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Topic: Human (Humanity, Human Condition)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-02-20
Genetics: Caller comments on the huge differences between humans and apes in the DNA.
The Supernatural & God's Intervention: How do you think about God's involvement in humanity and the supernatural?


2024-02-12
God Made Adam & Eve-Who Else?: Who is scripture talking about in Genesis 2, when it says that He created Adam & Eve after he had already created male and female in Genesis 1? [Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 2:3].



2023-12-22
Gender Pronoun "He" in Scripture: Is the pronoun "he" in Psalm 32, imply that this would not be applied to women?



2023-07-13
Neanderthals & Cro Magnon: Do you believe there were Neanderthals and Cro Magnons?
Adam-Not a Caveman: Did Adam look like us now? If so, where did the Neanderthals (Apeman, Cro Magnon, etc.) come from?
Age of Earth: Do you think Earth is only 6,000 years old?

2023-02-16
Sense of Humor: Do you believe that it is important to nurture a sense of humor (within reasonable boundries) and have you found any scripture that reflects God's sense of humor? [Psalm 2:4].



2022-03-21
Humanity's Depraved Condition: What do you think about those that emphasize human weakness rather than our being created by Him?



2022-01-07
Human an "it": Was the first reference to a human, "it"? [Genesis 1:26].



2021-09-08
Neanderthals & Cro-Magnon: Is there biblical information that indicate from where the Neanderthal bones come?
Carbon Dating: Where does "carbon dating" come from?
Noah's Son-Neanderthal: Do you think that one of Noah's sons was a Neanderthal?

2021-09-01
Jesus' Human Characteristics: What do you think about Jesus' humanity-His qualities and emotions? [Philippians 2:7].



2021-08-20
Different Ethnic Groups: If everyone came from Adam & Eve, why so many different features of the human race?



2021-08-05
Humans Created Before Adam & Eve: Caller agrees with Steve that there could be no creation of humans before Adam & Eve. [Genesis 1-2].



2021-08-05
Alternate View of the Creation of Adam & Eve: Caller presents his view on the creation of mankind and Adam & Eve that is unusual.
Cain & Abel: Who was Cain afraid of and who did Cain and Abel marry? [Genesis 4:25, Genesis 5, Genesis 3:20, Acts 17:26].


2021-07-12
Defining "The Beginning": What is "the beginning" in Genesis and John? [Genesis 1:1, John 1:1, Job 38:7, Psalm 33:6-9].



2021-07-09
Compliment to Steve Gregg: Caller offers a very kind compliment to Steve regarding his gift. [James 3:17].
Why Were We Created: Why were we created? What was the purpose for which we were made. [2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 2:10].


2021-04-30
Steve's Way of Handling a Disagreement Call from an Atheism: Caller commends Steve's way of handling callers who disagree with him, particularly one with an atheist regarding abortion:



2021-04-29
Pro-choice & Restrictive Views of Christian: Pro-choice caller defends the position, criticizing the religious Christian community, particularly for imposing their restrictive views on others.



2021-04-21
Commending of Steve Gregg's Humility and Gentleness: Caller commends Steve's patience with a previous caller, which exhibited the spirit of the Lord. [2 Timothy 2:25].
Human Value & the Miracle of Conception: Caller enthusiastically shares view of the miracle of conception.


2021-04-21
"Black Lives Matter": Unbeliever calls to propose a hypothetical question relating "Black Lives Matter" and challenges Steve's integrity about what he read at their website.



2021-04-12
Our Responsibility Over Earth by Prayer: Do you agree with the statement of Wesley's that God does nothing on earth except in response to prayer? [Matthew 6:10, Genesis 1:26-27].



2021-04-09
God Created a Flawed World: If God is all powerful and wise, why did He create such a flawed creation, and create beings that did not have the self-control to do the right thing? [Deuteronomy 30:11].
God's Foreknowledge: If God has foreknowledge, why would He bother testing us, if He already knows the outcome?


