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| Gift of Tongues: I want to understand what the Bible says about Speaking in Tongues, Where the phrase came from, what's the difference between speaking in tongues & what happened at the Tower of Babel & do we have to have an interpreter in order to be able to speak in them? [Mark 16:17, Acts 2:4, Acts 19:6, 1 Corinthians 14] |
| Will of God: What if God seems to never direct you in certain way, never answers what He wants you to do? |
| Faith & Religion: What is the difference between Faith & Religion? |
| Olivet Discourse: What can you tell me about the Olivet Discourse? [Matthew 24] |
| Lord's Prayer: "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil", what does this phrase mean? [Matthew 6:13] |
| Age of the Earth & Human existence: If the earth as old as a lot of people think it is, how come there's not more of a record of people being here beyond 10,000 years ago? |
| Revival: What are your thoughts on TRUE Revival? Do you believe revival is for the Body of Christ, or does mean a mass amount non-Christians being born-again? Can you give a few examples of past revivals, especially in the Jesus Movement? |
| Martin Luther & Anabaptists: Isn't Martin Luther just getting a bad rap for being against the Anabaptists when he really wasn't? |
| Lot's Children: Did Lot have sons? [Genesis 19:12] |
| Activating one's Faith & Chronic Pain: How do you activate your faith? God seems to always answer my prayers, except for this, my chronic back pain. |
| Horn: What is the "horn" that is being referred to in 2 Samuel [1 Samuel 2:1, Psalm 3] Distressing Spirit & Prophesies: What does it mean that Saul was given a "distressing spirit" & was able to prophecy? [2 Samuel 18:10, 1 John 4:1] |
| Changing God's Mind: Can we change God's mind? [1 Samuel 3:19] |
| Unprofitable Intercession: If the most righteous people were interceding for Judah, that couldn't stop God from destroying Jerusalem? [Ezekiel 14, James 5:16] |
| Cessation of the Gifts: Is the office of Apostle still for today, or did that actually cease w/ the original apostles in the 1st century? Israel & Peace Agreement: The start of the 7 year tribulation starts at the signing of the peace-agreement & the antichrist will be revealed. What say you? [Daniel 9:26] |
| Hinduism verses Christianity: Does God seek us or do we seek Him? Becoming a Christian: How do we become a Christian? [John 3] Incognito Christian & not understanding everything: If we are threatened w/ death for being a Christian, can we pretend we are not, even though we are? What if I don't understand everything as a Christian? [Luke 17:33, Matthew 10:39, Matthew 16:25 25, John 12:25 25, Mark 8:35 35, Luke 9:24] |
| God's Sovereignty: Why does God have complete control or authority over us? Witnessing to Atheists: How do explain the God of the Old Testament to atheists who think He was an angry God as Richard Dawkins believes? Where is the starting point to engage w/ Atheists, such as Jesus being the Son of God? |
| Evolution: Caller believes the evolution debate is really not that big of a deal, & does Steve think God used evolution as a means of creation? [Genesis 1] Using Correct Terminology: The Bible needs to be a little more precise in the words it uses to indicate if God literally created in 7 days or it was a long process. God Creating man from Dust: Man might've existed in a physical form but not a spiritual form. |
| Hell - 3 Views (4 perhaps?): What is the 4th view of Hell that some of the books you cited mentioned? Are Annihiliationism & Universalism connected? Is it possible that some people will be annihilated & some will be resurrected? |
| Civil law & Persecution: What is our duty about obeying the "law of the land" but not wanting to be persecuted or not wanting to obey some questionable laws? Christians at Liberty: Are Christians allowed to enjoy themselves? or do we have to give everything up, "forsaking" ourselves? |
| Leaven: What happened to the Leaven that the Jews put outside the house during the Feast of Unleavened Bread? Where did they get the new leaven bread? |
