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2024-05-17 Belief Given as a Gift (Calvinism): Do you believe that all man have the ability to repent and be saved? [Acts 17:16, Acts 11:18, 2 Timothy 2:22, Philippians 1:29, Romans 10:17, Acts 2:37, Acts 7:54].
2024-05-17 Limited Knowledge of the Holy Spirit & Jesus: Why doesn't the Holy Spirit know "the day or the hour" if it is one with God? [Philippians 2:7, Luke 2:52].
2024-04-23 "Heaven" in the Scriptures: Caller disagrees regarding the lack of emphasis on "heaven" in the Bible. Instead, he thinks there is significant emphasis. [Philippians 3:20-21, 2 Corinthians 5:8-10, Exodus 20:12, John 3:16].
2024-04-11 Upon Death, Where Do We Go?: When my gramma died recently did she go directly to Jesus or is she asleep somewhere waiting? [2 Corinthians 5:6-8, Philippians 1:23].
2024-04-05 Recognizing Pride in Oneself: How does one recognize pride in themselves? [Proverbs 13:10, Philippians 2:1-4].
2024-04-01 Parables: "Pearl of Great Price" & "Treasure in the Field": Could you talk about the parables of the "Pearl of Great Price" and the "Treasure in the Field" and the relative symbolism? [Matthew 13:44, 2 Corinthians 8:8-9, Philippians 2:5-8].
2024-03-25 "Sign of Son of Man in Heaven": What does "sign of Son of Man in heaven" refer to? [Matthew 24:30, Daniel 7:13, Acts 1:9, Ephesians 1:21-22 , Philippians 2:9-10, Psalm 110:1].
2024-03-11 Faith & Regeneration (Defending Calvinism): Caller attempts to defend Calvinistic ideas about regeneration. [2 Thessalonians 3:2, Hebrews 11:6, Ephesians 3:12, Philippians 1:29, Acts 16:30-31, Luke 18:13-14, John 16:8, John 3:14].
2024-03-05 Covenantal Circumcision (Infant Baptism): Could you explain "covenantal circumcision?" [1 Peter 3:21, Romans 2:28-29, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:11-13, Genesis 17:14, John 3:5-6].
2024-01-19 "Under the Earth" or Hell: Are those "under the earth" in hell? [Philippians 2:9-11].
Location of "Hell": Are there only three places one can be - heaven, earth, or hell? Is hell in the center of the earth?
2024-01-09 Preaching Fear & Worry: Many preach fear and worry about things we cannot fix. This has derailed me from my faith. What can you advise? [Psalm 1:3].
2024-01-09 Jehovah's Witnesses (Deity of Christ): How do you counter the Jehovah's Witness' rejection of the deity of Christ based on 1 Corinthians 16? [1 Corinthians 16:24, 1 Corinthians 16:28, Philippians 2:6-7].
2024-01-04 Defining "Israel" Today: Could you expand on the idea that there is a significant difference in the meaning of the word "Israel" depending on context? [Romans 9:6, Romans 9:27, Galatians 6:16, Isaiah 10:22, Galatians 4:21-31, Galatians 3:29, Philippians 3:3, Romans 2:28-29].
2023-12-07 Praise & Worship: Is there any difference between praise and worship? [1 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Corinthians 11:17, 1 Peter 2:5, Romans 12:1, Philippians 4:18, Hebrews 13:13]
Understanding Women: What does scripture mean to "dwell with understanding" regarding your wife? What about the “weaker vessel?” [1 Peter 3:7]
2023-11-24 Paul's Life in the Balance: Paul's choice about living or dying in Philippians is a little unclear. Can you help? [Philippians 1:22].
Jack Hibbs Ministry: Have you heard of Jack Hibbs and his ministry? Is he on the up and up? Some of what he says didn't seem quite right. Rec: YouTube - "Replacement Theology? Steve Gregg Responds to Pastors Hibbs, Hitchcock & Wilkinson."
2023-11-22 "Son of Man": Why does Jesus refer to Himself as "Son of Man?" [Psalm 8:4-8, 2 Corinthians 12, Daniel 7:13, Philippians 2:7, 1 Timothy 2:6, Mark 14:62].
2023-10-24 Contradictions about the Trinity: If there is one God and Jesus prayed to God, and Jesus is His Son, how can this be? How can God have died on the cross, if God can't die? [James 1, James 2:19, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 1 Timothy 3:16, Philippians 2:6].
2023-10-16 Defining "Saved" & "Works" & Following Jesus: What does it mean to be "saved" versus just getting a ticket to heaven? Once you believe the gospel does transforation just come in time? How do works fit in? [1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Philippians 2:13, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5, Titus 2:14].
