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Topic: Faithful (ness)
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2024-04-26 Faith in the Old Testament: If an Israelite in the Old Testament was unfaithful to the Covenant, does that equate with New Testament salvation? [Genesis 15:6, Habakkuk 2:4-6, Deuteronomy 28:15].
2024-01-25 Disagreement on Apostasy & Eternal Security: Caller questions and disagrees with Steve's position on eternal security. Rec: Topical lecture series "God's Sovereignty, Man's Salvation." [2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2, John 15, Romans 11:17-22, Colossians 1:23].
2024-01-24 Confession of Infidelity: Should my friend tell his wife of his infidelity if it is in the past and from some years before?
2024-01-08 Jehovah's Witnesses-144,000 Ruling: In contrast to the Jehovah's Witnesses' idea, who would the 144,000 to us (Non-Jehovah's Witnesses)? [Revelation 5:10].
Jehovah's Witnesses-Parable of "The Faithful Servant": To someone who is not a Jehovah's Witness, who is the "faithful servant?" [Luke 19:26, Luke 12:42-48].
2024-01-04 Paul Supports Keeping the Law (Sabbath): In light of Romans 3, is Paul supporting the need to keep The Law, even though he has clearly said we are not under The Law, but under a new covenant? [Romans 3:31, Genesis 15:6, Romans 4:2-9, Matthew 5:17].
2024-01-03 Evangelizing a Jewish Skeptic: Any advice about evangelizing a Jewish friend who is open to learning about Christianity, but he heard about the water in the flood being over 20 feet above all the mountains, thus he is very skeptical? Rec: "The Genesis Flood" by John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris
Turning Your Life Over to Christ: What does it look like when one "turns their life over to Christ?" Rec: Book by Steve Gregg. "Empire of the Risen Son, Vol 2."
2023-11-14 "Every Man a Liar:" What is the context and meaning of the phrase, "Let God be true, but every man a liar?" [Romans 3:4< Romans 3:1-5]
2023-11-08 Unconditional Biblical Promises: Are there any unconditional Covenants or promises in scripture? [Genesis 9:11, 2 Peter 3:10, Jeremiah 18:8].
Promise Against a Future Flood: Isn't the promise to Noah that God would not ever flood the earth again to destroy it unconditional?
Faith Required of Nations: If faith is the condition required of man, is it also applicable to whole nations? [Hebrews 11].
2023-07-28 Eternal Security: How does one "continue" in the faith, so as to not lose it? De we ensure it, or does God? [Luke 22:31-32, 1 Peter 1:5, Jude 1:24-25].
2023-05-09 God's Care for His People: In scripture are we to more faith in God, or in His promises. Is it God's character or His promises that assures us of His care and provision for us? [Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 6:33, Psalm 34:9-10, Psalm 84:11, Psalm 37:35].
2023-05-01 Loving God with No Free Will in Heaven: If we have no free will in heaven, then is it really love, since we have no real choice about it? [Galatians 5:17].
2023-05-01 Faith & Religion: How do you tell when your religion is out of balance and becoming unhealthy? [James 1:27, Matthew 23:23, Matthew 9:13].
2023-02-08 Assurance of Relationship with Jesus: I don't have the same kind of emotional or intense relationship with Jesus as some do. Is there something wrong with me?
2023-02-06 Adultery-Unforgiveable: Were you implying that adultery would be an unforgiveable sin?
2022-12-30 Losing one's Salvation: How do you arbitrate a discussion about whether one can lose their salvation? Recommended topical lecture; "Content of the Gospel" series, lecture on "Eternal Security." [Hebrews 2:3, Romans 10:9, Revelation 2:10, John 15:6, Luke 15:24].
2022-12-29 Faith-Living the Christian Life: Where do you live your faith-between being a theologian and living with a child-like faith? [2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Peter 1:17, Revelation 20:13].
2022-10-14 Purpose of the Old Testament Law-Purity: Is it correct to say that the Old Testament laws were to make a pure vessel worthy to bring forth the Messiah?
2022-08-17 Eternal Security (Once Saved, Always Saved): It seems that the Bible indicates that people can lose their salvation. What do you think? {Romans 5:2, Ephesians 2:8-9, Matthew 24:13, Revelation 2:10].
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?
2022-05-12 Doing the Will of the Father: What should I study to help me understand obedience to God, rather than ignorantly following an institution? And how to help others not fall to that? [Genesis 20:3, Luke 12:47f, James 3:1, I Timothy 1:13].
