation & would like Steve's opinion if he's anywhere close. [Revelation 21:4] |
| Melchizedek: Who is Melchizedek? [Hebrews 7:3] |
| Sin of No Consequence: What did Steve mean when he said there's no consequence to Salvation, but if that's the case, what does he do with the repenting for forgiveness in 1 John? [1 John 2] (Steve's computer has to reboot...don't even think he knew it went out...but continues answers wheh he comes back.) |
| Prophets Still in Effect: Caller is calling for about the 2nd & 3rd time asking if prophets or apostles are still for today. |
| Communion: I was wondering just how important communion is? What is it for? How often are we supposed to take it? I used to be a Jehovah's Witness & only 144,000 can take it, so I never got to. Breaking Bread: Is "breaking bread" talking about communion or is it talking about fellowshipping with someone in general? |
| John MacArthur's Conference, "Strange Fire": Dennis the Millennialist calls to share his experience at John MacArthur's conference, "Strange Fire". They talk about Dr. Michael Brown. |
| Gadarenes/Gergesenes: Who were the Gergesenes? A mixture of Jews & Gentiles? [Matthew 8:28] Fasting & Mourning: Does Fasting mean Mourning? "Tear is made worse": What did Jesus mean by not putting a new piece of garment patch on an old garment? or putting wine in old wineskins? [Matthew 9:16] |
| God Providing Everything but So much Suffering: I know it says somewhere in the Bible that God will provide, but why all this suffering & people with lack of stuff? [Philippians 4:19, Matthew 6:33] |
| Fasting but Joy & Gladness: I'm confused because it says in Zechariah that they were fasting, but having joy & gladness & being cheerful? [Zechariah 8:18-19] |
| Calendar: Is there a good calendar that we can look at that shows the real days of the week, especially Saturday & Sunday? |
| Immortal Soul: Don't we have an immortal soul? Isn't it mentioned in the Bible? Weren't Angels created with immortal souls? Jews in the OT & Immortal Souls: What did the Jews of the Old Testament believe about immortal souls or life after death? |
| Fellowshipping with Relatives who are Homosexual: A family member bringing his homosexaul partner with him for dinner. How should we treat him? Jesus there: How would Jesus deal with it if He was there? |
| Steve's Followers: Has Steve ever encountered people who believe exactly like him in all things? Steve Leaving the Church in Idaho: Why did Steve leave the church he loved so much in Idaho? |
| Michael Brown & Phil Johnson Interview: Michael Brown had an interview with Phil Johnson, an associate of the John MacAthur ministry, & Phil said that Michael Brown says that everyone in the charismatic movement are ok, which is just as wrong as MacArthur saying they are all crazy, all wrong. Mostly talking about the conference MacArthus just had called, "Strange Fire". |
| Demons gloating About Jesus on the Cross: Where does it say in the Bible that the demons were rejoicing over Jesus' death? [Psalms 22:13, 1 Peter 5;8] Caleb & Othniel - Brothers or Uncle & Nephew: Were Caleb & Othniel brothers or uncle & nephew? [Judges 3:9-11] Jael & Sisera: Did Jael ever kiss Sisera or only kill him? [Judges 4:17-22] |
| Michael Brown: |
| Manifestation of the Sons of God & Revealing of Jesus: Is the "manifestation of the Sons of God in Romans somehow equated with the revealing of Jesus in Revelation 1? [Romans 8:19, Revelation 1:1, 1 John 3:2, Colossians 3:4] Manifestation to all Christians: Is the manifestation going to happen to all Christians or just some? Latter Rain Movement: Steve goes on to talk about something called the Latter Rain Movement involving the manifestation of the Sons of God? |
| Adultery: Is Adultery only a sin because it's a craving for someone else's possession, it's stealing, rather than it just being sex? |
| Blessing of the Book of Proverbs: I think the book of Proverbs is a real blessing. [Proverbs 16:6] Politics of Christianity: I just don't like the politics going on in the church lately. |
| Keeping Jesus' Words: [John John 16:12-13] |
| Soul Sleep: |
| Word became Flesh: |
| Oneness Pentecostals: Being baptized in Jesus' name is acceptable. Romans 7, pre or post Conversion: Caller explains that he thinks it's Paul Pre-conversion experience from Romans 7:15-25. Steve's View of Hell Book: When is Steve's book on the 3 Views of Hell going to be available. |
| Soul being Evil or Neutral: Is it the Soul or the carnal nature of man that is inherently evil? |
| Lectures Transcribed: Caller wishes that all of Steve's lectures would be transcribed so people could do a word search of key stuff. Jesus Revealed His Resurrection & Second Coming Before Olivet Discourse: Caller thinks there might be a little hole in Steve's view of Partial Preterism because he says Jesus never told His disciples about the Olivet Discourse, in Mark 8. [Mark 8:31] Hole in Partial Preterist View: You just said that you knew of a hole in your view. What is it? |
| Paul Disqualified: Why was Paul worried about losing his salvation? [1 Corinthians 9:27, Philippians 3:7-14] |
| Rewards Set for Eternity: Not to seem selfish, but how can I know I'm doing the most I possibly can to get the highest possible rewards or highest level in eternity, because once you are there, you are at the level for eternity! |
| Eternal Security: Aren't we Eternally secure? |
