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2024-04-23 "Heaven" in the Scriptures: Caller disagrees regarding the lack of emphasis on "heaven" in the Bible. Instead, he thinks there is significant emphasis. [Philippians 3:20-21, 2 Corinthians 5:8-10, Exodus 20:12, John 3:16].
2024-04-23 Blood & Flesh Symbolism: Is not the reference to flesh and blood in John 6, a very different context than in the Last Supper? [John 6:53-58, John 6:40, John 6:63].
2024-04-01 Looking Signs of the Lord's Return: Caller disagrees with Steve about Christians not looking for the signs of the return of Jesus. [Acts 1:6-7, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-11, Isaiah 10:11-14, Matthew 24, Isaiah 8:18, James 5:9].
Kingdom of God Coming in Stages. So what are the significant signs and stages of the coming of the Kingdom of God and the Second Coming of Christ? [Matthew 24:32-35, Luke 21:31, Mark 4:26-29, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-11, Matthew 24:42-44].
2024-03-25 Faith Given by God (Debating a Calvinist): Don't you think that these verses prove that faith is given by God? [John 6:27ff, Revelation 3:18-20].
2024-03-20 Believing Genesis' Flat Earth: Why don't you believe Genesis instead of NASA (referring to flat earth)? [Luke 16:19-31, Numbers 12:7-8, Luke 17:34-37].
2024-03-18 "Righteous" Appropriated (Calvinism): Caller attempts to support his Calvinist views with scripture. [Romans 3:21-22, 1 Thessalonians 3:2, Romans 10:17, Isaiah 6, Matthew 13:15, Isaiah 64:6, Isaiah 29:13, Ezekiel 33:31, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Genesis 6:5].
2024-03-12 Free Will: Caller disagrees with Steve about free will positing that God and man cannot both have free will. [1 Peter 1:5, Romans 8:16-19, Matthew 10:33, Ephesians 2:8, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Peter 2:22, Galatians 5:22-23, Luke 8:13].
2024-03-11 Disagreement Regarding Government: Caller disagrees with Steve about Government policies regarding pulling people out of poverty and the free market.
Government Intervention in Poverty: Shouldn't Christians be involved in the government programs to alleviate poverty?
2024-03-11 Faith & Regeneration (Defending Calvinism): Caller attempts to defend Calvinistic ideas about regeneration. [2 Thessalonians 3:2, Hebrews 11:6, Ephesians 3:12, Philippians 1:29, Acts 16:30-31, Luke 18:13-14, John 16:8, John 3:14].
2024-02-29 Regeneration Before or After Believing: Do you believe regeneration is caused by man believing, or by God? Rec: Topical lectures "God's Sovereignty, Man's Salvation." [John 3:15-16, John 20:31, Colossians 2:10, Ephesians 2:8, Romans 10:14-15, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Thessalonians 3:2-4].
2024-02-22 Disagreement-Young vs Old Earth: Caller disagrees with Steve about "young earth" theology and presents his case. [Genesis 1:11, Genesis 2:23].
2024-02-20 Disagreement: Judgment ("Grace" & "Works"): Caller disagrees with Steve about the importance of "works" relative to judgment. [Hebrews 11:3, Matthew 7:21-25, Matthew 25:31-40, James 2:14-26, Galatians 5:6, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Peter 1:17, Revelation 20:12-13].
2024-02-20 Human Blood Sacrifice: Isn't it a contradiction that a human blood sacrifice was required for salvation when God undeniably hates human sacrifice? [Psalm 50:5, Hosea 6:6, Isaiah 1:12-15, Malachi 1:7-10, Proverbs 21:27, John 15:13-14].
2024-02-14 Voting for Trump: Wouldn't it be wrong for a Christian to vote for Trump? [Luke 6:31, Matthew 7:12].
2024-02-13 The Narrow Path: How is your ministry on "the narrow path" when you agree with 90% of the world's religions about the Trinity? How is that a narrow path?
