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Topic: Fellowship

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2024-07-12 Assembling Yourselves Together: Is not assembling a sin, and is "assembling" in Hebrews 10 about weekly assembling or at the end of the world? [Hebrews 10:25-27, Hebrews 8:13, Hebrews 8:17-18, Hebrews 12].
2024-06-20 Frequency in Church Attendance: What do you think about frequent church attendance? [Hebrews 10:25, 2 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 10:31].
2024-06-11 Bringing Glory to God with our Lives?: What can you advise for those of us who have been in the Christian camp all our lives but need to mature and bring God glory? When will we see sanctification? Rec: Topical lectures and Steve's book "Empire of the Risen Son (Vol1 & 2). [John 8:31, Matthew 16:24].
2024-06-07 Red Flags to Leave Your Church: What are the top ten red flags that signal the need to leave one's church?
2024-05-24 No One Cares: Though Jesus lives inside of me, I don't feel as though anyone cares for me.The local church is too busy.
2024-05-24 Caller Kindness: The listener offers his fellowship to an earlier caller from Carthage, Maine, who is lonely and needs fellowship.
2024-05-24 Caller Craving Fellowship: Another caller asks for fellowship in Maine.
God Changes His Mind: Can God change His mind? [Jeremiah 18:7-10].
2024-05-22 Fellowship-The Tipping Point: Where would you, personally, draw the line in limiting Christian fellowship to maintain unity (the non-negotiables)? [Matthew 22:36-40, Acts 11:26].
2024-05-13 Struggling Sitting in Church: What do I do if I can't stand sitting in church and can't wait to get out of there, even when the pastor isn't doing anything wrong?
2024-04-24 Men's Fellowships in So L.A.: Are you familiar with any good fellowship groups in the South L.A. area?
"Few Are Chosen": In the parable of the wedding feast, what are we to make of the phrase "many are called, but few are chosen?" [Matthew 22:14, Acts 13:46, Romnas 1:16-17].
2024-04-22 MacArthur/Calvin Theology: What should I do if I have just discovered that the church I am attending strongly supports MacArthur and is Calvinist?
"Meticulous Providence" & "Predestination" (Calvinism): If the Calvinist theology of "meticulous providence" were true, then why would one bother? Wouldn't there be no point? Isn't the idea of "predestination" dangerous?
2024-04-18 Attending Church: Do you think that not attending a church is a sin? If so, can you point me to the scripture that suggests this?
2024-04-17 Going to Church: Can you be a good Christian and not go to church? [Hebrews 10:25].
2024-04-16 Wine: Was it wine in the Bible or was it just grape juice? [1 Corinthians 11:20-22].
Belonging to a Church: How important is it to belong to a church? [Hebrews 10:25, Matthew 18:19-20].
2024-04-05 Divisions Among Believers: Why do Christians disagree and divide over so many things? [2 Timothy 2:19, 1 Corinthians 3:1-4].
Satan (Devil): Why do people talk about the devil so much? Should we not be talking about God?
2024-02-08 "Disposed to" & Election: Caller comments about the context of Acts 13, and its relationship to "disposed to election."
Finding Fellowship: How do we, as homeschoolers, find fellowship and how flexible should we be on denominational differences like Dispensationalism and Calvinism?
2024-01-30 Going to Chapel vs Church: If my daughter goes to chapel every day (at school), is that the same as going to church? What is a church? Rec: Topical lectures series, "Some Assembly Required." [1 Corinthians 11:17, Hebrews 10:25, 1 Corinthians 16:15-18].
2024-01-29 Submission to Government Authority: Does Romans 13 (about submitting to government authorities) apply to us? [Romans 13:1-7, Daniel 2:21].
What to do about Dispensationalism: Did I hear you say that Dispensationalism is beginning to wane a little? Because it is getting harder to feel free to voice one's opinion in a Dispensational church, what can, or should, we do?
2024-01-29 Dispensational Theology: I have been attending a Calvary Chapel for some years, and I hope to teach one day, but as a non-dispensationalist, I can't teach what they do. What should I do?
2024-01-12 Book on Forgiveness, Steve Gregg & A.W. Tozer: Caller recommends Tim Keller's book on Forgiveness "Forgive-Why Should I? How Can I?" He also compliments Steve on his submission in service to God, drawing on a passage from Tozer's writings.
Modern Israel's History & Terrorism: Would you comment on the historical progression of the current state of Israel? Did the Arab nations encourage the Palestinians to flee or did they just take it?
Organization-Bible Study Fellowship: Caller recommends that Bible Study Fellowship is an excellent fellowship and a good alternative to institutional church.
2023-12-28 Overly Emotional & Focused on Evangelism: What should I do about my overly emotional focus on evangelism and having no interest in general entertainment, my wife, outside activities, and such? [1 Corinthians 7:34].
Church Fellowship (Buena Park CA): What do you think of the Church "The Way Fellowship" in Buena Park, California? Is it a good church?
2023-12-19 Getting Started as a New Believer: As a new believer, where do I start? How do I find the right church? Rec: TheNarrowPath.com.
2023-12-13 Don't Attend Church: What do you think about a pastor that says not to tell people to go to church?
