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Topic: Immoral (Immorality)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-19
Christians Behaving Badly: Do you think that sometimes Christians use the "we don't really know their hearts" as a way to excuse their behavior? [Matthew 12:34, Luke 6:45, Mark 7:21, Matthew 7:17-18, Romans 7:23, Matthew 18:17].



2024-02-01
Immorality Today: Caller seemed to be suggesting that the Jewish elite is responsible for much of the immorality in today's culture. [Revelation 3:9, John 8:44].



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].



2023-08-25
"Can't Die Anymore": What is meant by "neither can they die anymore?" [Luke 20:36].



2023-06-28
Judgmentalism-LGBTQ: What do you think about applying the Romans' verse about not approving immorality to respond to the question of Christians being too judgmental? [Romans 1:32].



2023-05-15
David's Sins Not Condemned: Why are some sins called sin that are not, and sins in the Old Testament are not condemned, like David's sins and concubines? [Jude 1:7, 1 Corinthians 5:1].



2023-02-15
Foods That Defile: How can foods that defiled you in Leviticus (Old Testament) no longer defile you in the New Testament? [Leviticus 11:43, Mark 7:15].
Unclean Foods: Were the unclean foods the ones that might be more likely unsanitary or prone to bacteria? [Acts 10:15, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Matthew 15:11].


2022-12-07
New Covenant & Diet Restriction: Can you explain Paul's references to dietary laws relative to the new covenant, and it being mentioned along with sexual morality? [Acts 15:19-21, 1 Corinthians 6].



2022-11-11
Evangelizing in Dark Environments: It is clearly sin, or a matter of personal conviction, if I am ministering in dark environments with hopes of evangelizing some listening to our band? [I Corinthians 8-10, Luke 5:31, Mark 2:17].
Witnessing in a Bar: Are you stumbling others and damaging your witness if you are performing in a bar or club because others might think it is then acceptable to go to bars?


2022-08-29
Prohibited Sexual Behaviors: Why are some sexual behaviors prohibited, without them being listed specifically in scripture (like premarital sex)? [I Corinthians 12:8-10, Romans 12:6-8, I Thessalonians 4:4, Matthew 19:5-6, Leviticus 18].



2022-08-08
Following The Old Testament Law Today Better: Do you think that people misinterpret Jesus' statement about "not casting the first stone" and it facilitates immorality and it would be better if we followed the Old Testament Law? [John 8:7]



2022-07-06
One's Temptations to Sin: Where do most people stand when reflecting upon their sexual behavior and other sin in their past. [Judges 9:13, Psalms 104:15, Proverbs 31:6].



2022-06-30
Sex Before Marriage: Even though the Bible doesn't say directly that one can't have sex before marriage, how do you defend the idea that one should not?



2022-05-16
"Fornication" in Scripture: Do you think that "Porneia" translated as "fornnication" is a poor translation? [Genesis 3:24, I Corinthians 6:16-17].



2022-05-13
Greek Word for "Sexual Immorality": Could you explain the word "pornos", and why it isn't used for prostitution? And what about the word for "adultery-moichaó"? [I Corinthians 5:11, Hosea 2:12].



2022-05-12
God Creates Evil: Could you help me understand scripture that indicates that God creates evil? [Isaiah 45:7, John 1:3].



2022-04-14
Christianity & Conservative Politics: Why is real Christianity always aligned with conservation politics? [Matthew 7:21-23].



2022-04-12
Re-established Law in the Millennial Reign: What is your take on the Law being re-established during the Millennial reign? [Revelation 2:27].
The Ten Commandments: Wasn't it a good thing when "The Ten Commandments" were posted in courts and schools?


2022-03-10
No Longer an Atheist: Caller indicates that he is now a believer because he is observed that good wins over evil.



2022-03-04
Warning Against Adultery: Is the warning against adultery about committing adultery in one's heart specifically directed only to men, and does that still apply today? [Matthew 5:28].
Warning Against Lust in the Heart: Is there an overall principle against malevolence in the teaching of looking upon a woman with lust in the Sermon on the Mount? [Matthew 5:28, I John 3:15].


2022-01-26
Christians Who Do Bad Things: Can we really separate our actions from who we really are? Can Christians be evil? [Jeremiah 24:8-10, Luke 18:19, Mark 10:18, James 3:2, 1 John 3:6-7].



2021-11-18
Reprobate Minds: How do we know when someone has been given over to a reprobate mind? [Romans 1:28].



