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January 02, 2014


   Attending Church: Do I have to go to church to go heaven? [Hebrews 10:25]

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   Faith & Reason: What is the relationship between faith & reason? [Hebrews 11:1, 1 Peter 3:15, Romans 1:19-20]
Salvation of non-Jews in OT times: How is God going to judge people who did not follow the system of Judaism in Old Testament times? [Job 1-29, Acts 10]

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   Jesus' Lordship & Authority: When did Jesus receive His Lordship & Authority? After His death & resurrection? [Philippians 2:7-8]

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   Testimony of Visions & Obedience: A testimony about visions from God, but not obeying them/Him.

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   Prosperity Teaching & Positive Thinking: What are your thoughts on prosperity teaching & positive thinking? [Proverbs 23:7]

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January 03, 2014


   Martin Luther being Anti-Semitic: How could someone like Martin Luther be anti-Semitic?
Product of our own Culture: Are some of the things we believe might just be culturly related?
Motivational Speakers: Isn't it true that most preachers of Mega churches are more like motivational speakers rather than actual preachers, such as Zig Zigglar & Joel Osteen?

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   Translations of the Bible: What is your opinion about the newer, modern Bible translations? How do you feel about the gender-neutral translations? Do you think the modern translations are accurate? Why do you prefer the translations that you do?

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   Martin Luther: Comments regarding a previous call about Martin Luther.
Communion (the Last Supper) & Judas Iscariot: Was Judas Iscariot in attendance at the Lord's Supper? [Matthew 26:14-29, John 13:1-30, Luke 22:7-30]

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   Pornography & Lust: I keep thinking I have victory over pornography, but i'm afraid of it happening in the future.

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January 06, 2014


   Martin Luther: I disagree that Martin Luther hated the jews & peasants but was just trying to be more political in his maneuvering.

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   Jesus' Genealogy: Why is the genealogy in Matthew important if Joseph is not even Jesus' biological father? [Matthew 1:1-17, Luke 3:23-38]

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   Overcoming & Receiving Crown of Llife: What are we supposed to overcome? {Revelation 2:10]

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   The Narrow Path Program: What I love your show is that you are able to interact w/ your callers, especially of people who disagree.
Homosexuality: Most talk shows seem to bring the homesexuality lifestyle sin exclusive to all other sins.

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   Study Bible: What Study Bible do you use when you are in-depth study?
Keys of the Kingdom: How can we show that Jesus wasn't necessary talking to just Peter when He gave the Key of the Kingdom? [Matthew 16:19, 18:18]

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   Pre-marital Sex: I find no verse in the Bible prohibiting pre-marital sex. Am I wrong?
Divorced People getting Married: What about divorced people who get married?

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   70 Weeks in Daniel: I would like you to explain the 70 weeks in Daniel & the 3 & half yrs in Revelation. [Daniel 9, Revelation 12:14]
Dispensations dispensing w/ Historical Fact: You said that Dispensationalists dispelled w/ Historical Fact regarding the 70th week, so what do YOU think about the 70th week?

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   Keeping Holy the Sabbath: Do we need to keep the Sabbath on Sunday? [Colossians 2:8]

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January 07, 2014


   Jesus' Atonement: Would Jesus needed to have died on the cross if Adam & Eve & their descendants hadn't sinned?

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   Jesus' Death being a Surprise to Satan: Was Jesus' death on the cross a surprise to Satan? Is there a possibility he didn't know Jesus was going to rise again & really defeat him? [1 Corinthians 2:7-8, Psalm 16:10]
Wednesday Crucifixion: Is it possible Jesus was crucified on Wednesday & not on the traditional view of Friday?
Bible Translations & Andrew Murray: So do you think the NKJV is the best, & what do you think about Andrew Murray?

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   Earth to Land: I've heard you say that the word "Earth" should be sometimes translated to "Land". Why?
Noah's Flood: What evidence supports your view that Noah's Flood was global?

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   Satan's Knowledge: The Devil is the opposite of the Fruits of the Spirit, so is it possible that he just gave in to murdering Jesus even though he knew it was going to hurt him in the end just because that is his nature?

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   Binding Satan/the Strong Man: When did Jesus bind Satan? [Mark 3:27]
Prayer: Do you have any advice on how to spend quality time in prayer?

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   Law of Moses: When a person follows any part of the Mosaic Law are they being legalistic?

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   Ron Wyatt discovering Noah's Ark: Noah's Ark is in the valley of Mt Ararat, not the mountain.

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   Cain's Mark: Who did Cain have to fear from killing him? His own siblings, isn't that right?

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January 10, 2014


   Matthew Henry & the NLT (New Living Translation): What do you think of Matthew Henry? What do you think of the NLT, especially in Spanish, where they seem to change a lot of things?

