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Topic: Murder
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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?



2024-02-23 		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?

2024-01-16 		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].

2023-10-19 		Repentant Murderer & Unrepentant Victim: What about someone who murders another, but repents, however, the victim hasn't had a chance to repent?



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?



2023-04-17 		Drunks Inheriting the Kingdom: What if a person is saved, but continues to drink, will they inherit the Kingdom of God? [Galatians 5:19-21, I Corinthians 6:9-11].
Christian's Suicide: If a Christian commits suicide, will they still go to heaven? [1 John 3:15].

2023-04-14 		The 10 Commandments & Murder: Who does the commandment "Thou shall not commit murder" since there are instructions to kill people in the Old Testament? [Exodus 20:13].

2023-02-20 		Suicide: Does everyone who commits "suicide" go to hell? [1 John 3:15].

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

2023-02-14 		Forgiving Abortion: Can God forgive someone involved in an abortion? [1 John 1:9].
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: Isn't the sin of "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" an unforgiveable? [Mark 3:29].

2022-12-30 		Human Sacrifices in the Bible: Could you help me answer questions about human sacrifices in the Old Testament? Recommended topical lectures; "Authority of Scripture." and Steve's books-2 vol set, "Empire of the Risen Son." [Jude 1:4, Romans 15:4].

2022-10-13 		Capital Punishment: What do you think about "capital punishment" in light of the New Covenant? [Acts 25:10-11]. (Steve Gregg keeps talking about this all afte the hard break even though he doesn't indicate before the break that he's going to.)

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].

2022-07-01 		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.


2022-06-20 		Suicide & Suffering: Caller clarifies how desparate one gets when they contemplate or attempt suicide. Recommended reading: Empire of the Risen Son (Vol 1-2) by Steve Gregg. [Romans 8:9].

2022-06-08 		Jewish "Yetzer"; Are you familar with "yetzer" from Jewish history?
Abortion-Murder Conviction: Should we convict mother's of murder for aborting their baby?


2022-06-06 		Abortion & Government Interference: Is it wrong for the government to force women to not have an abortion?
Abortion & Government Regulation: If God doesn't force people to choose Him, or follow Him, should we be regulating and preventing abortion?


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

2022-05-24 		Judas, Suicide & Heaven: Do you think that Judas did not go to heaven because he killed himself. What does the Bible say about suicide?

2022-05-10 		"Separation of Church and State": What does "separation of church and state" actually mean?
Mary Baker Eddy (Christian Science): What do you know about Mary Baker Eddy?

2022-04-14 		Christianity & Conservative Politics: Why is real Christianity always aligned with conservation politics? [Matthew 7:21-23].

2022-03-24 		Putin: Is it biblical for someone to take Putin out?

2022-03-04 		Warning Against Adultery: Is the warning against adultery about committing adultery in one's heart specifically directed only to men, and does that still apply today? [Matthew 5:28].
Warning Against Lust in the Heart: Is there an overall principle against malevolence in the teaching of looking upon a woman with lust in the Sermon on the Mount? [Matthew 5:28, I John 3:15].

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].

2021-12-20 		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].

2021-11-04 		The Death Penalty: What should our stance be on the death penalty? [Matthew 25:25, Genesis 9:6].

2021-11-02 		The Bible & Politics: What does the Bible say about our political involvement and when we should speak up? [Matthew 28:20, I John 3:15, Isaiah 42, Matthew 12, Galatians 6:10, Matthew 22:20-22].

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].

2021-05-04 		Planning My Own Suicide: What do you think of my plans to commit suicide in order to help someone else?

2021-03-29 		Nasty Imprecatory Psalms: How do we fit the nastiness of David's imprecatory psalms and the Christian mission? [Psalms 137:8-9, Matthew 5:43-48].
Dashing Babies Against Stones: How can we justify praying as David did to hope for babies to be dashed again stones? [Psalm 137:8-9]
501c3 Church Benefits: Isn't it duplicitous for a 501c3 to not be willing to submit to government dictates and yet benefit from the tax benefits?

