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Topic: Flood

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2024-03-20
The Flood & Evolution: What do you think about the flood? Was it global? Were all the animals, in all their variations there? How would atheistic evolution differ from theistic evolution?



2024-01-10
Comment-Hinduism & Old Testament Events: Caller comments on the previous call from the Atheist about the origins of Hinduism and various thoughts about the Old Testament timeline (the Flood and Tower of Babel).



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.

2024-01-09
Hinduism's Timeline: Does the Hindu religion predate creation?
Once Saved, Always Saved (Eternal Security): What do you think about the "once saved, always saved?" [John 15:6].


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?


2024-01-04
Not Water, but Fire Next Time: Is there scripture to back up the Pentecostal phrase, "There won't water, but fire next time." [2 Peter 3:4-5, 2 Peter 3:10, Genesis 19:24, Luke 17:26, Matthew 24:37-39].



2023-12-29
Global Flood: Do you think that the flood was local or global? Because the Hebrew word for "land" and "earth" is the same, does that make it reasonable to assume it was just local? [Exodus 10:5, Genesis 7].



2023-12-28
Harold Camping: Caller comments on Harold Camping's mistaken view of when Christ would return.
Noah's Ark: Caller comments on the building of Noah's Ark.


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
Steve Gregg's Income: Do you get any money from the sales of your books? What about when you travel to Australia for ministry? How do you pay for that?
Lifespan & Longevity in Genesis: What about the lifespans described in Genesis? Why did they live so long, and lifespans change so dramatically before and after the flood?
DNA of Jesus: Do you have any thoughts on the DNA of Jesus?

2023-08-22
The Flood Might Be Repeated: Did you know the earth could be destroyed again by a flood if the Dispensationalists are correct?
Restoring the Kingdom to Israel: Does Jesus' answer about restoring the kingdom to Israel support the Dispensational view. [Acts 1:6, Romans 14:17, Romans 9:6, Romans 9:27, 1 Peter 2:9-10, John 16:12-13, John 10:16, Ephesians 2:19-22, Ephesians 3:1-6, Colossians 2].
Choosing of Mathias: Did the disciples get ahead of God when they chose Matthias to replace Judas? [Galatians 2:7-9, Matthew 18:19, Acts 1:26].

2023-08-10
Types of the Church (Rapture & 144,000): Do you think there are types of the church in the story of Enoch and Noah (types of the rapture and the spared 144,000)? [Luke 17:26, 1 Peter 3:20]
Methuselah: What about the meaning of "Methuselah" (“When he is dead, it shall be sent”)?
Church Father's View of Types: What did the church fathers think about "types" in scripture? Isn't it just guessing at the meanings? Rec: Topical lectures: "When Shall These Things Be?"

2022-10-24
Animal Care on the Ark: Do you think that perhaps all the animals on the ark may have gone into some kind of hibernation, since the maintenance and care would have been monumental?



2022-09-22
God knowingly Created an Evil People He'd Send to Hell: Why did God create a people, who He knew would be wicked, then kill them in genocide or send them to hell? Is that not twisted?



2022-08-11
Destruction of the Earth: Are there canonical sources (particularly the Tanach), that support Peter's eschatology regarding the future destruction of the earth in fire? [2 Peter 3, Revelation 20, Romans 8, Colossians 1:26-29, Ephesians 3:5, Genesis 9:11].
Destruction of the Earth in the Flood: What do you say about those that say that Genesis indicates that the earth will not be destroyed again, yet 2 Peter does? [Genesis 8-9, 2 Peter 3, Genesis 9:11].


2022-07-14
Mount of Olives to Split: Could you elaborate on the comment you made about the splitting of the Mount of Olives? [Zechariah 14:4, Acts 1:11, Ezekiel 9-11, Ezekiel 11:23, Zechariah 4:7].
The First Flood (Not Noah's): Could you talk about the "First Flood" (not Noah's flood)? [Genesis 1:1-2, Isaiah 45:18, Jeremiah 4:23-26, Exodus 20:11]. (Steve doesn't get to the second quesetion until after the break.)