2021-11-04
No Divorce and Remarriage Allowed-Under Any Circumstances: Does God not allow any divorce and remarriage at all, under any circumstances, and are there are any church fathers who thought this? [Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9, Deuteronomy 42:1-3].



2021-08-25
Sexual Immorality in Marriage: Why does Jesus use two different Greek words (pornea & moichaō) when speaking of marriage in Matthew 5? Why doesn't he use the same two words in Mark and Luke? [I Corinthians 5:1, Jude 7, Matthew 5:32].



2021-07-26
Mary Magdalene: What do you know about Mary Magdalene's background, and if she was a prostitute? [Luke 8:2, Luke 7:36-50].



2021-07-02
Someone Who Keeps Falling into Sin: Can you advise me on how to deal with someone I am trying to help that is under terrible stress, yet has made great progress in his fight against addiction, but continually breaks down and falls back into sin?



2021-06-15
Divorce, Separation & Unfaithfulness: Could you clarify what is grounds for divorce if unfaithfulness has taken place in ways other than sexual immorality, and she has moved out? [Deuteronomy 24:1-2, I Corinthians 7:12-15].



2019-06-27
Moses & Divorce: Didn't Moses indicate that one should give a written bill of divorce when putting away his wife? [Deuteronomy 24:1-4].
Defiling the Body (The Temple): What does it mean to defile the body (the temple)? [I Corinthians 6:19, 3:17].


2017-06-26
Not Liked at Churches: Caller was guilty of sexual immorality & feels he's not accepted in churches overall anymore even though they'd have no idea what he's done in the past. (paranoid type call)



2016-09-23
Making our Society Moral: A moral society in an amoral culture? political and cultural morality in modern society



2016-06-15
Anathema Maranatha: Being accursed, Anathema Maranath, does that apply to Christians who fall out of love like the churches of Revelation? [1 Corinthians 16:22]
Homosexuals: It says in Romans that homosexuals/sodomites are worthy of death, so should they be lined up & shot like a pastor said once?


2016-03-22
Doctrinal Disagreements of Moral Significance: I was listening to your lectures on "strategy for unity" & was wondering what you thought about disagreeing with doctrinal disagreements of moral implications? What about war, divorce & remarriage, forcible resistance, heresy, & false prophets? [Romans 14]



2015-10-05
Hugging & Kissing: Is it normal to hug & kiss church members, especially in the Calvary Chapel? [2 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:26]



2015-08-13
Demonic Signs & Wonders: Are the Lying Signs & Wonders of Satan in every case & where is that in the Bible? [2 Thessalonians 2:9]
Seducing Spirits: What about Seducing Spirits? Whenever the caller thinks of the term "seduction", she thinks of sex, so sexual sins. [1 Timothy 4:1]
Y2K: People thought y2k was the end of the world & it wasn't. All this time wasted worrying about stuff that had nothing to do w/ anything! It's like crying wolf one too many times!

2013-12-17
Coarse Jesting: Can you talk about what coarse jesting is? [Ephesians 5:3-4]
Churches that are Aposatizing: So in follow up to a previous caller, what are we supposed to do about churches that are embracing sin? [Revelation 3:16]


2013-11-05
Moral Argument for the Existence of God: Can you please talk about the objective morals argument for God?



2013-07-02
Gay Marriage: When did we, as a country, lose the battle to the point where gay marriage is acceptable?
Judicial Rulings: It seems we are no longer a democracy or a republic because laws are being legislated from the bench.
Tower of Babel & America: Do you think we are becoming like the Tower of Babel (Sodom & Gomorrah)?

2013-07-02
Mental Adultery: When is a person guilty of adultery? Is in it thought or does it require an action? What is considered stepping over the line? [Matthew 5:28, James 1:12-15]



2013-04-24
Man of Lawlessness: If the Man of Lawlessness is the Papacy, what would the signs and wonders be that is referred to in 2 Thessalonians? [2 Thessalonians 2:1-7}.
Immorality & the Poor: How do you reconcile the fact that many of the poor are because of their own immorality, so should we be supporting those who at not at fault, or should it also be an evangelistic outreach? [2 Thessalonians 3:10, Galatians 6:10, Hebrews 13:5, I Timothy 6:8].


2013-03-19
Evidence in One's Life Outcome: Caller encourages fellow believers to consider the long term, life outcomes of unbelievers, rather than just the scientific position they hold.



2013-03-04
Old Testament Not Speaking of Eternity: Why, in the Old Testament, was the focus so much on the descendants, and not about eternity, as in in the New Testament? [2 Timothy 1:10].


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