| Paul Pre-conversion Experience: Isn't Romans 7 talking about Paul's pre conversion experience? Are there 3 different levels of people, the natural, unregenerate kind, the carnal Christian & the Spiritual Christian? [Romans 7:14-15, Romans 8:6, 1 Corinthians 3:1] |
| Love of the World is Emnity: There seems to be a lot of ministries/ministers in love the world, let alone people individually. [1 John 5:2, James 4:4] Trinitarianism: Did the Apostles believe & teach the Trinity? [1 John 5:7] |
| Can not See God & Live: [Exodus 24:9-11, Exodus 33:20] |
| Holy Spirit Origins: Has the Holy Spirit always been or when was He created? Angels Created: When were the Angels Created? Lucifer & Fallen Angels: So you don't think Lucifer was a Fallen Angel? Where did he come from then? |
| Missing Bible Texts: Is there a real good Bible that the missing verses from some manuscripts? Tithing: Aren't we supposed to give at least a portion of our money to our local church? Bible for Kids: Do you a recommendation of a good Bible that a kid could understand? |
| Steve's Comic Books: Where can I find your comic books that you keep talking about? |
| Oneness Pentecostal: Are Oneness Pentecostals Christians because they don't believe in the Trinity? |
| The Precious Fruit of the Earth: What is the Fruit that God is being patient for? [James 5:7, Galatians 4:18, Colossians 1:28] |
| Following the One True Christ: All denominations & cults claim to believe in Jesus, but won't eventually God call them out of the quagmire they are in, to unadulterated truth? [Hebrews 11:6] |
| Power to Become Sons of God: |
| No Law, No Transgression: [Romans 4:17] |
| Jews' Messiah: Since Jews don't believe in Jesus, who IS their Messiah? |
| Sinful Nature: Michael the Buddhist wants to talk a little more about sinful nature like he did last time he called. Being Justified: Where in the Bible does it talk about justfication? [Genesis 15:6, Romans 3, Romans |
| Inerrancy of the Bible: How we know the Bible is inerrant? Taking the Bible Literally: How do we know when we are supposed to be taking the Bible literally? [Genesis 1-2] |
| Outer Darkness: What is Outer Darkness? [Matthew 8:11] |
| Baptism: What is the form that Baptism should be done in? Is getting baptized required for Salvation? |
| John MacArthur not Believing in Miracles: Isn't John MacArthur by not believing in the gift of healing blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? [Matthew 12:24] |
| Age Qualification for Baptism: What is the minimum age a child can be before they get baptized? |
| Age of Accountability: What happens if a child dies before the age of accountablity? |
| John MacArthur's "Strange Fire": Dennis the Millennialist talks more about the conference John MacArthur's just had called, "Strange Fire", & talkd about the idea about being able to fellowship with different theological understandings. Not Everything that happns to us is God's Will: A speaker at his meeting said, "God is not in control of everything that happens to us, & not everything that happns is not God's will", & there was a big gasp. |
| Witchcraft & Evil Increasing: Doesn't it say somewhere in the Bible that there's going to be an increase in withcraft & that kind've stuff at the last days? [2 Timothy 3:1-5] |
| Sin Happening in Eternity: Since sin happened in the Garden of Eden, is it going to be possible that sin will happen again on the other side of glory? |
| Crime & Evil: What are we supposed to do as Christians when we know somebody is committing crimes? |
| Apostle's Creed & the 10 Commandments: What do you know about the Apostle's Creed? And the 10 Commandments? Is the Apostle's Creed the same thing as the Apostle's Doctrine? |
| Revival: Having a revival. |
| Origin of Satan: If God didn't want Adam & Eve to fail, then why would He make a permanent "tester" by giving them Satan? |
| Verbal Inspiration: I've been reading A.W. Tozer's book, "The Deeper Life", & he mentioned "verbal inspiration", & what does that mean, the verbal inspiration of Scripture or being inspired it as we are reading it? False Religion but Sincere: What happens to people who are in false religions but really think they are following the truth & would follow Jesus if they knew about Him? |
| Praying for a JW on their Deathbed: How can I pray & share my witness to a Jehovah's Witness who is on their deathbed? |
| Homosexuality: What did Jesus say about homosexuality? Anything? I already know about Romans. [Matthew 15:18] |
| All Saints Day: What is All Saints Days? What do you think about Halloween? I heard that the wiccans New year's is today? Is that true? |
| Telling Time in Jesus' time - 12 Hours in a Day: The hours were longer or shorter than our hours, is that correct? [John 11:9] Telling Time in Jesus' time - Watchmen at 3 am: How did the watchmen know when it's 3 am in Jesus' time? [Mark 13:35] |
| Trinity: The Water Analogy, & tries to give another example of DNA. |
| Telling Time in Jesus' Time: Caller was responding to a previous caller on the show about how they could tell time in Jesus' time. (Torahcalendar.com) Halloween: Caller thinks we should stay away from Halloween. We are a separate, perculiar people. |
| Feast Days representing Jesus' Comings: Caller mentions about how feast days predicted Jesus' first coming & will predict Jesus' second coming. |