Women as Elders;Do you think that when scripture says women will prophesy, that means they can now be elders? [Acts 2:17, Joel 2:28, Ephesians 4:11, I Timothy 2-3].
Funerals for the Unsaved:What would you suggest I say at a funeral for my brother who may not have been saved, though I do want to talk about the Lord? [Hebrews 9:27, John 3:15, John 5:24]
Esau He Hated:Could you shed some light on the scripture about "Jacob I have loved and Esau I have hated"? [Romans 9:12-12, Malachi 1:2-5, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:31, Matthew 6:24, Luke 14:26, Matthew 10:37].
God's Choice & His Omniscience:Don't you think that God's will and His choices do not take away from His omniscience? And if He chooses to, He could forget our sins and remember them no more? [Hebrews 8:12].
Calvinism & Predestination:Caller disagrees that Paul is asking rhetorical questions in Romans 9-11 & Romans 6, that he's actually being literal that some will resist God's will, are predestined to do that. A long lengthy explanation of what Paul is really saying ensues. [Romans 6, Romans 9-11]
Adam Understanding Concept of Death:Was there already forms of death in the Garden of Eden before the Fall that Adam could relate to so he knew what God was talking about when He said he'd die if he ate from the Tree of Knowledge? [Genesis 2:17]
All Believe Justification by Faith:Even all the Reformers believed in Justification by faith, Sola Fide, isn't that true? Whether we are predestined or not, we have to have faith, & we get salvation from having faith, isn't that right? [Romans 9-11]
Names in the Book of Life from the Foundation of the World:Don't you agree that people's names are already written the Book of Life before the Foundation of the World? [Revelation 13:8, Revelation 17:8]
Tax Loop Holes:You buy a car from private party, & they say that you paid a lower price than you actually did so you don't have to pay as much tax on it as you otherwise would, is that being dishonest, & should Christians participate in it?
Blessings for doing Good, Cursing for doing Bad:How come in the Old Testament is says evil will happen if you sin, & good if you obey, or blessings & cursings for doing good or bad? [Job, Deuteronomy 28]
Pray for our Leadership of our Country:How do we pray for the leadership of our country when they are passing laws of abominations, yet will single out the righteous people?
Fleeing from the 70 AD Siege:If all the people fled there'd be none left, all Israel & Christians leaving. Do you & Hank agree with each other about the events of 70 AD?
Steve's Lectures & Books about Eschatology:Do you say the same stuff in your book about the 4 views of Revelation that you say in your 14 lectures, When Shall These Things Be? Do you have any more books written besides that one? (Answer: 3 views of Hell & 2 books on the Kingdom of God.)
Rituals of the Priesthood for the Clean & Unclean:Were the instructions of how the priesthood handled the clean & unclean which are in Leviticus from God or did they do it on their own? [Leviticus]
Hell & Conditional Immortality:It doesn't seem like God would perpetuate sin forever by letting people be tormented forever instead of annihilated. [Revelation 21:4]
Admiring God's Creation, but not Creator:Buddhist caller says that everything exists, no matter paradigm you live in, has merit of by its creation in itself. [Romans 1] (A lot of snap, crackling, pop going on here!)
Eternal Punishment verses Eternal Punishing:Don't Annihilationists have a problem with this passage of Scripture, because whatever you are applying to the term, "aiōnios", when you apply it to the righteous, don't you have to apply it to the wicked? [Matthew 25:46]
God's Glory Magnified by Eternal Torment in Hell:Would it exemplify God's glory for people to burn forever, in contrast to just being annihilated? [2 Thessalonians 1:9]
Hell, Annihilation:Would the death of Jesus be more significant if He died to prevent us from being tormented forever, instead of just being annihilated?
More Discussion on Hell:Even more dilaogue about hell. (but this was a follow-up from the previous show, but the last half of the show is missing from the day before, so we missed what they were originally talking about.)
Jews Never Rejecting the Gospel:What if the Jews had never become hardened to the Gospel? Would the Gentiles still have had a chance at Salvation? It seems like it was a prerequisite for the Gentiles, the Jews having unbelief. [Romans 11:19-20, Romans 11:11-12]
God Loves You, He Always Has, He Always Will:Have you ever read the book by David Jeremiah called, "God Loves You: He Always Has-He Always Will"? Caller then tries to relay a story on the judgment that i also couldn't follow.
God Space by Doug Pollock:Are you familiar at all with a book called, "God Space" or its author Doug Pollock? He's coming to speak at our church for a few days & wanted to know what you thought of him & his teachings.
Falling Away:Can you Fall Away & not be able to come back &/or is it also talking about feigned Christianity, who never really believed, but witnessed the Holy Spirit at work? [Hebrews 10:26-31] (unfortunately, the show end's halfway through answering this question.)
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