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Topic: Debate (Debating)
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2024-04-05 		Divisions Among Believers: Why do Christians disagree and divide over so many things? [2 Timothy 2:19, 1 Corinthians 3:1-4].
Satan (Devil): Why do people talk about the devil so much? Should we not be talking about God?

2024-03-26 		Topics to Walk Gently Around: How do you know when to keep certain controversial beliefs to yourself when debating?



2024-03-12 		Flowers & White Debate: Did you see the Leighton Flowers and James White debate? What did you think?



2024-03-08 		James White Debate: Did you see the Leighton Flowers and James White debate last night?
Draw All Men: Would you comment on the word "all" in John 6 and 12 about the "drawing" of "all" men being drawn (in light of Calvinism)? [John 6:44, John 17:6, John 12:32, Matthew 23:37, Isaiah 66:4, Hosea 23:37, John 21:11].

2024-02-23 		Steve Gregg & James White Debate: Would you ever again debate James White on Calvinism?

2024-02-22 		Debate with Steve Gregg: What did you think of the debate you did on "Standing for Truth" on YouTube about Israel and Dispensationalism?



2024-02-21 		Conversion of Atheists: Have you ever facilitated an atheist's conversion to Christianity? Do you think it is wrong to debate with an atheist? [Matthew 7:6-7].

2024-02-09 		Debate with Atheist: A debate is scheduled between Steve Gregg and an atheist on Feb 24th at 5pm, at "Modern Day Debate" on YouTube.

2024-02-02 		Debate with Atheist: Are you going to debate with an atheist soon?
Science, Creation & Age of Earth: If you are convinced of the science that says the earth is a globe (rather than flat), then why don't you accept the science that says that the earth is old? Why do you reject the Gnostic gospels based on the first line lying about the authorship, if the first lines in Genesis are a lie, but you accept it?
Globalist vs Nationalistic Views: Why do Christians seem to support more of a nationalist view rather than globalist?

2024-01-30 		Falling Short of Full Obedience: Could you comment on Luke 17:10 and its application to being fully obedient? [Luke 17:10].
Dispensationalism: Doesn't Dispensationalism teach that when the Jews rejected Jesus when He attempted to set up the Kingdom, He went to plan B and then had to die?
Debating Dispensationalism: Why don't Dispensationalists, like John MacArthur or David Hocking, debate alternate views with people like you?

2024-01-29 		Atheist Debate: Would you let us know when you schedule your debate with Max, the atheist?
Angels Eating: Could you explain how an angel could eat and process food? [Genesis 18-19].

2024-01-26 		2 Timothy & Disagreement Among Believers: Is 2 Timothy Paul's last writing? In light of 2 Timothy, if we are involved in discussions about scripture, is it "wrangling" over words? [2 Timothy 4:6-8. 2 Timothy 2:14, Proverbs 27:17, Isaiah 28:10-13, Luke 6:31, Matthew 7:12].

2024-01-24 		Debate with Atheists Online: Atheist caller invites Steve to debate him online.



2023-11-14 		Portland Area Church: Do you have any recommendations for churches in the Portland area?
Doctrines or Qualities of a Good Church: What should we be looking for in a church in order to find a healthy church? [John 13:34-35].
Steve Gregg Debates: How do you determine what to debate, and what does it take to get you to do a debate?

2023-07-11 		Conflict with Pastor Over Theological Issues (Hell): Can you shed light on a conflict between the view of the pastor and I about theological issues (in particular, views of hell)?



2023-05-26 		Debating a Rabbi: Have you ever debated a rabbi? if you were to do so, what would be your talking points?
Defending the New Testament to Jews: How would you defend the New Testament to rabbis and other Jews? [Isaiah 53, Isaiah 7:14].

2022-11-15 		Evolution: How could evolution work, since a baby can't really take care of itself without mature parents to care for it?
Steve Gregg in Debates: Were there any debates in which you have participated where any of the debaters (such as, James White or Doug Wilson) actually thought about some of the points that were made by either side?


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].

