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Topic: Titus (Book)
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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].

2024-04-09 		Women in Ministry: What do you say to a young woman who wants to go into the ministry, in light of so many pastors saying women should not do so. [1 Corinthians 14:1, Titus 2:4-8].

2024-03-28 		Salvation for Whom?: I thought salvation was for us, but you said it is for God. Could you explain? [Luke 15, Luke 19:9-10, John 14:31, Titus 2:14, Ephesians 1:5-6, 1 Corinthians 10:31].

2024-01-23 		Apostasy vs Eternal Security: Can you lose your salvation? [1 John 5:11-12, John 15:6-7, John 3:2, Hebrews 2:1, Titus 1:16, John 10:27-28].

2023-12-29 		Church Discipline & Kicking People Out of Church: Regarding church discipline, when the scriptures say to "treat them as a tax collector" it doesn't mean to hate them, right? [Matthew 18:17, Romans 16:17-18, 1 Corinthians 5;1-5, Titus 3:10-11, 2 Thessalonians 3:10].
Kicking Addicts Out of Church: If someone keeps falling to the same sin that they just can't beat (addiction), should they be kicked out of church? [Galatians 5:16, 1 Peter 2:11, Matthew 5:29].

2023-12-01 		Differing Doctrines Causing Division: Could Titus 3 scripture support the idea that my friend should go dark because I have a different opinion? [Acts 2, Acts 13, Titus 3:10, Matthew 18]

2023-12-01 		Divisions (Divisivness): What is the development of the Greek word used for "divisiveness?" [Titus 3:10, 2 Peter 3:15, Romans 14:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:3-4, Ephesians 4:3]

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].

2023-11-09 		Predestination (in Calvinism): Can you help me with the idea of "predestination" after listening to Voddie Baucham and John MacArthur? Rec: topical lectures, "God's Sovereignty and Man's Salvation." [Ephesians 1:5, Romans 8:29-30, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Peter 3:9, Titus 2:11].

2023-10-25 		God as Subservient: Could an answer to the question "Is God subservient to anyone?" be found in Psalm 138, referring to His Word. [Psalm 138:2 Timothy 2:13, TItus 1:2].

2023-10-16 		Defining "Saved" & "Works" & Following Jesus: What does it mean to be "saved" versus just getting a ticket to heaven? Once you believe the gospel does transforation just come in time? How do works fit in? [1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Philippians 2:13, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5, Titus 2:14].
"Feeling" One's Salvation: What if my feeling after conversion is fading? Rec: Topical lecture series, "How Can I Know That I am Really Saved?' [Romans 8:16, 2 Corinthians 13:5].

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 		Number of Sabbath: Caller comments on the numbered Sabbath Day of the weeks in the Didache.
"Written On Hearts" & Regeneration: Is having "the law written in our hearts" parallel to having the Holy Spirit? [Hebrews 8:10, Titus 3:5, Ezekiel 36:26].

2023-10-05 		Belief (Before or After Salvation): Is "belief" a result of salvation? [Matthew 16:24, Matthew 1:21, Ephesians 2:10, Titus 2:14].

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].

2023-09-14 		Good Works No Longer Required: Caller postulates that we no longer have to do good works. [1 John 2:4, Titus 1:16, Galatians 5:6, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 2:14, Romans 2:17-24, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15, Matthew 7:21-26, Romans 2:8].

2023-08-24 		Grieving the Loss of Unsaved Loved Ones: How can I grieve "in hope," if the loved ones I have lost were not Christians? [1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Ezekiel 33:11, Hebrews 9:27, 2 Peter 3:9, Titus 2:11, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Romans 2:6, John 3:16].

2023-08-15 		"Works" Defined by Paul and James: Do you think that James is responding to Paul in Ephesians 2 and James 2 when they talk about doing "works"? [Ephesians 2:8-9, James 2:14-26, Titus 2:14, Titus 3:5, Galatians 5:6, Romans 3:8, Romans 6:15].

2023-08-07 		Working Out Our Own Salvation: Could you help me understand what seems like a contradiction between "working out your own salvation" and "justified by faith" or the "gift" of salvation? [Philippians 2:12, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Titus 2:13-14, 2 Peter 1:4].
Smoking Cigarettes (and Other Bad Habits): Is a believer who still smokes cigarettes working out their salvation?


