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Topic: Sovereignty

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-14
God's Love from Eternity Past: How should I understand the idea that God loves every individual in eternity past, even before they existed (outside of time)? [Galatians 1:15-17, Jeremiah 1:5].



2024-01-05
Good Charities: Could you recommend some good, reliable charities?
Leighton Flowers & the Poison of Calvinism: What is your view of Leighton Flowers and the poison of Calvinism? [John 17:3].


2023-12-14
Calvinism: Do you think that where the Calvinists get it wrong is in incorrectly defining God's sovereignty? [Ephesians 1].



2023-06-07
God's Control Over Life & Death: Does God really have control over life and death? - Whether an accident, a soldier, a baby, a suicide, etc. [Psalm 34:7-8].



2023-01-16
Molinism & Thomism: Are you familiar with Molinism and Thomism?
Free Will: Doesn't it seem like it has to be either sovereign free-will or we are just pawns? [Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 16:9, 1 Corinthians 4:5].


2022-08-01
Calvinist-Debate & Defense with Scripture: What are the scriptures used most often for Calvinism, and how do we defend against them saying that certain verse "don't mean that"? [2 Peter 3:8-10].



2022-08-01
Buddhist: Free-will vs Election: Buddhist: How can "election" and "free-will" both be true? [John 6:65, John 12:32, Luke 13:34, Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 33:11].
Martin Luther, John Calvin & Augustine: Was Martin Luther a Calvinist?
Predestination-Equal Ultimacy: What do you call the theology that describes double predestination?

2022-06-23
Predestination (the Elect): Is "predestination" a biblical concept, or is it a branch of Calvinism? [Romans 8:29-30, I Peter 1:2, Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 1:11, I Johhn 3:2, Romans 8:23].



2022-06-16
Does God Allow "Chance": Does God allow for chance? [Ecclesiastes 9:11, I Kings 11, Matthew 10:29, Psalm 34:7, Job 1:12].



2022-06-06
God's Sovereignty & Free Will: How does one reconcile our "free will" relative to "God's sovereignty" and "predestination"?
Total Depravity: What about those that say that they have nothing good enough in them to want God? [Romans 7:18, Jeremiah 13:23, Jeremiah 17:9].


2022-03-10
Free Will and Sovereignty: Was Peter destined to sin in denying Christ, since he was told that he would, therefore neutralizing his free choice?



2022-01-13
Paul's Writing: Is Paul really writing his books, or is there another writer (scribe/ emanuensus/ amanuensus) helping to write more eloquently?
Jesus Rule Over Universe: Did Jesus have authority over only the earth and sky, or the whole universe? [Colossians 1, Matthew 28:18, Ephesians 1:20-23].


2021-12-22
God's Sovereignty & His Destruction of Humans: If God knows everything, why would He create humans and then feel sorry that he did and choosing then to destroy them?



2021-12-20
Lutheranism, Rather Than Calvinism: Would you consider a third option, rather than just the two options of Calvinism or Non-Calvinism, and consider Lutheranism?



2021-08-13
Arminian vs Armenian: Caller confuses Arminian vs Armenian? Where does Arminianism come from?
Creation Just Taking it's Course: Did God create the sun and earth, and then just let it go functioning on its own?


2021-08-09
God's Omniscience: If God is omniscient, would he not know who would choose Him (Caller thinks he disagrees with Steve). Recommended Topical Lecture; "God's Sovereignty and Man's Salvation."



2021-01-27
Deism: Do you think it is more reasonable to consider a Deist view since God doesn't doesn't seem to micromanage things and free will seems more prevalent? [Proverbs 21:1, Hosea 8:4].
Need for Rebaptism: If I wandered away from the Lord at one point in my life, becoming a prodigal, but returned to Him, do I need to be rebaptized?
God's Voice (God Speaking): How do you know when it is God speaking vs just having one's own thoughts? [Acts 16:6-7].

2020-11-23
Calvinism & Few Who Find it: If scripture indicates that people will be trying to "find" the way, doesn't that become a good argument against Calvinism? [Matthew 7:14].



2020-09-04
God's Sovereignty Defined: What does it mean to you to say that God is sovereign?
Fallen Away-Once Partaken of Heavenly Gift: Does God's sovereignty relate to the verse in Hebrews about one who has received the heavenly gift, but has fallen away not being able to return? [Hebrew 6:4].


2020-08-31
Who is in Charge on Earth?: Who is actually in charge on earth? [Proverbs 21:1, Psalms 34:7, Daniel 2:24, Romans 8:28].
The Earth Getting Worse Till the End: Do you think that the earth is going to get worse progressively before He returns? [Revelation 20:7-8].


2020-07-28
Defining Calvinism: Many of the definitions of Calvinism (from the Reformed Calvinists) seem to disagree with your definition. Can you help me reconcile this?