2020-11-03
Modalism & United Pentecostals: Regarding Modalism, could you help me sort out the United Pentecostal view that Jesus was the flesh of God? [I John 2:22].



2020-10-30
Caller compliments Steve: Caller compliments Steve on his stellar ministry noting him as the best contextual teacher.
Pro-Choice: What do you think of the slogan, "Pro-Choice is Pro-Death".
Age of the Earth & Evolution: Could you talk about your views of the age of the earth and evolution, etc.?

2020-08-11
The Sin Nature (Adamic Curse): Can you comment on the concept of the sin nature of mankind? [Romans 5:6, Romans 5:12, Romans 3:23, Romans 1, Psalm 51:5, Ezekiel 18:20].



2020-07-24
The Holy Spirit vs The Conscience: Could you help me understand the differences between the Holy Spirit and the conscience? [I Timothy 4:2].



2020-07-16
God Singular to Multiple: If God was singular initially, why did He then create the multiplicity (as in, trinity) in the universe? [Genesis].



2020-07-01
Jesus Not Trusting Men: What is Jesus saying about not committing Himself to men? Is this about trusting humanity? [John 2:24-25, Jeremiah 17:5, John 6:66].
Isaac & Ishmael: Doesn't this scripture indicate that there was on going animosity between Isaac and Ishmael (Jews & Arabs)? [Galatians 4:28-31].


2019-08-02
Adam, Eve & Lillith: Was there another woman in the beginning with Adam & Eve, named Lillith?



2019-07-19
Resurrection Body: Do I have this right, that Jesus received a perfect human resurrected body, but He is also God ... and we will also receive a like body? [I Corinthians 15, Philippians 3:21, Revelation 21:4].



2019-07-16
Sinful Nature: Do you believe we inherited anything in the fall, such as a sinful nature, that Jesus did not inherit, particularly in light of the quandary about His ability to be tempted like us? [Genesis 3:5-6, Romans 5:12-18].



2019-05-16
People Created Before Adam & Eve: Is it possible that there are unfallen men and women that were created before Adam and Eve? [Genesis 1, 2:5-7, 3:20].



2019-05-16
Gospel during the Millennium: Will the gospel be preached in the millennium (the 1000 year reign)? [I Cor 15:51-55, 38].
Who Comes Back with Jesus: Who is being resurrected when He comes back with the saints and the angels?
Will We Have Bodies in Heaven: Will we have glorified bodies in heaven? [I Corinthians 15:20, I Thessalonians 4:16-17, Matthew 27:52-53].

2019-05-14
144,000: Why was Dan eliminated from list of the tribes and the 144,000? [Revelation 7]
[First City & First People: Where did the first city come from? Where did the other people come from? [Genesis 4:16, 5:4].


2019-05-02
Moses Authorship: How did Moses know what happened in the Garden of Eden, and other events, when he wrote about the events in Genesis?
Life Span in Old Testament: Why did Noah and other Old Testament characters have such a long life-span as compared to us today? [Psalm 90].


2019-04-19
Curiosity inquiry: Is that you wearing the jean jacket with 'One Way' on it (on Steve Gregg-The Narrow Path Facebook page)?
Being Human & Jesus' Arrogance: What does it mean to be human? Wouldn't Jesus have known that some of the things He said about Himself, would make others see Him as arrogant?
Resurrection: What will determine a person's status or rewards in the resurrection and new earth?

2019-04-12
Angels: Were angels created to worship God? Why did God choose to make people?



2019-03-28
Heaven: When we get to heaven are we going to be able recognize our friends and relatives, and be able to hug them?



2019-03-15
Heaven & Judgment: Isn't it going to be a bittersweet experience when we go to heaven, because of the judgement?
Blue-eyed Middle-Easterners: Were there blue-eyed Caucasians in the middle east during Jesus' time? 15 3 2 1117


2019-03-04
People Evil: Are we just mistaken, rather than really evil, if we are going down the wrong path? [Ephesians 6:12}?



