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Topic: New Testament

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2024-02-22
Languages in the New Testament: How do I find out if the book of Mathew was written in Hebrew, rather than Greek, like the rest of the New Testament?



2024-01-24
The Book of Matthew & The New Covenant: Why is the Book of Matthew in the New Testament of the New Covenant wasn't instituted until Jesus died? [Hebrews 9:17, Matthew 1:1].
Jesus Lived During the Old Covenant: Are the Dispensationalists wrong when they say that Jesus lived during or under the Old Covenant?


2023-11-07
Reading the Bible in Public: Caller is unclear about his role in reading the scriptures out loud in public and whether he should use the Old or New Testaments. [2 Corinthians 3:12].



2023-11-06
Reading the New Testament Publicly: When I read publicly, should I be reading from the New Testament, rather than the Old, since it is more about Jesus and salvation? [Luke 24:44].



2023-10-27
Olivet Discourse & The End of the Age: Where did the phrase about the "end of the age" in the Olivet Discourse [Luke 17, Mark 13, Luke 21, Matthew 24].
Matthew's Grouping of Events: How does one prove that Matthew is grouping (and conflating) events more by subject (Sermon on the Mount, Missionary, Parables, Relationships, Olivet Discourse), rather than chronologically? [Matthew 5-7, Matthew 10, Matthew 13, Matthew 18, Matthew 24-25].


2023-10-13
Old & New Testaments & Good & Bad God: How do I deal with the seemingly two different Gods in the Bible-The wrathful God of the Old versus the Jesus of the New Testament? [Genesis 6:5-22, James 1:19-20, Genesis 14:13-16, Psalm 103:8-11
Understanding the Trinity: How am I to understand "the trinity," and when does it enter the Bible? [Psalm 33:6, Genesis 1:1, John 1:1].


2023-10-03
Applying the "Forgiveness" Teachings of Jesus: What do you think about the necessity of applying New Covenant teachings about forgiveness in light of Jesus' teaching under the Old Testament? [1 John 4:20-21, Matthew 12:8, Matthew 15:11-20, Matthew 9:10-11, Matthew 11:19, Matthew 21:31-32, Luke 7:34].



2023-09-06
The Book of Matthew: Why do some people think that the Book of Matthew should be the beginning of the New Testament, when it is about the Law?
Oracle of Delphi: What do you know about the "Oracle of Delphi?"


2023-08-18
Wuest's New Testament Translation: Are you familiar with the New Testament by Kenneth Wuest? Are they good? Is it similar to Amplified?
Ken Ham: What's your take on Ken Ham (Creation teacher)?


2023-08-11
Canon of New Testament (Council of Nicaea): Could you direct me where to start in learning more about the Council of Nicaea in light of those claiming that Constantine held power due to it?



2023-08-11
Adding or Subtracting from Scripture: Doesn't the New Testament add to the scripture in contrast to what is said in Deuteronomy 4? [Deuteronomy 4:2, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 7:12, Proverbs 30:5-6, Revelation 22:18-19].



2023-05-25
"That Which is Perfect Comes": Why does Paul stick in the comment about "that which is perfect comes, now seeing darkly in a mirror, and being fully known" in the middle of the Love chapter? [1 Corinthians 13:9-12].
Strange Lips &Tongues: Could you comment on 1 Corinthians 14, and the use of tongues ....[1 Corinthians 14:21, Isaiah 28:11-12, 1 Corinthians 14:2-5, 1 Corinthians 14:28].


2023-04-28
Jehovah of the Jews vs God of Christians: Why are there two religions pitted against one another of they have the same Jehovah God, and they both think the other is going to hell? [John 8:54, John 14:9, John 14:20].



2023-03-10
Citing Steve Gregg: How do you prefer to be identified when cited? (Christian, non-Calvinist, Amillennial, Non-Dispensational, Charismatic).
Holy Spirit-Old vs New Testaments: How did one experience the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Old vs New Testaments? [Numbers 11:25, Joel 2:28, John 7:37].


2022-12-30
Apostolic Era-Before the New Testament: How Christians are led today by the Holy Spirit with the scriptures, in contrast to the absence of the New Testament in the age of the apostles? [2 Peter 1:3, John 16:13, Romans 2:12-16].



2022-12-29
Why Keep the Old Testament?: If the Old Testament is obsolete, then why do we even have it in our Bibles? Is there any denomination that uses only the New Testament? [Exodus 19-20].
New Testament vs Old Testament: Isn't it only the New Testament that is necessary for the Christian today?


