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2024-02-21 Pagan & Heathen: What is the difference between "pagan" and "heathen?"
2024-02-21 Those Who Have Never Heard: What about native American Indians who have never heard the gospel? [John 1:9].
2024-02-20 Cremation: Do only pagans cremate? Is it acceptable for Christians to be cremated?
Charitable Donations on Taxes: Should we deduct our charitable donations on our taxes, since it is a gift?
2024-01-09 Hinduism's Timeline: Does the Hindu religion predate creation?
Once Saved, Always Saved (Eternal Security): What do you think about the "once saved, always saved?" [John 15:6].
2023-11-27 God's Terrible Decision about the Promised Land: Why did God make such a terrible decision to have the Israelites take over the land when people were still fighting over it? [Leviticus 18:28, Deuteronomy 28:15f, James 4:1-4].
2023-10-23 Other Religions & Miracles: Are there miracles recorded in other religion's holy books and records?
2023-09-27 Jezebel: What kind of woman was Jezebel?
2023-07-19 Pagan Idols, Statues & Demons: Could you comment on the contradiction that in the Old Testament, idols are described as demons and also as nothing but the materials of which they are made? [Isaiah 46, 1 Corinthians 8-10, Romans 14, Isaiah 57:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 1 John 4:4].
2023-06-05 Tattoos: What do you think about tattoos in these modern times? [Leviticus 19:27-28].
2023-05-24 Blood Sacrifice: Why did God require a "blood sacrifice," like the pagans? [Genesis 3:21, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 8:20-22, Romans 3:23, Revelation 13:8].
2023-05-10 Taking From the Gentiles: Is Jesus talking to Gentiles in the 3rd book of John when he is talking about not taking anything from the Gentiles? [3 John 1:7, Ephesians 2:15].
Chronology of 1st, 2nd & 3rd John: What do you think the chronology of the writing of 1st, 2nd, 3rd books of John?
2023-02-16 Command to Divorce: Why were the Israelites commanded to divorce their pagan wives in Ezra? [Ezra 10:3].
Concern About Racial Mixing: When the Israelites were commanded to divorce their pagan wives, was it about keeping the race pure?
2023-02-16 Command to Divorce: Why were the Israelites commanded to divorce their pagan wives in Ezra? [Ezra 10:3].
Concern About Racial Mixing: When the Israelites were commanded to divorce their pagan wives, was it about keeping the race pure?
2023-02-16 Intermarriage in Israel: Don't you think that the reason marriage was restricted in the Old Testament so that Messiah would be born?
2022-12-30 Human Sacrifices in the Bible: Could you help me answer questions about human sacrifices in the Old Testament? Recommended topical lectures; "Authority of Scripture." and Steve's books-2 vol set, "Empire of the Risen Son." [Jude 1:4, Romans 15:4].
2022-11-14 Marian Doctrine: How do you help someone overcome the influence of the "Marian Doctrine"? [Matthew 12:46-50].
2022-08-12 Divorce in the Old Testament: Could you talk about when some in the Old Testament married pagan women, and they were told to divorce them? [Ezra 10:3, I Corinthians 7:15].
2022-06-20 Tragic Evil Stories in the Old Testament: Why was it acceptable to surrender one's daughters (and a concubine) to guest in the Old Testament? [Judges 19:24, Genesis 19:7].
2022-05-16 God Enlightening Pagan Cultures: Do you think that God's has endowed unbelieving, other religious cultures with wisdom, morality, and guidelines? [Mark 12:30-31, Leviticus 19:17-18].
2022-02-25 Conceived or Dying "In Sin": Is there any connection between when David said, "I was conceived in sin" and the fact that we all die in sin? [Psalm 51:5, Romans 5:12, Psalm 58:3, Psalm 27:10].
God Using Evil Nations to Judge: Does God use evil nations to judge disobedient nations? [Habakkuk 1-2].
2022-02-01 Worshipping the Sun in Ezekiel: Were the people facing the sun in Ezekiel, likely worshipping the sun? [Ezekiel 8-10].
Easter Holiday Paralleled to Pagan Sun-Worship: Is there any parallel to worshipping the sun and Easter, relative to Ezekiel? [Ezekiel 8-10, 2 Peter 1:19, Malachi 1:11, Malachi 4:2, Isaiah 60:3, Psalm 19:4-5].
2022-02-01 Worshipping the Sun in Ezekiel: Were the people facing the sun in Ezekiel, likely worshipping the sun? [Ezekiel 8-10].
Easter Holiday Paralleled to Pagan Sun-Worship: Is there any parallel to worshipping the sun and Easter, relative to Ezekiel? [Ezekiel 8-10, 2 Peter 1:19, Malachi 1:11, Malachi 4:2, Isaiah 60:3, Psalm 19:4-5].
2021-12-21 Christmas-and Other Pagan Holidays: Why do Christians celebrate pagan holidays? [2 Corinthians 3:17, Romans 14:5].
2021-11-30 Fatalism & Manicheism: What more do you know about the pagan theology of Fatalism?
2021-09-02 Gilgamesh Epic Causing Doubt: What is your response to my becoming a "Doubting Thomas" because of ancient books and mythology, like "Gilgamesh Epic" existing before the Bible and some of the common traits?[Luke 3:1].
2021-09-02 Mithraism & Other Pagan Religions & Sources: Could you talk about Mithraism and the other Pagan Religions and their beliefs?
Gnostic Gospels: Is there a possibility that the Gnostic Gospels could be trusted?