2021-11-02 God Still Loved Job: Did Job think that God still loved him when he was in all the trials? [John 14:23].
Legalistic Tithing: Would you donate to a legalistic church that demands tithing?
2021-10-13 Why Not Abandon Faith and Pursue One's Own Happiness: How should a young person respond to contemporay culture's encouragement to abandon one's faith and pursue happiness?
Pursuing God Over Earthly Pleasure: How does one convince others that pursuing God is more fulfilling than earthly pleasures? [Luke 9:23, Psalm 16].
Challenges for the Young Today: What do you think this younger generation is facing that is greater than ever before?
2021-08-04 Good Way to Evangelize: Do you have a good tract that teaches how to evangelize?
Addictive Personalities: Do you think there really is such a thing as "addictive personalities"?
"Once Saved, Always Saved": What do you think of "Eternal Security" or "Once Saved, Always Saved"?
2021-07-21 Love, Justice, Mercy: Could you share the verses you were referring to in regard to the components of love being, justice, faithful mercy? [Matthew 23:23, Micah 6:8, Isaiah 42:1-12, Matthew 7:12, Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 5-7].
2021-06-22 Perseverance of the Saints (Eternal Security): I disagree with you in that I can't imagine ever walking away from the Lord, if one is ever really saved? [Revelation 2:10, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 6:4].
Apostates Cannot Return to God: Can you return to Jesus if you have fallen away based on Hebrews 6? [Hebrews 6:4, Luke 19:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19, Romans 11:22, John 15:6, Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15, I Peter 1:5, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:12].
2021-06-14 God's Love=Mercy, Justice, Faithfulness: Could you direct me to your lecture where you talk about God's love being of mercy, justice, and faithfulness? Recommended Lecture: "Sermon on the Mount". [Matthew 23:23, Matthew 7:12, John 15:13, Mark 12:30-31].
2021-06-10 Failing God Again: Could you help me understand why those of us who have faith, understand repentance, and who truly want to please God, continue to fail Him? Recommended Lecture: "Cultivating Christian Character". [Galatians 5:17-25, Romans 12:2, Psalm 1:2, Philippians 2:13].
2021-05-10 Dual Covanent: Could you talk about "Dual Covenant", taught by John Hagee? [Hebrews 8:13].
Saved Before Abraham: How could people be saved before Abraham? [Genesis 15:6, Romans 4, Galatians 3, James 2].
2021-05-05 Zealously Sharing One's Faith: Can you recommend a way of sharing one's faith zealously without coming on too strong and offending others??
2021-04-23 Salvation-Requires the Heart, Not Just the Head: Would you comment on the saying that "you can believe with your head, but not your heart?" [Matthew 28:18].
Legalism Lecture: What lecture at your website would give more information about legalism? Recommended topical lecture, "Toward a Radical Christian Counterculture".
2021-04-08 Repentance and Salvation: Does one repent before or after you are saved?
Smoking: What do you say about a preacher who said that if you smoke you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven? [I Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:17].
2021-04-07 Jesus Would Not Lose Any: What is the non-Calvinist view of the verse about Him not losing any of His own, and what is meant by that? [John 6:39, John 17:12, John 17:6, 2 Peter 3:9, I Thessalonians 4:3].
2021-04-05 Eternal Security: Once saved, am I eternally secure, or am always saved, if once saved? Caller compares through his analogy of following Christ to remaining tied to one's anchor in a storm when boating. [I John 5:11, I Timothy 4:1].
2021-03-31 Making Difficult Commitments and Promises: How do you know what to make a commitment to, so that one won't eventually break it and sin?, as in the temptation of something like pornography?
2021-03-02 How to be Saved: What is the best way to be saved according to scripture? [I John 5:11-12, John 6:66, John 15, John 3:3].
2021-02-19 Truly Saved: What do you say to someone who thinks it enough to say you have been baptized or confirmed in a Christian church? [John 10:27-28, Luke 14:27, Acts 11:26].
Hate Your Enemies: Was Jesus referring to Old Testament scripture when he said you have been taught to hate your enemies? [Matthew 5:33, Leviticus 19:18, Luke 10:25-43].
2021-02-10 Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?: Did you say that true Christians can lose their salvation?