2023-07-20 		More Fully Defining "Salvation": What were you saying about "salvation" not being what some think? [Luke 19:10, Titus 2:14].

2023-07-05 		Powers, Principalities & Rulers: "Principalities, powers, and rulers" in Ephesians define against whom we should fight? Can you clarify the difference between them? [Ephesians 6:12, Titus 3:1, Daniel 10:13].

2023-06-26 		Women in Church Leadership: What about women in church leadership and some who say that women cannot be "servants of God?" [1 Corinthians 11, Titus 2].

2023-06-22 		Qualities of a Good Church: Could you further explain the qualities of a good church? How do you assess doctrine over love, and vice versa? [Matthew 28:20, 1 Timothy 1:9-10, Titus 1:1ff].

2023-06-21 		Grace, Works & Obedience: How does "works" and "obedience" relate to "grace?" How would this apply to the thief on the cross? [Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 2:11-12, Luke 18:10-14, 1 Timothy 6:3-4, Matthew 7:21-23].

2023-05-23 		Women Teaching: What do you think about women teaching in other contexts, such as schools? [1 Timothy 2:12, 1 Timothy 3, Titus 2:3-5, 1 Corinthians 14:1].

2023-05-17 		Grace vs Obedience: What do you think about Tozer's quote about too much emphasis on "grace?" [Hebrews 12:14, Acts 5:29, 1 John 3:7-10, Titus 2:11-12, Matthew 18:23-35].

2023-04-14 		Born of Water & the Spirit: Is it possible that the "washing of the Word "in Ephesians is parallel to being "born of the water?" [John 3:4-5, Ephesians 5:26, Ezekiel 36:25-26, 1 Peter 1:22, John 15:3, Titus 3:5]

2023-04-11 		Saved by Grace-Kept by Works: Are we saved by grace, and kept saved by works? {Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 2:14, 2 Peter 1:4, Galatians 5:17, 2 Corinthians 3:18].
Grace: What is "grace?" [John 1:14-16, 1 Peter 4:11, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 1 Corinthians 3:10, Hebrews 4:16].

2023-03-28 		"In Christ": Since you have to be "in Christ" to be saved, then how do you get to be "in Christ?" [John 15, Galatians 5:6, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 2:14, John 14:15, 1 Corinthians 12:13, 1 John 3:24].

2023-03-24 		Women as Homemakers: Do you think that women should be full-time homemakers? [Titus 2:5, 1 John 2:1].

2023-03-22 		Women's Pastors or in Ministries: What about women as pastors? Or in other ministry? [Colossians 4:15, Romans 16:7, 1 Timothy 2:12-15, 1 Corinthians 9:5, Titus 2:4-8, 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9].

2023-03-22 		Justification by Faith or Works: Could you clarify the seeming contradiction between the verses that say we are saved by grace, but justified by works? [Ephesians 2:8-9, James 2:24, James 2:19, Galatians 5:6, 1 John 2:4, 1 John 3:7, Titus 2:14, Luke 6:45-46, Matthew 7:21].

2023-03-14 		Book of Enoch: What do you think about the value of the Book of Enoch? [2 Peter 2:4, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:9, Jude 1:14-15, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Acts 17:28, Titus 1:12].

2023-01-23 		Women Pastors: What do you think about women as pastors? Rec: topical lectures; "Some Assembly Required;" "Roles of Women." [Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:1-4, 1Timothy 2:12-15, 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6].

2023-01-13 		Women as Pastors: If a man is not stepping up to lead a church, is it acceptable if a woman does? Is it acceptable to attend that church? Recommended: Topical series; "Some Assembly Required." [1 Timothy 3:1ff, Titus 1:5ff].



2022-11-22 		Jesus is God: Where does it say that Jesus is God? Recommended; topical lecture; "Knowing God; Deity of Christ." John 1:1. Romans 9:5, Titus 2:13, 2 Peter 1:1, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 11:1, Revelation 11:17-18].

2022-11-07 		Women in the Pulpit: Should we have women in the pulpit leading a church? [Acts 20:28, I Peter 5:1-4. I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6, I Timothy 2:12, Acts 18:24-26, 2 Timothy 4:19. 2 Timothy 1:5, Mark 16:5-7, Matthew 28:7].