The "Gospel of Judas": What do you think of the "Gospel of Judas", and the idea that Judas might have been a good guy? [John 6:70]. NOTE: Steve misspoke the source would be Nag Hammadi instead of Ras Shamra.
2021-07-07 The Interfaith Movement: What about the interfaith movement that is trying to promote that each religion has their own way to God?
2021-07-06 Obelisks: Could the Egyptian obelisks be linked to the Jewish ones?
2021-05-17 When Jesus Comes-What's Next for the Christians Who are Alive: Will we see heaven if we are alive when Jesus comes? Will we go to heaven and have the marriage supper there? [Revelation 21:9, Revelation 21:2, Revelation 17, Hebrews 12:22].
Earth Burns Up: Where will we, who are alive when Jesus comes, be when the earth burns up?
Pagan, Heathen, Gentile: What is the difference between, "pagan", "heathen" and "gentile"?
2021-05-13 Worshipping Evil, Satan, Demons: In some religions, like the Hindus, people worship the devil. Why would people want to do this?
2021-05-06 Multiple Marriages in the Bible: Why didn't God ever confront David about his multiple marriages? [I Corinthians 7:2]
Prophets to the Pagans: Did the prophets of God ever go and confront the pagan nations?
2021-04-27 Comment on Demon Possession vs Oppression: Caller clarifies the idea of being possessed by demons would be different from by influenced by demons.
Deep-breathing for Anxiety: Why is the practice of deep-breathing for anxiety looked down upon as if it is pagan. [Philippians 1:4].
2021-04-20 Ancient Pagan Cultural Influences: Are you familiar with the Behistun, the Gilgamesh Epic, and Sumarian Tablets and how they may be informing us to the source of certain ideas, events, and cultures?
2021-04-16 Michael Heizer & the Divine Council: Do you think that Michael Heizer may be leading folks to polytheism with his understanding of the verse in Genesis about the word "us" in the creation story referring to the "Divine Council"? [Genesis 1:26, Daniel 10:13-20].
2021-03-31 Elisha & the Children Eaten by Bears: Would you talk about the children who were eaten by the bears because they were making fun of Elisha? [2 Kings 2:23-25].
John Addressing Gnostics or Christians in 1 John: Who was John addressing in the first epistle of John? [1 John 1:9, I John 3:14, I John 2:12-14, I John 2:7].
2021-03-19 Annihilation of the Canaanites: Are we to understand the cursing of the Canaanites was the justification of the annihilation? [Genesis 9:25, Genesis 15:16].
2021-02-05 Killing of the Midianites Contradictory: What about God saying you should not kill, but yet He directs the killing of the Midianites?
2021-01-07 Pagan Sources for Christianity (Zeitgeist): What about the claim that Christianity borrowed many of its features from earlier pagan cultures? (Rec Lecture: Zeitgeist, Steve Gregg, YouTube).
2020-12-07 Pagan Christmas and Christmas Trees: Is Christmas pagan and scripture referring to Christmas trees in Jeremiah? [Jeremiah 10:1-5, Isaiah 44:15-17, Isaiah 46:6].
2020-10-29 Halloween: Could you comment on Ephesians 5:11, particularly in light of Halloween? [Ephesians 5:11, Galatians 4:10].
2020-08-20 Constantine's Christian Conversion: Do you anything about Constantine's conversion, his vision about the sign of the cross, and the ark that he made with pagan symbols on it?
Constantine's Pagan Temple Symbol: Did Constantine add the cross to many other pagan symbols in a temple?
2020-07-21 Science Seen as Sorcery to Ancient Pagans: Do you think that scientific information introduced to ancient pagan societies would've been seen as sorcery, so that is why Genesis is told as it is? [Genesis 1, Genesis 5, Matthew 19:4].
2020-07-20 Education Today: What do you think about the state of education today?
Classical Education: What do you think of a classical education, including taking Latin - especially with the inclusion of Greek and Roman pagan literature?
2020-05-07 God Seems Evil in the Old Testament: Some Old Testament passages make God sound really evil, particularly when he has people massacred or annihilated. How come God just doesn't do it himself?
God Not Good All the Time: Is it legitimate to say that "God is good all the time" in light of all the terrible judgments in the Old Testament? [I Samuel 15].
God Sends Evil Spirit: When the Bible says that God sent an evil spirit, how do you understand that and harmonize that with a good God? [I Kings 22:22, Job 1, I Samuel 16, Judges 6-9, Judges 9:23].
2020-03-19 Idolatry: What is idolatry? [Matthew 10:37, Ephesians 5:15, Colossians 3:5].
2020-02-19 Oldest Religion: What is the oldest religion?
2020-01-07 Regeneration Before Faith: Do the following verses prove that regeneration precedes faith? [John 1:12-13, Philippians 1:29, I John 5:1, Ephesians 2, Colossians 2, John 3, Luke 15:11-32, Hebrews 4, James 1:17].
Greek Philosophy in Christianity: Is it wrong to mix our faith with elements of other religious philosophies? [Exodus 12, Colossians 2:8].
2019-12-18 Pagan Symbolism in Christianity Have you heard of the "Fuel" project and their postulate regarding pagan symbolism in Christianity?
2019-12-04 City of David: Is Bethlehem or Jerusalem the "City of David"?
Non-Christian Event: What would you do about attending an event that seems to be oriented toward Wicca or non-Christian decorations in a Christmas house?
2019-11-07 The High Places; What were the high places and why could Israel not simply obey God by taking them down as He directed? [2 Kings].
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