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Topic: Light

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2023-12-15
Earth's Shape (Flat Earth): Could you connect James 1:17 ("shadow of turning") to the question of the shape of the earth? [James 1:17, Isaiah 40:33, 1 John 1:5].



2023-06-29
Creation Week (Light & Sun): There seems to be some question about the literalness of the creation timeline, especially relative to the age of earth and the contradiction of when the sun and light are created. Can you clarify?



2023-06-13
The Truth Shared Among Various Religions: Do many religions have the same core beliefs? [2 Thessalonians 2:10, John 1:9, John 3:19].



2023-05-11
Christ as "The Word": In learning of the Quakers, it seems that The Word is more than the biblical text, but is the Spirit, as well. Are you familiar with this? [Hebrews 4:12, 1 John 1:9].



2023-05-05
Jesus' Death: Is Jesus talking about his own death when he says there is "a time coming when no one can work?" [John 9:4-5, Matthew 5:14, 2 Peter 1:19].



2022-12-20
Judgment-According to the Light Received: Can someone be saved if they don't fully understand Jesus, having limited light, but have sincere faithfulness toward God? [Acts 10:1-25, Acts 10:15, John 1:9, John 3:17-21, John 6:45].



2022-11-15
"Other" Sheep: Could you share your thoughts on the verse about God having "other" sheep that was given to prove the Calvinist position of predestination? [John 10:16, Matthew 13:4, John 1:9, John 3:19-21, Acts 17:23-31].



2022-10-21
Salvation: Can people follow Jesus without being part of any particular denomination or religion? [John 3:17, John 1:1-13, John 8:31-32].



2022-09-20
Atheist; Creation: Atheist caller: Is there not a contradiction in the chronology of the stars in the creation story in Genesis. [Genesis 1:16].
Atheist; God Deceives Us: Atheist; Why does God decieve us with His creation story and scripture has to be explained?
Atheist; Consistency in Naturalism & Science: Atheist; Does not naturalism and science prove more consistency and supports naturalism over the supernatural? [Luke 9:54].

2022-08-19
Steve Gregg in the Northeast: How often do you go to the northeast?
Time & Eternity: Do you think that "time" and "eternal" are synonymous?
"I Am": Do you think that the statement, "I Am", indicates God's eternal nature? [Genesis 1].

2022-08-16
Moral vs Natural Law: Could people be saved if they submit only to "natural law", if that is all they know (they don't know the Bible's "moral law" and Jesus)? [Hebrews 11, Romans 1, I Corinthians 13:12, 1 John 1:9].



2022-08-11
The Way, the Truth, the Life: Could you expand on the meaning and implication of he word "truth" in the phrase "the way, the truth, and the life?" [John 1:1, John 1:9, John 1:4, John 14:6, John 8:12].



2022-05-16
God Enlightening Pagan Cultures: Do you think that God's has endowed unbelieving, other religious cultures with wisdom, morality, and guidelines? [Mark 12:30-31, Leviticus 19:17-18].



2022-02-09
Creation's Division of Light from Dark: How would the first two days of creation have been determined without light, which was created later? [Genesis 1:14-19].



2022-01-21
What About Those That Don't Know: What about those that didn't have an adequate introduction to the gospel or Christ? [John 1:9, John 3:19].



2021-11-02
Salvation Before Jesus & the Holy Spirit: Before Jesus and the Holy Spirit came, would not the saved would be a very small percentage, because of the lack of light and conviction? [John 3:17, Psalm 19:1, Luke 12:47, John 19].



2021-06-14
Light & Good Works for Evangelism: Does my light (life) and good works have a part in the salvation of others? [Titus 2:14, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14, Ephesians 2:8-9].



2021-05-12
"Seeing the Light": What does it mean when someone says, "I have seen the light"?
Let "Us" Create Man in "Our" image: What does the word "us" mean in the statement; "Let us create man in our image"? [Genesis 1:26].


2021-05-03
"One Way" Through Jesus: If there is only "one way", through Jesus, then is there no provision for all those that never heard of this way or Jesus? [John 14:6, Ezekiel 18:32, 2 Peter 3:8-10, John 1:9-10].



2021-01-27
Adam & Eve's Spiritual State: Could the spiritual state of Adam & Eve actually be "light", because they were made in the image of God? [2 Peter 3:8-9].
Adam & Eve Died Upon Sinning: Is it not true that since "a day is like a thousand years", we can say that Adam & Eve died that day, even though they lived over 900 years?