2022-10-28 		Unity Among Believers & Elders: Could you talk about unity among believers, especially from the elders to the congregations? [Hebrews 13:17, Titus 1:9, Romans 16:17, I Corinthians 11:3, Hebrews 13:7].

2022-10-17 		Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Elders, etc: Catholic caller shares insights about the development of the titles associated with "priests", "elders", etc. [Acts 20:17, Acts 20:28, I Peter 5:1-2, Titus 1:5-7]

2022-10-07 		Serving and Good Works: What are the "good works" being referred to in scripture? Is it serving as deacons and such? [Ephesians 2:10, Titus 2:14].

2022-09-21 		Regeneration-New World or Rebirth: Did the "new world" begin in Matthew 19 with the twelve sitting on the thrones? [Matthew 19:27-28, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 20:4, Luke 22:28-30, Titus 3:5, Galations 2:7].
The Kingdom Now-Spiritual or Physical?: Do you think that the Kingdom of God is a spiritual thing now, but will be realized later at the inception of the New Earth? [Romans 14:17, Galatians 5, I John 3:2].

2022-09-06 		Seven Commands of Jesus: Have you heard of the "Seven Commands of Jesus" and the necessity of obedience?
The Gospel: Would the "Seven Commands of Jesus" be the gospel?
Steve Gregg Teaching Certain Doctrines: Caller comments that he appreciates the way Steve doesn't teach specific doctrines . Steve corrects and clarifies his position about denominational doctrines, etc. [TItus 2:1, I Timothy 1:9].

2022-08-09 		Divorce Indicative of Apostasy: I disagree with how you describe the ramifications of divorce and the connection between sin, disobedience, and apostasy. Are you misleading others in misrepresenting saving grace of God? [Matthew 7:21-23, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 6:16, Titus 1:16, Eccelesiastes 5:5, Romans 5:8, John 8:31, Mark 10:9, Matthew 19:6, Luke 9:23, Matthew 16:24].

2022-08-03 		Being Faithful vs Works: How does one having to be faithful in serving God not the same as "salvation by works"? [Ephesians 2:9-10, Titus 2:14, Galatians 5:6, James 2:20, Acts 17:30].
Alexandrian Text & Corruption: How does one know that the Alexandrian text has not been corrupted?

2022-07-15 		Gospel of the "Kingdom" or "Heaven & Hell": When did the gospel change from the "gospel of the Kingdom" and toward the "gospel of heaven and hell"? [Daniel 2:44, Isaiah 9:6-7, Romans 10:9, Titus 2:14].

2022-07-12 		Amplified Bible: Is the Amplified Bible more accurate?
Husbands & Wives: Why is the order as it is when it says that men need to love their wives and the women must respect their husbands, and he doesn't also say the same in reverse? [Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:33, Titus 2:4, I Peter 3:7].

2022-06-23 		"Antinomian" or "Legalist"?: Could you clarify your position on "antinomianism" and "legalism"? [Ephesians 2:8-10, Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26, 2 Peter 1:4, Titus 3:5, Titus 2:14].

2022-05-16 		Fornicators "Will Not Inherit the Kingdom of God": Is I Corinthians addressed to believers or unbelievers when he refers to the fornicators not inheriting the Kingdom of God? [I Corinthians 6:9-10, I Corinthians 5:11].
Addiction & Grace: What about believers who have an addiction and how does grace come into this? [Galatians 5:16, Romans 6:15, Titus 2:11, Matthew 1:21].

2022-05-04 		Judging Israel from Thrones & Rewards in Heaven: In comparing "ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel" and the Vineyard parable, will some have greater rewards than others in heaven? [Matthew 19:28, Matthew 20:1-16, Titus 3:5, Galatians 2:7, Galatians 6:16, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 6:19-21, Luke 12:33, Luke 19:17].

2022-05-02 		"I Never Knew You": Are those to whom it is said, "Depart from me, I never knew you", people that are insincere, like the pharisees, or those that undo what good & miraculous things they did before by later disobedience? [Matthew 7:21-23, Titus 1:16, 2 Peter 2:16, I Corinthians 13:1-13].