Salvation & Sanctification: What role does God have in salvation and sanctification? If we have a part in it, doesn't it take away the glory that is His alone?
God's Sovereignty & Control Over One's Salvation: Could you help me understand God "works all things" relative to one's salvation? [Ephesians 4:1, Philippians 1:6, I John 2:19, John 17:12, I Timothy 4:1, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:12].
2021-02-08 Suffering in Trials: Can you give me some scripture to help me through the suffering of these really devastating past few years ? Recommended lecture: "Making Sense of Suffering." [Job, Psalms].
Going to Bible College (Seminary): Should I go to Bible college (Seminary) if I want to learn more about the Bible? [Psalm 119:99].
2021-01-29 Feelings of Emotions in One's Faith: I struggle with keeping the sense of total commitment and feel an ebb and flow in my faith. Is this common? [I John 5:3].
2020-12-14 Falling into Sin: Is it a lack of faith if someone keeps falling into sin and allows himself a pass on the error of his ways?
Recommended Charities: Can you recommend some good charities that you trust? [Shepherd's Heart International, The Salvation Army, Mercy Ships, The Narrow Path, Voice of the Martyrs, Open Doors USA, Food for the Poor].
2020-11-04 Minister's Doubt when He Doesn't Hear From God: What would you say to someone who is in ministry, who is struggling with their faith, to the point of disbelieving, because he is not hearing from God? [Isaiah 50:10, Job 13:15].
2020-10-08 Work Out You Own Salvation: What does it mean to "work out own salvation with fear and trembling"? [Phil 2:12-13].
The Just Shall Live by Faith: What does it mean to "the just shall live by faith" as it says in Hebrews 10? [Hebrews 10:38, Habbakuk 2:4, Galatians 5, Matthew 23:23].
Working Out your Own Salvation in Fear & Trembling: What does it mean to work our your faith in fear & trembling? [Philippians 2:12-13]
2020-10-02 Evidence that Christianity is Not True: Is it not evidence that Christianity is not true since there are those that wish to feel something from the Holy Spirit and they don't? [James 1:7 Matthew 8:26].
Losing Faith: How can one continue to believe in something that they don't see evidence of?
The Resurrection isn't a Historical Fact, it's a Supernatural claim: Caller says that the resurrection isn't a historical fact, and doesn't it require more evidence to claim the supernatural?
2020-10-02 Evidence that Christianity is Not True: Is it not evidence that Christianity is not true since there are those that wish to feel something from the Holy Spirit and they don't? [James 1:7 Matthew 8:26].
Losing Faith: How can one continue to believe in something that they don't see evidence of?
The Resurrection isn't a Historical Fact, it's a Supernatural claim: Caller says that the resurrection isn't a historical fact, and doesn't it require more evidence to claim the supernatural?
2020-10-02 Samaritan Pentateuch & Evidence for Faith: Caller suggest Haley's handbook for information about the Samaritan's Pentateuch and responds to previous caller who is doubting his faith.
2020-09-18 Faith vs Works, Jesus vs Paul: How do we know where the line is between faith and works, particularly relative to the differences between Paul & Jesus' teachings (call continues after break)? [Galatians 5:6, Romans 12, Romans 14:17, Ephesians 4:32, Philippians 2:1, Matthew 5, I Corinthians 7:10-15].
2020-09-17 Why Does God Let Children Die if He Can Do Miracles?: Why would God do miracles for certain people and let children die of starvation every day?
Bible is Not Reliable: Caller says the Bible is not reliable, because He says He is sorry He ever made mankind. [Genesis 6:6].
2020-09-04 God's Sovereignty Defined: What does it mean to you to say that God is sovereign?
Fallen Away-Once Partaken of Heavenly Gift: Does God's sovereignty relate to the verse in Hebrews about one who has received the heavenly gift, but has fallen away not being able to return? [Hebrew 6:4].
2020-08-26 Bound to One's Spouse for Life: Is not marriage binding for life, even if one has grounds for divorce? [I Corinthians 7:12-15, Matthew 5:32].
2020-08-21 Forgiven for All, Then Why Judgment: If we are forgiven of all our sins, past, present, and future, then why would we have to stand before the Great White Throne of Judgment? [I John 1:7-9, Romans 6:15].
The Lord's Prayer Once a Week for Forgiveness: If you say The Lord's Prayer once a week, it that enough cover the sins you have committed during the week? [1 John 1:7].
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