2024-02-09 Politics, Government & Voting: Does the Bible lead us to vote a certain way? [Romans 1:28-32].
2024-02-09 Attending the Wedding of a Homosexual Couple: About attending a homosexual couple's wedding, why did you allow that a pastor (Alistair Begg) might have a reason for doing so? [1 Corinthians 6:9].
2024-02-08 The Greek Tense, "Diposed to" & Election (Predestination): Caller disagrees with Steve's view of Acts 1 regarding the tense of the Greek word in relationship to being "disposed to" and "ordained" for election (or predestination). [Acts 13:48, 1 Corinthians 16:15, Acts 13:46, 2 Thessalonians 2:13].
2024-02-07 Disagreement with Steve on Dispensationalism: Caller states that he feels that Steve throws Dispensationalism under the bus, doesn't define it correctly, and hurts listener's ability to study the Bible. [2 Peter 3:16].
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?
2024-02-02 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?
2024-02-02 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?
2024-01-26 Unitarianism-As Opposed to Trinitarianism: Do you think that Unitarianism (God is one, rather than three, as is in the Trinitarian view) is a heresy?
Trinitarian or Unitarian: What do you make of John 17:3 (God and Jesus mentioned as separate) in light of the Trinity debate? [John 17:3].
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].
2024-01-22 "In Your Midst": Would you explain why the common translation (and understanding) is often incorrect for "in your midst" when it is said to mean "inside of you"? [Luke 17:21].
2024-01-18 Flat Earth Proponent: Flat Earther; “How can we justify what science tells us when both scripture and our own perceptions tell us the earth is a flat, fixed plane?” [Matthew 24:41]
2024-01-16 Matthew 24 "Days of Noah": Clarification of Matthew 24's "as in the days of Noah" referring to the normal activities of life, rather than the more common suggestion that would be paralleled to the evil activities in that culture at that time. [1 Thessalonians 5:3, Matthew 24:37-39].
2024-01-10 Atheist-Apostasy: Do you think I am stupid and deserve to go to hell?
Atheist-Theological Disagreement: Do you think that theological disagreements are a good enough reason to send someone to hell?
Atheist-Hinduism Predates the Flood: Atheist caller claims that he has seen evidence that proves that Hinduism predates the Flood. He also challenges Steve's claim that he has evidence that Jesus and the gospels are true.
2024-01-10 Atheist-Apostasy: Do you think I am stupid and deserve to go to hell?
Atheist-Theological Disagreement: Do you think that theological disagreements are a good enough reason to send someone to hell?
Atheist-Hinduism Predates the Flood: Atheist caller claims that he has seen evidence that proves that Hinduism predates the Flood. He also challenges Steve's claim that he has evidence that Jesus and the gospels are true.
2024-01-05 Atheist's Skepticism about the Veracity of the Bible & Miracles: Atheist: Regarding the flood, research says that the heat produced by mountains moving would cause so much heat that everything would melt. He reports that the evidence about the miracles in the Bible moved him away Christian faith.
Atheist-Creation Story Untrue: If Genesis's story about the creation isn't true then would not the whole need for a Messiah be unnecessary?
2023-12-26 Mark of the Beast: Could you explain why you said the only place the "Mark of the Beast" is mentioned in Revelation 13? [Revelation 13:16-18].
2023-12-26 Atheist Caller: Noah's Flood Do you think that there was a worldwide flood? If so, would there not be evidence of this?
2023-12-21 Longevity in Genesis: What do you think about my considerations of the longevity noted in Genesis?
2023-12-20 Hell-Eternal Punishment-Disagreement: Doesn't your book presenting three different views of hell, weaken the doctrine of eternal torment and lead people away from the truth? Rec: topical lectures on "Three Views of Hell" or "Three Christian Views of Hell" by Steve Gregg.
Steve Gregg's View of Eschatology-Disagreement: Don't you lean heavily on the church fathers for your eschatology, rather than scripture? Isn't that contradictory?