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   Jacob & the Spotted Animals: What was the story about Jacob & the spotted animals about? [Genesis 30:25 - 31:16]

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   Hell - Annihilationism: Do you believe the Annihilationism view of Hell more than any other? [Isaiah 66:24 Daniel 12:2]

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   The Message (Paraphrase) Bible: What do you think of the Message Bible? What versions do you think ARE the best?
Extreme Grace (Hyper Grace): What do you think about being saved no matter what you do, as long as you are "saved"? [Matthew 28:18-20]

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   Defending against persecution: What does the Scripture say about defending yourself, defending the church against persecution? [James 5:5-6]

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January 13, 2014


   Interpreting Scripture: Can you please explain this passage of Scripture, [Amos 3:4-8]?

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   Gift of Prophecy: What is the role of prophecy for today? Someone thinks 2014 & 2015 are going to be turbulent times, martial law & so on. [1 Corinthians 7:7, 1 Peter 4:11, 1 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 1:6, Ephesians 4:11, Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 14:1-15]
Trusting God: What it all boils down to is people just don't seem to trust God enough.

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   Searching for Perfect Church & 2 by 2's: My son & daughter in law have come across a group called, "Two by twos", who strongly believe in home church, & just wondering if you have any thoughts on this group?

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   Graham Cooke, David Wilkerson & modern-day Apostles: What do you think of Apostles for this day & age?
Alcohol: What do you think about drinking hard liquor?

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   70 weeks: Do you think the 1st Decree of Cyrus is the date we should start dating the 70 week prophecy from?

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January 14, 2014


   Differing Accounts of the Gospels: The man who had the demons, who lived amongst the tombs, there seems to be 2 differing accounts, one version that Mark & Luke mention in contrast to what Matthew depicts. What's going on here? [Matthew 8:27-34]

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   Apparent Contradiction: There's a verse that says God is a rewarder of the those that diligently seem Him, but then there's another verse that says NO ONE seeks after Him. How do you harmonize these verses? [Hebrews 11:6, Romans 3:11, Psalm 14, 34, Jeremiah 29]

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   A Liar & a Murderer from the beginning: Wasn't Satan a created being, a good/neutral being? How did he become so evil? When did the demons join him? When it says that he was a murderer & a liar from the beginning, is that just hyperbole to prove a point about him? [John 8:44]

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   Hebrew Roots - Messianic Jews: There are some legalists in EVERY group, but just because you want to do additional things than most Christians do, like keeping the festivals, that does NOT mean you are a legalist...necessarily. [Romans 14:5-6, Colossians 2:14-18, Galatians 4:8-10]
The killing of the first-born: Wasn't Pharaoh the first born of his family so why wasn't he killed? [Exodus 12]

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   Legalism & Discipleship: What is the difference between "legalism" & "discipleship"?

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   Keeping His Commandments: If you don't LOVE doing Jesus' commandments, you might not really love Him, but are in fact a legalist. [1 John 5:3]

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January 15, 2014


   Justified & Sanctified: Michael the Buddhist called to give some insight & ask about justification & sanctification. It's all God's glory that we want to exploit, it's not about ourselves.

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   Workers of Lawlessness: How can workers of lawlessness perform miracles when they weren't followers of Christ? [Matthew 7:21-23, 2 Thessalonians 2:9]

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   Encounters with Angels: Caller relates some experiences he might've had w/ angels.

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   False Prophets: False Prophets just carrying out the will of God, but them not really prophesying anything, but in spite of.
Speaking in Tongues: Speaking in tongues as a sign that you are filled w/ the Holy Spirit, & does Paul contradict himself about speaking in tongues? [1 Corinthians 14:22-23]
Putting everything under Christ's feet: Did Christ put everything under His feet in the past or in the present? [1 Corinthians 15:22-28, Psalm 8]

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   Experiences w/ Angels - Part II: Interesting stories about alleged angel experiences.
Spirits & Mediums: What do you think about people dabbling w/ spirits & mediums?

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   1290 Days & 1335 Days: Can you explain the difference between the 1290 days & 1335 days, after the sacrificial system ceased, which is found at the end of the book of Daniel? [Daniel 12:11-12]

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January 16, 2014


   Full Preterism: What verses prevents you from going into Full Preterism, since you are a preterist? [Revelation 21:1-4, Matthew 22:30, 1 Corinthians 15:53-55, Romans 8:18-25]

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   Sowing & Reaping: Sowing & Reaping, why did they have to wait until the 3rd year to sow & reap? Does it have to do with being that the 3rd year is a Jubilee? [2 Kings 19:29-30]

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   Tribulation: So you seem to think that we are going to go through a tribulation, but it says we are not supposed to go through the wrath of God, so doesn't this necessitate that there's going to be a pre-trib rapture? [1 Thessalonians 5:9, Luke 17:22-37]

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   Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage: Can a divorced person ever remarry?

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   Truth verses Doctrine: Shouldn't Truth (Jesus) trump Doctrine?

