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Topic: Losing (Faith or Salvation)

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2024-03-21 Sealed by the Spirit but Losing One's Salvation: Could you give examples of how someone sealed with the Holy Spirit can still lose their salvation for all eternity? Rec: Topical Lectures: "Content of the Gospels," "Eternal Security." [1 John 5:11-12, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 15:1-6, Romans 11:16-22, 1 Corinthians 9:26-27].
2024-02-05 Caught in the Act (of Sin): If someone is caught in the act of sin (stealing, idolatry, etc.) when Jesus comes back, will they lose their salvation? [James 3:2, Matthew 18:21-22].
2024-01-15 Losing One's Salvation: If someone loses their salvation, how do they get it back? [1 John 5:11-12].
2023-12-13 Bad Christians & Politics: Caller shares that he is trying to make his way back to God but bad Christians, Dispensationalism, and Christian distraction with politics continue derailing him. [Acts 1:7, Matthew 24:36, Romans 13:1].
2023-10-20 Losing One's Faith: If someone loses their faith, were they ever really saved? An atheist questioned, "How someone could be persuaded to disbelieve?" [Luke 9:62].
2023-07-28 Eternal Security: How does one "continue" in the faith, so as to not lose it? De we ensure it, or does God? [Luke 22:31-32, 1 Peter 1:5, Jude 1:24-25].
2023-05-02 Fear of Losing One's Salvation: How can I deal with my fear of sinning too much and losing my salvation? [Matthew 18:21-22, John 15:13].
2023-05-01 Holding Back from God: Can I hold reservations or a plan B, if I am skeptical that God will be there for me and meet my need, and still be found acceptable to God? [Philippians 3:14-15].
2023-03-30 Apostasy: Broken Off Branches & Tares: Do these verses (Matthew 13 and Paul's testimony) indicate that one can fall away and lose their faith? [Matthew 13:22, 1 Corinthians 9:27].
2023-03-01 Calvinist View of "Eternal Security" or "Once Saved, Always Saved"): Could you clear-up the difference between what Calvinists believe about "eternal security" (once saved, always saved) and how it is often defined?
2023-01-27 Husband Who Has Apostatized: How should I and my church proceed when my husband has left the Christian church and returned to the Bahai (Sufi) Faith-including teaching his faith to the children? [1 Peter 3].
2023-01-23 Losing One's Salvation: Does the "sealing" of the Holy Spirit in Ephesians mean that one cannot leave Christ or lose their salvation? [Ephesians 4:30, 1 John 4:13, Luke 15:24, 1 Peter 2:5, John 15:7].
Day of Redemption: Is the "Day of Redemption" referring to the corporate body at the resurrection? [Romans 8:23].
2023-01-11 Eternal Security (Once Saved, Always Saved): Can you explain why you think that we are not "eternally secure", as I disagree with you based on Ephesians about being sealed by the Holy Spirit. [Ephesians 1:13, 1 Timothy 4:1, John 15:6, Romans 11:22, Colossians 1:21-23, Hebrews 3:12, Galatians 5:4, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:2].
Living Like the Devil: Should we not help those who "live like the devil" all week, but do know God, learn to live better? [1John 2:4, Matthew 7:21-23, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Acts 17:11].
2022-12-30 Losing one's Salvation: How do you arbitrate a discussion about whether one can lose their salvation? Recommended topical lecture; "Content of the Gospel" series, lecture on "Eternal Security." [Hebrews 2:3, Romans 10:9, Revelation 2:10, John 15:6, Luke 15:24].
2022-12-08 "Carnal" Christians: Would you clarify the meaning of "Carnal" Christians, and how it relates to salvation and losing one's faith? [I Corinthians 3:1, Romans 8:6-11].
Lost Loved Ones: How much should we be witnessing to or pressuring our loved ones who seems to have strayed from the faith? [Matthew 10:16, 1 John 2:4].
2022-09-12 Losing One's Salvation: Could you comment on the believer's ability (or inability) to lose one's salvation? [Hebrews 10:26, Romans 8:31, John 6:37, James 3:2, I John 2:1, Romans 7:17, Romans 7:20, Jeremiah 31:33-34, Hebrews 10:26].
Sin & Repent Cycle: What about those who seem to fall away and into sin and then frequently swing back and forth? [I Timothy 4:1].