2019-02-22
Neanderthals: If Adam was the first human, who were the Neanderthals?



2019-02-22
Races: Where did all the races of humanity come from?



2019-02-19
Composition of Adam & Eve: What was the physical composition of Adam and Eve? Were they the same as us? Did they digest like us?



2019-02-05
White Privilege: Are you familiar w/ "white privilege"? What are your thoughts about it? Is there a biblical basis for it?



2019-01-22
Jesus-Incarnate God: How is Jesus both human and God? [John 1:1,14].



2018-12-18
Human Bones in Africa: A friend of the caller visited the cradle of human kind, evolution, & so on, & wants to know Steve's thoughts.



2018-10-30
Nephilim: Are the Sons of God angels or humans?
Guardian Angels: Are there really guardian angels?
Fallen Angels: Are fallen angels demons?

2018-08-30
Technology: Is technology part of God's intended creation?



2018-08-15
Existing in the First Place: If God knows we won't live for Him or if He knows everything we are going to do, then why would we exist at all?



2018-08-10
People of Nod: Where did the people in the land of Nod come from? [Genesis 4:15-16]



2018-07-19
Adam & Eve & Race: How did all the races come about if we all came from Adam & Eve?



2018-05-03
Mighty Men of God (& women): Does it say anywhere about might men or women of God? [Judges 6:12]



2018-04-19
The Whole World Saved: God chose from the beginning those that were to be saved in Christ? Why couldn't God just save ALL of the world? [Ephesians 1:4-5]



2018-03-29
My Spirit shall not always Strive: My Spirit will not strive w/ men forever, what does that mean that He'll run out of patience? [Genesis 6:3]



2018-03-01
Human existence 6,000 years: How do we determine that from Adam & Eve that it's only been 6000 years?



2018-02-19
Broken and Fallen World: We were not given a choice to be born. Why do you think God chose to put us in this fallen world?



2018-01-12
Art & Science of Biblical Interpretation: How do you know what is metaphorical and what is historical?
Defining Good & Evil: How do we define Good & Evil? Man was originally a being created with a likeness to God, isn't that right?
Joel Osteen: What do you think of Joel Osteen & his church becoming the biggest church in North America?

2018-01-03
God Saving Man?: Why would an omnipotent God have to come to save mankind?



2017-12-28
Human Pawns to God: Are we simply pawns being arranged by God? Are we being tested just to see if worthy opponents? Isn't that a little bit unfair? [Ephesians 2:6-7, Ephesians 3:10]



2017-11-20
Worshipping Jesus & God the Father: Did Jesus ever command to be worshipped? What is required for worship? Worshipping God through song?



2017-11-20
Boundaries Against Toxic People: You can be nclean from touching clothing? is this parallel to being careful about being around certain people & situations [Jude]



2017-11-17
Holiness of God & Permitting Suffering: Regarding the goodness/holiness of God, why would an all-loving, all-powerful God not step in & prevent horrific human suffering?



2017-11-02
Adam & Eve the Parents of the Human Race: Were Adam & Eve really the first humans according to Genesis?



2017-10-23
God Holding us Responsible for Adam's Sin: How can God hold the whole world responsible for Adam's sin? [Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:12-21]



2017-10-09
God Creating Us: Why did God create us? why are we here?
Lucifer Becoming Satan: Jesus said He saw Satan fall down from heaven like lightening. [Luke 10:18]


2017-09-29
Adam & Eve's Fall: what was the curse of Adam & Eve & how did it affect mankind? Could they have not sinned?



2017-09-25
The BLM: Just wondering what you think about all this BLM (Black Lives Matter) stuff going on nowadays.



2017-09-15
The 6th Sense: Do you think we have a 6th sense? Did we lose it at the Fall of Adam?



2017-08-30
Age of Accountability: Babies & children being sinners, but aren't really accountable until 20 years old.



2017-08-18
A Different Plan of Salvation: Why didn't God do it differently than needing a Saviour for the entire human race, like quarantine Adam & Eve & redoing it?