2022-11-17
New Testament Book with Most Old Testament Quotes: What is the New Testament book that has the most Old Testament quotations, Romans or Hebrews (if Paul wrote Hebrews)? [Hebrews 13:23, Psalms 121:1-2].
Steve Gregg's Successor: Caller comments on a possible successor for Steve Gregg for The Narrow Path.


2022-09-30
The Life of Christ & the New Covenant: Would it not be helpful to begin the New Testament with the Book of Acts since Jesus had not yet died in order to fully initiate the New Covenant? [Mark 1:15, Galatians 4:4].



2022-09-15
Old vs New Covenant: Would you compare and contrast the Old & New Testaments? [Colossians 2:16-17].



2022-07-06
Book of Revelation-Date of Writing: What are your reasons for believing that it is possible that the book of Revelation is likely to have been written before some of the other New Testament books? [Revelation 19, 2 Peter 3:13, Isaiah 65:17, Revelation 20-21, James 1:12, Revelation 2:10, James 1:18, Revelation 14:4].



2021-12-29
Book of Remembrance Is the "Book of Remembrance" a reference to the New Testament? [Malachi 3:16].
The Writing of the New Testament: Is there anything in the Old Testament that promises the writing of the New Testament?
Paul Writing Own Letters: Is there a contradiction about Paul writing his letters with his own hand? [Romans 16:32, 2 Thessalonians 3:17].

2021-12-02
Textual Criticism: Is textual criticism important to consider and is one of the various manuscripts (Alexandrian, Textus Receptus) available?



2021-11-10
Early Writing of Revelation & Preterism: Is believing that the book of Revelation was written before 70 A.D. typical of Preterists?
New Testament Completed by 70 A.D.: Was the New Testament completed before 70 A.D., making the canon of scripture complete?


2021-08-20
The Word of God (Scriptures) in Jesus' Time: What was considered "the Bible" (the scriptures) before the New Testament was written, during Jesus' ministry & the apostles thereafter? [2 Timothy 3:16, John 8:31, John 13:20].



2021-08-19
Jim & Elisabeth Elliot: Did you ever get a chance to meet Elisabeth Elliot? Recommended Book: "Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot"
Old Testament Significance: Since we are not under the law anymore, then what is the significance of the Old Testament to us today? [Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:13, I Corinthians 9:9, I Timothy 5:18].


2021-04-06
Early Christians and the Old Testament Law: If the early Christians didn't have the New Testament, how did they know that they did not have to follow the Old Testament Law? [Acts 15].



2020-11-11
Support for the Greeks in the New Testament: Since the Philistines were Greeks and constantly attacking Israel, why does the New Testament seem to support the Greeks? [Jeremiah 47:4].
The Greek Language of the New Testament: Why was the New Testament written in Greek instead of Latin? Was that prophesied?


2020-06-19
New Testament Parallel to Hosea: Is there a New Testament verse that parallels to and explains Hosea 5? [Hosea 5:14-15, Ezekiel 37, Luke 21:20-22].
Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord: Doesn't this verse parallel Hosea 5, and therefore predict that the Jews will turn back to Christ? Matthew 23:39? [ Hosea 5:14-15, Matthew 23:39, Matthew 6, Zechariah 14].


2020-06-04
Holy Spirit Contrasted in Old & New Testaments: Would you compare the way the Holy Spirit came upon those in the Old Testament and how the Holy Spirit comes to us today? [Acts 2:16, 1:8, I Peter 2:5, Ephesians 2:19-22, John 20:22]



2020-05-08
Jesus Humor: I can think of only one verse that might refer to Jesus having a sense of humor. [John 21:25]
Numerology & the Bible: After Isaiah chapter 40, there appears more alignment with the New Testament message, & there may also be a relationship between the 39 chapters of Isaiah to the 39 books of the Old Testament. Do you think that numerology has anything to do with this? [Lamentations, Psalm 119].


2020-04-10
Proclamation: Caller shares a proclamation about the glory of God.
Identifying The Called: The words for used for "called" in Romans 8, are two different Greek words, so does that identify a particular and exclusive group of people as "the called"?[Romans 8:28-30, Isaiah 66:4, Hosea 11:4, Revelation 17:14].
Husband/ Wife vs Bride/ Bridegroom: Is there any distinction between the husband/ wife in the Old Testament and the bride/ bridegroom in the New Testament? [Isaiah 43:4, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 19:7-9].

