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Topic: Missions (ary)
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2024-04-17 		Pearls Before Swine & Missionaries: Isn't the scripture "do not cast your pearls before swine" telling missionaries to not go to unreached areas that might kill them? [Matthew 7:6].

2024-03-07 		Apostles Today & Titles: Are there apostles today? And what about titles? [2 Corinthians 8:23, Ephesians 4:11, Matthew 23:6, 2 Corinthians 11:21].

2024-02-16 		Those That Have Never Heard: Doesn't Isaiah 66 answer the question of what happens to those who never hear the gospel? [Isaiah 66:16-19].

2023-07-21 		Women Apostles: Were there any women apostles? Are there women doing God's work? [Revelation 12:11, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Romans 16:7, Galatians 2, 2 Corinthians 8:23, Philippians 2:25, John 13:20, 1 Timothy 2, Acts 21:9].

2022-11-18 		Finding God's Will: How do I figure out what God's will is when I am faced with two good choices?

2022-06-14 		Apostles & Church Leadership: What is the appropriate role for leadership and descision making in the church? Is the apostle in the church the final descision maker? Recommended topical lecture; "Some Assembly Required"-"Who Will Lead Us?" [Ephesians 4:11-12, I Thessalonians 1:1, I Thessalonians 26:, John 13:20, Acts 14:23, Acts 20:28, James 5:14, I Peter 5:1, I Corithians 12:29, 2 Corinthains 8:23].

2022-05-17 		Fundraising & Living by Faith: Could you talk about "fundraising" and "living by faith"? [Matthew 6:33].
Living by Faith: Did your choice to live by faith cause any problems with your wife in your marriage?

2022-03-04 		Missionaries Taking Children & Wives with Them: Where in church history did missionaries start taking their wives and children into dangerous areas? [I Corinthians 9:5, Matthew 19:29, Mark 10:29].
First Manifestation of the Kingdom of God: Where did the Kingdom of God first manifest on earth? [Act 1:6, Revelation 5:9-10, Exodus 19:5-6].

2022-03-01 		Missions & Missionaries: Where in church history did we start sending out missionaries? [Acts 13].

2022-02-09 		Unwillingness to Die for Christ: Could you advise me regarding my unwillingness to put my life on the line for Christ?



2021-12-03 		Charities: Caller mentions a good charity in Indiana called, "Wheeler Mission."
"Give in Exchange for Your Soul": What will a man give in exchange for his soul? [Matthew 16:26].

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].

2021-01-12 		More Missionaries Needed: Why doesn't the Holy Spirit move more people to become missionaries?

2020-12-31 		Non-Christian Concern About Lack of Good Examples in Christians: From a non-Christian point of view, why doesn't the Holy Spirit move in Christian to evangelize others, and live as a better example?
Christian Evangelism's Poor Record: Isn't it a poor track record that only 30% of the world population are Christians, when it has been 2000 years?

2020-12-30 		Being Called to Missions: How does one get called to be a missionary? Is a missionary the same as being an elder?

2020-11-25 		Qualifications for Apostles: What are the qualifications for an apostle? Should I be at a church that calls some there apostles? [2 Corinthians 8:23, John 13:20, Ephesians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 12:12, Matthew 23:10].

2020-11-05 		Stirring up One's Church to Go Out and Disciple: How would you go about stirring up interest in your church to go out and disciple others?
Suffering for the Christian: Why does God allow us to go through trials and sufferings as He does? [Job 2:10].

2020-09-22 		Missions Work or Traditional Work Life: Could you advise on my thoughts about leaving YWAM (missions work) and returning to a more traditional work lifestyle?

2019-01-23 		Book on Hell by Steve Gregg: How do I get your book on hell?
Apostles & Missionaries Today: What do you think about apostles today? And how do missionaries fit in with apostles? [2 Corinthians 8:23, 12:12, I Peter 1:1, 2 Peter].

2019-01-04 		Jesus' Departure & Return: Why did Jesus have to leave if He is going to come back again anyway?
Old Testament & the Holy Spirit: Didn't the people of the Old Testament have the Holy Spirit too?
Those That Never Hear the Gospel: How will God deal with people in remote places where they may never contacted to hear the gospel?

2018-09-25 		End of the Spear movie: Have you seen the "End of the Spear", Jim Elliott's & Nate Saint's experience seeing the spirits of the men he killed rise before they died?

2018-08-10 		Age of Children Missionaries: Do you have any idea of the age children should be going on mission's trips w/ church groups?

