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2024-07-09 The Goodness of the Law: When Paul said the law was not for the righteous, what did he mean? [1 Timothy 1:8-9, Romans 2:14-23, Galatians 5:22].
2024-07-09 Tithing, Curses & Demon Possession: What do you think about Robert Morris teaching that if you don't tithe, you could be cursed or even possessed by a demon?
Qualified Pastors: What percentage of pastors do you think are biblically qualified to be a pastor? [1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9].
2024-07-05 Ten Commandments: Are there any moral laws not covered under the Ten Commandments? [Romans 13:10, 1 Timothy 6:10, Ephesians 5:5, Colossians 3:5, Jeremiah 31:33, Psalm 40:6-8, Romans 14:5-12, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:17].
2024-06-28 Women as Pastors & Bishops: Are women allowed to be pastors and bishops? [1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-7, 1 Timothy 2:12ff
2024-06-25 Sola Scriptura vs the Holy Spirit: Should we depend only on "sola scriptura" or primarily the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth? [John 13:20, 1 Timothy 6:3, 2 Timothy 2:2, Colossians 2:10].
2024-06-20 Pastor Scandals in Texas: Should I continue to attend the church where this has taken place? [1 Timothy 3:6, 1 Corinthians 11:18-19].
2024-06-17 Sexual Abuse of Adult Daughter & Criminal Prosecution: What are the ramifications of adult Christian children who have had to report their father who has been abusing an adult Downs Syndrome daughter and the various complications (the legal fall-out, responsibility toward mother, and honoring one's parents)? [Ephesians 6:2-3, 1 Corinthians 5:9-13, 1 Timothy 5:8, Matthew 18:15-17, Ephesians 6:1].
2024-06-11 Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT): Though I don't believe in Eternal Conscious Torment, there are verses that sound like some people (goats) will be in eternal fire. Can you comment? Rec: Why Hell? (Three Views) book by Steve Gregg or topical lectures "Three Views of Hell." [Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46, Jude 1:6-7, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:14, 1 Timothy 6:16, John 3:16].
2024-06-10 God's Intervention in Humanity: Does God play a role when we are conceived (or is it just random)? Does He prefer some over others, working harder on some than others? [Psalm 139:13-15, Matthew 10:29-31, Proverbs 29:1, Galatians 1:15, Romans 1:28, 1 Timothy 2:3-4, Jeremiah 1:5].
2024-05-23 Updating the Bible: We know that textbooks need to be updated, so why do we not think the Bible also does? [1 Corinthians 11:16, Malachi 3:6, 1 Timothy 2:8].
2024-05-13 Egalitarianism in the Church: How do you view the changes in church hierarchy (egalitarianism and women as pastors and elders)? [Galatians 3:28, 1 Timothy 2:14, Matthew 20:26-28, Titus 1].
2024-04-17 Church Hierarchy & Eldership: What do you think about my position on the church hierarchy and elders? [Matthew 20:25-29, Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:1-11, Ezekiel 36:26-27, 1 Corinthians 16:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13, Titus 1:7-10, Timothy 3:1-7].
2024-04-11 God's Allowing Temptation and Testing: Would you talk about why God would allow testing and temptation when He knew Job and Jesus would not fail? How does The Trinity tempting each other fit in here? [James 1:13, Hebrews 4:15, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, John 1:51, John 14:6].
2024-04-03 Ezekiel's Third Temple with Symbolism of Spiritual Progression: Have you ever heard of a theory about the "third temple" being part of a longer and more spiritual progression of the temple? [Ezekiel 40-48, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:22, 1 Peter 2:4-5, Hebrews 3:3-4, 1 Timothy 3:15, Ezekiel 43:10-11].
2024-04-03 Complementarian Roles: Relative to the complementarian roles, at what age would a boy be too old for women to teach him? What about women leading worship? [1 Timothy 2:12-15].
2024-03-27 Ordinations in Churches: What do you think about ordinations and laying on of hands in churches? [1 Timothy 5:22]
2024-03-26 Christianity vs Other Religions: What separates Christianity from all other religions? [Romans 8:9].
The Atonement: Why did Jesus have to die? [Isaiah 53:6, 1 Peter 2:24, Revelation 12:10, John 8:34, Romans 8:33, Mark 10:45, 1 Timothy 2:6, 1 Corinthians 5:19-21].