2023-10-25 Disappointment in Churches: Having been terribly disappointed in organized churches, how does one find a good church? Rec: Fellowship Groups at Matthew713.com.
2023-09-21 Dispensationalism & Jewish Support: Is pursuing "Dispensationalism" and fundraising for "fellowships" of Jews a waste of money and distraction from our task, since many Jews are anti or against Christ. [1 John 2:22, 2 Corinthians 6:14-15, Ephesians 2:15, Galatians 3:28, Galatians 6:10].
2023-07-06 Attending a Calvinist Church: What do you think about attending a Calvinist church?
2023-06-01 Building a Sense of Community: What can you recommend to help to build community? [Matthew 12:30-31, Matthew 22:37-39].
2023-05-23 Resources on Ecclesiology: What are some good resources "ecclesiology"?
A Healthy Church: What do you think is necessary to have a healthy church?
2023-05-19 Eastern Orthodox Church & Baptism: Caller shares his experiences in the Eastern Orthodox Church, both good and bad (healing and baptism).
Church Discipline: How should I be dealing with a friend who is drinking and has some other apparent sin in his life? [Galatians 6:1]
2023-04-12 Committed Believers: Caller comments on the need for leaving behind bondages, asking others for help, commitment and fellowship, and leading a committed life following Christ.
2023-03-22 Couple Going to Separate Churches: My wife likes a different church better than one we have gone to for a long time, and I don't want to abandon my old church. What should I do?
2023-03-15 Sabbath, Saturday & Sunday: If the Sabbath is Saturday, is it a day of rest or worship? Should we be worshipping on Saturday or Sunday, the Lord's Day? [Romans 14:5, Galatians 4:10, Romans 12:1].
2023-02-08 Church Departures: How should I approach someone if I want to know why he left our church?
2023-02-03 Finding a Good Church: What does one do if they are struggling to find a good and uncompromised church for fellowship? [Malachi 3:16].
2022-11-22 New Believer-What Now?: New believer shares his whole-hearted experience, then asks, "What now?" Recommended; Free audio books; "Empire of the Risen Son."
2022-10-27 No Longer Attending Church: What do you think about a pastor who indicated that because I had a complaint about the outreach ministry of church, that "the devil had me?" I have not been back to church since. [Matthew 28:20].
2022-09-27 Home Church: What qualifies as a "home church?" Is just my wife and I enough for a home church? [Mathew 18:19-20].
2022-09-06 Joining a Church: Is it biblical to formally join a church?
2022-08-24 Not Keeping Company With Some: How does the verse about not keeping company with those that are not living right play out in real life? [2 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15].
Church Discipline & Correction of Fellow Believers: Have you ever seen correction as directed in Matthew 18 ever really work? [Matthew 18:15-20].
Parachurches: Caller comments that many of the traditional churches are the subnormal churches and ministries like The Narrow Path are the real church.
2022-08-23 Disagreement Within a Fellowship: What can I do if I disagree with about 75% of what my fellow church members believe? [Proverbs 27:17].
2022-08-03 Manifestation of Gifts: Could you talk about the skepticism I have about the manifestation of the gifts in the church today? [I Corinthians 12-14, Ephesians 4].
Purpose of Church Gatherings: What is the purpose of the gathering of the church body? Recommendation: Topical lecture; "Some Assembly Required." [I Corinthians 14:26].
2022-07-13 Early Church Compared to Modern Church: Could you clarify what you meant by your critique of modern day church and pastors in contrast to the early church?
2022-07-12 Changing Churches: What kind of loyalty should one exhibit when considering changing churches?
2022-06-28 Christian Festival Announcement: Caller shares info about "True Love Christian Festival." (TrueLoveChristian.com).
Fellowship to Keep From a Hard Heart: Caller suggests that to escape a hard heart one should stay in fellowship?
2022-06-23 Breaking Fellowship with Some: Could you clarify more about the scripture that indicates that we should cut relationships and not even eat with some people? [I Corinthians 5:11].
2022-06-02 Finding Alternate Fellowship-Other than the Mega-Church: What does one do if they really find the mega-church experience (entertainment) is leaving one wanting? How do you find fellowship in a good church?
Professional Clergy & Institutional Church: Is the structure in the modern church model, with paid clergy, really what it should be? Recommended topical lecture; "Some Assembly Required."
2022-05-27 No Longer Attending a Church Fellowship: Can a good Christian not attend an organized church?
2022-05-27 Pray to Find a Church Fellowship: Comment regarding an earlier caller and Steve's suggestion that he pray about finding a church.
"Only Begotten" vs "Unique" Son: When considering Jesus as the "only begotten" or "first begotten"-is this referring to our spiritual rebirth (being born again)? [John 3:16, Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:18, Revelation 1:5, Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:33, I Peter 1:3, Hebrews 6:5].
2022-05-12 Where Two or Three Are: Doesn't the verse say, "where there are two or more", rather than "two or three"? [Matthew 18:20].
ALterante Names for the Same Person: Why is "Noah", called "Noe", "Judah", called "Judas", and "Jeremiah", called "Jeremy" in scripture? [Matthew 27:9].
2022-04-28 Praying Together: Would you comment on the distinction between 2 or 3 vs a whole congregation when you have several together to pray? [Matthew 18:20, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12].
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