| Kenneth & Gloria Copeland: What can you tell me about Kenneth Copeland? Creating your own Reality: So you can't have faith that you have something even before you have it to sort've show you have faith that you will get it? |
| Correcting Wrongs: We should be proactive & speak against certain things the government does, but ministries who are under a 501c3 seem to be hampered from doing it. |
| Seal up the Book: Did you say John was told to seal up the Scroll in Revelation? [Revelation 10]? |
| The Wise Men - Magi: Why did the wise men go in the first place? Did God direct them? It was a miraculous star? Why astrologers? Did it have something to do w/ the prophecy in Numbers? [Genesis 1:14,Numbers 24:17] |
| Spiritualizing Scritpure: What does it mean that we shouldn't "spiritualize" Scripture? |
| Chapters & Verses: How & when did the chapters & verses develop? How come the verse numbers are always so consistent, no matter what translation you go with? |
| Dispensationalism: Is there anything wrong w/ listening to preachers who believe in Dispensationalism? Christian Music: There's a lot of good Christian music out there. |
| Apostles' Deaths: Why did most of the original Apostles have to die such horrible deaths? |
| Imminency & Israel: How could the 2nd Coming of Christ be "imminent" for the first 1,900 years, if Israel hadn't formed into a nation before 1948? |
| Wider Hope Theory: I was reading in your book on 3 views of hell, & you were talking about the Wide Hope Theory. Can you expound on it? Evolution: Adam & Eve were fully grown mature adults when they created. |
| Recognizing each other in Heaven: Will we be able to recognize each other in Heaven? |
| Adam & Eve Sinning: Why did Adam follow along w/ Eve of eating the forbidden fruit since he wasn't deceived like she was? [Genesis 3:6, 1 Timothy 2:14] |
| Age of the Earth by the Speed of Light: Determining the Age of the Earth by the Speed of Light thoughts. Romans: Dealing in Romans 11:25-26, would you deal w/ the meaning of these verses as different since the gospel hadn't been preached yet in all Israel, even though it had after we have read it? Israel being saved: Why hasn't Israel been saved, according to Dispensationalists? |
| Age of the Earth: What do you think the Age of the Earth is? |
| Unsaved loved ones & friends: What's our memory going to be like of people who did not make it, lost loved ones & friends? Never hearing the Gospel: What about the people who have never heard the gospel? What's going to happen with them? |
| Old Earth New Earth: Do you think it's possible that Moses just wrote Genesis 1 as a teaching device or that it's poetry, that it's not really to be taken literal, such as literal days: |
| Gap Theory: Could what already existed in Genesis 1:1 have been a starting point from where God started, & so that's what it makes it's seem old? [Genesis 1:1-2, Exodus 20:11] |
| Least of these Commandments: Are the "Least of the Commandments" talking about the Law & the Prophets, the law of Moses, or is it talking about Jesus' instructions in the Sermon on the Mount? [Matthew 5:17-20] |
| Legion (Demons in a possessed man): Why did the demons ask Jesus to permit them to go to into pigs & why did He comply? Couldn't He have just sent to them to hell? Do demons find it necessary for their survival to possess living creatures or can they roam alone? What do you think happened to the demons after they jumped off the cliff? Did they die a second time & go to hell? Couldn't Jesus have just sent them directly to hell? |
| the Book mentioned in Acts: The author of Acts mentions a book, do you know what book he was talking about? [Acts 1, Luke 1] Traditional eternal view of Hellfire: So since you think Satan was created in the state he is in right now, doesn't it stand to reason God would also create an eternal hell even though it SEEMS against His nature? [Revelation 20:10] |
| Mormons & Salvation: Do you say that even Mormons might be genuine followers of Jesus even though mistaken in what they believe? Legalism & Pharisees (followup): In that case, what about the Pharisees in Jesus' day? Even though they were legalistic & Jesus had a lot to say to them negatively, could they still be saved? |