2024-03-15 Eternal Security: Caller posits that we cannot lose our salvation because "when someone is your child, they are always their child." [1 Timothy 4:1-7, 1 Peter 5:10].
2024-03-15 Saved People Apostatsizing in Scripture: Are there examples in the Bible of some who were saved but then fell away? Would Ananias and Sapphira be an example? [2 Timothy 4:10, 1 Timothy 4:1, John 6:66, 1 John 2:19, Matthew 7:21].
2024-03-15 Leadership Qualities: When we choose leaders should follow the standards of 1 Timothy 3? [1 Timothy 3].
Exalting Nations: Is Proverbs talking about the righteousness of the king or the people of the whole nation? [Proverbs 14:34].
Evaluating the Kings: On what basis were the Old Testament kings evaluated as good or bad?
2024-03-04 Views of Atonement: What view of the Atonement do you hold - the "Penal Substitution" or what and why? [1 Timothy 2:6, 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:6, Mark 10:45, John 1:29, John 10:11, John 15:13].
2024-02-27 Female Pastors: Would you say "yes" or "no" to female pastors? "Why" or "Why not?" [1 Peter 5:1-4, Acts 20:28, 1 Timothy 2:12-15, Acts 18:26-28, Romans 16:1, Matthew 23:9, Matthew 20:25-28].
2024-02-19 Women Saved in Childbearing: Is Paul only talking about Eve being saved through child-bearing? How can women be saved if they don't have children? [1 Timothy 2:13, 1 Corinthians 7:25-26, John 8:31-34, Matthew 1:21].
2024-02-14 Jesus' Prayer in Gethsemane: What was Jesus asking in prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane? [Matthew 26:41].
Jesus Didn't Drink Wine: What would you say in rebuttal to a claim that Jesus did not drink wine? [1 Timothy 5:23].
John the Baptist, a Wine-Free Nazarite: Did John the Baptist avoid drinking wine because he was a Nazarite? [Matthew 11:18-19].
2024-02-12 Circumcision: Why did Paul have Timothy circumcised? [Acts 16:1-5, Galatians 2:3, Acts 21:21, Galatians 5:2-4].
2024-01-19 Women in Leadership: Should women be in primary leadership in the church? [1 Timothy 2:12-15].
2024-01-16 Catholics & Protestant "Sola Scriptura": When Catholics refer to their "other" traditions when they say that Protestants only pay attention to "sola scripture" but Catholics believe in both scripture and other traditions, what are those traditions? [1 Timothy 3:2-5, Mark 7:9].
2023-12-21 Difficulties with Calvinism: Wouldn't God's grief disprove Calvinism ... as would taking away of our free will would make us not made "in the image of God" unless He doesn't have free will? [Genesis 6:5-6, 1 Timothy 6:16, Genesis 1:26-27].
2023-12-20 Paying a Salary to Pastors: In light of the verse about pastors being "due double honor" and "don't muzzle the ox," what do you think about paying a pastor a salary? [1 Timothy 5:17-18, Matthew 10:8, Luke 8:1-3].
2023-12-01 Wine & Water: Why didn’t God reveal to people that if you boiled water, you wouldn’t have to put wine in it to disinfect it? [1 Timothy 5:23]
2023-11-22 "Son of Man": Why does Jesus refer to Himself as "Son of Man?" [Psalm 8:4-8, 2 Corinthians 12, Daniel 7:13, Philippians 2:7, 1 Timothy 2:6, Mark 14:62].
2023-11-16 Laid-off & God's Plan: What about God's provision in light of a friend who has been laid-off in his 60s and is under stress about his future? [1 Timothy 6:8-10].
2023-11-16 Women Officiating at Weddings: What do you think about women officiating at weddings? [1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, Titus 2:4].
2023-11-14 Names Blotted Out of the Book of Life: How can we be unable to lose our salvation, in light of the verse that a name can be blotted out of the Book of Life? [Revelation 3:5, Luke 8:13, 1 Timothy 4:1, Romans 11:21-22, Revelation 2:10].
2023-11-13 Healing & Slain in the Spirit (Pentecostalism): In Pentecostal circles, what is meant if one says if you aren't falling over in the Spirit or healed, then you are not in the revival? [1 Timothy 5:23, 2 Timothy 4:20, 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Galatians 4:13].
