How do I respond to my brother (a Jehovah's Witness) who argues that God cannot die? REC: Topical lecture series "Knowing God, lecture "The Trinity." [Genesis 3:22-32, 1 Timothy 3:16, Genesis 18:1, Hebrews 2:9].
Would you explain the Leviticus laws about animals that were not to be eaten? Was this law for everyone? REC: Verse-by-verse lectures on Leviticus. [Leviticus 11:2-4, 1 Timothy 4:4-5, Matthew 15:11, Romans 14:14].
Can you help me sort out the contradiction of "I and my Father are One" and yet later, He says "only the Father knows?" [John 10:30, John 14:9-10, John 14:28, 1 Timothy 2:5, Matthew 24:36].
Regarding the concept of "eternal security" and the parable of "The Sower" could the examples of Peter's faithfulness and Judas' failure show that Peter was really saved and Judas was not? [Matthew 13:18-23, Luke 8:1-15, 1 Timothy 4:1-5, 2 Timothy 4:10-11, 1 John 5:13, John 15:6, Matthew 7:21-23, Jude 1:24-25, 1 Peter 5:1].
What did Jesus understand about the atonement and the significance of being the "Lamb of God?" [John 1:18, Mark 10:45, 1 Timothy 2:6, John 3:15, 1 Corinthians 2:7, Matthew 17:9]
How do you reconcile the hardship in life with the promise of God's provision in scripture? [2 Corinthians 6:9-10, 2 Corinthians 4:6-10, 1 Corinthians 4:10-13, Psalm 23, 2 Peter 1:3, 1 Timothy 6:8-10, Luke 12:22-31, Matthew 6:25-33, Philippians 4:19, Matthew 10:29-31].
Does Jude 3 indicate that all of God's revelations (for the faith) are complete? [Jude 1:3, 1 Timothy 4:1, 1 Corinthians 13:9, Matthew 16:13-17, 2 Peter 1:3].
What is the significance of these seemingly contradictory verses relative to money being both good and bad)? [Ecclesiastes 7:11-12, 1 Timothy 6:10, James 1:5, Proverbs 18:10-13].
What do you think about two men leaving a women's teaching session to a high school class, because of their conscience about the restriction on women teaching in scripture? [1 Timothy 2:12].
Can you reconcile the idea that someone can say they love Jesus, but think that God the Father is evil? [John 8:54, Acts 5:5, Acts 5:10, Acts 12:20-23, 1 Timothy 6:3-4, Revelation 6:16].
In light of ordained women pastors, what about women being quiet in church? [1 Corinthians 14:34, 1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Timothy 2, 2 Timothy 1:5, Titus 2:4-8].
What are your thoughts on the meaning of "seducing spirits" and "doctrines of demons?" in 1 Timothy 4? Could "seducing spirits" be causing me to ease up on some of my convictions about Halloween? Could "Doctrines of Demons" apply to the various Bible translations? [1 Timothy 4:1].
As a Partial Preterist Amillennialist, have you ever been accused of suggesting that the resurrection has already taken place? [2 Timothy 2:18, Revelation 20, John 5:24]
What are your thoughts about the "name it and claim it" or "believe it, see it, receive it" (Word of Faith) doctrine? Rec: Topical lectures series "Word of Faith." [Job 22:28, James 2:5, 1 John 5:14-15, James 4:15, Luke 22:42-43, 1 Timothy 6:5, 1 Peter 2:24, Acts 3:6].
If I believe I am saved, but struggle with the use of medical marijuana, will I then not go to heaven? [1 Timothy 5:23-25, Luke 10:34, Proverbs 31:6-7, 1 Corinthians 10:31].
How do we refrain from eating "blood from the meat from strangled animals?" [Acts 15:29, Romans 14:14, 1 Timothy 4:3, 1 Corinthians 6:12-18, 1 Corinthians 8].
Should the verse "don't muzzle the ox" be paralleled to salaries for pastors? [1 Corinthians 9:9, 1 Timothy 5:18, 1 Corinthians 9-11, Matthew 10:8-10].
Does "God is faithful, even when we are unfaithful" have any relationship to "once saved, always saved?" [2 Timothy 2:13, 1 Timothy 3:1, Romans 3:4, Matthew 10:33].
Are there any moral laws not covered under the Ten Commandments? [Romans 13:10, 1 Timothy 6:10, Ephesians 5:5, Colossians 3:5, Jeremiah 31:33, Psalm 40:6-8, Romans 14:5-12, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:17].
Should we depend only on "sola scriptura" or primarily the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth? [John 13:20, 1 Timothy 6:3, 2 Timothy 2:2, Colossians 2:10].
What are the ramifications of adult Christian children who have had to report their father who has been abusing an adult Downs Syndrome daughter and the various complications (the legal fall-out, responsibility toward mother, and honoring one's parents)? [Ephesians 6:2-3, 1 Corinthians 5:9-13, 1 Timothy 5:8, Matthew 18:15-17, Ephesians 6:1].
Though I don't believe in Eternal Conscious Torment, there are verses that sound like some people (goats) will be in eternal fire. Can you comment? Rec: Why Hell? (Three Views) book by Steve Gregg or topical lectures "Three Views of Hell." [Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46, Jude 1:6-7, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:14, 1 Timothy 6:16, John 3:16].
Does God play a role when we are conceived (or is it just random)? Does He prefer some over others, working harder on some than others? [Psalm 139:13-15, Matthew 10:29-31, Proverbs 29:1, Galatians 1:15, Romans 1:28, 1 Timothy 2:3-4, Jeremiah 1:5].
How do you view the changes in church hierarchy (egalitarianism and women as pastors and elders)? [Galatians 3:28, 1 Timothy 2:14, Matthew 20:26-28, Titus 1].
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].
Would you talk about why God would allow testing and temptation when He knew Job and Jesus would not fail? How does The Trinity tempting each other fit in here? [James 1:13, Hebrews 4:15, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, John 1:51, John 14:6].
Relative to the complementarian roles, at what age would a boy be too old for women to teach him? What about women leading worship? [1 Timothy 2:12-15].
Have you ever heard of a theory about the "third temple" being part of a longer and more spiritual progression of the temple? [Ezekiel 40-48, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:22, 1 Peter 2:4-5, Hebrews 3:3-4, 1 Timothy 3:15, Ezekiel 43:10-11].