2020-01-28
Promises for the Church Today: Are there any other promises made to the New Testament church, beyond He will "never leave or forsake" us? [2 Peter 1:4, Hebrew 8:6, 13:5, Jeremiah 31, Ezekiel 36, Matthew 6:33, Romans 8:28].
Called a Nazarene: Where is it said in the prophets "He will be called a Nazarene" as described in Matthew 2? [Matthew 2:22, Micah 5:2, Hosea 11:1]


2020-01-14
Synoptic Gospels: What are the "synoptic gospels" and why are they grouped that way?



2019-03-28
Origen: Did the church father, Origen, have access to the New Testament scriptures? What would you recommend of his books?



2019-03-13
John 2 Why is there so much repetition in John's writing [I John 2:12-14]?



2019-02-28
Writers of the New Testament: Did the writers of the NT know they were writing scripture when they were writing?



2019-01-25
Harmonizing OT & NT, Eye for an Eye: How would we harmonize the Old Testament & the New Testament, where in the OT, it was an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, but Jesus in the NT seemed to be all about mercy. [Leviticus 24:15-22, Matthew 5:38-42]



2019-01-16
Where the Eagles are Gathered: Why are the parallels in Matthew 24, Luke 17 & 21. about "where the eagles gather" so different? [Matthew 24:28, Luke 17:37, Job 39:30].



2019-01-08
Grounds for Divorce: Is actual adultery, as opposed to carnal knowledge, desertion & physical abuse, grounds for divorce?
Date of Writing of the New Testament: Were all the books of the new Testament were written before 69 A.D.?
Reincarnation: How do you view reincarnation?

2019-01-08
New Testament Reliability: How can we be sure that the New Testament is not corrupted?



2019-01-03
Jan Markell & Jack Hibbs: Should we go listen to Jan Markell and Jack Hibbs when they are going to be in his area?
Date of Writing of the Gospels: Do you know when the four gospels were actually written?


2018-12-17
God in the Old Testament & the New Testament: How do we balance the things we see as harsh in the OT w/ the true love of God?



2018-12-13
Virgin Birth: Double fulfillments, one in the Old Testament & one in the New Testament. [Isaiah 7 & 8]



2018-12-10
Revelation Revealed: The NT reveals what the OT had hidden, could you say that same thing about Revelation to the NT?



2018-11-05
Old Testament & New Testament Application: Does the New Testament writings supersede the Old Testament, and if so, how do we sort it?



2018-08-31
On the Brink of Nuclear War: Caller thinks we are on the brink of War with Russia (in 2018).
Old Testament Emphasis: Caller think there's too much emphasis on OT scripture, instead of focusing on the NT & what is happening in the world today


2018-07-20
Jesus' Words on Paper: Did Jesus know His words would be written down?
Paul's Writings: Do we rely too much on Paul's writing? Paul's insight and directives as binding? He was the chief advocate for the Gentiles?


2018-03-19
The Pre-Trib Rapture: The 7th trumpet & Jesus coming on the last day, does this negate the pre-trib rapture?
Morality in the Old Testament: Is morality different in the Old Testament vs New Testament?


2018-03-14
Knowing Koine Greek: Just because you understand New Testament Greek does not mean that you know all the truth, error-free.
Eastern Orthodox Church: What do you think of Hank Hanegraaff switching over to eastern orthodox church? How can he possibly still be a legitimate host of The Bible Answer Man?


2018-03-12
Tithing in the NT I've been listening to Doug Batchelor & he quoted a verse in Matthew that talks about tithing & says that tithing is for the New Testament Christians also. What do you think? [Matthew 23:23]



2018-02-21
Grace: Has God Always Operated Under Grace?
Pluck Out Your Eye: What does Jesus mean when He says pluck out the eye?


2018-02-14
New Testament Tithing: Are pastors taking passages of scripture out of context when they claim we are to tithe?



2018-01-04
New Testament Reliability: People say we can't trust the Scriptures of the New Tesament because they were just letters all compiled together centuries later. [2 Timothy 3:16]



2017-12-21
Gnostic Gospels: What are the Gnostic Gospels & why are they not included in the New Testament?



2017-12-19
Preterism: So you don't agree with all of Revelation is the model of Preterism, relative to 3.5 year? [Revelation 10-13]
Replacement Theology: Salvation of the Old Testament was the same as the New Testament, was it?