2023-10-24 Contradictions about the Trinity: If there is one God and Jesus prayed to God, and Jesus is His Son, how can this be? How can God have died on the cross, if God can't die? [James 1, James 2:19, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 1 Timothy 3:16, Philippians 2:6].
2023-10-13 Jesus & the Blood Sacrifice: What do you think about someone who loves Jesus, but does call herself for a Christian, on the basis of the requirement of a blood sacrifice? [Matthew 20:28, John 5:46-47, Hosea 6:6, 1 Timothy 2:6, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Psalm 40:6, Psalm 50:1].
2023-10-10 Women Teaching: What do you think about women teaching? Were there any women in scripture who were teachers? [1 Timothy 2:11-12, Acts 21:7-9].
Women, Be Quiet: What was meant by the scripture that says " let the women learn in quietness?" Is it about single or married women? [1 Timothy 2:11-12, Acts 18:19, Titus 2:4-8].
2023-10-10 Women Teaching: What do you think about women teaching? Were there any women in scripture who were teachers? [1 Timothy 2:11-12, Acts 21:7-9].
Women, Be Quiet: What was meant by the scripture that says " let the women learn in quietness?" Is it about single or married women? [1 Timothy 2:11-12, Acts 18:19, Titus 2:4-8].
2023-09-27 Paul's Conversion & Calvinism: Do Calvinists use Paul's unique conversion to support their denial of free will? [Acts 26:19, Acts, 9, Ephesians 1:4-5, Luke 19:41-43, 1 Timothy 1:12, Galatians 1:15-17].
2023-09-27 Immortality & the Tree of Life: Were we created immortal? [1 Timothy 6:16, Romans 2:6-10].
Tree of Life & Immortality: Did the Tree of Life sustain life in Eden? Will we have to continue to eat of the Tree of Life in the New Earth (New Jerusalem)? [1 Timothy 6:16, Romans 2:6-10, Revelation 22, 1 John 5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44].
2023-09-27 Immortality & the Tree of Life: Were we created immortal? [1 Timothy 6:16, Romans 2:6-10].
Tree of Life & Immortality: Did the Tree of Life sustain life in Eden? Will we have to continue to eat of the Tree of Life in the New Earth (New Jerusalem)? [1 Timothy 6:16, Romans 2:6-10, Revelation 22, 1 John 5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44].
2023-09-25 Teaching Sound Doctrine vs. Legalism: How does the church teach sound doctrine and avoid legalism? [Titus 1, 1 Timothy 1, Matthew 28:20, James 2:8].
2023-09-22 God's Immortality: Is it your understanding that God is "not mortal" rather than His being immortal? Does "immortal" require that one would die first, therefore, God would not be "immortal," but instead "not mortal." [1 Timothy 6:16].
2023-09-19 Satan as a "Tester" or "Tempter": Caller challenges Steve's definitions of "test" and "tempt?" [1 Thessalonians 3:5, 1 Timothy 3:10, Genesis 22:1].
2023-09-15 Lucifer's Pride: Where did Lucifer's iniquity (pride) come from? [Isaiah 14:12, Ezekiel 28, 1 Timothy 6:10].
2023-09-15 Book about Experiences in Heaven: Would you give me some feedback on Lee Stroebel's book about heaven ("The Case for Heaven")? [Revelation 21-21, 1 Timothy 5:21].
2023-08-31 Women Speaking & Uncovering Their Heads: What do you think about the women today not covering their heads and speaking in church? [1 Corinthians 11:4-6, 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, 1 Timothy 2:11-12, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-14, 1 Peter 3:4, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, 1 Timothy 2:8].
2023-08-30 Raising Hands in Worship: Could you give me scriptures that support the raising of one's hands to get a blessing? [1 Timothy 2:8, Psalm 63:4].
"Unstable Souls": Would you explain "unstable souls" in 2 Peter? [2 Peter 2:14, Matthew 7:24-28].
2023-08-09 "Dispensationalism" & "Doctrines of Demons": Could you clarify more about Dispensationalism and why they call other views "Doctrines of Demons?" Rec: Topical lectures series; "When Shall These Things Be?" & "What are We to Make of Israel?" [1 Timothy 4:1].
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