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Topic: Kill (ing)
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2024-03-18 		Religious Wars in World History: Is Christianity responsible for most of the wars and killings throughout world history?



2024-03-04 		Capital Punishment in the New Testament: What do think the New Testament teaches about capital punishment? [Revelation 21:8, Hebrews 10:26, Genesis 9:6, Acts 25:11, Romans 13:4-7].
God's Judgment on Individuals: What about when God sends the bears to kill the ones making fun of the prophet Elisha? [2 Kings 2:23-25, Acts 12:23, Acts 5:1-10].

2024-02-23 		Suicide & Repentance: Caller comments on the forgiveness "of all manner of sin" relative to suicide (earlier call). [Matthew 12:31-32]

2024-02-23 		Suicide: What does the Bible say about suicide?

2024-02-12 		Shooting at Joel Osteen's Church: What do you think about Joel Osteen's response to the shootings at his church?

2024-01-19 		Korah: Who was Korah and what is her significance in the Bible? [Numbers 16:31–33].

2024-01-18 		Massacre by the Hand of an Angel: Do we know how the 185,000 were killed in 2 Kings? [2 Kings 19:35]

2024-01-16 		Self-Defense: What about sell-defense? [Matthew 5:38-48].
Aborted Babies: Will all the aborted babies go to heaven? [Mark 10:14-16, Matthew 19:14].

2023-06-29 		Murder: Abortion & War: Isn't both "abortion" and "war" the same as murder? [Matthew 5:9].
Stopping War: Can't we be peacemakers and stop this war in the Ukraine? [Matthew 5:9].

2023-05-09 		Deaths from Guns: Why do people blame the guns for killing people, when it is the person handling the gun?



2023-02-14 		Suicide: Following the suicide of my daughter, I want to know what the Bible say about suicide? [1 Corinthians 6:20].

2022-10-07 		Capital Punishment for Not Believing: Is this passage in 2 Chronicles 15, a parallel in the Old Testament to a current event-when a woman was killed for being non-compliance to requirements of Islam? [2 Chronicles 15:13].

2022-07-07 		Christians in War: How can any Christian fight in war, shedding the blood of innocents? [Genesis 9:6, Romans 13, Mark 12:31].

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?


2022-07-01 		Burnt Offering of His Son: Why did great wrath come against Israel because the King of Moah's choice to burn his son on the wall? [2 Kings 3:27].

2022-07-01 		Abortion in the Case of Rape: Is it acceptable to abort a baby in the case of rape?

2022-06-22 		Murder & Suicide: Caller comments on previous calls about murder and suicide.

2022-06-22 		Suicide: Caller comments on suicide.
Murder vs Killing: Caller disagrees that one can murder themselves and that murder and killing is not the same thing.


2022-05-25 		Suicide: What do you think about suicide? [I Corinthians 6:20, Ephesians 5:27, Galatians 6:6].

2022-01-10 		Abortion is Murder: Could you list 2-3 verses that prove that abortion is nothing more than murder? [Genesis 9:4-7].

2021-12-23 		Christians Who Commit Suicide: What happens if a Christian commits suicide? Do they go to hell?

2021-12-20 		Suicide-Access to Heaven: Is it true that anyone who commits suicide will not get into heaven? [I John 3:15, I Corinthians 6:20].

2021-10-27 		Christian Suicide: Can a Christian who commits suicide go to hell, or can they go to heaven? [James 3:2].

2021-07-06 		Thou Shall Not Kill: How do you help someone understand that "Thou shall not kill" is not an absolute and under all circumstances? [Exodus 20:1-17].

2021-06-25 		Capital Punishment: What is the Christian perspective about capital punishment? [Jeremiah 31:29, Exodus 34:7, Romans 13:1-7, Genesis 9:6].

2021-05-19 		Animals Killed for Adam & Eve: When God gave animal skins to Adam & Eve, does that actually mean, animals were killed, or could it just mean the clothes made from their hair without killing them? [Genesis 3:21]

2021-04-29 		Pro-choice & Restrictive Views of Christian: Pro-choice caller defends the position, criticizing the religious Christian community, particularly for imposing their restrictive views on others.

2021-03-18 		"Taken" and "Caught Up": Could you distinguish the difference between being "taken" and being "caught up" in scripture? [Matthew 24:37-42, Luke 17:34, Luke 17:27, Psalm 91:7-10, 2 Thessalonians 1-2].
Believers & Unbelievers Side-by-side at the Rapture: Will the believers and unbelievers (those with the "Mark of the Beast"), be side-by-side when Jesus comes? [Daniel 9, Matthew 24:27, Revelation 7:14].