2023-12-20 Hell-Eternal Punishment-Disagreement: Doesn't your book presenting three different views of hell, weaken the doctrine of eternal torment and lead people away from the truth? Rec: topical lectures on "Three Views of Hell" or "Three Christian Views of Hell" by Steve Gregg.
Steve Gregg's View of Eschatology-Disagreement: Don't you lean heavily on the church fathers for your eschatology, rather than scripture? Isn't that contradictory?
2023-12-15 The Rider on the White Horse in Revelation: How does everyone get the symbolism of the "white horse" in Revelation so wrong? Rec: verse-by-verse of Revelation. [Revelation 6, Revelation 19, Revelation 3:21].
2023-11-24 Satan Was an Angel: How can you say that Satan was not an angel when scripture clearly says it? [Ezekiel 28:14, Revelation 9:11].
2023-11-22 Agnostic Considers God a Serial Killer: Is not God a serial killer for not intervening in this terrible world where people have to die? Should He not be held accountable for all the suffering? [Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18].
2023-11-06 Trust the Holy Spirit's Leading (Over The Bible): Don't you think that some people try to lead the Holy Spirit, rather than trusting the Holy Spirit to lead them? You seem to trust the scriptures more than the guidance of the Spirit? [Matthew 28:19-20].
2023-11-03 Jews Indigenous to the Land of Israel: Caller shares his view that the Jews are indigenous to the region of Israel. [Deuteronomy 30:10, Leviticus 26, Leviticus 18:25-28, Deuteronomy 28, Exodus 19:5-6, Jeremiah 18:7-10, Luke 19:44].
2023-11-02 Jews Rejected from the Land: Caller comments on the fact that scripture says that the Jews were ejected from the land in Luke. [Luke 13:34-35].
The Trinity Doctrine Disagreement: Caller disagrees with Steve about the Trinity and bases his postulate on Acts 17. [Acts 17:22-31].
2023-10-27 Desirable Large Churches: In contrast to Steve's view that a smaller church is preferable, caller shares his view that larger churches have value.
2023-10-24 Contradictions about the Trinity: If there is one God and Jesus prayed to God, and Jesus is His Son, how can this be? How can God have died on the cross, if God can't die? [James 1, James 2:19, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 1 Timothy 3:16, Philippians 2:6].
2023-10-24 Genesis Narrative (Non-literal): Caller shares his non-literal (more symbolic) view of the Genesis narrative, based on the cultural difference between then and now. [Matthew 19:3-8, Genesis 2:24, Proverbs 14:12].
2023-10-06 Flat Earth (Defense): Can I share three points as to why knowing that the earth is flat is important to my faith?
2023-09-22 Disagreement Over Calvinism: Caller disagrees with Steve over his view of Calvinism and his assessments of the "Doctrines of Grace." Rec: topical lecture series. "God's Sovereignty and Man's Salvation." [John 3:15, John 20:31, John 1:13-14].
2023-09-19 Origin of Satan: Caller disagrees with Steve that the Bible is not clear on the origins of Satan. [Jude 1:6, 2 Peter 2:4].
Satan's Origins-God Can't Create Evil: Since it is impossible for God to create evil, doesn't this require us to believe that Satan must be a fallen angel? [Proverbs 16:4].
2023-09-19 Satan as a "Tester" or "Tempter": Caller challenges Steve's definitions of "test" and "tempt?" [1 Thessalonians 3:5, 1 Timothy 3:10, Genesis 22:1].
2023-09-18 Disagreement with Amillennial View: Caller shares his disagreements with the Amillennial view? [Revelation 20:9, Revelation 20:1-5, Matthew 12:29].
2023-09-05 God "Testing" or "Tempting": Though you said that God tempts people, James says He does not. Can you clarify? [James 1:13, Genesis 33:1, Luke 4:1, Matthew 6:13]
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