| Pharisees: They believe 2 laws, the written Law of Moses & Oracles of God, so it's more than just being legalistic. Dispensationalism: Discussion about why Dispensationalism is being talked about in Romans 11. [Romans 11:7,25-27] |
| Fellowshipping w/ Muslims: Do you have any points I should make w/ some Muslims friends when I go to their home to fellowship? |
| The Lost Tribes of Israel: What do you suppose happened to the lost tribes of Judah? |
| Though an Angel from Heaven: Regarding the Quaran & Muslims, doesn't Paul mention about not even listening to ANGELS that come w/ a different gospel? [Galatians 1:8-9] |
| Loving our Neighbors: We need to love our neighbor more than ourselves, so the woman who's going to dialogue w/ Muslims, that's great! |
| Dispensationalism & Calvinism: Is there a connection between Dispensationalism & Calvinism? Is there any danger in believing in Dispensationalism? |
| "Son of God" movie & Pharisees & Chief Priests: Were the Pharisees against Jesus? They talk about Caiaphas being the main villain in the movie. and discussion about, "Passion of the Christ", but good movies also, "The Jesus Movie", "The Gospel of Matthew", "The Gospel of John", & "the Book of Acts". |
| Tyndale Commentaries & D.A. Carson: What do you think about the Tyndale Commentaries? How about D.A. Carson & his commentaries called, "Understanding the Times: New Testament Studies in the 21st Century"? |
| Jesus' Disciples Baptizing: What was the purpose of Jesus' Disciples' Baptism, or, how was it different than John the Baptist's disciples' baptisms? [John 3:22-24, John 4:1-4] Church of Christ: The Church of Christ believes in instant baptism after conversion, that's one thing that's good about their belief system. |
| Hell: Discussion on the differing views of hell, especially the problems w/ annihilationism. [Romans 6:7] |
| By His Stripes we are Healed: In Isaiah 53, by His Stripes we are healed, do you believe it is talking about Jesus' SUFFERING on the cross as well as dying on the cross, His scourging? [Isaiah 53] Jesus bearing our guilt: Did Jesus bear our guilt as well as our penalty on the cross? |
| Transition between Jesus' death & 70 AD: If we are saying the temple system became kaput & obsolete when Jesus died & rose again, & therefore there's no use for it in the future, premillennialists will say, "well, if that's true, there was no use for it between the time Jesus died & the time it was destroyed in 70 AD then either". [1 Corinthians 9:19-22] Abomination of Desolation: So what was the Abomination of Desolation? [Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21:20] |
| Gambling: Why is Gambling considered a sin, & where is the Scripture that says that it is? |
| Instructions from Proverbs: When do we know the Bible is giving promises or principles? |
| Passion of the Christ: What were thoughts on "The Passion of the Christ" by Mel Gibson? |
| Preparing for Disasters - Tribulation: What are your thoughts on preparing for troubled times ahead? [Matthew 6:25-34] |
| Praying for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Have you ever prayed for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit over the phone? Gifted Revivalists: Don't you think some people just have a better gift of making things happen, making God move, more than other people? |
| Year of Jubilee: Can you expoud on the year of Jubilee? |
| Suicide/Euthanasia: Would God damn people to hell for committing suicide because of chronic pain? |
| Forgiveness: What about forgiving someone who has offended someone else? and more discussion about forgiveness.[John 20:21-23] |
| "Better Thing for us": What does Hebrews 11:40 mean, a better thing for us, & without us they won't be "perfect"? [Hebrews 11:40] Gentiles brought in: Once the all the Gentiles have been brought in that will, the number will be complete? His second coming? |
| "He that is dead is freed from sin": What does this mean, "For he that is dead is freed from"? [Romans 6:7] |