2020-07-10
God's Sovereignty: Isn't God completely sovereign? If God wants a child to be born, is there anything we can do to prevent that? [Matthew 10:29, Genesis 50:20, Acts 2:23].



2020-05-11
The Chosen of God, the Elect: Why do you believe that we are not chosen as the elect by the Holy Spirit?
A Sovereign God That Allows Evil in the World: If God is sovereign, why does He allow so much evil in the world?


2020-03-20
Calvinist Views of Election & Predestination: Could you talk about the Calvinist views of election, being chosen, and predestination held by some of the leading Calvinists, such as Calvin and Sproul? [Romans 8-9].



2020-03-19
All Things Controlled by God: What do you think about the reference to "works all things according to His will" in Ephesians? [Ephesians 1:3,11, Romans 8:28, Luke 7:30, I Thessalonians 4 ].



2020-03-05
A Predetermined or Predestination Life: Are we only living out what has already been determined? If God knows everything, is sovereign, then is it all predetermined?



2020-02-26
Calvinism, Sovereignty & Free Will: If Jesus died for everyone, and gives man free will, then what if no one chose to follow Him? Does this option not give man more sovereignty than God? [John 17].



2019-04-04
God's Sovereignty: How to do you understand God's sovereignty working with our free will (personal sovereignty)? Meticulous providence (micro management) compared to one who allows some independent choices.



2018-10-19
Calvinism & the Sovereignty of God: The Calvinist definition of God's sovereignty discussion.
Lectures on Relationships: Where can I find your lectures on Relationships?


2018-07-30
Calvinism & Free Will: How can Calvinists say that God can't give people Free Will because can't God do anything He wants? Isn't He a Sovereign God?



2018-04-03
God's Sovereignty: God making us suffer forever, is Calvinism rather sadistic, thinking God will only save some, but the rest are going to burn forever & forever & ever?
Ecclesia: Ecclesia in the KJV was changed to church building instead of church assembly, just like they didn't like translating baptize to immersion, because King James did not believe Immersion for Baptism.


2017-10-24
Calvinism & Eternal Security: A calvinist caller calls to debate a little bit about eternal security, defining the sovereignty of God, defining free will, free choice.



2017-10-11
Calvinism: Every time I hear the words election & predestination, they always seem to talk about the sovereignty of God, but what does that mean?



2017-07-03
God's Sovereignty: Did God just sovereignly blind some people just because He was sovereign?



2017-06-09
God's Sovereignty: Accessing Facebook Page & i'd like to take about God's Sovereignty & our free choice.



2016-04-18
Calvinism: Michael the Buddhist is wondering about Calvinism & God's sovereignty, micro vs macro managing people's affairs after listening to R.C Sproul.



2016-01-07
God's Sovereignty & Our Free Will: God has His sovereignty & He gave us free will, but what about Him allowing people to commit murder, allowing people to commit suicide? A person can shorten their life sooner than God was intending them to die, but they can't live longer than He wants.
God's Sovereignty & Child-bearing: What about a couple wanting children but God not allowing it?


2015-09-14
Calvinism: Did God preordain people to be saved no matter what, sovereignty verses free will?



2015-03-20
Government & Church Sovereignty: Does the church have to obey the government?



2014-09-09
Firstborn: Not necessarily the Firstborn in chronological order, but in status, a follow up from a discussion about JW's from the day before. [Colossians 1:15]
Calvinist & Arminianism - God's Sovereignty & Free Will: You were talking several shows back about you only writing books that fill a void in an area, so is there any books that you'd recommend on Calvinism & Arminianism & God's Sovereignty & Free will, etc?


2013-12-23
Sovereingty of God & Providences/Coincidences: Once we are under the sovereignty of God, there is no such thing as coincidences, are there?
Working Throught the Holy Spirit: Sometimes God can make you turn on the radio at times to hear a perfect song that really hits you at the time because of stuff you are going through.
"He which hath begun a Good Work": Once you submit yourself to God, He'll perform & do things in you that can only be attributed to God. [Philippians 1:6]

2013-07-01
God's Foreknowledge, Sovereignty & Free Will: How do we have free will if God knows everything that's going to be happening in the future? [Psalms 139:14, Revelation 13:8]



2013-03-01
Sovereignty & Foreknowledge Defined: Regarding the sovereignty of God, did God know everything and how everything will turn out (Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresence)? [Isaiah 46, Isaiah 45:12, Luke 12:7, Matthew 10:29-30].



2013-02-27
Sovereignty of God: Do you believe that God is sovereign in all, or that man has some part in his salvation? [Isaiah 46:8, John 3:16, I Timothy 2:4].
God's Sovereignty: In eternity past, in His sovereignty, did God already know who would be saved ? [2 Timothy 3:17].
Salvation Entirely up to God: Our salvation has nothing to do with us, and has only to do with God's sovereignty.[James 4:6-7, I Peter 5:5-6].
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