2017-08-04
Disagreement or Unity Among Brethren: Can there be disagreement among believers & still be saved? What is the purpose of life, is it just to escape hell?
Purpose of Life: What is the purpose of life? Is it just to escape hell?


2017-07-11
Satan Being Omnipresent: How can people be pestered by satan at the same time on the earth if he's not omnipresent?



2017-07-06
Meaning of Life: What is the meaning of life?



2017-06-09
Cain's Fear: If there was such a small population when Cain was told to leave, who was he afraid of? [Genesis 4:13]



2017-04-13
Pre-existence of Humans: Since are an extension of God, did we have a pre-existence? (Buddhist caller)



2017-04-12
Seeing God's Full Glory: People can't see the full glory of God until we are in our new bodies?



2017-04-06
Update on the Surgery Caller just had: Caller gives an update to the surgery he just had.
Humans Only ones to Fall: Was mankind the only creature that fell under the curse?


2017-04-03
Life Expectancy of 120 Years: God decreasing life expectancy to 120 years. Can you explain that? [Genesis 6:3, Genesis 11]



2017-03-07
Our Days being Numbered: Can you tell me some verses about God knowing how many days exactly we have? [Psalms 139:16]
Aborted Babies: What about babies who are aborted?


2017-03-06
2 Natures of Christ: 2 natures of Christ, Him being fully Man & fully God, how can they co-mingle?
Christ's Omnipresence: Was Christ omnipresent while He was here earth?


2017-02-03
Man before Adam & Eve: Jimmy Swaggert suggested that man was made before Adam & Eve, what do you think?
Hacksaw Ridge Movie: Wondering if you saw the movie, "Hacksaw Ridge" & what you thought of it?


2016-12-20
God creating mankind: Does the Bible say why God made us



2016-12-13
Jesse Duplantis: Does Steve know anything about him, God has power to take human life, but doesn't have the authority to take them.



2016-11-30
Recognizing people in Heaven: Are we going to recognize people in heaven?



2016-10-14
Man inherently bad or good: Is Man inherently good or evil? [Romans 3:10-18, Psalm 14]



2016-10-10
"Created Unto Good Works": Does the phrase "created unto good works" mean God has specific works He wants us to accomplish or just general works you'd do as a Christian? [Ephesians 2:8-10]
Church of Rome: Did Peter found the church that is in Rome?


2016-10-04
Being made in God's Image: What does it mean to be made in God's image? [Genesis 1:26]



2016-09-20
Resurrection & Adan & Jesus' Atonement:: the 1st Adam & the last Adam, was Adam created in flesh & blood & was the coming of Christ THE plan or was it Plan B? [1 Corinthians 15]



2016-09-19
God Repented Making Man, Grieved Him: Someone gave me a book called, "The Story", & I read what God was saying right before the flood & how does that compare with how He loved us while we were yet sinners. [Genesis 6:6, Romans 5:8]



2016-09-19
Josiah's Fire: Josiah's Fire: Autism Stole His Words, God Gave Him a Voice by Tahni Cullen & Cheryl Ricker, has Steve heard of it?



2016-09-02
All of Us Killed Christ: Did we really ultimately kill Christ ourselves because of our sins?



2016-08-05
Antinatalism (No Procreation): Should parents have children if they can't guarantee that they won't suffer?
Children Going to Hell: What if you run the risk of children burning for eternity in hell?
God Irresponsible: Does it possibly make God irresponsible by letting children being born who are going to burn in hell for eternity?

2016-08-01
"Know we no man after the Flesh": When it says, “according to the flesh”, is that talking about their flesh or ours? [2 Corinthians 5:15-21]
"We are Ambassadors for Christ": And a related question, is Paul saying they as apostles are "ambassadors" or we all as Christians are ambassadors? [2 Corinthians 5:20]
"Reconciling the World": What about "reconciling the world"? Is this talking about the people of the world or the whole world itself? [2 Corinthians 5:19]

2016-07-12
Animals, humans, souls & spirits: Is it possible that animals only have body & soul but no spirit like us humans?



