What do you think about my position on the church hierarchy and elders? [Matthew 20:25-29, Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:1-11, Ezekiel 36:26-27, 1 Corinthians 16:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13, Titus 1:7-10, Timothy 3:1-7].
Can you explain how it makes sense that God would be willing to try to reconcile and purify people (whom he called "children of the devil") after death in hell (according to Universal Reconciliation)? [Luke 15:11-32].
Are these scriptures referring to the "heart of flesh" or "heart of stone?" [Ezekiel 36:25-26, Romans 10:9-10, Acts 2:37-40, Luke 15:24, Pslam 95:8-9].
Caller challenges Steve's view that a verse in 2 Peter is referring to salvation? Rec: topical lecture series "God's Sovereignty & Man's Salvation." [2 Peter 3:17, Ezekiel 36:26, Ephesians 2:1, Colossians 2, John 12:32, John 6:44, Luke 15:24, Jude 1:20, Ephesians 2:8-9, I John 5:21, 2 Peter 3:9].
Can I point to some of the parables like "The Prodigal Son", the tax collector, and "the lost coin", to counter Calvinist doctrine? [Luke 15:11-32, Luke 18:9-14, Luke 15:8, Luke 13:34].
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].
What do you say about those that insist that we no longer have to confess our sins to God and ask for forgiveness because our sins have already been forgiven? [I John 1:9, Luke 17:1, Luke 15:11-32, I John 1:5-10, John 3:19].
Caller suggests that the parable of "The Prodigal Son" indicates we can go straight to the Father, and nothing in it indicates the requiring of a middleman (Jesus), instead of having direct access to God. [John 14:6, Luke 15:11-32].
What do you say about the Calvinist view that people are dead in their trespasses and sins, therefore cannot choose God? Recommend: Topical Lectrue; God's Sovereignty & Man's Salvation. [Ephesians 2:1, Luke 15:11-32, Romans 1:18].
Can one lose their faith, or backslide, and still come back to the faith? [Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 2:9, James 5:20, Luke 1:37, Hebrews 5:13, Matthew 19:25-26, Luke 18:27, Mark 10:25, James 5:19-20].
Are there other points that support the idea that when scripture indicates that we are "dead in sin" is not about physical death, but spiritual-as in Prodigal Son? [Luke 15:24, Mark 2:17].
How would one apply this verse about those that "cannot be brought back to repentence"? [Hebrews 6:4-6, Luke 1:37, Matthew 19:26, Luke 1827, James 5:19, Luke 15:11].
What do you think when John MacArthur says the doctrine of eternal security is firmly taught in John 10. [John 10:26-29, John 10:10, Isaiah 53:6, Luke 15, Romans 11:22, Ezekiel 33:11, Ezekiel 18:23].
Though raised in the faith, what do you do if you keep screwing up and it feels as though there is not much hope? Recommends lectures, such as "How Can I know I am Really a Christian?" and "Authority of Scripture." [2 Peter 2:20, Ezekiel 36:26, Matthew 7:23, Luke 18:13, Romans 10:9].
Does the "Restoration" (Universal Reconciliation) view of hell suggest that God will force everyone to eventually repent? [2 Peter 3:8-10, I John 3:2, Luke 15:15-32].
A born again Christian can be spiritually dead again, is that reasonable to think? Although it is true that the prodigal son story was before the born again experience happened after the cross. [Luke 15:11-32]
How come you didn't use a couple examples in the Bible in refuting the Once Saved, Always Saved Doctrine, especially the Prodigal son story? [Luke 15:11-32]
If we have the capability of not being a "slave to sin" does that mean that we have the power, by grace, to not sin? What if we stumble?[Romans 6:6, 7:14, 24-25, 8:1, 4, Galatians 5:16, Luke 15:11-32, James 3:2].
When Jesus said the story about the Prodigal Son, was this in a Jewish setting? Luke was writing to the Gentiles? The prodigal son had a broken & contrite heart, so that was why he didn't bring a sacrifice, like what David said in Psalms 51? [Luke 15:11-33, Psalms 51:17]
