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Topic: Fear

Episode Topic Audio

2024-04-17
The Narrow Path App: Do you have a The Narrow Path phone app? Do not go to the app store, but directly to "thenarrowpath.app."
The number "666": Is there anything significantly bad about the number "666" and do we need to worry about it - like in our phone number or such? Will there be significance to it in the future? [Revelation 13:18]


2024-04-12
The Fear & Patience of Job: What is the "patience of Job" and what was the thing that Job most feared? [James 5:11, Matthew 24:13, Job 3:24, Job 2:3].



2024-03-11
Fear & Faith-Practically Trusting God: Practically, how do we show faith amid fear and anxiety? [Luke 8:25, Matthew 6:33].



2024-03-07
Fear of God: What do you think is going on in the vision where John says he was "afraid as if dead?" [Revelation 1:17, Daniel 8:18, Daniel 10:9-10].



2024-01-23
Angels, Cherubim, & Seraphim: What is the difference between an angel and a seraphim? [Isaiah 6, Ezekiel 1, Ezekiel 10, Revelation 4-5].
The Appearance of Angels: Since Mary was told to "not be afraid," is it possible that angels are scary-looking? [Luke 1:30-33].


2023-11-01
"Fear" in Scripture: Are there places in scriptures where "fear" doesn't mean fear, but reverence? [2 Corinthians 5:11, Ephesians 5:33, Isaiah 66:2, Psalm 14:1, Proverbs 9:10].



2023-08-04
Bible Contradiction: "Fear God" and "Fear Not": How do we reconcile scripture that says that we should not fear God and other verses that say we should? [1 John 4:18, Proverbs 16:6, 1 John 1:9].



2023-07-10
Worry (or Living in Fear): If worry is a sin, is there comfort for us, if we are worriers? [1 Peter 5:7, Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 6:25, Luke 12:7].



2023-05-02
Fear of Losing One's Salvation: How can I deal with my fear of sinning too much and losing my salvation? [Matthew 18:21-22, John 15:13].



2023-05-01
Holding Back from God: Can I hold reservations or a plan B, if I am skeptical that God will be there for me and meet my need, and still be found acceptable to God? [Philippians 3:14-15].



2023-02-07
Believer's Fear of Death: How would you encourage a believer with scripture continuing fear of death and doubt of afterlife? [1 Corinthians 15, Romans 10:9].



2023-01-25
Fear of Death: Would you explain this verse about the fear of death? [Hebrews 2:14-15, Matthew 16:24-26].
Bondage of Egypt: Do you think the Hebrews 2:15 has any correlation to the Israelites when they desired to go back into bondage in Egypt? [Hebrews 2:15].


2023-01-11
The Illuminati: Do you think that there is a secret organization like "The Illuminati" or is it simply fear-mongering? [Isaiah 8:11, 1 Peter 2:8].



2022-11-10
Fear: Who gives us the state of fear? [2 Timothy 1:7].



2022-08-29
Facing Fear & Persecution: Is scripture indicating that damnation awaits, those that simply fear social ostracism, not just those of us who may fear facing physical torture or death at the hand of persecutors? [Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 27:12, Revelation 12:11, Galatians 1:10, Luke 17:33, Matthew 16:25, Hebrews 2:14-15, Matthew 10:29, Acts 21:13, Philippians 1:12-26, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 21:8].



2022-07-06
Paranoia about all the Shootings: What is the best way to process my fear about all the shootings in the news? [Matthew 10:29-31, Psalm 34:7].
In the Presence of the Lord: What will it be like when we are in the presence of the Lord?


2022-06-14
Fear of God: How can we increase "fear of God" in ourselves and the culture? [Romans 3:9-18, Proverbs 9:10, Proverbs 10:27, Psalm 14:1].



2022-01-12
Fear of Death for the Believer: How might the Christian church today, remove the fear of death? [Hebrews 2:14-15, Job 2:4, Matthew 16:25, Luke 9:24].



2021-12-15
A Christian's Fear of Satan: Could you talk about the Christian's fear of being attacked by Satan, and if we are not a threat to him if he is not doing so? [I Peter 5:8, James 4:7, Ephesians 6:10-18, I John 4:4, Luke 10:19, 2 Timothy 2:3-5, John 8:32].



