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2024-07-11 The Ten Commandments Obsolete: What gives us the right to disregard The Ten Commandments if God gave them to us? [Hebrews 8:13, James 2:10, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Mark 12:30-31, Matthew 22:37-39].
Kathryn Kuhlman: What do you think of Kathryn Kuhlman and the miracles that took place?
2024-07-09 Praying for Healing: Is it worth praying for healing, if doctors indicate when there is nothing that can be done? [1 Peter 5:7, Luke 11:9, Luke 22:42, Matthew 26:39, Mark 14:36, John 6:38].
2024-07-08 Universal Reconciliation, Gehenna & Hell: Concerning the "Universal Reconciliation" view of hell, how can other scriptures trump what Jesus said about the eternal fire in Mark 9? Rec: Steve Gregg's book "Why Hell?." [Mark 9:44-48, James 3:6, Jeremiah 19:12, Isaiah 66:24].
2024-07-03 Eschatology & My Church: How should I handle doctrinal differences over eschatology with the leadership of my Christian Missionary Alliance Church if they have strongly suggested my compliance and submission? [Mark 10:44, Matthew 20:26].
2024-07-01 Polygamy in the Old Testament: what does the Bible teach about polygamy? [Malachi 2:15, Ephesians 5:21, Psalm 127:3-5].
"Will Not Taste Death": Did some not ever die in the generation that heard Jesus say "some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom?" [Matthew 16:28, Mark 9:1, Luke 9:27, John 14:23].
2024-06-27 Defining the Kingdom of God: Could you explain what the "Kingdom of God" is? Rec: Steve's books "Empire of the Risen Son ( Vol 1 & 2), or free audiobooks and lectures on the topic at the website. [Mark 1:14, Luke 17:20-21, Colossians 1:13, Daniel 2:44, Revelation 5:9, Matthew 28:20].
2024-06-13 Defining "The Gospel": How does the Bible define "The Gospel?" [1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 1 Corinthians 2:2, Mark 1:1, Acts 17:7, Luke 2:17, Psalm 110:1, Hebrews 10:12-13, Matthew 28:18-20, Titus 2:14].
Disciples Preaching the Gospel: How do you think the disciples understood the gospel they were preaching? [Mark 1:15, Matthew 3:2].
2024-06-13 Defining "The Gospel": How does the Bible define "The Gospel?" [1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 1 Corinthians 2:2, Mark 1:1, Acts 17:7, Luke 2:17, Psalm 110:1, Hebrews 10:12-13, Matthew 28:18-20, Titus 2:14].
Disciples Preaching the Gospel: How do you think the disciples understood the gospel they were preaching? [Mark 1:15, Matthew 3:2].
2024-06-13 Forgiveness from God Conditional: Are we forgiven once for all, or do we have to repent and keep asking for forgiveness? [1 John 1:7-9].
Forgiven, but Not Saved: Can you be forgiven, but not saved? [Mark 11:25-26, 2 Corinthians 5:18-19].
2024-06-13 Mixing Politics & Religion: As a Christian running for office, what are your thoughts about mixing faith and politics? [Romans 1:16, Proverbs 29:2, 1 Corinthians 3:17, Mark 12:30-31].
2024-06-12 "Sin Unto Death": What are the sins "that lead unto (eternal) death" vs "those that do not?" [1 John 5:16-17, Matthew 12:31-31, Mark 3:28-30, Luke 12:10].
2024-06-04 Kingdom of Heaven vs Heaven: Could you clarify the difference between "heaven" and the "Kingdom of Heaven (or God)?" [Exodus 19:5-6, Luke 17:20, Mark 1:15, Matthew 28:18, 1 Peter 2:9-12].
2024-05-29 "No One Can Say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit": In the passage about gifts and the idols who don't speak vs a God who does, can you clarify what is meant by "no one can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit?" [1 Corinthians 12:1-3, 1 John 4:1, 1 Corinthians 14:29].
Olivet Discourse & the Coming of the Kingdom: Why does Jesus say in "the Kingdom of God is near" in the Olivet Discourse? [Luke 21:29-31, Matthew 16:28, Matthew 12:28, Luke 17:21, Daniel 2:44, Mark 4:26-29].
2024-05-21 Commands of God: Could you talk about obeying God's commandments today? [Luke 9:35, Matthew 17:5, Matthew 3:17, Mark 9:7, Hebrews 11:8, Acts 5:32, John 8:31-32].