2022-10-11 		Debate with Muslim: Would you ever debate with a Muslim?
Christ Died on a "Tree:" Why does the New Testament say that Jesus died on a "tree?" Why did they translate it that way? [Galatians 3:13, Deuteronomy 21:22-23, Acts 5:30].

2022-10-04 		Encouragement to Steve & Importance of Truth: Caller encourages Steve's ministry, and his statements about condemnation. "Truth without love is harsh, but love without truth is weak."

2022-08-01 		Calvinist-Debate & Defense with Scripture: What are the scriptures used most often for Calvinism, and how do we defend against them saying that certain verse "don't mean that"? [2 Peter 3:8-10].

2022-05-03 		Debating with Unbelievers: What would Jesus think about a Christian debating with an unbeliever? [Matthew 7:6].

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].

2021-10-05 		Catholicism: What is the best argument against Catholicism? (Ref: Debate with Jimmy Aiken). [I Corinthians 11:3, Matthew 20:25, Luke 22:25].

2021-09-10 		Argue & Defending One's Case Among Christians: Is it wrong to strongly defend one's position on theological things among Christians? [I Peter 3:15].

2021-08-25 		Lack of Unity in the Church: Caller shares her experience with many different religions, but now is a Pentecostal and encourage unity.

2021-08-25 		Nestorius & Hyposstatic Union (Jesus' Humanity): Could you talk about Nestorius (hypostatic union)?
Debate Over Essentials: Caller posits: Protestants can't even agree on what is essential in order to debate, therefore "Sola Scriptura" (scripture alone) is impossible.

2021-08-24 		Arguing of the Non-essentials (Debate) & Heresy: Isn't it in the non-essentials that heresy creeps into the church, so should we not continue to argue (debate) about them? [Proverbs 18:13-17].

2021-05-28 		Discussing Opposing Doctrinal Views: If someone gets too caught up in discussing doctrinal issues, such as Calvinism vs Arminianism, can it be sinful and compromise your Christian walk? [John 6:44].

2021-05-13 		Debates: Are debates really advantageous? Is it sometimes that one is just a better debater than the other?
Matthew713.com: Announcement about Matthew713.com being back on-line.

2021-03-16 		Steve Gregg's Lecture Notes: Do you have the notes from various lectures you give, specifically the one on evolution? Rec: Matthew713.com.
Steve Gregg Debates: Where does one find your debates, particularly the ones with atheists? Rec: Matthew713.com

2021-02-09 		Various Views of Hell & Controversy: Do you think that the "Conditional Immortality" view of hell should be an issue over which one should break fellowship? [Matthew 25:31-46].

2021-01-21 		Marriage Legalities & Requirements: What are the guidelines for couples who function as husband and wife? Do need to have the legal documents, etc.?
Offended by Lack of Agreement on Scripture: Why are people offended if you don't agree with their interpretation of scripture?


2020-04-27 		Prayer in Biblical Inquiry: What place should prayer have in discussions when biblical questions are asked in order to gain unity? [Romans 14]

2019-07-09 		Exegesis and Eisegesis: Can you clarify the difference between "exegesis" & "eisegesis"?
Mary: What do you think about the answer I got from a Catholic about how could Mary hear prayers of more than one person at a time?
Debating Catholics: Would you debate a Catholic radio host?

2019-04-25 		Temple: What is the significance of the temple and the measurements [Luke 21:24, Revelation 11:2, I Thessalonians]
Debates: When debating, it seems that many may not be being totally honest by often leaving out things that would not serve their points, isn't this like being a false teacher?

2018-12-10 		Calvinism: What do you think drives people to Calvinism?
James White: Have you ever had occasion to talk to James White after the debate you had with him?

2018-09-05 		David Baxter: Have you ever debated Ervin Baxter about eschatology?
Church Fathers: Do you have any books you recommend, especially re: the church fathers?