2022-06-24
Population After Creation & the Flood: Was the earth populated by incest after the creation and the flood? [Genesis 1].



2022-06-10
Noah's Flood: Could Noah's flood have been just a local flood? [Genesis 6-9].



2022-03-25
No Rain Before Noah's Flood: Did it rain on the earth before Noah's flood? [Genesis 2:5-6, Genesis 9:13-16].



2021-11-18
Dinosaurs & the Flood: Were there dinosaurs and did the flood wipe them out?
Leading & Testing the Holy Spirit: How does one recognize the leading of the spirit, or testing the spirit?


2021-11-15
"Earth"- Flood in Limited Area or Whole Earth: Do you think that Noah would've only thought the earth was the nearby area, rather than the whole earth? [Genesis 6-7:20].



2021-06-25
The Firmament, Canopy Theory & the Age of Man Could you talk a little bit about the firmament, and its relation to the canopy theory and the age of man? [Genesis 1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 2:6].



2021-05-05
God's Foreknowledge: Shouldn't have God known in advance that Adam would need a helpmate, and that mankind would fail and He would need to send the flood?
Chuck Girard & Alisa Childers: Are you familiar with Alisa Childers, Chuck Girard's (Love Song) daughter?


2021-04-20
Ancient Pagan Cultural Influences: Are you familiar with the Behistun, the Gilgamesh Epic, and Sumarian Tablets and how they may be informing us to the source of certain ideas, events, and cultures?



2021-01-06
Noah's Awareness of the Americas: Did Noah know about the Americas?
Christians After the Rapture: If all the Christians will be raptured, from where do all the Christians come that are refusing the chip ?
Microchips: What is the logic behind the idea of microchips being place in Christians?

2020-11-11
Regional Flood in Genesis: Does this verse indicate a regional flood, rather than a world-wide flood? [2 Peters 3:6].
How Much Did Jesus Know About God, the Father?: How much did Jesus know about God, the Father? If He did not know every thing, then how could He know about creation [Genesis, Matthew 19, Matthew 24, Luke 11].


2020-10-21
End Times Apocalypse & Preterism Text Analysis: Relative to Preterism, why do you take 2 Peter 3 about the New Earth taken more literally than other texts regarding the end times apocalypse? [2 Peter 3:10-13, Romans 8:22, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Revelation 21, Matthew 24, Luke 21].



2020-09-29
Age of Accountability: Could you help me understand the "age of accountability", especially in light of the flood and Sodom and Gomorrah and the children that must've perished? [Isaiah 7:16].



2020-09-22
After Noah's Flood, Yet Sin Abounded: What was accomplished by the flood if the same sin was in Noah's family, and it didn't change much afterward?



2020-08-28
Regional or Worldwide Flood of Noah: Do you think that the flood of Noah was worldwide or just regional, and were there any mountains then?
Regional Flood & People Groups from 60 Million Years Ago: Since science seems to indicate that the flood had to be regional because of evidence that people groups were present in some areas for 60 million years.


2020-05-20
Left Behind & Took Away: Where is the one taken, and what is going on with the one left behind? [Matthew 24:38-40, Psalm 91:7-8, Luke 17, 2 Thessalonians 1:8].



2020-05-08
Types & Antitype-The Flood & Baptism: Could it be that The Flood as a type, and baptism as its antitype, also be seen as baptism as a type of being washed in the blood of Jesus?



2020-02-19
Catholic Traditions: How do Catholics respond to Romans 14, especially regarding not eating meat on Fridays? [Romans 14:1-8].



2019-10-24
"About to Happen"-Revelation: Doesn't it seem strange that it was "about to happen" in Revelation, and yet the church age continues today?
Noah & the Flood: Isn't Noah's flood only local because of reference to his being able to see from the east to the west, rather than worldwide? [2 Peter 3, I Peter 3].