2018-07-03 		Contacting a Previous Caller: How do I contact the caller that would like help with the work he's doing out in the Reservation.

2018-05-09 		Transported at a Rapid Speed: Traveling faster than normal somewhere.
Speaking in Tongues: Could God give you the ability to speak to someone in their tongue for Evangelism or Missionary work?

2018-02-09 		Bibles: Is there any place I can go that provides bibles in different languages to buy to give out in different languages?

2016-09-09 		Churches an Incubator: Some of the Churches in America are just incubators for infant Christians but not really making Disciples of Christ.
Church as an Evangelistic Mission Tool: When did the Church become exclusively all about evangelism instead of church discipleship? Is it exclusively an American phenomenon or around the entire world?

2016-04-22 		Coming with Him: What was Paul saying when he said that people would be coming back "….with Him"? [1 Thessalonians 4:14]
Africa or Europe first: Was Africa reached by the gospel before Europe?

2015-09-02 		Long-Term Missionary Work vs Short-Term Missions: Caller wants to make a distinction between short terms Missions & long-term Missionary Work. He wants to recommend 2 good books on the subject: "Giving Wisely- Killing with Kindness or Empowering Lasting Transformation?" by Jonathan Martin, & "When Helping Hurts" by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert.

2015-09-01 		Missions Work: Is modern-day Mission Work Biblical? It seems a little bit different than what happened in the 1st century church.

2015-07-30 		Playing it Safe as Missionaries: Should some people who are about to go on a missionary trip to a closed Muslim country play it safe or go boldly as some of the apostles seemed to do? [Matthew 10:16]

2015-05-08 		Church Membership: Pastor thinks that if they are going to participate in leadership roles of groups of missions, that they need actually join the church membership, & to do this, they want these people to go through a 2 month membership course instead of going to the regular church service.

2015-01-12 		Never Hearing the Gospel: Will people go to hell who have never heard the gospel?

2014-09-10 		Male & Female God: We had some visitors the other day that claimed to be born-again Christians that said God was 2, male & female. [Isaiah 45:5, Genesis 1:26-27]
Chronological Order of Creation: Is my chronological order askew of creation? [Genesis 1-4]

2014-05-27 		Evangelizing the USA/Inner Cities over 3rd World countries: There's always a lot focus of evangelizing 3rd world countries but how come no emphasis in our own backyard, our own country, our own inner cities?
The Tommie Scott Story: Be sure to tell your listeners about the Tommie Scott story.

2014-05-27 		Advancement & Decline of the Kingdom of God: The Kingdom of God is like a Mustard Seed, but it seems like it will grow really strong for awhile, & then decline, such as in Europe, North America. How is it ever going to come to a climax if it continues like that?
America & 3rd world Countries: Should we invest in our own country or 3rd world countries since there doesn't seem to be much fruit here lately?

2014-05-07 		God won't send good people to hell: My son asked me, "If this guy on the radio is right, then why do we need to send missionaries, if good people are going to heaven anyway, because people who reject it, they are going to go to hell, but if they don't hear it, then they are okay". What do you think about that? [Hosea 4:6, James 4:17]
Healing is reality of Future Heaven: So if we pray for healing & God heals or doesn't heal us, all we are really doing is participating in the reality that will happen when we get to Heaven since we will all be healed then. What do you think of that idea?

2014-04-17 		Street Evangelism verses Practical Needs: We need to be a little more practical than just preaching words when doing outreach. [James 2:14-18]

2014-04-03 		Mother Teresa: Mother Teresa seemed a little harsh to someone witnessing to a person on their deathbed.
NIV: Able to learn much easier from the NIV, so it is profitable to use.
Conditional Immortality: He that is dead is justified from his sin, from what you gave in someone's answer about hell, you seemed to have changed your position a little bit. Is that true? [Romans 6:7]

2013-11-15 		Everyone a Missionary: Should everyone go out on the Mission Field? If not, who should?

2013-01-21 		Doubting Thomas & Spiritual Realities: Doubting Thomas believed after he had evidence, but we have to believe by faith, & we get to see the whole picture now of Salvation unlike the people of the Old Testament.
Knowing God's Will even through Adversity: How are we supposed to know if it God's will or not to do something when we might be encountering roadblock after roadblock & not clear open doors?
Obedience: We need to obey what we the Holy Spirit is telling us to do is the key thing.

2013-01-16 		Supporting Missionaries in Africa but Living back in America: What about supporting missionaries who were supposed to be in Africa but then came back to America? Do I have to continue supporting them?
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