2018-08-06 		Calvinism & Arminianism: Calvinism & Arminianism, what side of the fence are you on? What about being dead in trespasses & sins in Ephesians? What do you do about there are none righteous? What do you do about Titus which say, Not by works of righteousness, but by His Mercy has He saved us. [Ephesians 2:1-2, Romans 3:10, Titus 3:5]

2018-07-27 		Another Calvinist Debate: Would you consider doing more debates with Calvinist, but limiting what comes out of Romans?

2018-07-26 		Calvinism-Light & Total Depravity: Can you comment on Calvinism about God giving us Light, & we can all choose, & why 1 Corinthians 2 is NOT talking about Total Depravity. [John 1:4-9, John 3:19, 1 Corinthians 2:14]

2018-07-10 		The Calvinist & Arminianist Debate: What is the best book of the Bible to go through to debate Calvinism & arminianism? [Romans]
Church Membership: So you are against Church Membership? Do you have anything in your lectures about that?

2018-07-02 		Bittersweet Announcement: Dan Springmeyer, who orchestrated the Sabbath Debate w/ Doug Batchelor, died the day before.

2018-06-19 		Calvinism-Total Depravity: Was watching your debate with James White on Calvinism, & can you talk about the rebuttal when you didn't really have a chance to respond? [Romans 1-3]

2018-05-24 		Replacement Theology Video: Did you ever debate w/ anyone from Cavalry Chapel, or did anyone ever accept your invitation to debate?
Videos on Website: Do you not have any videos on your website besides Youtube?

2018-05-08 		The Book of Isaiah: In Isaiah 9 seems to be bouncing around a little bit, bouncing from one thought to another, especially starting in verse 6 of Isaiah 9. Why did they write like that, where it seems to go all over the place? [Isaiah 9]
bart ehrman & James White Debate: I enjoyed watching the debate between Bart Ehrman & James White, & I think James White won, about Textual Criticism of the Bible.

2018-04-26 		The Sabbath: Enjoyed debate you had w/ Doug Batchelor on the Sabbath. I'm non denominational, but I've been going to an SDA church & really enjoying it. Can you help me w/ Genesis 2:2 & Exodus 20:8 ? [Genesis 2:2 & Exodus 20:8]

2018-04-20 		Sabbath Debate: I watched the debate you had with Doug Batchelor, & you need to go review it at 1 hour & 22 minutes. It sums up the whole debate.
Aaronic & Melchizedek Priesthood: Is the Aaronic Priesthood parallel today with the Melchizedek Priesthood? Is there duality there?
Joseph Smith & the Melchizedek Priesthood: Wouldn't it have been blasphemous for Joseph Smith to claim that he received the Melchizedek Priesthood from God?

2018-04-19 		Presuppositional & Evidential Apologetics: What is your opinion of Presuppositional & evidential apologetics? Just because God has foreknowledge of everything doesn't mean He can control everything. [Romans 1:19-20]
James White Calvinism Debate: I enjoyed the Debate you had with James White, & he's right in so many things but completely wrong with Calvinism!

2018-04-17 		Sabbath Debate with Doug Batchelor: Where can I find the debate you had with Doug Batchelor?

2018-04-13 		Former SDA Enjoyed Sabbath Debate: Former SDA had to relearn all his theology, really liked watching the debate & Steve's followups to it & pointed out that Batchelor never rebutted like Steve did.

2018-04-12 		Enjoyed Sabbath Debate with Doug Batchelor: I loved the debate you had with Doug Batchelor, but my best friend converted over to that group, & I tried everything I could to stop him.

2018-04-04 		Follow-up to the Sabbath Debate: I heard there was a continuance or a follow-up of the sabbath debate you had w/ Doug Batchelor, do you have a video of it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03yRHli-1Xk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4aKQHq0WoA

2018-04-04 		Debate w/ Doug Batchelor: Thank you for doing the debate w/ Doug Batchelor re the Sabbath
Baptism: Baptism needs be done as soon as possible for so many reasons.
Saved in Childbearing: What does this mean that women will be saved in child bearing? [1 Timothy 2:15]

2018-03-29 		Lord of the Sabbath: I am Lord EVEN of the Sabbath, what exactly is He saying in this verse? [Mark 2:23-28, Matthew 12]

2018-03-26 		Investigative Judgment: When debating Doug Batchelor, ask about the false doctrine of the investigative judgment, because if they were so wrong about that, how can they not be wrong about everything else, including keeping the Sabbath?