2022-09-12 Losing One's Salvation: Could you comment on the believer's ability (or inability) to lose one's salvation? [Hebrews 10:26, Romans 8:31, John 6:37, James 3:2, I John 2:1, Romans 7:17, Romans 7:20, Jeremiah 31:33-34, Hebrews 10:26].
Sin & Repent Cycle: What about those who seem to fall away and into sin and then frequently swing back and forth? [I Timothy 4:1].
2022-08-26 Atheist; Apostasy-Conversion to Another Religion is Compromise of Integrity: Atheist; What does it say about one's integrity if they were born in Hinduism and converted to Christianity? Isn't that compromising your committment?
2022-08-19 Apostasy: Why do some people get saved and persevere and some fall away and apostasize?
2022-08-18 The Apostle Peter: What are your thoughts about sequence of events surrounding Peter's conversion and denial, and then his later return to Christ? [Matthew 16:17, John 21:15-17].
2022-08-18 New Creation & Lost Faith: How does the question of salvation and the potential of falling away align with becoming a "new creation" when saved? [Ephesians 2, 2 Peter 2:15, I Corinthians 10, Ephesians 1:5:7, Ephesians 2:6].
2022-08-17 Eternal Security (Once Saved, Always Saved): It seems that the Bible indicates that people can lose their salvation. What do you think? {Romans 5:2, Ephesians 2:8-9, Matthew 24:13, Revelation 2:10].
2022-08-02 Satan & Apostasy: What do you think of my response to someone who had abandoned the faith when I answered why God created Satan?
2022-03-11 Eternal Security: Do these verses in Romans impact the idea that one can lose their salvation? [Romans 8:1-34, John 15, I Timothy 4:1, Galatians 5:4].
Lamb's Book of Life: What about losing one's salvation if your name is in the Lamb's Book of Life? [Revelation 12:11].
2022-03-11 Eternal Security: Do these verses in Romans impact the idea that one can lose their salvation? [Romans 8:1-34, John 15, I Timothy 4:1, Galatians 5:4].
Lamb's Book of Life: What about losing one's salvation if your name is in the Lamb's Book of Life? [Revelation 12:11].
2022-02-18 Why Am I Here?: How would you suggest approaching an adult child who is questioning "Why am I here?" and "What is the purpose of Life?"
Facts Over Feelings: Does there not seem to be many are looking for feelings rather than truth to substantiate their idea of faith.
2021-12-14 Losing Faith: Is faith something we can lose? [I Timothy 4:1. 2 Corinthians 13:5].
Forgiveness for Leaving One's Spouse: Can you be forgiven if you leave your spouse?
2021-10-13 Why Not Abandon Faith and Pursue One's Own Happiness: How should a young person respond to contemporay culture's encouragement to abandon one's faith and pursue happiness?
Pursuing God Over Earthly Pleasure: How does one convince others that pursuing God is more fulfilling than earthly pleasures? [Luke 9:23, Psalm 16].
Challenges for the Young Today: What do you think this younger generation is facing that is greater than ever before?
2021-07-13 Doubting My Faith: If I have serious doubts about my faith, should I bother praying? [James 1:6-7].
Bible Reading to Connect to God: Is simply reading the Bible a way to connect to God?
Reading Recommendations for One Losing Faith: What books of C.S. Lewis should I read? Recommended: "Mere Christianity" and others by John Lennox, Has Science Buried God", "Gunning for God."
2021-07-13 Seeing God in Nature: How can I see God in Nature? (Same caller as previous call.)
2021-06-22 Perseverance of the Saints (Eternal Security): I disagree with you in that I can't imagine ever walking away from the Lord, if one is ever really saved? [Revelation 2:10, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 6:4].
Apostates Cannot Return to God: Can you return to Jesus if you have fallen away based on Hebrews 6? [Hebrews 6:4, Luke 19:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19, Romans 11:22, John 15:6, Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15, I Peter 1:5, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:12].
2021-05-04 No Longer a Believer: One of my friends is no longer a Christian, and says Jesus is not the Messiah because He did not fulfill the prophecies, and If God hated blood sacrifice, then why did He sacrifice His Son? [John 10:24].
2021-01-07 Saved without Knowing Christ: Could you help me with the concept of those that don't know Jesus may still be saved through Christ, as C.S. Lewis proposes in "Mere Christianity". [John 14:6, I Corinthians 4:5, I Corinthians 14:25].
2020-11-04 Minister's Doubt when He Doesn't Hear From God: What would you say to someone who is in ministry, who is struggling with their faith, to the point of disbelieving, because he is not hearing from God? [Isaiah 50:10, Job 13:15].