2021-02-05 		Intentional Murder Forgiven: If I committed intentional murder before I was saved, how does, "no murderer shall inherit the kingdom" apply to me? [Galatians 5:21, John 9:11]. (Steve shares a story or 2 about call(s) related to this one.)

2021-02-05 		Killing of the Midianites Contradictory: What about God saying you should not kill, but yet He directs the killing of the Midianites?



2021-01-29 		God Sparing or Annihilating Children: Could you help me understand the difference of when God wiped out all the Canaanites, including children, and yet in other circumstances spared children because of their innocence? [Deuteronomy 1:39, Deuteronomy 2:34].

2021-01-21 		God Directing Annihilation: Can you help me sort some of the conflicting ideas in scripture such as, "thou shall not kill", and "turn the other cheek", but then God has whole groups killed, such as the Canaanites, ? [Genesis 9:3, Acts 25:11, Matthew 5:38-40, Matthew 10:23].



2020-09-21 		Jesus Killing Jezebel's Children: Does Jesus kill Jezebel's children in the future? [Revelation 2:20-23].

2020-09-08 		Motivation to Kill Abel & Jesus: What was the motivation for Cain to kill Abel, and for the people to kill Christ? [I John 3:12, Mark 15:10, Matthew 27:18].

2020-09-08 		God Trying to Kill Moses: Why did God try to kill Moses in Exodus? [Exodus 4:24-26].

2019-03-26 		Moses & Zipporah: What was the conflict with Moses and Zipporah, and why was God trying to kill Moses? [Exodus 4].

2019-01-21 		God Wants to Kill Moses: Why does God want to kill Moses? [Exodus 4:24].
"The Blessing" in the Old Testament: Why was "the blessing" so important in the Old Testament?

2019-01-01 		God Ordering Killing: Why did God not wish to convert the Canaanites rather than wipe them out?
Angels (Sons of God) Having Sex with Women: What about angels (Sons of God) who had sex with women? [Genesis 6].

2018-11-13 		Assisted Suicide: Is assisted suicide murder?

2018-11-07 		Suicide: What happens to a Christian believer or a non-Christian believer when they commit suicide?

2018-10-15 		God Ordaining: I know you don't believe God doesn't ordain all things, but what about Exodus 11 & 12 & the first born, where He ordained all the first born to be killed.
God having 2 different Wills: Does God have 2 different wills? Because God says not to murder, but then He sanctions Jesus to be killed.

2018-05-29 		God Killing People: Does God Kill people? Like what about



2018-05-08 		Suicide & Euthanasia: Would you consider pulling the plug from life-support as suicide?
Water during Creation: Was the earth covered w/ water from the beginning? 08 04 01 869

2018-05-08 		Suicide: I was listening to a couple callers talking about Suicide, & I think it's a little different than murder or stealing, but just a desperation move.

2018-05-04 		Suicide: People think it's a way to go by jumping off the Golden State Bridge, but if you are in a major crisis that leads you to want to commit suicide, God would forgive you, wouldn't He?

2018-05-04 		Mental Illness & Suicide: What is the bible's view about mental illness & suicide? What possible reason could someone want to commit suicide of they didn't have mental illness or demon-possessed?

2018-05-03 		"The Wood Devoured more people": The Wood destroying more people than the sword, can you explain? [2 Samuel 18:8]

2018-04-23 		People Dying before their time: God doesn't like it when people die before their time. What's your take on that? [Ezekiel 13:18-20]

2018-03-23 		God's Foreknowledge, yet Murder of Innocent People: Why would God permit a son to murder his very christian parents if He had foreknowledge & the ability to stop it?

2018-01-22 		Abortion: Can people who've had abortions, & another person who enabled it to happen, can they still be saved?
Sex Offenders: Can sex offenders be saved?
Death: What happens after we die?

2018-01-15 		Suicide: Is suicide a sin?

2018-01-05 		Pharaoh attempting to Kill Moses: (followup yesterday) Pharaoh wanting to kill Moses, why would that be? [Exodus 2:11-12] :

2018-01-04 		Moses going in Hiding: Why did Moses have to flee for killing somebody since he was in the royal family?

2017-10-06 		Appreciates what Steve said about Pastors & Teachers: Caller appreciative what Steve just said about false teacher & Prophets.
The Massacre in Las Vegas: Caller thinks we should never forget what happened in Las Vegas.

2017-08-17 		Owning a Japanese Sword: Do you think it's okay to own a WWII Seme Japanese sword?

2017-08-15 		Thou Shalt Not Kill: How does this apply to military, police officers, not killing?

2017-08-01 		After Death: Where do you go after you die?
Dismembering a Body: Why did the husband dismember one of his concubines body & send it to different places after she was gang-raped & killed? [Judges 19:24]

2017-06-23 		Eating Meat, Killing Animals: Aren't you killing animals when you eat meat so shouldn't we all become vegetarians?

