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2024-03-28 Salvation for Whom?: I thought salvation was for us, but you said it is for God. Could you explain? [Luke 15, Luke 19:9-10, John 14:31, Titus 2:14, Ephesians 1:5-6, 1 Corinthians 10:31].
2024-03-28 Temptation & the Devil Necessary: Since we need to be tested to grow and mature, does that mean we, as Christians, need the devil? [Matthew 4:1-2, Luke 22:31].
Suicide: If someone who is a professing Christian commits suicide, will they go to heaven?
2024-03-27 3 Days & 3 Nights: How are the 3 days and 3 nights calculated? And compared to Jonah? [Matthew 12:40, Jonah 2:1, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Mark 9:31, Luke 24:46].
2024-03-27 Universal Reconciliation (Repentance in Hell): Can you explain how it makes sense that God would be willing to try to reconcile and purify people (whom he called "children of the devil") after death in hell (according to Universal Reconciliation)? [Luke 15:11-32].
2024-03-26 Baptism & Salvation: Is baptism required to be saved?
Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Is the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" required? [Romans 4:1-4, Galatians 3:6-9, Titus 2:14, Luke 6:48-49].
2024-03-26 Willful Sin Never Forgiven: Are there willful sins that will not be forgiven? [Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 10:18, Luke 17:4, Galatians 5:17]
2024-03-25 Eric Metaxas' Book & Speaking Out Against Government: What did you think about Erick Metaxas' book, "Letter to the American Church?" We don't see Paul speaking out against Rome, do we? [Luke 12:48, 1 Corinthians 15:12-13].
2024-03-22 No Specific Dates in Scripture: Why are there no dates for significant events recorded in scripture?
Location of the Sepulcher: Why do we not have a record of which is correct The Garden Tomb or at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was located? [John 4:21, Acts 7:47-50, Luke 3:1, Psalm 24:1].
2024-03-21 Evidence of a True Believer: What verses would best support that one really is a true believer? [Matthew 7:21-22, Luke 6:46, John 8:30-31, Matthew 28:18-20, Romans 10:9, John 13:34-35].
2024-03-20 Believing Genesis' Flat Earth: Why don't you believe Genesis instead of NASA (referring to flat earth)? [Luke 16:19-31, Numbers 12:7-8, Luke 17:34-37].
2024-03-19 Christians Behaving Badly: Do you think that sometimes Christians use the "we don't really know their hearts" as a way to excuse their behavior? [Matthew 12:34, Luke 6:45, Mark 7:21, Matthew 7:17-18, Romans 7:23, Matthew 18:17].
2024-03-19 War in Heaven Chronology: When did the war in heaven take place when Michael the archangel was fighting to cast out Satan? [Revelation 12:7-10, Revelation 12:1-12, John 12:31, Luke 10:17-20].
2024-03-15 The Prodigal Son and Apostasy: Regarding "Eternal Security," isn't the Prodigal Son a good example of someone who wandered away, but came back? [Luke 15:11-32].
Satan's Loosing & Deception: How do you reconcile the ordinary activities taking place described in Luke 17 during the little season of the loosed Satan? [Luke 17:27, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:9, Matthew 24:44].
2024-03-14 Born Again, Again: Can a person be born again, again? [1 John 5:11-12, John 15:6, Romans 11:23, 1 John 5:12, Hebrews 6:4-6, Luke 1:37, Mark 10:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19-20].
2024-03-13 Parable of the Sower: Do you think that the "Parable of the Sower" is teaching that there are two ways to lose your salvation? [Matthew 13:18-23, John 15:1-4, Luke 8:4-15, Mark 4:4-20].
Understanding Scripture: How do you understand the nuance of just reading the Bible and really understanding, especially when writers like James seem to stretch for the explanation? How do we know when to apply it to then or now? [Acts 15:14-17, Amos 9:11-12].
2024-03-13 Contradiction Regarding the Trinity: How does it work if the Bible says that Jesus and the Father are one, but there are two different wills indicated when Jesus says, "Not my will, but thine?" [John 10:30, Luke 22:42, John 14:9, John 8:17-19]
2024-03-12 Free Will: Caller disagrees with Steve about free will positing that God and man cannot both have free will. [1 Peter 1:5, Romans 8:16-19, Matthew 10:33, Ephesians 2:8, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Peter 2:22, Galatians 5:22-23, Luke 8:13].
