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2024-03-27 |
Visions and Prophets Today: Are you familiar with Danny Davis (self-proclaimed modern prophet)? What do you think about those today who claim to have visions and render prophecies? How do you know who to take seriously? [Psalm 118:6-7, Proverbs 27:12, Proverbs 21:20-22]. |
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2023-04-25 |
Wisdom Literature; Prayers & Psalms: Can one use wisdom literature and the Psalms as prayers and though not necessarily so, also instructive? [Psalm 23, Acts 2:30]. Praise & Worship: Shouldn't praise and worship be more about the greatness of God rather than His making a way for us? [Psalm 103, Exodus 15, Isaiah 29:13]. |
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2023-04-18 |
"The Spirit of Wisdom": Who is the "Spirit of Wisdom" in Ephesians 1? [Ephesians 1:17, Romans 8:15, Isaiah 11:2]. |
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2023-02-15 |
Proverbs Cautions About Life Choices: Could you explain the Proverb, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end is the way of death?" [Proverbs 14:12, Romans 12:2, Romans 6:23]. |
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2023-01-18 |
Adam's Salvation: What are the reasons you have for thinking that Adam may have been saved? [Genesis 3]. Adam's Salvation: How could Adam have been saved if he no longer had access to the "Tree of Life" and he was already eternally condemned? "Wisdom" Literature in the Bible: When will you have the next lecture in the "Wisdom" literature? |
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2022-12-29 |
Why Keep the Old Testament?: If the Old Testament is obsolete, then why do we even have it in our Bibles? Is there any denomination that uses only the New Testament? [Exodus 19-20]. New Testament vs Old Testament: Isn't it only the New Testament that is necessary for the Christian today? |
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2022-12-19 |
Wisdom in Decision-making: What decisions are the best ones on which to "wait on God" or does God step-in when necessary and intercede if He wishes? [Ephesians 5:17, Proverbs 3:5-6]. Contrary to Counsel: Is it still your own responsibility to make your best judgment regarding a decision regardless of a Christian leader's counsel? [Psalm 1:1]. |
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2022-07-14 |
Bible Books: How did we get to what we accept as authentic Bible books, in contrast to the books that the early church accepted? Book of Wisdom: Is "the Book of Wisdom" actually the same as Solomon? Ref: The Book of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus. |
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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]. |
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2021-11-22 |
Counseling: What counsel should we listen to? [Psalm 119, Psalm 1:1, Romans 15:14, I Corinthians 6:1]. |
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2021-11-15 |
Adult Child Straying from God's Wisdom: How do I approach my daughter who has strayed from God's wisdom and has embraced the world's view? [I Corinthians 2:5-7]. Whistling on The Narrow Path: Is that you whistling on the radio intro? |
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2021-08-06 |
Hearing God's Voice: How does one hear from God? Recommended Topical Lecture; " Knowing God-Divine Guidance." |
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2021-07-20 |
Wisdom Justified by Her Children (or Deeds): What is meant by, "wisdom is justified by her children" or "by her deeds" in Matthew 11? [Matthew 11:19]. Knowing God as Jesus Did: Is Jesus saying that we can know God as well as Jesus knew Him in Matthew 11:27? [Matthew 11:27]. |
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2021-07-09 |
Seven Pillars of Wisdom in Proverbs: What are the seven pillars of wisdom mentioned in Proverbs? Seven Thunders & Sealing in Revelation Could you talk about the seven thunders and the directive to seal things up in Revelation 10? [Revelation 10:3-4, Revelatioin 22:10, Daniel 12]. |
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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]. |
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2021-03-02 |
God's Guidance: Could you give New Testament examples of God guiding through wisdom and direct revelation? [James, Ephesians 5:17, Jeremiah 18:18, Ezekiel 7:26, Acts 11:27-30, Acts 21:10-11, Acts 16:9-10]. |
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2021-02-25 |
Contradiction in Proverbs: Can you help me understand the apparent contradiction in Proverbs about the fool? [Proverbs 26:4-5, Galatians 6:2-5, Philippians 3:12-15]. |
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2021-02-19 |
Distinguishing "Hearing" from God: How does one differentiate between thoughts being from God (hearing from God), or just one's own ideas because of our new heart? [Galatians 5:17-23, I Corinthians 1:30, I Corinthians 2:16]. |
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2021-01-06 |
Biblical Fables and Sayings: Are familiar fables and sayings such as, "The Tortoise & the Hare", and "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" have a biblical basis? |
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2020-09-03 |
"Wisdom" as Woman in Proverbs: Why is "Wisdom described as a woman in Proverbs? Wisdom's Voice as Little Girl's: What do you say to someone who says that wisdom, in the voice of a little girl, has spoken to them? |
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2020-07-24 |
Wisdom or Promises in Proverbs: Where does it say that the book of Proverbs is for wisdom and not actually promises? [Proverbs 1]. |
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2020-07-16 |
Law of the Torah Before Moses: Were the Laws of the Torah known before Moses? [Luke 11:50-51]. Solomon's Request for Wisdom: Why didn't Solomon ask to see God face to face, rather than ask for wisdom? [2 Chronicles 1:11]. |
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2020-06-22 |
Telephone Lines at The Narrow Path: How many lines do you have coming in? Wisdom About Giving to Charities: I am bothered by how much I am giving out of my social security check. Can you give me words of wisdom in this regard? |
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2020-05-20 |
Wise as Serpents, Gentle as Doves: Would you clarify the directive to be wise (or cunning) as a serpent, but gentle as doves? It seems that characteristic is bad in the serpent. [Genesis 3, Matthew 10:16]. When the Serpent was Created: Was the serpent created as the same time as the rest of the animals in Genesis? |
