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Topic: Faith (Belief)

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2021-10-14 Why Believe the Bible?: Why should one believe the Christian Bible is true? [2 Peter 3:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:10].
Paul's Travel to Greece: Did Paul travel to Greece after he was in chains?
2021-10-12 Made Alive is Being Saved: When scriptures says, "you who are dead, are made alive", is it talking about salvation? [Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:8, John 3:14, John 20:31-32, Romans 5:2, Luke 15:24].
2021-09-30 Faith or Belief: Is "faith" and "believing" the same thing? [Romans 4:3-5].
2021-09-28 Free-will or Chosen: Is this verse in John talking about salvation, and about the lack of free-will? [John 15:16-19, John 6, John 12].
Born of God Everyone is created by God, but is everyone born of God? [John 3:6, I Peter 1:23].
Believe First, Before Saved: Do you believe first, or do you believe after-to prove your salvation? [John 20:31].
2021-09-28 Free-will or Chosen: Is this verse in John talking about salvation, and about the lack of free-will? [John 15:16-19, John 6, John 12].
Born of God Everyone is created by God, but is everyone born of God? [John 3:6, I Peter 1:23].
Believe First, Before Saved: Do you believe first, or do you believe after-to prove your salvation? [John 20:31].
2021-09-22 Catholic Believer with Wrong Doctrines: If someone is a sincere believer who loves Jesus, but is Catholic and has a lot of doctrines wrong, how much grace will God give? [Ephesians 1:7].
Getting One's Sins Forgiven: What is the process for getting one's sins forgiven?
2021-09-21 Giving Beyond One's Own Ability: What does it mean to "give beyond one's own ability" as in "faith promises"? [2 Corinthians 8:3].
2021-09-13 Am I Really Saved: How can I know that I am really saved? (Recommends reading I John and topical lecture; "How Can I Know I am Really Saved"). [I John 1, John 13:35].
2021-09-10 Not Totally Convinced About Christ: If one doesn't feel absolute conviction about the truth of Christianity, what should they do? [Matthew 7:7-8, Jeremiah 29:13].
2021-09-09 Faith, Hope, Love: Would you talk about what Jesus said about "faith, hope, and love", especially what He meant about "hope"? [I Corinthians 13:13, Hebrews 11:1, Romans 8:24, Galatians 1:10, Romans 12:10, Philippians 2:3].
2021-08-31 Faith as a Mustard Seed: Regarding "the faith of a mustard seed', is Jesus saying that the faith of the disciples was so small that it wasn't as large as a seed? [Matthew 17:20-21, Revelation 8:8].
2021-08-19 Faith (Call cuts out): Could you talk a little about faith and its relationship to when people think they have heard from God? [Hebrews 11].
2021-08-10 Returning to Faith: Can someone who leaves the faith, ever come back to faith? [Hebrews 6:4-6, James 5:20, Luke 1:37].
2021-08-03 "Born Again" Defined: What is Jesus' definition of the new birth (or being "born again")? [John 3:14, I Peter 1:23, James 2:19, Romans 10:9].
2021-07-29 Having Enough Faith for Healing: It seems like scripture indicates that if we believe, having enough faith, we will be relieved of all our pain and be healed, yet don't we learn most from some of our trials? [Mark 11:24, James 1:2-4, 2 Corinthians 12, I John 5:14, Mark 11:22, Mark 2:17, James 4:3, John 14:13-14].
2021-07-20 Believing and Obedience: Is this verse, John 3:16, is it saying that all you have to do is believe, without having to act in accordance with that belief? [John 3:16, James 2:17, James 2:26].
2021-07-16 Catholic Church view of "Legal Fiction": I disagree with you regarding the use of the term "legal fiction" because the Catholic Church's use of it.
Justification by Faith Alone Disagreement: I disagree with you about what was meant when scripture indicates that in the Old Testament justification was by faith.
2021-07-16 Catholic Church view of "Legal Fiction": I disagree with you regarding the use of the term "legal fiction" because the Catholic Church's use of it.
Justification by Faith Alone Disagreement: I disagree with you about what was meant when scripture indicates that in the Old Testament justification was by faith.
2021-07-15 Calvinism vs Arminianism: Caller shares an opposing view of Calvinism. [Proverbs 3:34, James 4:6, I Peter 5:5, Hebrew 10:29].
2021-07-13 Doubting My Faith: If I have serious doubts about my faith, should I bother praying? [James 1:6-7].
Bible Reading to Connect to God: Is simply reading the Bible a way to connect to God?
Reading Recommendations for One Losing Faith: What books of C.S. Lewis should I read? Recommended: "Mere Christianity" and others by John Lennox, Has Science Buried God", "Gunning for God."
2021-07-13 Seeing God in Nature: How can I see God in Nature? (Same caller as previous call.)
2021-07-07 Skeptics: Why do some people find it so difficult to accept such an amazing free gift from God?
2021-07-06 Good Works-Pleasing God instead of Men: Could you talk about our obligation to do good works? [James 2:18].
2021-07-01 Determining Truth: Who knows what is true? How can we know?
2021-06-29 Salvation in the Catholic Church: What is the perception of "receiving Jesus" and getting saved in the Catholic Church?
2021-06-29 Ignorance Before God: What is a person's stance before God if they have not been taught properly, but are sincere in their faith, as far as they know and understand it. [James 3:1, Luke 12:49, Acts 17:11, John 16:13].
2021-06-22 Perseverance of the Saints (Eternal Security): I disagree with you in that I can't imagine ever walking away from the Lord, if one is ever really saved? [Revelation 2:10, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 6:4].