2024-03-12 Faith "in" or "of" Jesus: What do you think about the different translation of the words "in" and "of" Jesus in Galatians? [Galatians 2:16, Galatians 2:20, Luke 17:5, Mark 9:24].
2024-03-12 Trusting the Government or in Christ: Should we criticize the government or should we preach Christ alone? [Luke 3:19].
2024-03-11 Faith & Regeneration (Defending Calvinism): Caller attempts to defend Calvinistic ideas about regeneration. [2 Thessalonians 3:2, Hebrews 11:6, Ephesians 3:12, Philippians 1:29, Acts 16:30-31, Luke 18:13-14, John 16:8, John 3:14].
2024-03-11 Penciled in Names-the Book of Life: What about the verse in Luke that says our names in the Book of Life are not written in pencil? Is this "Once saved, always saved?" [Luke 10:20, Revelation 3:5, 1 Peter 2:11].
2024-03-11 Fear & Faith-Practically Trusting God: Practically, how do we show faith amid fear and anxiety? [Luke 8:25, Matthew 6:33].
2024-03-08 Jesus' Genealogy: Why do we say that Jesus came from David's line? Was it because he was Joseph's adopted son? [Luke 3:23, Matthew 1:1-17].
2024-03-07 "Justifying God": Could you explain the Luke 7 passage about the sinners and tax collectors "justifying God"? [Luke 7:29-30, Romans 3:3-4, Psalm 51:4].
2024-03-06 Satan's Location: Where is Satan now? [Luke 10:18, John 12:31, Revelation 12:10, Revelation 20:1-3. Ephesians 2:2].
2024-03-05 New Wine in Old Wineskins: Why does Jesus say "old wine is better?" Steve correct him and explains the "new wine in old wineskins." symbolism? [Luke 5:37-39].
2024-03-04 Reformed Theology (Atonement): If Christ died for everyone (not just the elect), did He also intercede for everyone? [Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 9:24, Acts 20:28, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, John 17:9, 1 John 2:1-2, Romans 8:34, Romans 7:25, 1 John 2:1, Luke 23:34-38].
2024-02-29 Building Collapse in Scripture Demonstrates Personal Responsibility & Free Will: Doesn't the story of the building collapsing in scripture suggest that people are responsible for choosing repentance and following Christ, unlike the Calvinist presupposition? [Luke 13:14-15].
2024-02-29 John the Baptist & Jesus: Didn't John the Baptist know Jesus all their lives and he would have been known as a righteous man? [John 1:31-33, Matthew 3:14].
John the Baptist & Jesus: Why didn't John the Baptist immediately ask Jesus if He was the Christ? [Matthew 11:3].
John the Baptist's Ministry: Did John the Baptist leave the wilderness and come into town preaching because everyone knew him, including Herod? [Luke 3:19-20].
2024-02-27 Jesus' Sense of Humor: Do you think that Jesus would have a sense of humor? Is it acceptable to use sarcasm and humor as believers? [Ephesians 5:4, Luke 13:34, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 19:24, Proverbs 17:22].
2024-02-23 Zacchaeus' Salvation & Responsibility: Is it heresy to teach that Zacchaeus' taking responsibility for his actions is what saved him?
2024-02-22 Specific Times of Day to Pray: What about the "eight prayer watches" and what does scripture say about specific times to pray? [Luke 12:38, Ezekiel 33:6, Matthew 26:40-45].
2024-02-21 Jesus' "knowing": Did Jesus "know their thoughts" by miraculous means, or just by intuition? [Luke 6:8].
2024-02-20 Prophetic Book of Mark: Is the Book of Mark predictive? [Mark 13:3, Mark 13:30, Mark 13:13, Mark 13:7, Luke 21:20, Daniel 9:11-12].
2024-02-19 Jesus' Omniscience: Could you elaborate on Revelation 1 and how much knowledge Jesus had? [Revelation 1:1, Matthew 24:36, Luke 2:52].
2024-02-19 Scary Passage about the Lord's Judgment & Rejection: Who are those people to whom He says to get away from Him because He never knew them? , [Matthew 7:21-23, James 3:2, Luke 6:46, Luke 9:49].