2020-12-08
Those of Other Faiths: Do you think that people of other faiths possibly benefit from their beliefs, similarly, or even better than some Christians do? [John 1:8-9, Psalm 24:1] (A lot of static on the line.)



2020-11-23
God's Salvation Reaching Further Than Expected: Is God's salvation going to be extended far beyond what we may have been thinking because of genuine ignorance? Do we need to be evangelizing if everyone is made in the image of God? [John 1:9, John 3:20-21].



2020-09-03
Illustration of The Trinity: Comment on the clarity of the illustration for "the trinity", as "God as sun, Jesus as the light, and the Holy Spirit as the heat."



2020-08-19
Identifying the Kings in Isaiah & Revelation: Who are the kings referred to in these scriptures in Isaiah and Revelation? [Isaiah 60:3, Revelation 21:24, Malachi 4:1, Luke 1:78-79, Matthew 4:12-14, Isaiah 9:1-2, Luke 2:29-32, Isaiah 52:15, Romans 15:21].



2020-07-01
Jews Hearing-"the Only Way": What do you think any rabbi would have thought when hearing Jesus say that He was "the only way"? [John 14:6, John 1:9].



2019-01-15
When God Created Light: Did God create light so that His other created beings could see all His handiwork?



2018-11-28
Seeing God the Father in the New Earth: Jesus was fully human & fully God? Are God and the Lamb the light of the new city? Will we be w/ God the Father on earth? [Revelation 22:5]



2018-07-26
Calvinism-Light & Total Depravity: Can you comment on Calvinism about God giving us Light, & we can all choose, & why 1 Corinthians 2 is NOT talking about Total Depravity. [John 1:4-9, John 3:19, 1 Corinthians 2:14]



2018-07-10
Choosing Unbelief: What is the main reason for disbelief?



2018-04-24
God drawing Everyone: Do you think God draws every man to His Son? [John 6:44]



2018-03-28
Light before Sun: where was the light coming from before the sun? [Genesis 1:3-5, Genesis 1:14-19]
God's Omnipresence: Is God everywhere?
Nephilim, Giants, Angels having sex w/ Women: Is that what Genesis 6 is saying, Angels having sex with women?

2018-03-23
Jesus as our Light: Is Jesus light?
Rulers over us: Are one who has authority over us, are they servants of God? [Romans 13]


2018-03-01
Children of the Light: Who are the children of Light that Jesus is referring to? [Luke 16:8]
Charles Stanley: Do you know of & ever listen to Charles Stanley?


2017-11-20
Twinkle of an Eye & the Light of the Eye: Verses that talk about the eyes, one about the twinkle of an eye & one about the light of the eye, is there any correlation? [1 Corinthians 15:52, Matthew 6:23]



2017-11-06
Spiritualizing Spiritualizing time of light & darkness [Zechariah 14]



2017-08-24
Following the Light: Continuing a conversation the caller previous had about being saved according the light you have (follow, 8/33, 3rd q).



2017-08-24
Walking in the Light: What does walking in the light, & breaking fellowship with God becaues you are not? [1 John 1:8-9]



2017-08-22
Nicodemus' Salvation: Can we say if Nicodemus was saved or not?
Not Accepting Jesus: What if people don't accept the Man Jesus, but live by the Light they have, isn't that good enoug?


2017-07-31
The Light Before the Sun: What is the light in the 3rd verse of Genesis since the sun wasn't made until the 4th day? [Genesis 1:3 & 16]



2017-07-18
Judged by Your Knowledge: Are you judged according to the light you have?
Paul's Gospel Different than James: Paul seems to teach a different gospel than James, where Paul says faith alone, but James says faith & works. [Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:19-23, James 2:14–26]


2017-05-05
Never hearing of Jesus: How do we really make an impact on people who've never heard the gospel about Jesus, but really have a sense that there is something? [Romans 1:19-20]



2017-01-27
Light before the Sun in Creation: What was the light during creation if the sun was created until the 4th day? Should we take creation literally or non-literally?



2016-12-13
The Narrow Path's Theme Music: Did Steve do his theme music or someone else or what?
Walking in the Light: Can Steve explain, Walk in the Light, as I am in the Light"" [1 John 1:5-7], what that means practically?


2016-12-02
Father of Lights: Why is it plural "Lights" in James 1:17? [James 1:17]
Partial info given in each Gospel: Are there examples where Jesus says additional information from what He says in one gospel like He does when talking about cause for divorce?"