2018-03-23 		The Investigative Judgment: Why don't you ask doug batchelor about their false investigative judgment doctrine?

2018-03-22 		Preterism Lectures: Do you have anything on Preterism, any lectures?
Partial Preterism vs Full Preterism: Why are you a partial preterist as opposed to a full preterist?

2018-03-22 		Sound Doctrine: This passage of Scripture in 1 Timothy seems to describe doug batchelor & their group [1 Timothy 1:9-10, John 12:48]

2018-03-22 		Jesus' Appearance: Is there no description of the physical appearance of Jesus or Heaven?
Church Service becoming Theatre: Large campuses w/video not at all like the early church.
Debating with Theologians: What's the point in debating if not to change their mind?

2018-02-27 		Pentecostal/Apostolic Attitude: Why are so many Pentacostal/Apostolic people so mean and defensive? Are we not supposed to love?

2017-12-19 		Partial Preterism Debate: Caller challenges Steve partial-preterist view on end times prophesy, Israel, & unconditional covenants. (cont after break)

2017-09-19 		Douglas Wilson or James White Debate: Which is the better debate to listen to, Douglas Wilson or James White?
God Directing Salvation for People to His Glory: If God is really the only one determining who is saved or not, why didn't He give people like me understanding so i could comprehend it?
College Education: College Education can very often be a liablitity. [Act 4:13]

2017-08-23 		Original Sin: Is there a debate over Augustine's doctrine of Original Sin?

2017-01-30 		Hitchcock/Hanegraaff Dating of the Book of Revelation Debate: Caller thinks Steve should really listen to Mark Hitchcock during the Debate he had with Hank Hanegraaff about Dating of the Book of Revelation. (I'm guessing because he had an internet issue because he now has a bit of a delay in hearing the caller.)

2017-01-18 		Debating Seventh Day Adventists about the Sabbath Keeping the law, especially the Sabbath, Adventist say we absolutely have to keep the Sabbath, that it says it in Acts & so on.

2016-11-08 		Hebrews Roots Debate: Caller comments on the debate Steve had just had over the weekend with a Hebrew Roots person, thinking that he did an outstadning job.
Weakness of the Flesh: What is the "weakness of the flesh"? [Romans 6:19] Baptism: Baptism is a picture of how we should be living? [Romans 6:3-6]"
Baptism: Baptism is a picture of how we should be living? [Romans 6:3-6]

2016-10-21 		The Elect: Caller has been listening to the debate Steve had w/ James White on Calvinism, but it never addressed the elect. Will he right now?

2016-09-16 		Arguing People into Truth: Can you debate/argue people into the faith? What about loving/fellowshipping with people who are not Christian but other religions?
Church, Ecclesia & English Definition: What is the English definition of "church"? Isn't it in contrast to the Ecclesia derfinition which means "assembly", "a gathering" of people?

2016-07-18 		Bart Ehrman & Daniel Wallace Questioning the Christian Faith: Have you heard the debates Bart Ehrman/Daniel Wallace had, questioning the Christian faith & how valid they are?



2015-12-09 		Anti-Paul Movement: There seems to be this anti-Paul Pharisee Movement going around saying that we can't believe Paul. What do you think about it?

2015-11-05 		Jack Hibbs Video: No fellowshipping in the Calgary Chapel if you don't agree w/ Dispensationalism. What is a hyper-dispensationalist compared to a garden variety Dispensationalist, & what would be the danger of going that direction?
Hanegraaff - Hitchcock Debate: They discuss the debate Hank Hanegraaff & Mark Hitchcock had about the dating of the book of Revelation, or actually, Dispensationalism verses Preterism.
Chuck Smith: What about Chuck Smith, would he have ever debated preterists?