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2020-04-10 |
Spiritual or Physical Health: Is God talking about spiritual or physical health in Proverbs 3? [Proverbs 3:7-8]. |
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2019-11-06 |
Fear of God=Wisdom: What is meant by wisdom beginning with the fear of God? [Proverbs 1, 9]. |
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2018-11-29 |
Logic, Christianity & Wisdom: Christian preachers frown upon using human logic. What is the difference between wisdom, Christianity & logic? |
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2018-07-03 |
Preachers & Teachers Learning New Knowledge: Do preachers & teachers need to continue to study & grow in their Biblical insights? Do they need to be presenting new insights, new knowledge, from God? Going to Seminary: Do you think pastors/teachers need/should go to Seminary for their training? [Luke 2:41-50] |
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2018-06-18 |
Knowledge, Wisdom & Understanding: Knowledge are facts, wisdom is how to apply that knowledge, but what about "understanding"? |
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2017-10-05 |
Proverbs & Ecclesiastes: In the books of Proverbs & Ecclesiastes, what are your favorite Proverbs? Pursuing Wisdom: There seems to be conflict about the pursuit of wisdom, not pursuing too much. |
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2017-07-25 |
Trinity & Wisdom: Regarding the Trinity & Wisdom, I'm not understanding why you don't agree that Wisdom has a personality. (follow up from yesterday.) |
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2017-06-07 |
Parables Not Understandable for Some: Why did Jesus speak in parables? Why did He want to make it hard for them to understand? [Mark 4:34] |
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2017-06-06 |
All things are Yours: When Paul gets done talking about the Wisdom of God & the foolish of man, he concludes by saying, "all are yours". What does that mean? [1cor 3:21-22, |
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2016-04-12 |
Clarifying 2 Scriptures about Love & Discernment: Linking these 2 passages of Scriptures about love [Phillipians 1:9, John 13:34-35] |
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2016-03-25 |
Holy Spirit Feminine: Is the Holy Spirit feminine? Where do they get that idea? Does it come from the "Wisdom" Scriptures where it talks about "he" & "she"? [1 Corinthians 1:30, Proverbs 8] |
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2015-07-08 |
Wise as Serpents: Is there a reason Jesus would use being "Wise as a SERPENT", isn't it kind of odd? [Matthew 10:16] |
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2015-06-02 |
Salvation (by Works): There's a required preconditional work, like saved by faith, but you have to have Fear of the Lord for instance. |
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2015-02-20 |
Reconciling some specific Scripture (Wisdom): Caller is having trouble reconciling 2 particular Scriptures. [Jeremiah 15:16, Ecclesiastes 1:18] |
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2014-12-02 |
"The Republic" - Plato, Socrates: What do you think about Socrates, Plato & Aristotle having a lot of wisdom before Christ? The Republic which i'm reading just seems to have such good parallels to the Bible. |
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2014-08-14 |
Memorial Service: Is it necessary to have a Memorial Service? Meat, not Milk: Caller feels that Steve needs to teach more of the meat of the gospel more than the milk of it. [1 Corinthians 3:1-3] Steve's books on Hell & Revelation: Caller thinks Steve taking the time write books on irrelevant topics such as Hell & Revelation was a waste of time. |
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2014-06-24 |
Stephen Hawking: What's God's purpose in allowing people like Stephen Hawking to propagate their propaganda? [Revelation 12:9] |
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2014-05-13 |
Head Knowledge in relation to Personal Relationship: It is possible to have a relationship w/ the Creator of the Universe, a personal God? Head knowledge seems pretty important, too! |
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2014-04-10 |
Faith & Reason/Logic: Is it really faith when you just come to a certain conclusion because there seems to be no other conclusion? |
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2014-02-25 |
Solomon's Story in Ecclesiastes 9: What is the point Solomon is trying to make in the story or parable that he mentions in the latter part of Ecclesiastes 9? [Ecclesiastes 9:13-15, Luke 14:11-14] Ecclesiastes & Wisdom: Is the Book of Ecclesiastes (& Proverbs) just conventional wisdom, but not necessarily to rely on in reality? |
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2014-01-02 |
Faith & Reason: What is the relationship between faith & reason? [Hebrews 11:1, 1 Peter 3:15, Romans 1:19-20] Salvation of non-Jews in OT times: How is God going to judge people who did not follow the system of Judaism in Old Testament times? [Job 1-29, Acts 10] |
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2013-11-06 |
Steve's Testimony: Caller is interested in knowing where he can hear Steve's testimony. (you can now find Steve's testimony on YouTube) God Speaking to Steve: How does God speak to Steve on a daily basis? |
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2013-09-30 |
Trust the Lord Completely: How do you trust in the Lord completely & not rely on yourself? [Proverbs 5:3-7] |
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2013-06-13 |
Overly Righteous or Wise: Isn't it impossible to be overly righteous or wise? [Ecclesiastes 7:16] |
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2013-03-22 |
Knowing God's Will: Can you know God's will without pushing on doors to open? [John 10:27-28, Psalm 37:5, Psalm 16:3, Proverbs 3:6, Colossian 3:15, Isaiah 55:12]. Signs from God: If you were going to school part time, and got your work hours cut, would you take that as a sign from God? |
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2013-03-12 |
God Speaking: How does God speak to people today? |
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2013-01-31 |
A Fool has no Heart for Wisdom: What does this verse mean about a fool not having a heart for wisdom? [Proverbs 17:16] |