| Orthodox Priesthood encounter: I want to help a ministry that is helping the people in Syria & the Middles East, but I'm afraid of asking a priest for help. How should I go about that? 4 Kingdoms in Daniel 2: Does each succession nation have to be stronger than the one it's supplanting? Is the Rock that's coming to crush the toes possibly talking about the 2nd coming of Christ? [Daniel 21-45] |
| Word of Faith & Doubting: People tell me i'm not having enough faith if I have to keep my medicine around to make sure I don't die, if I don't believe God is going to heal me? [James 5:14-15] |
| Death: Immediately in the presence of God after death, the righteous are ushered, but what about the unsaved sinner, what happens to them, are they in limbo, are they judged immediately, what happens? [Luke 16:19-31] The Spirit: We say the Spirit is in our heart, but where is it really? |
| 4 blood Moons: Can you tell me your perspective about these 4 blood moons that have taken hold? Do they fall in line with the signs that Jesus mentioned in the Bible? [Matthew 24:29-30] Rapture: What do you believe about the Rapture? |
| Judgment of the Bowls: What are say views about the bowl judgements? What about the Euphrates River drying up? [Revelation 15-16] |
| Worshipping the Holy Spirit: Is it wrong for us to worship the Holy Spirit? |
| The Last Day: What exactly is going to happen on the Last Day? |
| A Different Gospel: Paul seems to make a distinction between what he says in 2 Corinthians about a different gospel than what he says Galatians. Can you tell me the difference? [Galatians 1:6-9, Corinthians 11] Total Depravity: What is "total depravity"? |
| The book of Amos: Can you tell me these verses mean in Amos? [Amon 6:9-10, 12, 14] |
| Sons of God, Daughter of Men, Nephilim: A friend of mine has the Jimmy Swaggert Expository Bible, & it says that the "sons of God" is talking about angels. What do you think? [Genesis 6:1-4] Bethel Church in Redding: Do you know about Bethel Church in Redding, California? |
| Cremation: Being cremated isn't going to make it too hard for God to resurrect us? |
| Sons of God & the daughters, Nephilim: The Sons of God aren't angels, because just like Jesus said, angels don't get married. It's just talking about mixing of people, tribes, Israelites & heathen people. [Genesis 6:1-4, Mark 12:25, Matthew 22:30 30, Luke 20:36] |
| Praying in the Spirit: What if you are alone? There is no one there to interpret, so you are interpreting to yourself then? [1 Corinthians 14:14] |
| 7,000 men: How did God reserve to Himself 7,000 men who have not bow the knew to Baal? [1 Kings 19:18, Romans 11:4] Arminianism & Semi-Pelagianism: What is the difference between Armininianism & Semi-Pelagianism? |
| Noah Film: What do you think of the new Movie coming out about Noah? Real Story of Noah: What can we take away from the real story of Noah? [Genesis 6] |
| Judging the Living & the Dead: How can the dead be judged if they didn't know who Jesus was? [1 Peter 4:6] People who never heard of Christ: What about people who have never heard of Christ, do they get a second chance to meet Him? |
| Forgiveness: If we are supposed to forgive everyone, how come Paul didn't forgive Alexandra the silversmith? [2 Timothy 4:14-16] |
| Amillennialism: What can you tell me about Amillennialism? Israel the capital of the world: Isn't Israel pictured as the capital of the world during the Millennium? [Isaiah 2:1-4] R. B. Thieme - Bible Ministries: Are you familiar w/ RB Thieme? |
| Jehovah's Witness & Heaven: Is heaven up in the sky or does it become the new earth? Kingdom of God: The Flesh & Blood will not inherit the Kingdom of God. [1 Corinthians 15, Colossians 1:13, Being like Angels in heaven: So what does it mean we are going to be like angels in heaven? No longer married? |
| Inner Healing: What did you say about Inner Healing recently? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Death an Interruption: Would you say death was an interruption in our life? |
| Tribes of Israel: Dispensationalist calls & discusses it w/ Steve Gregg, the Lost of Tribes of Israel. [Romans 9-11, Hosea] |
| John Wimber Vineyard Church: What do you know about John Wimber & the Vineyard Church? |
| Satan: How could God be mad at Satan in the Garden of Eden for tempting Eve if He created Satan to be the tester? [Genesis 3] |