"Feeling" One's Salvation: What if my feeling after conversion is fading? Rec: Topical lecture series, "How Can I Know That I am Really Saved?' [Romans 8:16, 2 Corinthians 13:5].
2023-10-02 Predestination: What is your position on "predestination" and why do you hold it? [Romans 8:29, Ephesians 1:5, Romans 8:21-23, 1 John 3:2, Philippians 3:21].
2023-09-28 Secular Music: What do you think about secular music? [Philippians 4:8].
2023-09-25 Robert Morris & "Blessed Life" (Book): What do you think of Robert Morris' book "The Blessed Life" and his notion that we should give God all the first fruits and mammon is a spirit, not money? [Genesis 4:3, Proverbs 3:9, 1 John 3:17-18, Colossians 3:4, Philippians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Malachi 3:8-12, Luke 14:33].
2023-09-20 The "Israel of God": Could you clarify "the Israel of God" in light of Galatians 5 where Paul seems to be talking about two different groups of people? [Galatians 6:15-16, Galatians 3:26-29, Philippians 3:3, Galatians 3:16].
2023-09-19 "Emptied Himself:" Of what did Jesus "empty Himself?" [Philippians 2:5-7].
2023-09-01 The Body of the Risen Jesus: When Jesus rose from the dead, was His body physical or a spiritual body? [Luke 24:39, Leviticus 17:11, Philippians 3:21].
2023-08-28 "He Emptied Himself": What does it mean "He emptied Himself? "[Philippians 2:6-7, Acts 1:8, Matthew 12:28, James 1:13, Matthew 24:36, John 1:14].
2023-08-23 Future Sacrificial System: If there is going to be a reinstituted sacrificial system, isn't that contradicting what Jesus came to end? Rec: Magazine Article at the website, "Ezekiel's Temple." [Zechariah 14:20-21, Ezekiel 40-47, Hebrews 10:8, Ezekiel 45:15, Ezekiel 45:17, Ezekiel 45:20, Psalm 110:4, Ezekiel 43:10-11, 1 Peter 2:5, Hebrews 13:15, Romans 12:1-2, Philippians 4:18-20, Psalm 40:6-8, Psalm 51:16-17, Malachi 1:8-10, Isaiah 1;12-15].
2023-08-17 Judgment on Our Nation: How does the verse "if my people will number themselves ... I will heal their land" apply to us today? [2 Chronicles 7:14, 1 Peter 2:4, Philippians 3:20-21, Jeremiah 29, 2 Corinthians 5:20].
2023-08-16 Warnings About Not Evangelizing: Does Ezekiel 3 say that we must warn all unbelievers of their fate or is it a warning to God's covenant people, instead? [Ezekiel 3:17-19].
Bible Study-Eisegesis vs Exegesis: Isn't it necessary to use eisegesis sometimes, rather than only exegesis? [John 5, Matthew 5:31, Luke 24:45, 2 Corinthians 3:16-18, 1 Peter 1:10-12, Galatians 3:29].
The Resurrection: Is our future Resurrection and immortality contingent on Jesus' death and resurrection? [1 Corinthians 15:42-43, 1 Corinthians 15:53, Philippians 3:21].
2023-08-14 "Until the Kingdom Comes": Could you talk about when the "Kingdom of God" comes, in light of the passage about Jesus not drinking of the vine until it did? [Luke 22:14-18, Luke 23:36, Mark 4:26-33, Philippians 2:10-11, John 19:30].
2023-08-07 Working Out Our Own Salvation: Could you help me understand what seems like a contradiction between "working out your own salvation" and "justified by faith" or the "gift" of salvation? [Philippians 2:12, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Titus 2:13-14, 2 Peter 1:4].
Smoking Cigarettes (and Other Bad Habits): Is a believer who still smokes cigarettes working out their salvation?
2023-07-26 Afterlife and Glorified Bodies: When do we get our glorified bodies? [1 John 3:2, John 5:28-29, 1 Corinthians 15:43, Philippians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, Philippians 3:21].
2023-07-24 Evangelism & the Gospel: Could you talk about "the gospel" and a better overview of the "Kingdom of God: when evangelizing? Rec: Empire of the Risen Son (Vol 1 & 2). [Mark 1:14-15, Luke 17:20, Matthew 12:28, Exodus 19:5-6, 1 Samuel 8:7, Romans 4:13, Matthew 5:3-11, Matthew 16:24-26, Acts 5:30, Romans 10:9, Colossians 1:13, 1 Peter 2, Philippians 3:20, Psalm 2:7-12, Isaiah 42:4, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 1 Peter 2:11].