2019-07-24
Animals on the Ark: How could it be true that Noah got every single animal on to the ark? [



2019-05-02
Moses Authorship: How did Moses know what happened in the Garden of Eden, and other events, when he wrote about the events in Genesis?
Life Span in Old Testament: Why did Noah and other Old Testament characters have such a long life-span as compared to us today? [Psalm 90].


2019-04-18
The Flood: Was the flood world-wide, or just local? Was there enough time for people to get away? Was the purpose of the ark meant to be also be a type and shadow of salvation? [Genesis 6-7]



2019-04-12
Global Flood & Fossil Records: Was there a global flood in Noah's day? Why do we not see fossil records from the animals that came off the Ark and migrated to various area? What do you say to someone having trouble believing in the Bible because of doubting the flood story?



2019-04-01
God's Foreknowledge: The Flood: Why would God go forward with His plans when He knows how corrupt people would still be today? God's patience. If the Flood, 4,000 years ago, didn't cure humankind of their sin, then why continue the project? [Genesis 4]



2019-03-29
Dinosaurs: Did the dinosaurs die during the flood?



2019-03-05
Genesis Genealogy: Would you clarify the continuity of the generations and lineage before the flood [Genesis 5: 6-7]?



2018-11-13
Atheist & Noah's Ark & Flood: What do you say to atheists who say the story about Noah's flood is too far-fetched to be believable?



2018-06-13
Noah & the Flood a type of Baptism: Was noah & the flood some type of baptism, preserving the righteous?



2018-04-25
Timeline of Noah & the Flood: Can we determine the time frame of the flood & Noah with science?



2018-03-29
My Spirit shall not always Strive: My Spirit will not strive w/ men forever, what does that mean that He'll run out of patience? [Genesis 6:3]



2018-01-24
Dinosaurs: How do Dinosaurs fit in to everything?



2017-11-08
The Firmament: Is there any chance that the firmament was the earth itself? [Genesis 1:6]
Fountains of the Deep: Wasn't the Earth a lot different than before the Flood than after, wasn't it?


2017-09-21
Impossibility of Building Ark: A non-believer said there is NO WAY Noah could build the ark so Genesis couldn't possibly be true.



2017-09-11
Kingdom of God: Caller really enjoyed the lecture about the Kingdom of God Steve had done in WA state recently. (Steve just wrote a book about the Kingdom of God called, "Empire of the Risen Son", Part 1 & 2, October 2020)
The Dove, the Flood & Holy Spirit: The Dove never coming back because he had a place to land, & soon as Jesus got baptized, & His followers were going to start being baptized, the Holy Spirit having a place to go, is what the caller thinks. [1 Peter 2:20-21]
Sons of God: We as Christians have authority as the Sons of God & our Father is our Righteous "Judge". We need to realize our authority over demons, our own sins & God's extreme love for us as His children.

2017-09-11
Holy Spirit gone from the Flood until Jesus: Did the Spirit of God leave humanity from the time of the flood until Jesus Christ, the dove leaving the ark & never coming back, but, returning when Jesus was baptized? [Genesis 8:12, Matthew 3:16, Mar 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32]



2017-04-03
Life Expectancy of 120 Years: God decreasing life expectancy to 120 years. Can you explain that? [Genesis 6:3, Genesis 11]



2017-03-16
Noah & his Family After the Flood: What did noah & his family eat after the flood since there was not much vegetation there yet?



2016-11-03
Writing the Law: Did the Kings have to write the laws down themselves? [Deuteronomy 17:18]
John the Baptist & Locusts: They weren't supposed to eat insects, so how does John the Baptist & eating grasshoppers fit together? [Deuteronomy 14:19]
Noah & 7 animals: So why did Noah take 7 of some animals, where did he get that from?

2016-10-11
Noah's Flood, Gap-Theory: J. Vernon McGee’s view of the old earth, talking about a gap-theory. What does this mean?



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?