2022-04-26 		Church Success: What determines the success of the church?
Faith Saves: What is meant when James says it is "faith that saves us"? [James 2:12-26, Matthew 1:21, John 8:31-32,Titus 2:14, Galatians 5:6, Ephesians 2:10, Colossians 1:28].
Salvation by Works: How does Romans 4:5 fit into being saved by faith and not earning one's salvation by works? [Romans 4:5].

2022-04-01 		Foolish Disputes: Does the scripture about not getting into "foolish disputes" apply to witnessing to unbelievers who don't want to hear it? [Titus 3:9].

2022-03-07 		Qualifications for Evangelism: Are there any biblical qualifications for being an evangelist? [I Timothy 3, Titus 1, Ephesians 4:11].
David as Murderer & Adulterer: Did David lose the spirit when he committed the crimes of murder and adultery?


2022-02-23 		Sin in Word, Thought & Deed Every Day: How do you talk about those that routinely sin and backslide (often excusing it) regarding obedience and salvation? [Galatians 5:16, Titus 2:1-5, James 3:2, I John 2, Romans 6:1, John 15:5].

2022-02-14 		Women-Keepers of the Home: Would you talk about women being instructed to the keeping of the home? [Titus 2:4-5].

2021-12-27 		Catholic Priests Not Able to Marry: Why can't Catholic priests marry? [I Timothy 3, Titus 1].
Divorce & Remarriage: Is it an unforgivable sin to get divorced or remarry? [I Corinthians 7, I Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21].
Remarriage After a Groundless Divorce: What if there were no legitimate grounds for divorce and someone has already remarried?

2021-12-08 		The Message Bible: What do you think about "The Message" Bible?
Pastor Completely Controlling the Church: Is the pastor supposed to be in complete control over the church? [Matthew 20:25-26, I Corinthians 11:3, James 5:14, Acts 14:23, Acts 20:28, I Peter 5:1-4, 3 John 1:9, Acts 20:28, Titus 1:5].

2021-10-19 		Female Pastors (Elders, Bishops): What are your thoughts about female pastors at the pulpit? [Acts 20:17-38, 1 Peter 5, I Timothy 3, Titus 1].

2021-10-12 		Authority Given to Some: Did you say that there is no authority stated in scripture? [Hebrews 13:7, Hebrews 13:17, Hebrews 13:24, Mark 10:42-43, Matthew 20:25-27, Acts 16:4, Acts 20:29, Titus 1:5-9].

2021-09-28 		Causing Division in the Church: What do we do about a member that is causing division in the church? [Romans 16:17, Titus 3:10-11, Matthew 18:15-17].

2021-09-27 		"Apostolic Succession" & Eucharist (Communion): Did I hear you correctly about how you understand the Catholic tradition of "apostolic succession." [2 Timothy 2:1-2, Malachi 1:11, Titus 1:5, I Timonthy 3:1, I Corinthians 16:15, Matthew 23:8-9, I Peter 2:18].

2021-09-24 		Eating Flesh (Eucharist)-Test to Thin the Crowd: Was Jesus intentionally testing the crowd and making it difficult to grasp the concept of the eucharist by focusing on "eating flesh"? [John 6:63-68, Matthew 19:21, Luke 14:25, 2 Timothy 2, Titus 2:14, I Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 13:5].

2021-09-10 		Prayer Requests: Steve explains that he does not typically pray for people on the air, as he would quickly not have time to answer questions.
Good Works Necessary: Are good works necessary for one's salvation? Ezekiel 36:26, Titus 2:14].

2021-07-30 		New Covenant Allows us to be Disobedient: Is it true that the New Covenant allows us to sin continually, being disobedient, and still be blessed, because we are under grace. [Galatians, Romans 2, Romans 4, Acts 3, Galatians 3, Psalms 32, Hebrews 11, Titus 2:14, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14, Ephesians 2:8-10, I Peter 1:17, 2 Corinthians 5:10, James 2:14-26, Galatians 5:6].

2021-07-12 		Hyper-Dispensationalism: Could you talk about the "Hyper-Dispensational" movement (Bullingerites, Ultra, Hyper-Grace) and "multiple gospels"? [Galatians 1:8, Revelation 14:6, Titus 2:12, Galatians 5:6, I Timothy 6:3-4, Acts 20:24-25].