2016-07-12
Distinction between Soul & Spirit: Is there a difference between the soul & the spirit? (Trichotomist vs Dichotomist)



2016-06-13
3 Part Beings: We are a tri-part being, body, soul & spirit, the only thing that gets born again is the spirit [1 Thessalonians 5:23]



2016-06-06
Being Born: If babies go to heaven, why be born or live at all?



2016-04-21
People on earth Besides Adam & Eve: Before Adam & Eve were there people on the earth because otherwise who did Adam & Eve's kids marry?



2016-04-08
"Lord, Save Us From Your Followers": Caller disagrees with the documentary, "Lord Save Us From Your Followers". A long discussion ensues.



2015-12-21
Living longer before the Flood: Why did people before the Flood live so much longer? Do you think they are literal years?
The Labyrinth: Comments about the Question she heard about the Labyrinth.


2015-11-06
Human Cloning: What if human cloning became possible? Would they have a soul? What would be the morality around it?
Genetics & Ancestry: Could there be any connections to soul, genetics & ancestry? Generational curses?


2015-10-02
Desires of the Flesh: The usage of the word "flesh" seems to be a little contradictory in the way it's used in certain parts of the Bible, such as in Galatians it says the flesh & the Spirit are opposed to each other, in Ezekiel it says God will give us a fleshly heart, & in Ephesians it says we aren't even at war w/ our flesh. Can you explain these apparent contradictions? [Galatians 5:17, Ezekiel 26:36, Ephesians 6:12, Romans 7]
KJV-Only People: Can you please talk about the KJV-only people, that only the KJV should be used, that if you are not reading the KJV you aren't really reading the Bible at all?


2015-09-22
Holy Spirit Using an Individual: Could God decide to use somebody because they thought God would never use him, & wanted to prove them wrong, as it were?



2015-09-09
God Creating Us: How long was God waiting in Heaven before He created us?



2015-08-25
Genders in Heaven: Will there be male & female in Heaven?



2015-07-17
Marriage & Divorce Discussion: Caller submits that the reason most marriages fail is because they should've never gotten married in the first place.
God Uses People: God uses people whether Christian or non-Christians, God is complete control.


2015-06-25
120 years: What is the 120 years being referred to in [Genesis 6:3]?



2015-06-01
Adam's Sin: Why does God hold the whole world responsible for what Adam did?



2015-05-26
Lifespan of Humans Before Flood: What is the most satisfactory explanation Steve knows of for people living so long before the Flood but suddenly shorter lives a while after the Flood?



2015-04-20
Adam & Eve's Children & Incest: How did Adam & Eve's children not have been in incestuous relationship when they got married, having children?
"You Do to the Least of These": Was Jesus talking to believers when He said, "When you've helped the least of my brethren, you have helped Me"? [Matthew 25:40]


2015-04-01
Sheep & Goats: When do we become a Sheep or a Goat? Wasn't David's son who died at 2 years old a sheep? Are we all sheep & become goats? [Matthew 25:31-46]
People's Level of Importance: Why is the President esteemed so much more than a garbage man?


2015-03-30
Recognizing each other in Heaven: Will we know each other on the other side of glory?



2015-03-25
Traditional View of Hell Caller: Caller who had called a few calls ago calls back & remembered his 3rd Q: God made hell for the devil & his demons & not humans, is that true?



2015-03-12
Made in His image & became like us: It seems to say 2 different things about God creating us, that we were made in His image, but then that we became like Him. [Genesis 2 & 3]



2015-03-03
Women out living men: Women tend to live out men, so how about when the men were living to be 800 or 900 years old?



2015-02-25
Humanism & Christian Love: The Christian standard of "Love one another" is a much higher standard than just Humanism.



2015-02-23
God's Foreknowledge: No matter if God was able to control it or not, but it would seem cruel that God made us if He knew we were going to fail. (Michael the Buddhist call.)