2016-09-19
God Repented Making Man, Grieved Him: Someone gave me a book called, "The Story", & I read what God was saying right before the flood & how does that compare with how He loved us while we were yet sinners. [Genesis 6:6, Romans 5:8]



2016-06-03
The Flood: Why did God bring the flood? Did He overreact? [Genesis 6-8]
Men of Renoun & Nephilim: Are the people of the Nephilim & the men of renoun the same or different people? {Genesis 6]
Giants (sons) of God: So these were holy men, but I thought only noah & his family were holy during the Flood?

2016-03-24
PBS Special on Noah's Ark: I was watching a PBS special on the Flood & Noah's Ark, & they said that it happened Epic of Gilgamesh which was written way before Genesis, so Moses just got it from that. Is that true?



2015-12-21
Living longer before the Flood: Why did people before the Flood live so much longer? Do you think they are literal years?
The Labyrinth: Comments about the Question she heard about the Labyrinth.


2015-12-21
Calculation problems w/ Noah's Ark: It just seems like an impossibility all the logistics involving all the animals in Noah's ark. How would it be possible? All the food, all the clean up. [Genesis 6]



2015-11-13
Noah's Flood: Was the Flood a world-wide flood, & how long ago was it, & there seems to be so much diversity among the people of the earth that it'd almost seem impossible that they came from Noah. [Genesis 6]



2015-08-04
Laughter is Medicine: Is there any verse in the Bible about Laughter being good for the soul? [Proverbs 17:2]
The Date During Noah's Flood: Could they keep track of the years back then? Do we know the date way back then?


2015-06-25
120 years: What is the 120 years being referred to in [Genesis 6:3]?



2015-05-26
Lifespan of Humans Before Flood: What is the most satisfactory explanation Steve knows of for people living so long before the Flood but suddenly shorter lives a while after the Flood?



2014-12-08
Abortion: How can God be against abortion when at one time He drowned the whole world in a Flood except for 8 people?



2014-12-03
God Pleased & then Displeased: Why did God go from being so please of Creation to being grieved that He made creation, made man? [Genesis 1-2, 6]



2014-09-10
Races: How is possible for all these races to come from a single family of the same race? Caller thinks it's possible God created people of different races after the Flood, or during the Tower of Babel.
Kangaroos & Dingos: How did the Kangaroos & Dingos get separated from all the other animals?
Ron Wyatt: Caller feels Ron Wyatt discovered from pretty important, amazing, discoveries, such as Noah's Ark, Moses' Mountain.

2014-07-18
People after the Flood: Was Noah & his family the only people that made it after the Flood? If it IS the case, why so many primitive people?
Mosquitos & Plagues: Did God create things like Mosquitos, Flies & plagues/diseases?
6,000 years being enough time: It just doesn't seem like 6,000 years is enough time for everything to have happened that happened, millions & millions of people being killed & so on?

2014-07-17
Age of the Earth starting at the Flood: Perhaps the Jewish reckoning from the 2nd to last call started during the Flood?



2014-06-02
Nephilim, Angels, Sons of God, Daughters of Men: If the Nephilim were wiped out after the Flood, how did they show up again in Numbers, after the Flood? [Genesis 6:1-4, Numbers 14]



2014-03-27
Noah Film: What do you think of the new Movie coming out about Noah?
Real Story of Noah: What can we take away from the real story of Noah? [Genesis 6]


2014-02-21
2 Global Floods: There of course was Noah's Flood, but I heard from 2 preachers recently that there was a global flood before Noah's, somewhere at the very beginning of Genesis, but I can't find it. Can you tell me where it is? [Genesis 1:1-2, 6:1-9]



2014-01-27
Judgments of God: Mass shootings, Tsunamis, & all this other calamity & violence happening, is that a result of getting rid of God?
Noah's Flood & Sodom & Gomorrah: So do you think there won't be major catastrophe like happened in the ancient days like Noah's Flood & Sodom & Gomorrah?
Paul's conflicting instruction towards widows: Why did Paul seem to contradict himself in his instruction to widows, where he advised some to get married again & others not to get married? [1 Timothy 5:11-14]

2014-01-07
Ron Wyatt discovering Noah's Ark: Noah's Ark is in the valley of Mt Ararat, not the mountain.