2024-02-16 The Problem with Dispensationalism: Do not Dispensationalists tend to interpret scripture by what is not there, and often they don't allow the Bible to interpret itself? [1 Thessalonians 4:16, John 6:39, 40, 44, 54, John 12:48, Isaiah 28:16, 2 Corinthians 3:16-18, 2 Peter 1:20, Luke 24:45]
2024-02-16 Satan Cast Out: "The Prince of this World" is Satan, right? If so, then he is cast out, does that mean his power is reduced? [John 12:31, Revelation 12:9-1, Job 1-2, Zechariah 3, Romans 8:34].
Satan Cast Out: When exactly was Satan going to be cast out? Does this just reduce his power and therefore there is more good in the world? [Colossians 2:15, Hebrews 2:14, Luke 10:18, Revelation 20:1-3].
2024-02-16 Dispensationalists: How can you say that the Dispensationalists are mistaken about depending on the Old Testament for beliefs about the future of Israel? [Matthew 24:15, Luke 21:20, Mark 13, Matthew 24:36]
2024-02-15 "Heart of Flesh" & "Heart of Stone": Are these scriptures referring to the "heart of flesh" or "heart of stone?" [Ezekiel 36:25-26, Romans 10:9-10, Acts 2:37-40, Luke 15:24, Pslam 95:8-9].
2024-02-15 "Unprofitable Servant" Parable: Can you help me sort the parable of "The Unprofitable Servant?" Rec: Topical lecture, "Refuse to be Offended." [Luke 17:5-10, 1 Peter 4:19].
2024-02-14 Voting for Trump: Wouldn't it be wrong for a Christian to vote for Trump? [Luke 6:31, Matthew 7:12].
2024-02-13 The Blood of Abel: Why is the blood of Abel included with the Pharisees' guilt? [Matthew 13:34-35].
Odd Verse in its Context in Luke: It seems like the verse in Luke 16 about marriage and divorce is out of place. Is it a segue to something that I am missing? [Luke 16:18].
2024-01-30 Falling Short of Full Obedience: Could you comment on Luke 17:10 and its application to being fully obedient? [Luke 17:10].
Dispensationalism: Doesn't Dispensationalism teach that when the Jews rejected Jesus when He attempted to set up the Kingdom, He went to plan B and then had to die?
Debating Dispensationalism: Why don't Dispensationalists, like John MacArthur or David Hocking, debate alternate views with people like you?
2024-01-30 Amillennial View of Antichrist & a One-world Government: How does the antichrist and a one-world government fit into an Amillennial view of Eschatology? [Revelation 13:3, Luke 2:1, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10, Daniel 7-8, 1 John 2:18-23].
2024-01-26 2 Timothy & Disagreement Among Believers: Is 2 Timothy Paul's last writing? In light of 2 Timothy, if we are involved in discussions about scripture, is it "wrangling" over words? [2 Timothy 4:6-8. 2 Timothy 2:14, Proverbs 27:17, Isaiah 28:10-13, Luke 6:31, Matthew 7:12].
2024-01-24 Charitable Giving & Discretion: Can you help me harmonize scriptures that indicate we should help the needy, when some seem to be taking advantage? [Galatians 6:10, Luke 6:30-33, 2 Thessalonians 3:10-13, Matthew 5:40-42, 1 John 3:17-18].
Giving to Charities: What do you think about giving to charities generally, specifically in light of the book, "Toxic Charity, How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help" by Robert D. Lupton ?"
2024-01-23 Double (or Second) Meanings in Scripture: Could you talk about the claim that some passages have second meanings (second fulfillment), other than the one application apparent at the time? [2 Timothy 3:1-5, Matthew 24, Luke 21, Luke 17, 2 Samuel 7:12-16, Isaiah 7:14].
2024-01-23 Angels, Cherubim, & Seraphim: What is the difference between an angel and a seraphim? [Isaiah 6, Ezekiel 1, Ezekiel 10, Revelation 4-5].
The Appearance of Angels: Since Mary was told to "not be afraid," is it possible that angels are scary-looking? [Luke 1:30-33].
2024-01-22 "In Your Midst": Would you explain why the common translation (and understanding) is often incorrect for "in your midst" when it is said to mean "inside of you"? [Luke 17:21].
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