Apostates Cannot Return to God: Can you return to Jesus if you have fallen away based on Hebrews 6? [Hebrews 6:4, Luke 19:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19, Romans 11:22, John 15:6, Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15, I Peter 1:5, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:12].
2021-06-10 Failing God Again: Could you help me understand why those of us who have faith, understand repentance, and who truly want to please God, continue to fail Him? Recommended Lecture: "Cultivating Christian Character". [Galatians 5:17-25, Romans 12:2, Psalm 1:2, Philippians 2:13].
2021-05-28 Baptism Required for Salvation: Does this verse affirm that one must be baptized to be saved? [I Peter 3:21, Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, I Corinthians 15:1-2].
2021-05-10 Dual Covanent: Could you talk about "Dual Covenant", taught by John Hagee? [Hebrews 8:13].
Saved Before Abraham: How could people be saved before Abraham? [Genesis 15:6, Romans 4, Galatians 3, James 2].
2021-05-06 Zeal for faith: Caller relates to a previous call of people not having the same zeal of faith as oneself.
Angels, Sons of God & Nephilim: What are the verses about about when Genesis speaks of angels, or the "Sons of God", marrying beautiful women? [Genesis 6:1-4].
2021-05-05 Zealously Sharing One's Faith: Can you recommend a way of sharing one's faith zealously without coming on too strong and offending others??
2021-05-04 Planning My Own Suicide: What do you think of my plans to commit suicide in order to help someone else?
2021-04-23 Salvation-Requires the Heart, Not Just the Head: Would you comment on the saying that "you can believe with your head, but not your heart?" [Matthew 28:18].
Legalism Lecture: What lecture at your website would give more information about legalism? Recommended topical lecture, "Toward a Radical Christian Counterculture".
2021-03-04 A Buddhist Explains His Rejection of the Christian God: A Buddhist called explains why he can't accept the Christian God.
Why Would God Create the World with Such Suffering: Why did God just leave well enough alone instead of creating a world with terrible suffering?
2021-03-04 A Buddhist Explains His Rejection of the Christian God: A Buddhist called explains why he can't accept the Christian God.
Why Would God Create the World with Such Suffering: Why did God just leave well enough alone instead of creating a world with terrible suffering?
2021-03-02 Requirements for Belief? When does disbelief become a sin, and what standards or evidence would require one to believe? [Deuteronomy 19:15, 2 Corinthians 13:1].
Unfair Penalty for Disbelief: Doesn't the penalty of eternal torment in hell unrealistic and unfair simply because one has failed to be convinced of God?
2021-03-02 Requirements for Belief? When does disbelief become a sin, and what standards or evidence would require one to believe? [Deuteronomy 19:15, 2 Corinthians 13:1].
Unfair Penalty for Disbelief: Doesn't the penalty of eternal torment in hell unrealistic and unfair simply because one has failed to be convinced of God?
2021-02-19 Truly Saved: What do you say to someone who thinks it enough to say you have been baptized or confirmed in a Christian church? [John 10:27-28, Luke 14:27, Acts 11:26].
Hate Your Enemies: Was Jesus referring to Old Testament scripture when he said you have been taught to hate your enemies? [Matthew 5:33, Leviticus 19:18, Luke 10:25-43].
2021-02-08 Suffering in Trials: Can you give me some scripture to help me through the suffering of these really devastating past few years ? Recommended lecture: "Making Sense of Suffering." [Job, Psalms].
Going to Bible College (Seminary): Should I go to Bible college (Seminary) if I want to learn more about the Bible? [Psalm 119:99].
2021-01-27 Remarriage to Former Spouse: Is it possible to remarry my wife, even though, she has been married to someone else in the interim? [Deuteronomy 24:1-4].
Disbelief in the Virgin Birth: Can someone who doesn't believe in the virgin birth, still be a Christian?
2021-01-18 Doubting God (incomplete call): Incomplete call, but Steve briefly talks about the need to believe God, not worry. and there being no evidence of real Biblical contradictions.
2020-12-23 Believe His Works: How are we to understand Jesus when he said if you have a hard time believing in me, then believe in what I am doing? [John 10:38].
2020-12-14 Falling into Sin: Is it a lack of faith if someone keeps falling into sin and allows himself a pass on the error of his ways?
Recommended Charities: Can you recommend some good charities that you trust? [Shepherd's Heart International, The Salvation Army, Mercy Ships, The Narrow Path, Voice of the Martyrs, Open Doors USA, Food for the Poor].
2020-12-08 Those of Other Faiths: Do you think that people of other faiths possibly benefit from their beliefs, similarly, or even better than some Christians do? [John 1:8-9, Psalm 24:1] (A lot of static on the line.)
2020-11-19 Promises to Unbelievers: Are the promises to unbelievers the same now as it was in the Old Testament days?
No Eternal Hell, Then No Eternal Life If we don't understand the word for "eternal" in regard to hell, then can we still understand the idea of the after life as being eternal? [Matthew 25:46].
2020-11-19 Are Believers Still Considered Sinners?: Once we are believers, are we still considered sinners? [Romans 3:23, I Timothy 1:15].
2020-11-17 Pastoral Salary or Support: How is a young pastor with small children to be supported, if they are not paid? [Matthew 10:8, Philippians 4:11-13, Acts 8:20].
2020-11-06 Faith on the Earth: Will there be many of faith in the land when the son of man comes? [Luke 18:8. Luke 7:9, Matthew 8:10].
2020-11-05 Stirring up One's Church to Go Out and Disciple: How would you go about stirring up interest in your church to go out and disciple others?
Suffering for the Christian: Why does God allow us to go through trials and sufferings as He does? [Job 2:10].
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