2024-04-19 When Shall These Things Be?: Is Mark mixing references to both A.D.70 and the End of the World? Can you help me sort this chapter out? Rec: Lectures, "The Olivet Discourse" in topical lectures series "When Shall These Things Be?"[Mark 13, Luke 21, Matthew 24:34-36, Luke 17].
2024-04-11 Forgiveness: If someone doesn't yield their position, and remains unrepentant about something, is forgiveness still required? [Luke 17:3, Mark 11:25].
2024-04-04 The Damnation of Unconfessed (or Unrepentance) Sin: What happens if we die with an unconfessed sin or two (in light of 1 John 1:90? [1 John 1:9, James 3:2, Mark 9:24].
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].
2024-03-29 Defining "Stumbling" "Falling Away" & "Sin": Should we be defining "stumbling" and "falling away" as "sin?" [Mark 14:29-31].
2024-03-29 Jesus' Baptism: Why was Jesus baptized and in what way did it "fulfill all righteousness?" [Matthew 3:15, Mark 1:4-8, Matthew 3:6].
2024-03-27 3 Days & 3 Nights: How are the 3 days and 3 nights calculated? And compared to Jonah? [Matthew 12:40, Jonah 2:1, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Mark 9:31, Luke 24:46].
2024-03-27 Forgive or Do Not Receive Forgiveness: What about someone who has been a Christain all their live, but just won't forgive someone? [Matthew 6:14, Matthew 7:21-23, John 6:63-71, John 13:34-35, Matthew 18:34-35, Mark 11:25].
2024-03-26 Christianity vs Other Religions: What separates Christianity from all other religions? [Romans 8:9].
The Atonement: Why did Jesus have to die? [Isaiah 53:6, 1 Peter 2:24, Revelation 12:10, John 8:34, Romans 8:33, Mark 10:45, 1 Timothy 2:6, 1 Corinthians 5:19-21].
2024-03-19 Christians Behaving Badly: Do you think that sometimes Christians use the "we don't really know their hearts" as a way to excuse their behavior? [Matthew 12:34, Luke 6:45, Mark 7:21, Matthew 7:17-18, Romans 7:23, Matthew 18:17].
2024-03-14 Born Again, Again: Can a person be born again, again? [1 John 5:11-12, John 15:6, Romans 11:23, 1 John 5:12, Hebrews 6:4-6, Luke 1:37, Mark 10:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19-20].
2024-03-13 Parable of the Sower: Do you think that the "Parable of the Sower" is teaching that there are two ways to lose your salvation? [Matthew 13:18-23, John 15:1-4, Luke 8:4-15, Mark 4:4-20].
Understanding Scripture: How do you understand the nuance of just reading the Bible and really understanding, especially when writers like James seem to stretch for the explanation? How do we know when to apply it to then or now? [Acts 15:14-17, Amos 9:11-12].
2024-03-12 Faith "in" or "of" Jesus: What do you think about the different translation of the words "in" and "of" Jesus in Galatians? [Galatians 2:16, Galatians 2:20, Luke 17:5, Mark 9:24].
2024-03-06 Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: Would you shed some light on the various views of "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?" Rec: Verse-by-verse lectures in Matthew & Mark. [Matthew 12:31-32, Mark 3:28-30].
2024-02-21 Manuscript Variations: Could you explain why some sections of scripture, as in Mark 16, are not in some translations? [Mark 16:9-20].
2024-02-20 Prophetic Book of Mark: Is the Book of Mark predictive? [Mark 13:3, Mark 13:30, Mark 13:13, Mark 13:7, Luke 21:20, Daniel 9:11-12].
2024-02-16 Baptized in the Word: Is it possible that the word baptize in this context could mean "immersion" in the word? [Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16, Acts 2:38-41, Acts 10:47, Acts 8:37].
2024-02-16 Dispensationalists: How can you say that the Dispensationalists are mistaken about depending on the Old Testament for beliefs about the future of Israel? [Matthew 24:15, Luke 21:20, Mark 13, Matthew 24:36]
2024-02-13 "Light Shines Brighter 'til Dawn": How do you understand the application of the Proverb "the light of dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the full day?" [Proverbs 4:18, 2 Peter 1:19, Isaiah 60:1, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Mark 4:26-33].
2024-02-13 Jesus' Teaching with Authority: Would you illuminate the passage about the teaching of Jesus astonishing the listeners and that He taught with authority, unlike the scribes? In contrast, how did the scribes teach? [Matthew 7:28-29, Matthew 5:43, Mark 1:21-22, Mark 11:28].