2021-09-24
Afraid of Hell & May Not be Saved: Caller shares that he is afraid that he may not be saved, and thinks he only tries to be a believer because of the fear of hell. Is there anything in the Bible that can help assure me? [I John 4:18].
Loving God More: How do you cultivate more love for God? [I John 4:19, I John 2:15, I John 4:8, Luke 10:27].


2021-05-14
Exposure to Dangerous People: What advice would you give for those of us who cannot evict dangerous people from our community, and no one seems to be trying to help us?



2021-05-14
Fear & Fearing God: Could you comment on whether fear means the same thing throughout the Bible, in regard to fearing God? [Ephesians 5, Proverbs 9:10, Proverbs 16:6, Acts 24:25, I Peter 1:17].



2021-04-06
All the Conspiracies: As a fairly new Christian, I am finding some of the vast amount of conspiracies theories out there very unsettling, so how do I sort that? [Psalm 2, Isaiah 8:11-15, I Peter 3:15].



2020-12-04
Fear of God & Steve's New Books: Compliments on Steve's new book, "Empire of the Son," especially his thoughts on the fear of God. Would you talk about the fear of God? [I Peter 1:17, 2 Corinthians 5:11, Revelation 14:7, Proverbs 9:10, Hebrews 12:11, Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 23:17].



2020-07-31
Anger: Would you talk about "anger" and what the Bible teaches us about it when it is sin? [Ephesians 4:26, James 2:13, I John 4:7-21, Mark 3:5, Ephesians 5:1, Luke 23:34].



2020-05-15
Racism: Do you think that racism is learned, or part of the fall?



2020-05-11
Fear, Anxiety, Worry: Would you talk about fear, anxiety and worry in the life of a believer? [Hebrews 12].



2020-03-31
Worry, Fear, Concern: Could you talk about worrying for the believer, especially if their child goes missing for a few days? [Matthew 6:24-31, Proverbs 30:25, 6:8-11].



2020-03-18
Coronavirus Pandemic: Do you think that there is some good things coming out of this coronavirus pandemic?



2020-03-10
Fear & Fellowship with God: How do you sort the fear of God and fellowship with God in light of the Old Testament descriptions of His punishing His people? [Psalm 119:53, 2 Corinthians 5:11].



2019-11-05
Jesus Afraid: Was Jesus afraid in the Garden of Gethsemane? And what was He really afraid of? [Luke 22:44].



2019-07-24
"Trembling at the Word of God": Is there a verse about trembling at the word of God? Has that happened to you? [Isaiah 66:2, 57:15].



2019-06-21
Lost Retirement Investment: Do you have any advice for one who has lost most of their savings for retirement, through no fault of their own? [Matthew 6:19-20].



2019-03-14
Demon: Are demons afraid to be sent into non-existence (or the depth)? [Luke 8:30-33].



2019-02-13
Holy Spirit: If you don't receive the Holy Spirit are you automatically going to hell?



2018-11-21
Fear, Anxiety & evil Dreams: I dreamed about an evil spirit, have had physical manifestations & am feeling fear a lot lately



2018-09-18
Fear God or Not: Why does it say in some place to fear God & other places it says NOT to fear Him? [Luke 12:32, Matthew 10:28]



2018-08-10
Casting Your Cares upon the Lord: What does mean to cast your cares upon the Lord? What do you do about anxiety or panic attacks? [1 Peter 5:6-7, Philippians 4:6-7]



2018-01-18
Anxiety: Is anxiety a sin?



2017-11-09
Protection from God: I need assurance from the Bible that God protects us because I have stalkers stalking me. I just want some verses that I can rely on that God will protect me. [Romans 13:1-4]



2017-11-08
God's Eternal Mercy: Caller is fearful that he may be hell-bound, even though he knows God had infinite mercy.