2023-07-21 Women Apostles: Were there any women apostles? Are there women doing God's work? [Revelation 12:11, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Romans 16:7, Galatians 2, 2 Corinthians 8:23, Philippians 2:25, John 13:20, 1 Timothy 2, Acts 21:9].
2023-07-13 Might Not Be Christian Anymore: Caller wonders if he is still a Christian because he no longer feels obsessed. [Galatians 1, Philippians 3:1-6, Philippians 3:8].
2023-07-12 Self-hatred: What does the Bible say about self-hatred? [Philippians 2, Romans 12:10, Philemon 1:6, Romans 7:18, Job 10:1-2, Romans 12:3.
2023-07-11 Why the "Suffering"on the Cross: Why was the long death and the suffering, of Jesus required, instead of a quick death? [Hebrews 2:10, Job 5:7, Isaiah 53:3, Philippians 3:9-10, 2 Corinthians 10, Matthew 25:40, Colossians 1:24, Acts 9:4].
2023-07-10 Worry (or Living in Fear): If worry is a sin, is there comfort for us, if we are worriers? [1 Peter 5:7, Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 6:25, Luke 12:7].
2023-06-28 "Putting the Past Behind" & "High-calling": What "past" is suggested that we put behind us? And what is the "high-calling" of Christ? [Philippians 3:10-14, Philippians 3:4-10].
2023-06-28 Seventh-Day Adventism: What is the problem with Seventh-Day Adventism? [Romans 14:5, Philippians 2:12].
2023-06-21 Finding God: Do we find God, or does God find us? [Luke 15:4, Philippians 3:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Acts 17:27].
2023-06-14 "Eternal Torment" vs "Another Chance" in Hell: Could you comment on this challenge to there being another chance after we die and when we are resurrected? [Philippians 3:11, 1 Timothy 6:16].
Books Not in the Canon: What do you think about the extrabiblical/ Apocryphal book, "The Acts of Paul and Thecla" and the Eastern Orthodox positive view of it?
2023-06-06 Joy (Jesus, Others, You): What do you think about Christian psychologists saying that the acronym JOY (Jesus, Others, Yourself) is wrong? They say it should be "Jesus, Yourself, and Others" last. Rec: Topical lecture; "Biblical Counsel for a Change." [Ephesians 5:28-32, John 13:34, 1 John 3:16, Philippians 2:3-4, Romans 12:10].
2023-06-02 Those "Under the Earth": Are those who "are under the earth" those that are dead? [Philippians 2:9, Revelation 20:1-3. Philippians 1:21-23].
2023-05-30 Immutable (Unchanging) God: Could you explain the apparent contradiction with the claim that Jesus/ God never changes, but when Jesus came, He "emptied Himself?" [Genesis 18:1ff, Philippians 2:7-11].
2023-05-30 After Death: What happens to us after we die? [Luke 16:19-31, Philippians 1:21-26, 2 Corinthians 5:6, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Ecclesiates 9:5].
2023-05-23 Hagar's Destination: Why does the angel ask where Hagar is going? [Genesis 16:8, Genesis 18:20-23, Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:9].
Personal Testamonies: Should I mention my terrible past in my testimony when sharing about Christ? [1 Corinthians 7:20, Romans 6:21, Philippians 3:12-14].
2023-05-18 The Kingdom Has Come and is Developing: Though the Kingdom has come, is the Kingdom not fully realized, like our salvation is not fully realized yet? [Philippisans 2:10-11, Revelation 14:15].
AntiSemitism Among Supersessionists: So how is it that some think that those who believe in Supersessionism (Replacement Theology) are also antisemitic?
2023-05-18 Jesus is the Vine & the True Israel: Could you sort out the scriptures about Jesus as the true Israel or the church? [John 15:1-5, Galatians 6:16, Philippians 3:3, Galatians 3:16, Exodus 4:22, Isaiah 5:7, Galatians 3:7-9, Galatians 3:28-29].
2023-05-15 "Every Knee Shall Bow": Do you think that "every knee shall bow" refers to voluntarily bowing and is this support for Universal Reconcilation? [Philippians 2:10, Romans 10:9, Isaiah 45:23].
2023-05-08 Origen's View of Hell: I disagree with the way you present Origen’s view of Hell: Universal Reconciliation. [Philippians 2:11].
Jesus Praying for the Disciples: Is Jesus' prayer still applicable to us the way it was for the disciples in John 17? [John 17:6-19].
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