2017-09-21
The Book of Romans: Is Romans a personal book or a theological treatise?



2017-08-31
Letters of New Testament Complete: When were all the writings of the New Testament complete?
70 Years: Is the year 70 AD Destruction of Jerusalem of any significance to 70 year captivity in Babylon?


2017-08-04
Timeline of the New Testament: Do you know a detailed reference timeline for the New Testament?



2017-07-31
Prosperity & Blessing in OT, Suffering & Persecution in NT: In the Old Testament there seems to be an emphasis that if you live a righteous life, you will prosper, be blessed, but in the New Testament, just the opposite seems to be true, that we'll be suffering more than being blessed.



2017-07-28
Indwelling of the Holy Spirit: Can you explain the difference between the new & old covenant regarding the Holy Spirit?



2017-07-24
Heaven & Hell not Addressed: In the Old Testament NOR the New Testament there's not much mention about what happens to you after you die, heaven or hell, need to love Him just because



2017-06-06
Testament & Covenant: Are "testament" & "covenant" interchangeable? [Natthew 26:28, Luke 22:8, 1 Corinthians 11, Hebrews 8]



2017-03-21
Trusting in the Lord: I was studying the word "trust" in the OT & the NT & you don't hear much about "trust in the Lord" in the NT, why is that?



2017-03-08
The Jesus Story Book Bible: Caller recommends a kids' Bible called, The Jesus Story Book Bible to the previous caller.
Typological Applications to the Bible: How come Dispensationalists are not consistent in applying prophecy to the Bible like they do to the Old Testament?


2017-01-06
Holy Spirit in the OT: Are there different relationships w/ the Holy Spirit, especially in the New Testament verses in the Old Testament?



2016-09-15
Interpreting OT in light of NT: Why is the best interpretative way to understand the OT in light of the NT?



2016-05-04
Books of the Bible: How were the books for the Bible selected?



2016-04-14
Old Testamanet saints & New Testament Saints: Is there any difference between the Old Testament saints & the New Testament saints?



2016-01-27
The Sabbath: Caller wants to rebutt some of the thigns Steve said about the Sabbath: God rested on it, the command was to all people, not just Jews, Jesus replaced ceremonial law only & the reason it's not mentioned in the New Testament is because it was just a given.



2016-01-15
Lists in the Bible: Are the things listed in the Bible more important by the order they are listed?
1000 Commandments in New Testament: How many Commandments are in the New Testament?


2016-01-14
Salvation in the Old Testament & New Testament: Was there any difference in the way people were saved Old Testament vs the New Testament?vove



2015-12-30
Intertestamental Period (silent years) between the OT & NT: Can you please explain the "silent years" between the OT & NT?



2015-12-16
Grace in the OT: Was there just as much Grace in the Old Testament as there is in the New Testament? [Romans 4, Psalm 32, John 1]



2015-10-26
The Inspiration of Scripture: Paul was only talking about the OT Scriptures when he said 1 Timothy 3:16, about all the Scripture is given by inspiration, but did he have foresight & knew that the NT would be Scripture too? [2 Timothy 3:16]



2015-09-17
God of the OT & NT: Why did God seem so much harsh in the OT more than Jesus, also God, was in the NT?
Christianity & the LGBT community: Why are Christians so harsh to other people, including to the LGBT community?


2015-09-08
Chronological Order the Books of the NT: What would Steve say about the chronological order of the books of the New Testament?



2015-08-28
Hebrew Roots Movement: Doesn't Dispensationalism feed into the Hebrew Roots Movement?
New Testament Books Written after 70 AD: Were ANY books of the Bible written after 70 AD?
Old Testament Prophets: Steve believes that all the OT prophets wrote in a prophetic/symbolic/poetic language, but which ones wrote in the LEAST amount of poetic language?

2015-07-09
Canon of the NT: When was the Canon of the New Testament put together? What about the Old Testament?



2015-05-29
Saved by the Law in Old Testament: Were not the people of the Old Testament saved by keeping the law, in contrast to being saved by faith in the New Testament?



2015-05-27
Salvation & Heaven in the Old Testament: Did the Old Testament believers have the concept of salvation and heaven like we do?



2015-05-15
Tithing: What is the Bible stance on Tithing (in the New Testament)?



2015-04-27
Old Covenant: Is there any valuew in reading the Old Testament since we are in the new Covenant? Shouldn't we just focus on the New Testament since we aren't under the Old Covenant anymore?