2017-06-26
Striving, but then Easy: These 2 verses seem contradictory to each other, one saying we have to Strive to enter the Kingdom of God, but then it says that His yoke is easy. Which is it? [Luke 13:34, Matthew 11:30]



2017-06-09
Cain's Fear: If there was such a small population when Cain was told to leave, who was he afraid of? [Genesis 4:13]



2016-08-17
The Holocaust: The Holocaust made it so even Christians couldn't say anything negative about Jews for fear of being accused of being antisemitic, right?
Fear of Being Double-Minded: Caller went from Judaism, to Atheism, to accepting Jesus as his Lord, but sometimes he still has doubts & unbelief. Can Steve please make this passage of Scripture more palatable for him? [James 1:5-8]


2016-05-24
Christians being in Troubled Times: What should we be doing in these perilous times? Should we be fleeing or stand? Death End Times Last Days Persecution Suffering Tribulation



2016-04-12
Abraham saying Sarah was his Sister: Abraham & Sarah & Isaac & Rebekah & similar stories about saying that their wife was their sister; why did they do that? [Genesis 12, Genesis 26]



2016-03-15
Fear & Trembling: It says in the Bible that we need to work out our salvation with fear & trembling. (gets cutoff but able to answer question) [Philippians 2:12-13]



2015-11-03
Fear & Trembling: Faith alone, Imputed righteousness, but I also don't believe in salvation by works, but then I read verses like being holy & work out our salvation w/ fear & trembling. Can you set me straight? [1 Peter 1:16hilippians 2:12-13]



2015-10-16
Impending Armageddon: A woman was at work & was crippled w/ fear about an Impending Armageddon. What would you say to her?



2015-05-12
Ananias & Sapphira Did God strike down Ananias & Sapphira to bring fear to the church? [Acts 4:32 – 5:11]



2015-04-21
Fear of the Lord: What is the "Fear of the Lord"? Isn't hating evil the beginning of the Fear of the Lord? [Proverbs 9:10]



2014-12-15
Come Out Among Them & Be Separate: What does it mean to "Come out from among them & be separate?" [2 Corinthians 6:17]
Fear & Trembling: What does it mean to "work out your Salvation w/ Fear & Trembling"? [Philippians 2:12]
The Narrow Path Radio Show: What do you hope for as God's will to accomplish with this show? What do you pray for when you pray for your program?

2014-11-25
Assurance of Salvation: I keep having a besetting then that I keep falling into, & so wonder if i'm saved or not.



2014-07-31
Fear of Moses parents & Moses: Why does it say in Hebrews that Moses' parents & Moses himself were not fearful when we know they actually were? [Hebrews 11:23, 27]
Abraham's body being "dead": It says in the Bible that when Abraham had Isaac, that his body was dead, yet he had more children AFTER Isaac? [Romans 4:16-22, Hebrews 11:11-19]


2014-05-13
Word of Encouragement: Caller wanted to encourage the 2nd to last caller about having anxiety over being saved w/ a story about her sister & the late Bill Bright.



2014-04-23
Daniel a Eunuch: Was Daniel a Eunuch? [Daniel 1:7]
Modern Terrorism: Could this be possibly talking about Modern Day Terrorism? [Ezekiel 32:24]
Birth Pains: What do you think of the significance of watching for the "Birth Pains" that Jesus mentioned in Matthew 24 & Luke 21? [Matthew 24:8]

2013-08-01
"Millstone Hanged About His Neck": Caller feels condemned about a verse in the Bible about offending a child & wants freedom. [Matthew 18:6]



2013-07-16
Three Views of Hell: What the right view of Hell, of the three options you often survey?
Fear of Hell & Evangelism: Don't we need to use the fear of hell as an evangelistic tool? [2 Corinthians 5:9-11]


2013-05-02
Bible Insights: Caller shares her appreciation for Steve and "The Narrow Path" and how much she has learned.
Anger Control: How can I get victory over my anger, as I continue to fail and it hurts my testimony? Recommended; "Refuse to be Offended" under topical lectures. [Ephesians 4:26-27, Mark 3:5, 1 Samuel 11:6, Ephesians 4:31, Jonah 4:4, Psalm 103:8, 2 Timothy 1:7, Galatians 5:22-23].


2012-01-06
A Bipolar Minister: Can a spirit-filled minister be "bipolar?" [1 Corinthians 2:16].


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