2021-07-02 		The Cross vs the Resurrection: Why is there such focus on "the cross" instead of the resurrection? [Psalm 110:1, I Corinthians 15:25, Romans 4:25, Titus 2:14].

2021-06-14 		Light & Good Works for Evangelism: Does my light (life) and good works have a part in the salvation of others? [Titus 2:14, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14, Ephesians 2:8-9].

2021-05-27 		Distractions of Social & Political Issues: How much should we be involved in political and social concerns as opposed to staying focused on those inside the church? [I Corinthians 5:12-13, James 1:27, I Peter 2:12, Titus 2:14, Titus 1:15, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14].

2021-05-20 		Jesus' Hard Sayings in Contrast to the Law: What do you think when it is said that the hard sayings of Jesus are primarily to show us how impossible it is to do well under the law? [Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 7:24, I Timothy 6:3, Titus 2:11].

2021-04-05 		Crucifixion and the Resurrection Necessary: Does scripture teach that both the crucifixion and the resurrection necessary for our salvation? [Romans 10:9, Titus 2:14].

2021-03-26 		Qualifications for Elders: What are the qualifications of an elder? [I Timothy 3, Titus 1, Acts 13, Acts 14, Matthew 23:8, Matthew 20:26, Mark 10:43].
Steve Gregg to Speak at Your Church: What does one do to get you to come to speak to a group?

2021-03-12 		Regeneration & Relationship: Would you talk about "regeneration" and "relationship"? [Matthew 19:28-30, Titus 3:4-5].

2021-03-11 		Women Teaching Men: Could you help me with this passage about women teaching men and if it is applicable to us today? [I Timothy 2:9-12, Genesis 2-3, Timothy 3].
Elders & Overseers: Do you make a distinction between "elders" and "overseers"? [Titus 1:5], Acts 20:17-28, I Peter 5:1-2, Matthew 20:27].

2021-02-23 		Christian Obligations (Law of Moses & Good Works}: What do you think about the idea that we should keep the Law of Moses and the necessity of doing good works? [Romans 4, Galatians 5:6, James 2:8, John 13:34, Titus 1:16, Titus 2:14, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14, James 2:14-26, I Corinthians 6:9-10].

2020-12-18 		The Good News from Jesus: What did Jesus tell people about His sacrifice, and what the good news was?

2020-12-17 		One's Desire or One's Calling to Ministry: If scripture indicates that when it is one's desire to be a pastor, it is a good thing, then how is that contrasted to one who is called to it? [I Timothy 3:1, Titus 1].



2020-12-07 		Glory: What did the receivers of the letters think "glory" meant, and what does it mean, "from glory to glory"? [2 Corinthians 3:18, Hebrews 1:1-3, I Corinthians 11:7, I John 3:2, Colossians 3:4, Titus 2:13, Luke 9:28-36].

2020-12-02 		Requirements for Spiritual Leaders (Pastors, Ministers, Preachers) in Churches: Is there any requirements for spiritual leaders, if they have been divorced or formerly fallen to sin, but repented? [I Timothy 3, Titus 1].

2020-11-17 		Church in the Gospels: If you say that the word "church" was only found two times in the gospels, how did we come up with our liturgy and how did they conduct church in the early church [Matthew 16, Matthew 18, Acts 2:42-49, I Corinthians 14, I Corinthians 11, I Timothy 3, Titus 1, 2 Corinthians 3:17].

2020-09-28 		Hardened Hearts: Could you help me with my struggle in understanding when the Bible says God hardened people's hearts? [Isaiah 64:6].
Good Works as Filthy Rags & The Ones Who Don't Know Him: If we all deserve hell, and our works are as filthy rags, how does it work for those that have never really had any breaks or opportunity to know Christ? [Isaiah 64:6, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 21:27, Titus 2:14, Acts 10:34, I Timothy 2:4, 2 Chronicles 7:14, 2 Peter 3:9, Ezekiel 33:11].

2020-09-17 		Obedience, Legalism, & Grace: How can we judge and assess the differences between obedience, legalism and grace? [2 John 9, 2 Corinthians 3:17, John 1:14-16, 2 Peters 1:4, Titus 2:11-12, Matthew 7:24-27, I John 2:4, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Acts 5:32, I John 2:4, Hebrews 5:9].