2015-03-11
Laws that we keep & don't keep: How do we know what laws to keep or not, from the Old Testament? The 10 commandments we hold to, right?
Building Altars to Worship God: What about building little altars to worship God, extracting stuff from Old Testament stories?


2015-02-12
Abandoning the Old Testament: Since we are no longer under the Old Covenant, shouldn't we just abandon the Old Testament altogether?



2015-01-07
Finances - NT/OT version: There seems to be a completely different role of the importance of finances in the Old Testament vs the New Testament.



2015-01-07
Rewards (to the Pharisees): What did Jesus mean when He said, "...they have their reward"? [Matthew 6:5]
God of the OT vs the NT: The God of the Old Testament seems to be different than the God of the New Testament, is this true?


2014-12-24
Holy Spirit in OT & NT: What is the difference between the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament & the New Testament?



2014-10-01
Rising of the Sun & Incense being offered: Caller follows up on a call about a verse they were talking about sacrificing in a previous call. [Malachi 1:11]
Apocrypha Books: The New Testament supposedly quoting to or alluding Apocrypha Books.


2014-08-06
Red lettering of Jesus speaking in a verse: I have a red letter Bible, & so shouldn't this print be in red because isn't it Jesus speaking? [Revelation 21:3,5-6]



2014-07-21
Letters of Paul: How did the early Christians receive the instruction from Paul before the New Testament was put into the Bible & grow from it before it was?
Wrath of God revealed from Heaven: How can we make the leap from Paul addressing people in the 1st century church to it applying to us now? [Romans 1]


2014-06-25
God Sovereign & Unchanging: How can God be claimed to be Sovereign & Unchanging when you see major differences from the Old Testament to the New Testament?
Discipling Children: What is the Biblical way to disciplining your children? [Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 22:6]


2014-02-10
Society in the OT times verses now: Can Steve please explain the society in the Old Testament times verses how society is now? [Daniel 1-12]



2014-01-28
Paul's Writings: Was Paul speaking his own opinion most of the time even though he wrote over 2/3's of the New Testament?
God being in the OT: Was God a lot more angry in the Old Testament then He was in the New Testament, the death of His Son nullifying it?


2013-09-17
God of the Old & New Testament: Can Steve explain a good resource on the contrast between the Old Testament God & the New Tesament God regarding God's wrath? [Romans 11:22]



2013-08-19
Prophecy Fulfilled: Do you think all prophecy has been fulfilled?
Apocalyptic Events in Revelation: Do you think the apocalyptic events in Revelation have been fulfilled? [Revelation]
The Anti-Christ: Who do you think the anti-Christ is?

2013-06-24
Justification for All Men: Was there justification available for all men, including the people of the Old Testament? [Romans 3:25, Romans 5:12-21, Romans 5:1]



2013-05-03
Bible Text Completed: The church I am attending seems to think that the scripture "when that which is perfect has come" refers to the New Testament, and that the gifts of the Spirit have ceased. What do you think? [1 Corinthians 13:10-11, 1 Corinthians 1:7].



2013-04-15
Inspiration of Scripture: How do you see the scriptures, Old & New Testaments, as the "inspired" Word of God?
Inspiration of the New Testament: I have heard from some that you, Steve Gregg, do not believe in the inspiration of the New Testament, however, I disagree. Can you clarify? [Luke 1:1-4].


2013-02-22
Contradiction in Joshua: Is there a contradiction in scripture about when Joshua took the land-one saying it was in a battle and in another peaceably. [Joshua 10:21].
"Violent Take it by Force": Could you review the verse about "the Violent taking by force"? [Matthew 11:12, Luke 16:16].
More Violence in the Old Testament: Is God more violent in the Old Testament than Jesus is in the New Testament? [Psalm 103:8].

2013-02-22
Old & New Testament's Inspiration vs Authority: Could you do a synopsis of the difference of the kind of authority (and inspiration) of the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments? [2 Peter 1:19, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18, I Corinthians 7:12, I Timothy 4:1, Matthew 28:18].



2013-02-08
Obeying the 10 Commandments, Pride & Reading OT: What do we take from the Old Testament to the New Testament? The 10 Commandments? [Romans 6]



2013-01-14
Understanding the God of the OT: Michael the Buddhist wants to talk about the wrath of God in the Old Testament compared the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament.


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