2015-10-27 		Mormonism: I appreciate the Mormons zeal to share their gospel, even though it's in error. You should have a debate w/ Mormonism because the contrast of the debate comes out on both sides, & it would with all these other religions. [Galatians 1:8-9]

2015-09-25 		The Jack Hibbs video on Replacement Theology: Comment on Jack Hibbs response about partial Preterism & replacement theology.
Mark Hitchcock gloating over Debate Victory: At the end of the Hibbs replacement video, Mark Hitchcock gloated about the victory he had over Hank Hanegraaff on the debate about the Date of the Book of Revelation.

2015-08-25 		Tommy Bertoli Debate & the Future: Caller watched the debate between Gregg & Bertoli, but wants to know what Steve think is going to happen in the next 100 years according to the Bible?

2015-07-17 		Steve Gregg's Lectures on Israel & the Debate with Michael Brown: In response to claims of Michael Brown, why would Israel come back together in 1948?



2015-06-12 		Ekklesia/Ecclesia in the Septuagint: Caller was listening to a debate Steve had w/ Tommy Bertoli, & wondered if Steve studied the word Ekklesia in the Septuagint. Were they deliberately using this word that applied to Israel before?

2014-10-03 		Tom Morris Debate: I enjoyed the debate you had with Tom Morris.
Strategies for Unity: Will the meeting you are doing tomorrow night be recorded?

2014-06-27 		Christian Martyrdom: What is the best book on Christian Martyrdom?
Steve Gregg Debates: Have you ever debated Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses or Muslims?

2014-05-16 		Learn Directly from the Bible: Why would you want to listen to somebody's hashed up version of what the Bible says as opposed to just reading it for yourself?
Disagreeing Views: Caller actually enjoys listening to people of opposing beliefs than what he believes.

2014-02-05 		Atheism: I'm trying to figure out how to deal w/ an enormous amount of Atheists or Agnostics.
Ken Ham - Bill Nye Debate: What were thoughts on the Ken Ham - Bill Nye debate?

2013-12-13 		Don Preston Debate: Whatever happened to the debate you just had with Don Preston regarding Full Preterism?
Full Preterism Problems: Can you talk about some of the problems with being a Full Preterist?

2013-10-03 		Getting to the Debate: Caller wanted to thank Steve Gregg for getting him to the debate.

2013-08-22 		Atheist Debate: Caller refers to a debate Steve had with an atheist the night before.

2013-03-12 		Hell (Universal Reconciliation): Would you talk specifically about "Universal Reconciliation" [Matthew 26:34, Hebrews 11:1].
Universal Reconcilation (Hell): In the scripture of "the sheep and the goats", how do the univeral reconcialtion supporters, explain how the goats get saved? [Matthew 26:34].
Steve Gregg Debates: May I try to set up some debates with Chris Date, Gene Cook, and Michael Brown?

2012-01-16 		Catholic Guest: Tim Staples: Steve introduces Tim Staples, host of the "Catholic Answers" radio program (Catholic.com). Steve and Tim discuss opposing views in the Catholic and Protestant Views.
Catholic vs. Non-Catholic (Protestant)-Spiritual Authority: Steve and Catholic Tim Staples discuss the difference in views about the spiritual authority of the church. [2 Thessalonians 2:15, Matthew 18:15-18, Matthew 21:23-27, Isaiah 22:16-22, Acts 15, Matthew 23:2, Matthew 15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Deuteronomy 17:8, Matthew 18:6, Matthew 20:25-29, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Peter 3:15, 1 Corinthians 11:3, Matthew 23:10, 1 Samuel 2:2, Isaiah 51:1-2, Luke 10:16, Matthew 23:8, Ephesians 4:11, James 3:1, 1 Corinthians 12, Matthew 16:19].
Catholic vs. Non-Catholic (Protestant)-The Stakes: Steve and Catholic Tim Staples discuss; If one doesn't think Catholics are correct but can be saved, then what is at stake? What is the benefit of being Catholic or Protestant? [Hebrews 13:17, Matthew 23:10].
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