2021-03-05 		God's Forgiveness as Opposed to the State's: If someone had killed someone, and the law didn't know who did it, would that now repentant believer be required to turn himself in?
Church Responsibility Regarding Injustice: If a church recognizes and acknowledges injustices (as with racial and economic), what is their responsibility? [Micah 6:8, I Corinthians 5:12].

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?



2021-01-21 		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].



2020-11-03 		Abortion vs Lying: Caller comments on previous caller's inability to see the indefensibility of comparing killing babies to lying. [I John 3:15, Numbers 35:33].

2020-11-02 		Abortion: Caller comments on the horrible act of abortion and current political issues:
Sick Family May be Cursd: What do you think about someone telling a family suffering sickness, is under some kind of curse? [I Peter 4:12].

2020-05-20 		Murder, Annihilation, Prophets-Then & Now: How do you harmonize the Old Testament prophets telling people to annihilate others, and modern prophets telling people to do things that are contrary to God's will and character?



2020-05-06 		Jesus' Murder as an Offering & Salvation: The idea that Jesus had to be murdered in order to make salvation a way for us, doesn't make sense. Can you defend that?

2020-04-02 		Abortion Stand Causing Family Division: I stood my ground on the issue of not supporting abortion, by telling my family, including my own parents, that I don't want them around my own children, since they support it. Did I go too far?

2020-03-17 		God Directing Murder: Did God ask Abraham to murder his son?

2020-02-12 		God Endorsed Barbarian Behavior: What about the verses in the Old Testament that seem to endorse murder and rape and stuff like that?



2019-10-16 		Forgiveness of a Murderer: What do you think of the current event of Amber Guyger and Botham Jean and the way his brother forgave the perpetrator?
Jesus' Body in Heaven: Is Jesus body in heaven an actual flesh and bones body now?


2019-04-23 		Murder: Is it 'murder' to not do all that is possible to keep someone alive while they are in the hospital? What about someone with Alzheimer's?

2019-01-11 		Redemption for Murder: Is there redemption if you kill someone?

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.

2018-05-08 		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?

2018-04-23 		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?

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.

2017-08-15 		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?

2017-06-06 		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?

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?

2016-10-31 		Capital Punishment: Is Scripture supposed to be absolutely obeyed even over conscience because caller doesn't believe it [Romans 13]



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

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.)

2016-05-06 		Lengthing our Days: God knows the number of days we are going to be alive, & we can possibly shorten them by our own actions, but what about lengthing them, like when He told Solomon he would or when Hezekiah got 15 years added? [1 Kings 3:14, 2 Kings 20:6]
Satan a Murderer from the Beginning: How was Satan a murderer from the beginning exactly? [John 8:44]

2015-10-07 		Assisted Suicide: Is Assisted Suicide okay, especially since the state legalizes it?

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

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?

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

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?

2014-07-30 		Bad Experiences on this side of Glory: Are we going to remember bad, horrible experiences that we experienced while here on earth?

2013-11-05 		Salvation after Committing Suicide: Is it possible that people who commit suicide will be in heaven if they were Christians?
Catholics & Suicide: Don't Catholics think that committing suicide is the unpardonable sin?

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?

2013-05-13 		Charitable Organizations (501c3): Do you think the tax exemption (501c3) has effectively silenced the church from speaking of some of the atrocities, such as the Gosnell case?



2013-05-09 		Sin or Sinlessness: Could you comment on sin vs sinlessness in scripture, and these two verses that seem somewhat contradictory? [1 John 3:7-9, 1 John 1:8, Galatians 5:17, I John 2:1].
Loving Your Enemies: Is my pastor taking it too far if he implies that we should love a murdering terrorist, and perhaps because we didn't befriend him, we may have motivated him?


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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