2015-02-12
God Creating Humans: So God took a gamble by creating us, not knowing if we were going to pass the test or not of eating the forbidden fruit?



2015-02-10
Adam & Eve & the Fall: If Adam & Eve hadn't succumbed to the eating of the Tree of the Knowledge, isn't it possible that someone eventually would have?



2015-01-30
Recognizing Relatives in Heaven: Will we know our relatives in Heaven? What age will be appear there? Will we be speaking the same language?



2014-04-09
Casting Satan to Earth: Why did God cast Satan to planet Earth right where human beings were going to be?



2014-04-07
People in Heaven: Would God rather have people in heaven of their own volition or aborted babies in Heaven?
Thomas Jefferson: Discussion about caller's disagreement w/ Steve over Thomas Jefferson not being a Christian.


2014-02-25
Age of the Earth, Dinosaurs & Man: If the earth is only 6,000 years old, & we supposedly lived alongside the Dinosaurs, how come they didn't devour us? When were they killed off, during the Flood?



2014-02-21
Innocence Restored: Michael the Buddhist discusses about humanity going back to innocence/restoration after the Fall.
Bible Translated many Times: The Bible has been translated so many times it might've lost its accuracy, caller surmises.
Jesus' physical presence: It must've been wonderful being able to be around Jesus when He was here, but now all we have is the Bible to rely on, so it makes it a little hard to believe. [John 20:24-31]

2013-10-24
Soul being Evil or Neutral: Is it the Soul or the carnal nature of man that is inherently evil?



2013-10-11
6th & 8th Day Creation: God rested on the 7th day, after He created some people, & THEN created Adam & Eve on the 8th day. What does Steve think?
2 People of Every Race on Ark: Caller also thinks that 2 of every human race got on the ark.


2013-08-16
Human Races: Where did all the races come from since the time of Noah?
People where Cain went: So there were more people where Cain moved to after killing Abel?


2013-08-09
A day is as a 1000 Years: So is it possible that the earth or the history of Human race has only been in existence in light of 6,000 years in light of this verse in 2 Peter? [2 Peter 3:8-9]



2013-06-24
Mankind's God-likeness: In Genesis it says we were made in the likeness of God but other places say God is not like us. [Genesis 1:26-27, Isaiah 40:18, 1 John 3]



2013-03-01
Defining Sin & Doing the Right Thing: Are not the good works of unbelievers, not actually good, because they are not glorifying God? [Psalm 14:1-3, Psalm 19:1, Acts 2:37, Acts 7:54, Acts 26:14, Acts 17:26].



2013-02-21
"None that Does Good"-The Human Condition: How do you handle the scripture; "there is none that does good"? [Romans 3:9, Psalm 14:5, Romans 2:17, Romans 2:1, Romans 1-4].
Gentiles Cannot Seek God without Regeneration: Do you think that the unregenerate (and the gentiles) can seek God in their flesh? [Acts 10, Psalm 14:3, John 6:44].
Calvinism vs Arminianism: Can both Calvinism and Arminianism be merged or both be somewhat correct?

2013-02-20
Unforgiveness for Unfaithfulness: I struggle with unforgiveness toward my unfaithful husband, but don't want to go to hell. Can you help? [Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 7:12, Ephesians 4:30].
Unforgiveness Sends Us to Hell: Should I take the Bible literally when it says I will go to hell if I don't forgive? What will happen to my unfaithful husband? [Matthew 19:6].
Some Sins Worse Than Others: Doesn't the Bible say that all sins are the same, rather than some sins worse that others?

2013-01-28
Pre-historic Animals: In what part of the timeline would you place the prehistoric animals? Prior to man? During Adam's creation?
Drawings of Animals & People in Caves: What about all the drawing of animals & people in caves?


2013-01-25
Be fruitful & Multiply: How can "be fruitful & multiply" apply to Adam & Eve? [Genesis 1:28]


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