2024-02-09 Jesus' Commandments (Law of Christ): What are the commandments of Jesus referred to in John 14-15? [John 13:34-35, Romans 13:10, Matthew 5:41, Matthew 5:23-24, Mattew 5-7, Matthew 28:20, Mark 12:30-31, Matthew 22:37].
2024-02-05 Unwavering Faith & In Jesus' Name: Would you comment on the passage about the faith that can move mountains? [Mark 11:25, Matthew 7:7-11, John 14-16].
2024-01-16 Hebrew Roots (Messianic, Torah Observance) Movement: Could you talk a little about the Hebrew Roots movement (Torah Observance)? Topical lectures "Hebrew Roots" or "Jewish Roots." [Mark 7:19, John 5:17-18, Matthew 5:17-18, Colossians 2:16-17, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 5:4, Mark 7:7-9, Matthew 15:9, Hebrews 8:13].
2024-01-16 Catholics & Protestant "Sola Scriptura": When Catholics refer to their "other" traditions when they say that Protestants only pay attention to "sola scripture" but Catholics believe in both scripture and other traditions, what are those traditions? [1 Timothy 3:2-5, Mark 7:9].
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].
2024-01-12 The Lord's Prayer - Forgiving Trespasses: Is the part about the trespasses conditional? [Matthew 6:9-14, Matthew 18:21-35, Mark 11:25-26]
Salvation Conditioned on Forgiveness: Is our salvation conditioned on us being able to do the right thing, as in forgiveness?
Forgiveness vs Trust: Can we forgive someone, but not ever want to be around them ever again?
2024-01-03 Identifying the Man Casting Out Demons: Do you know who the man was that was casting out demons in Mark 9? [Mark 9:38, Matthew 12:27, Acts 19:13-16].
2024-01-03 Healing of the Blind Man: Do you think that in the story of Jesus healing the blind man who could initially only see "men like trees walking," do you think he was seeing spiritual beings? [Mark 8:22-26].
2024-01-02 Differing Directions to the Disciples about Taking Provisions" What do you make of the differences in the instructions given the disciples where they have been told to take provisions and also told not to take provisions in Mark and Matthew? [Matthew 10:9, Luke 22:36, Luke 6:26, Mark 6:8, Matthew 6:33].
Differences in Gospel Accounts: How do we rule out collusion in the accounts of the gospels?
2023-11-29 Bible is Untrue if Modern Israel Falls: What about someone that claims the Bible and Jesus is not true if modern Israel is wiped off the face of the earth? [Matthew 5:17, Luke 5:17, Luke 21:20-22, Mark 1:2-3, Matthew 4:17, Galatians 1:8]
2023-11-22 Spices Brought to the Tomb: In contrast to Jewish tradition, why would the women take spices to the tomb, when he was already buried in the tomb? [Mark 16:3].
2023-11-22 "Son of Man": Why does Jesus refer to Himself as "Son of Man?" [Psalm 8:4-8, 2 Corinthians 12, Daniel 7:13, Philippians 2:7, 1 Timothy 2:6, Mark 14:62].
2023-11-14 Cessationism (Ceasing of the Gifts): Does the Bible say that the gifts will cease (Cessationism)? [1 Corinthians 1:7, Romans 12:5-8, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 1 Corinthians 7:7].
Believers Will Speak in Tongues: If the gifts have ceased, doesn't that conflict with the fact that all believers will speak in tongues? [Mark 16:17]
2023-11-08 Polygamy: Can one practice polygamy today without going against scripture? [Genesis 1:27, Mark 10:6, Matthew 19:4-6, Deuteronomy 17:17, Ephesians 5:25-33, Genesis 2].
2023-11-03 Helping Demanding or Entitled Homeless or Mentally Ill: How do we handle helping the homeless or mentally ill who are very selective, picky, entitled, etc.? [Mark 14:7].
2023-10-27 Olivet Discourse & The End of the Age: Where did the phrase about the "end of the age" in the Olivet Discourse [Luke 17, Mark 13, Luke 21, Matthew 24].
Matthew's Grouping of Events: How does one prove that Matthew is grouping (and conflating) events more by subject (Sermon on the Mount, Missionary, Parables, Relationships, Olivet Discourse), rather than chronologically? [Matthew 5-7, Matthew 10, Matthew 13, Matthew 18, Matthew 24-25].
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