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]

2017-06-06 		Bright & Morning Star: Who is the bright & morning star? Is it Jesus or David? [Revelation 22:16]
Wicked cutoff from the Land: In Proverbs where it says the wicked cut off from the land, is this talking about end time events? [Proverbs 2:21-22]
People who Commit Suicide: Can't God forgive people for suicide?

2017-04-12 		Refusing Medical a Form of Suicide: If a person turns down chemotherapy, is it a form of suicide?

2017-03-23 		Eternal Security: Eternal security, once saved always saved, & so a person who commits suicide who was saved will be in heaven?

2017-02-23 		God hearing the Prayers of a Sinner: Does God hear the prayers of sinners? What about someone living in sin?
Suicide: Is suicide a sin?

2017-02-02 		Sanctuary Cities & Cities of Refuge: Is there any correlation to these supposed "sanctuary cities" compared to the cities of refuge that we read about in the Bible? [Joshua 20]

2017-01-09 		Seeing God & Living to Tell about it: How come some people got to see God & live when it says that if you see Him die?
God "trying" to Kill Moses: Why did He "try" to kill Moses? [Exodus 4:24-26]

2016-11-15 		Suicide: If a person who commits suicide & they were a Christian, do they still have the possibility of being saved or not?

2016-10-10 		"Just War" Theory: Is there justifiable war or occassion for self-defense, or should there be total non-resistance?

2016-09-30 		Noah: Why didn't God just strike everybody down & spare the animals? [Genesis 6]
Pharaoh & the Plagues: Why did God kill the first born of all the families when they had little to do why the Jews weren't able to leave?

2016-09-22 		A Season for Everything: There's a time & season for everything that happens. Caller is concerned about murder. [Ecclesiastes 3] (Caller is all over the map of what he's trying to say, but anyway.)

2016-09-02 		All of Us Killed Christ: Did we really ultimately kill Christ ourselves because of our sins?

2016-08-01 		God Killing Certain Groups in the OT: Why did God choose to kill certain groups of people in the Old Testament?
Tattoos a Sin: Do you believe tattoos are a sin?


2016-06-15 		Number of People God Killed in the Bible: There's an atheist website about how many people God killed in the Bible. Can you shed some light on this propaganda?

2015-09-14 		God "trying" to kill Moses: what was happening w/ God trying to "kill" Moses in [Exodus 4:24]?

2015-09-02 		God Killing Innocent People: Caller has some friends who went from Christian to Atheist & want to know why did God kill innocent life when Israel came out of Egypt to take over the land of Canaan if He doesn't want people to go to hell?

2015-07-13 		Suicide: If a person who commits suicide, could they be in Heaven?

2015-05-05 		Wars - Modern & Old Testament: What's Steve's perspectives on war in this day & age as opposed to the wars in the OT?

2015-04-08 		Being justified to Kill: Is it ever right to kill in defense of yourself or your family? What about mercy killing? Should Christians participate in war?

2015-04-07 		God "tried" to kill Moses: What was happening in Exodus 4:24-25, why did God try to kill him, why was his wife Zipporah angry w/ him? [Exodus 4:24--25]



2015-03-23 		Assyrian Christians being persecuted: Is there anything we can do for the Assyrian Christians being killed in Iraq by ISIS?

2015-03-20 		Satan a Murderer from the Beginning: Is there any evidence or tradition that Satan was a murderer from the beginning? [John 8:44]

2015-03-12 		David killing Goliath twice: Did David have to kill Goliath twice, once by the stone from the sling shot & then killed him with the sword? [1 Samuel 17:50-51]

2013-10-08 		Reason SDAs are Vegetarians: I was calling because the other day you had people wondering why Seventh Day Adventism practiced vegetarianism. I think I know why.

2013-09-10 		Following a God who had people Killed: Why would people want to follow a God that requires people to kill people in the Old Testament?

2013-07-16 		No Killing: Caller continues talking about restrictions on any kind of killing.

2013-07-16 		God not Accepting Cain's Offering: Why didn't God accept Cain's offering? [Genesis 4:5]



2013-06-13 		Vegetarianism-No Killing: Should we all be vegetarians since scripture says not to kill?

2013-01-04 		Putting God in a Box: Even thought we don't believe in Calvinism, we can't put God in a box saying that He can't make people do what He wants, can we?
T. Austin-Sparks, Watchman & A. W. Tozer: What do you know about Sparks, watchman Less & Tozer? Did they believe in Christian mysticism?
Love the Sinner, Hate the Sinner: We hear all the time the phrase, "Love the Sinner, but hate the sin", but I wouldn't find myself able to love people who murder & rape people.
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