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   Seraphim, Nephilim & the Essenes: Can you explain tbe difference between Seraphim & Nephilim, & the Essenes?

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   Study Bibles & too much Doctrine: Sometimes you just need to sit down & read the Bible & let the Holy Spirit just take over. What is the best study Bible, though?

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   Holy Spirit & Interpreting Scripture: How come if we all have the same Holy Spirit we see things so differently doctrinally?

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January 24, 2014


   Creation Week & the Angels: Were the Angels created at the same time the universe was created or were they created before God the Heavens & the Earth? Were the angels bored? was Satan & the demons originally angels?

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   John Hagee & the 4 Blood Moons: Have you ever had a chance to critique John Hagee's book about the 4 Blood Moons?

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   [Zechariah 6:1-8 & Revelation 6:1-8]: Are these verses talking about the same thing, & or can you please just explain the 4 Horsemen? [Zechariah 6:1-8, Revelation 6:1-8]

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   Being born-again before the Cross: How could the lady caught in adultery be told to never sin again & be a born-again, regenerate Christian, since Jesus hadn't died yet, & the Holy Spirit hadn't come upon people? Or how could Nicodemus be rebuked for not understanding the process of being born-again since it hadn't happened yet? [1 Peter 1:11, John 3, 8:1-11]
4 Blood Moons: Caller explains the 4 Blood Moons John Hagee is talking about that a previous caller brought up.

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   God forgiving but also demanding Justice: Jesus told the Father to not hold the charge of killing Him to their charge, & Stephen asked the people stoning him to be forgiven, but what about the Justice God demands of people who haven't repented themselves? [Luke 23:34, Acts 7:60]

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   Men naturally Aggressive: Are women just by their composition naturally better Christians than men?

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January 27, 2014


   Hell, Traditional View: Hell seems to be a place of eternal punishment, & how do you reconcile the 5 verses that seem to suggest that it is eternal? [Matthew 25:41, 46, Revelation 20:10, 14:11]

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   Judgments of God: Mass shootings, Tsunamis, & all this other calamity & violence happening, is that a result of getting rid of God?
Noah's Flood & Sodom & Gomorrah: So do you think there won't be major catastrophe like happened in the ancient days like Noah's Flood & Sodom & Gomorrah?
Paul's conflicting instruction towards widows: Why did Paul seem to contradict himself in his instruction to widows, where he advised some to get married again & others not to get married? [1 Timothy 5:11-14]

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   Feeding & Clothing the Poor: We need to have Christ-like behavior towards our fellow man according to this passage of Scripture, feeding & clothing the poor & so on? [Matthew 7 & 25]
High Priest Annas & Caiaphas: Comments about the High Priests of Annas & Caiaphas.

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   Son of God at Jesus' Incarnation: Where could I find a good resource or book about the "Son of God" only referring to Jesus after His Incarnation? [John 1]

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   The word "Eternal": If everything else that talks about being eternal is actually "eternal", why wouldn't eternal punishment & eternal fire mean the same thing also? [Matthew 25]

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January 28, 2014


   Betrothal: What is a Betrothal? What is the difference between it & an Engagement? Could a person be betrothed & not know it?

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   Roman Catholic Church & Missing books of the BIble: Did the Roman Catholic Church take books out of the Bible?

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   The Book of Enoch: What about the Book of Enoch? Was that book ever considered inspired & in the Bible? Was it authoritative?

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   Paul's Writings: Was Paul speaking his own opinion most of the time even though he wrote over 2/3's of the New Testament?
God being in the OT: Was God a lot more angry in the Old Testament then He was in the New Testament, the death of His Son nullifying it?

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   The Inspiration of the Bible: Daughter in law has a problem believing in the authenticity of the Bible because when she went to school she was told that the Bible was just man-made.

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January 29, 2014


   Thwarting the Will of God: If God is omnipotent, how can ANYTHING thwart His will? i'm mainly talking about the King of Persia withstanding God, preventing Him from answering Daniel's prayer for 20 days. [Daniel 10:1-21]

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   Humans becoming Angels: Are we going to turn into Angels in heaven? [Revelation 22:8-9]

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   Paul's Conversion: Can you please explain these 2 verse in Acts that seem to contradict each other involving Paul's conversion? [Acts 9:7 & Acts 22:9]

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   [Genesis 3:15]: Who is "thy seed", who is, "her seed", & what does "it" mean? [Genesis 3:15]

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   Obedience, Surrender, Submit: Do you have to obey our church leaders just because they are church leaders? [Hebrews 13:17]

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   Learning the ways of the heathen: So I shouldn't learn the ways of the heathen to better equip myself against them? [Jeremiah 10:1, Deuteronomy 12:29]
False Teachers: Is there any reason God allows false prophets, false teachers to arise? [Deuteronomy 13:1-5]

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