2020-09-02 		Salvation, Powers and Principalities: Could you comment on salvation and the powers and principalities, and the relationship between them? [Titus 3:1, Hebrews 1:14, Ephesians 6].

2020-08-12 		Apostles on the Twelve Thrones: Would you clarify the passages about the apostles sitting on the twelves thrones, and if it is referring to the Great White Throne of Judgment ? [Matthew 19:28, Luke 22:30, Galatians 2:7-9, Titus 3:5].

2020-08-05 		Paul to Britain: Did Paul go to Britian? [Acts 29, 2 Timothy, Titus].
Identifying the antichrist in Daniel 9: Why is the "he" in Daniel often identified as the antichrist, rather than Christ and who first came up with that view? [Daniel 9:27].
Future Millennium: Who was the first to believe in a future 1000 year millennium? [Revelation 20, Isaiah 65-66, John 5:28-29, Matthew 25:31].

2020-07-22 		Born Again: Is it not odd that the major Christian doctrine of "being born-again" is only mentioned in one gospels? [John 3:3, I Peter 1:2-4, I John, Titus 3:5].

2020-06-24 		Women as Deacons or Elders: Why does Paul allow women to be Deacons, but not Elders? [1 Timothy 3, Titus 1]

2020-06-19 		Hyper-Grace: Would you describe Hyper-Grace? [Romans 10:9, Titus 1:16, John 1:12].
Calminian: What is a Calminian?
Steve Gregg - an Arminian Are you, Steve Gregg, an Arminian? And would you define Arminianism:

2020-06-08 		The Words "Regeneration" & "Judging": Could you clarify the use of the words "regeneration" and "judging" in this Matthew passage? [Matthew 19:27-29, Titus 3:5, Matthew 25:31].

2020-05-06 		Penal Substitution, Required Payment, Parable of Unjust Servant: Would you comment on Penal Substitution-the idea of God requiring payment for the forgiving of sins and its relationship to the parable of the unjust servant? Why could He have just not forgiven without requiring payment? [2 Corinthians 5:19, Luke 16:1-13, Titus 1:2, Romans 3:25f].

2016-08-10 		The Cretians: Greek culture & influences referred to in the Bible, culture vs race, discussion about Titus & the Cretians (Cretans). [Titus 1:12-13]

2015-07-06 		Church Discipline: Is there a difference between what Jesus & Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 5, about expelling a person, as opposed to "have nothing to do with them"? [Matthew 18:17, 1 Corinthians 5:13, Romans 16:17, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Titus 3:11]

2013-06-12 		Divorced Elder: Can a divorced person be an elder? [1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9]

2013-05-20 		Appointed Elders: Catholic caller disagrees with Steve about the hierarchy of elders and the appointments to offices. [Titus 1:5, John 20:21].
Catholic: "Petra" vs "Petros": Catholic caller shares the meanings of the Greek word for "rock" or "stone" (Petra vs Petros). [Matthew 16:15-18, James 3:1, Titus 1:5].

2013-05-14 		Elder Under Church Discipline: Can you help me sort out the situation our church is in regarding an elder that has been put under church discipline for divisiveness? [Titus 3:10, Matthew 18:15-17, Proverbs 13:10].

2013-05-08 		Catholic vs Protestant Interpretation of Scripture and the Hierarchy of the ; Catholic disagrees with the Protestant views and leans toward Catholic interpretations of scripture, particularly to the hierarchy of the church. [Matthew 21:33, John 20:21, Matthew 18, I Timothy 3:15, Matthew 20:25-29, Titus 1:5, James 5:14, John 20:23, Acts 15].

2013-04-22 		Church History, Order & Structure: What would you expect from an ideal church structure? [I Timothy 3:1, TItus 1, Matthew 20:26, Mark 10:43, Mtthew 23:8-9, I Thessalonians 5:12, I Corinthians 11:3, 2 Corinthians 1:24].

2013-03-05 		Distortion of Grace Scripture: Was there something specific being distorted in 2 Peter, and also applied to today's distortions? [2 Peter 3:15, Romans 6:15, Titus 2:11-12, Jude 1:4].
"Other" Scriptures: What are the "other" scriptures being referred to in 2 Peter 3? [2 Peter 3}.
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