2016-07-27
Following the Light: What will God do with those that adhere to a wrong religion, but are sincere? [John 1:9-13, John 10:16)



2016-07-21
Meaning of a Passage in Isaiah: Can you please give some insight into this passage of Scripture in Isaiah? [Isaiah 8:18-20]



2016-06-13
Parellels Between the Sun & Light of God: light of the sun & the light of God, sun & mooning going dark, & God leaving Jerusalem, His light leaving them.
Tree of Life for Immortality: So if the only way to have immortality is to eat from the tree of life, doesn't that automatically do away with the notion of Eternal Torment in Hell?


2016-03-11
Some of Jesus' Listeners not Discerning: Why would Jesus not want some people to see or hear or know what's going on? [Isaiah 6, Matthew 13:13-14]



2015-09-03
Light before Sun & Moon: There was light for the earth for 3 days before God made the Sun, so if He would've taken the sun away again after the 3rd day, would there still be light, what there was before God made the sun? [Genesis 1:3-5, 14-18]



2015-06-25
Adam & Eve Eating Forbidden Fruit: How did Adam & Eve know it was a sin to eat the tree of knowledge of good & evil if they didn't have knowledge to know what was right or wrong? [gen 2:9]
Light before Sun & Moon: What was the Light for the 3 days before Sun & Moon were created? [Genesis 1:3]


2015-01-21
Illumination of Light: Once you are illuminated by the Light, why would you want to go back to darkness?, Michael the Buddhist says Rusty seems to be saying (a caller who has been calling frequently about eternal security).



2014-11-05
Glory of God: What is God's glory? Moses asks God to see His "glory", & said He'll let His glory pass in front of him, & we fall short of His "glory", & we are to do everything for His "glory", How do all these compare with each other? Are there different kinds of glory? [Exodus 33, Isaiah 43, 1 Corinthians 10:31]



2014-08-13
Your Eye being the light of your Soul: What does it mean when Jesus said that if your eye is good, your whole body will be good, & if your eye is bad, your whole body will be bad? [Matthew 6:22-23, 1 Timothy 6:10]



2014-08-04
Light of the Body: What does this passage of Scripture mean about the Eye being the Light of the Body? [Matthew 6:22-23]



2014-07-17
Light before the Sun: How could there be light before Sun? [Genesis 1:3-5, 1:14-19]



2014-06-26
Hell: Caller comments his version of why it has to be eternal hell fire, because of the Light of God radiating.
Forgiving Others: We aren't supposed to forgive people who don't forgive others, isn't that right? [Ephesians 4:32, Matthew 18:23-35]


2014-02-06
Light before Sun: Followup to the question about Light before Sun, & caller wants Steve's take on it again, & then wants to give his own opinion.



2014-02-05
Light before Sun: How could there be Light before the Sun was made? [Genesis 1:3-5, 1:15-18]
Old Testament closely resembling Hammurabi: Why is the OT so similar to Hammurabi?


2013-12-31
Glory of God: Michael the Buddhist wants to talk a little bit about glory & God's glory.



2013-12-19
Going Towards the Light: Michael the Buddhist chimes in about being exposed by the light from the previous caller.



2013-12-19
Exposing Works of Darkness: How do we expose the works of darkness? [Ephesians 5:11]



2013-11-08
No Works in the Night: What did Jesus mean by He wouldn't be able to work in the night? [John 9:4]



2013-10-31
Verbal Inspiration: I've been reading A.W. Tozer's book, "The Deeper Life", & he mentioned "verbal inspiration", & what does that mean, the verbal inspiration of Scripture or being inspired it as we are reading it?
False Religion but Sincere: What happens to people who are in false religions but really think they are following the truth & would follow Jesus if they knew about Him?


2013-10-01
Young Earth & Light before Sun: I have a theory about the Young Earth & light being before the Sun, & that is that God was so fast, has the speed of light, it's very possible that light could be available even before the sun, thus it still being a young earth. [Genesis 1:2]



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]


2013-04-30
Non-Christian God-fearers: What about the good people and God-fearers in other faiths? What will happen to them? [John 3:16, John 1:9].
Those Doing Their Best-but Mistaken (Only Christians are Saved): What about those that are doing their best to do well, like the Jews, but get it wrong? Doesn't the Bible say that only Chistians will be saved? [I John 2:2, Acts 26:28].
The Unpardonable Sin: What about the "unpardonable sin?" [Matthew 12:31, Colossians 1:20, I John 2:2].
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