2020-10-08 Work Out You Own Salvation: What does it mean to "work out own salvation with fear and trembling"? [Phil 2:12-13].
The Just Shall Live by Faith: What does it mean to "the just shall live by faith" as it says in Hebrews 10? [Hebrews 10:38, Habbakuk 2:4, Galatians 5, Matthew 23:23].
Working Out your Own Salvation in Fear & Trembling: What does it mean to work our your faith in fear & trembling? [Philippians 2:12-13]
2020-10-02 Evidence that Christianity is Not True: Is it not evidence that Christianity is not true since there are those that wish to feel something from the Holy Spirit and they don't? [James 1:7 Matthew 8:26].
Losing Faith: How can one continue to believe in something that they don't see evidence of?
The Resurrection isn't a Historical Fact, it's a Supernatural claim: Caller says that the resurrection isn't a historical fact, and doesn't it require more evidence to claim the supernatural?
2020-10-02 Evidence that Christianity is Not True: Is it not evidence that Christianity is not true since there are those that wish to feel something from the Holy Spirit and they don't? [James 1:7 Matthew 8:26].
Losing Faith: How can one continue to believe in something that they don't see evidence of?
The Resurrection isn't a Historical Fact, it's a Supernatural claim: Caller says that the resurrection isn't a historical fact, and doesn't it require more evidence to claim the supernatural?
2020-10-02 Samaritan Pentateuch & Evidence for Faith: Caller suggest Haley's handbook for information about the Samaritan's Pentateuch and responds to previous caller who is doubting his faith.
2020-10-02 Suffering Guilt, Temptation, and Failure to Follow Christ in Reality: Could you help me understand the concept of "dying to myself & Christ living in me" when I don't really do or obey as I should. [Galatians 2:20].
2020-10-02 Caller Sharing Her Experience: Caller begins to share her experience becoming a Christian for the benefit of a doubting previous caller.[John 12:29].
2020-09-04 God's Sovereignty Defined: What does it mean to you to say that God is sovereign?
Fallen Away-Once Partaken of Heavenly Gift: Does God's sovereignty relate to the verse in Hebrews about one who has received the heavenly gift, but has fallen away not being able to return? [Hebrew 6:4].
2020-09-02 The Beast and an Unbeliever's Doubts: A non-believer comments on his view of the possible meaning of the beast being the internet . He also comments how the predictions of Jesus' return damaged his view. [Revelation 13].
2020-08-19 Eternal Security or Lost Faith: How do you reconcile the promise of eternal life in scripture to your view that one can lose that faith? [John 5:24, Genesis 3:23, Revelation 22:3, John 3:36, John 6:38, Galatians 5:6].
2020-07-27 Encouraging Those With Failing Faith & Marriages: Could you recommend some verses to encourage those withdrawing from the faith while their marriages are failing?
2020-07-01 Damage from My Pastor Father-Losing Faith: How do I handle the brokenness of my pastor father who has also damaged my faith?
2020-06-22 Evidence of God for the Unbeliever: How can we convince others of God's existence, if we can't do it intellectually, and if the Holy Spirit isn't in them? [I Corinthians 12:3, Romans 11:22, Hebrews 3:2-12, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Corinthians 13:5].
2020-06-19 Hyper-Grace: Would you describe Hyper-Grace? [Romans 10:9, Titus 1:16, John 1:12].
Calminian: What is a Calminian?
Steve Gregg - an Arminian Are you, Steve Gregg, an Arminian? And would you define Arminianism:
2020-03-09 Ex-Mormon's Testimony: Mike extends gratitude to Steve for helping to lead him out of Mormonism, while maintaining strong faith in Christ, instead of becoming an atheist, agnostic, or embracing other errors of the faith.
2019-10-17 Eternal Security & Faith: Concerning "eternal security" - do these verses in I Peter 1:3-5 indicate that it is God who keeps us in Him, rather than us and our faith doing it? Is the inheritance now or in the future? [I Peter 1:3-5, 2 Peter 1:10, Romans 5:2, 11:16,22, Ephesians 2:8-9, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Matthew 25:31, Luke 8].
2019-08-02 Emanuel Swedenborg: Emanuel Swedenborg, and others, have claimed that they had a special connection to the spiritual realm. What do you think about reported experiences like these?
Deconstruction of Faith: What do you think about the newer term for losing one's faith, called "Deconstruction of Faith"?
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