2014-01-07
Earth to Land: I've heard you say that the word "Earth" should be sometimes translated to "Land". Why?
Noah's Flood: What evidence supports your view that Noah's Flood was global?


2013-12-27
Seas & Oceans before the Flood: Caller thinks there were no oceans before the Flood.



2013-11-04
Generational Curse or Not: There seems to be quite a contradiction when it says in the book of Numbers that children will suffer for 3 or 4 generations, but then there's a verse that says the children are not responsible for the sins of their father. Can you help me out? [Number 14:18-19, Ezekiel 18:20, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7]
Generational Curses: Does the Bible ever talk about generational curses? [Exodus 20:5-6, Deuteronomy 23:8]
Canaan Cursed because of Ham: Why did Canaan get cursed when it was Ham was the one that sinned? [Genesis 9:24-25]

2013-10-11
6th & 8th Day Creation: God rested on the 7th day, after He created some people, & THEN created Adam & Eve on the 8th day. What does Steve think?
2 People of Every Race on Ark: Caller also thinks that 2 of every human race got on the ark.


2013-09-23
God's Spirit Striving: Did the Holy Spirit leave right before the Flood & then come back at Pentecost? [Genesis 6, Acts 2:1-4]



2013-09-03
The Epic of Gilgamesh: There's evidence of a Flood before Moses' record including the Epic of Gilgamesh.



2013-08-21
Uniformitarianism: Uniformitarianists or Evolutionaists think that the passage in Scripture in 2 Peter denies creationism or the World wide Flood. What does Steve say? [vo2 peter 3:3-7]
Westboro Baptist Church: What does Steve think about the radical Westboro Baptist Church?


2013-08-16
Human Races: Where did all the races come from since the time of Noah?
People where Cain went: So there were more people where Cain moved to after killing Abel?


2013-06-11
Water Canopy-the Firmament: Couldn't there have been a water canopy above the earth before the Flood? [Genesis 1:6-8]



2013-06-11
Noah & the Flood: Was Noah's Flood a world-wide flood or a localized one?
Young or Old Earth?: Does Steve believe in an Old Earth or a New Earth?


2013-06-10
Light Before the Sun: How was there was light before the Sun was created on the 4th day? [Genesis 1:3-5, Genesis 1:14-19]
Animals on the Ark: Why is it barely ever mentioned that Noah actually brought seven pairs of a lot of the animals, not just 2 by 2? [Genesis 7:1-2]


2013-03-28
Noah's Salvation: If Noah had refused to go into the Ark, would he have been still saved? Can this be paralleled to obedience regarding baptism?
Gifts of the Spirit & Cessationism: Is there something to distinguish between the gift (singular) of the Spirit, and the charismatic gifts (plural) through the laying on of hands to impart them, that requires one to manifest the charismatic gifts to indicate being filled with the Spirit? Could the support "cessation" of the charismatic gifts? [Acts 8-9, I Corinthians 12-14, Romans 12, Acts 19, Acts 2, Acts 10].


2013-03-26
"Baptism" Antitype of the Flood: Could you explain how Noah and the flood are a type of baptism, particularly since most often antitypes are more typically spiritual? [I Peter 3:21].



2013-03-08
Non-Literal Interpretation of Genesis: What are the consequences to Christians who do not take Genesis literally (Creation & the Flood? [Romans 14:5, Romans 15:1, Romans 15:7, I Corinthians 13:9].



2012-01-03
Age Span of 120 years: Is the reference to the age of 120 years, about the average age of future men, or the time Noah had before the flood? [Genesis 6:3].
Seven-Headed Hydra/ God in India: Caller shared information about a god in India.

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