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| Rising of the Sun & Incense being offered: Caller follows up on a call about a verse they were talking about sacrificing in a previous call. [Malachi 1:11] Apocrypha Books: The New Testament supposedly quoting to or alluding Apocrypha Books. |
| Lawsuits: Should the caller sue a company to recover her medical expenses? |
| Anti-Christ: Will the anti-Christ be a Jew, or will he come from Revived Roman Empire? What do you say? |
| Apocrypha Books: Jude seems to quote from Apocrypha Books, doesn't it, especially the book of Enoch? |
| Out-of-Court Settlements: Not all injuries have to go to lawsuit: |
| Medicinal Marijuana & Chronic Pain: Is it okay to use Medicinal Marijuana for Chronic Pain? |
| Penal Substitution: What are your thoughts on Penal Substitution, being separated from God? [Psalm 22] |
| Lamb: Is the word "Lamb" in the book of Revelation referring to the Body of Christ & not Christ Himself? [Matthew 21:16-17, Revelation 5:8,13, Galatians 3:16] |
| Messianic Jews: What is Steve's interpretation of a certain passage of Scripture, the Gentiles being in the flesh? [Ephesians 2:11-19] |
| Replacement Theology (Supersessionism): Is what you were just talking about to the previous caller, would you call that Replacement Theology? What would be the opposite of that then, Dispensationalism? How would John Hagee deal w/ the verse in Hebrews you were just talking about? [Hebrews 8:6-13] Go & Sin No more: How is it possible to sin no more like Jesus told the woman caught in adultery? [John 5:14, 8:11] Fire from the Holy Spirit: How can I re-ignite the fire from the Holy Spirit like I used to have? |
| Jesus Glorified: When was Jesus glorified? Moving Mountains: Jesus wasn't really saying He was expecting us to move mountains just because we had a strong faith, was He? |
| Apologetics & Pantheism: What do you think about the idea that we are just part of the universe, & that we can make our own reality, & no consequences, & what is it called? |
| Submitting to Elders: The church i'm attending emphasizes that we must submit to the elders of that church building? What does the Bible say? [1 Peter 5:5, Hebrews 13:17] |
| Hour is Coming & now is: Is this a Spiritual Resurrection or a Physical Resurrection that Jesus is talking about in John? What about in 1 Thessalonians 4? Spiritual & Physical resurrection in the Revelation 20? [John 5:24-30, Revelation 20:1-6] |
| Earning a Living & Sharing the Gospel: Aren't we supposed to be earning a living & sharing the gospel at the same time? |
| Perseverance of the Saints: Either you can lose you salvation, or their are people who seemed saved but never were, but it can't be both, the caller believes. He believes in eternal security, once saved, always saved. |
| Wheat & the Tares, Sheep & the Goats: Isn't there always going to be a lack of unity because the wheat & the tares, the sheep & the goats....in the church? |
| Appreciates Steve Gregg & the Narrow Path: Caller appreciates Steve Gregg & his ministry very much & thinks he's a hard worker. |
| Tom Morris Debate: I enjoyed the debate you had with Tom Morris. Strategies for Unity: Will the meeting you are doing tomorrow night be recorded? |
| Future Economy & Preparing: What do you think about the future of the economy, & if we do think it's going to go into a tailspin, should we as Christians prepare for it? |
| Appreciates Show: Thank you for your very awesome show! Intellectual & Personal Knowledge of God: How do I apply this passage of Scripture to my life, not worrying about our temporal life, but keeping our eyes on something we can't see & making it real, not just having an intellectual knowledge about God but a personal, deep one? [2 Corinthians 4:16-18] |
| "God is not Loving, God is Love": There is a quote in a church's statement of faith that reads, "God is not loving, God IS love". That sort've rubs me the wrong way. What do YOU think of it? [1 John 4:8,16] |
| Tithes & Offerings: What does the New Testament say about Tithes & Offerings? [Matthew 23:23, Hebrews 7:1-10] |
| Dispensationalism: What would it take for you to acknowledge that your original belief system of Dispensationalism was correct? What could occur in the end time that would make you think twice & look at its accuracy again? [Matthew 24, Revelation, Ezekiel 6:3-5, 37:1-10] |
| Abomination of Desolation & Man of Lawlessness: What is the Abomination of Desolation in Daniel & Matthew 24? Who is the Man of Lawlessness? Hank Hanegraaff thinks it's Antiochus Epiphanes IV. [Daniel 9:27, 12:11, Matthew 24:15, Mark 13:14] Using Maccabees as a reference: Is it appropriate to use the books of Maccabees as a historical reference? |
| Robbing God: Jesus asked if we were going to rob God w/ our tithes & offerings? [Malachi 3:8, Mark 12:38-44] |
| Paul's Writings: Paul's writings should be removed because he was usurping the Kingdom of God by saying we should obey government's authority. What do you think? [Romans 13:1-5, 1 Peter 2:13-25] Working for the Government: Should Christians work for the government since we belong to the Kingdom of God? |
| Book of Romans: You say that the first section of the book of Romans was specifically written to the Jews, & so that "Romans Road to Salvation" is not really applicable. [Romans 3:23, 3:10, 5:8,12, 6;23, 10:9-10] |
| Suffering: Caller feels there was a reason for his suffering. Paul: God picked Paul to be an ambassador/apostle of Christ for a reason. Speaking in Tongues: Caller feels Speaking in Tongues is not necessary in this day & age. [1 Corinthians 14] |
| Suicide: Is it possible for a person to be forgiven who commits suicide? |
| Speaking of Tongues: Is there 2 different kinds of tongues, one, just an unknown prayer language between you & God, and then two, a version that is a gift for the edification of the church? Replacement Theology: What is Replacement Theology? |
| Homeless Minister: A Homeless Minister raised 100K, & caller is wondering if Steve heard about it on the news yet. |
| Church Fathers & Restoration of Israel: You had a caller say that some Church Fathers believed in the Restoration of Israel, then another caller called & gave you some citations. Did you ever have a chance to look at them? One left, One taken: You wrote an article for CRI (Christian Research Institute) once about One left & one taken. I couldn't find the article. Do you know where I could find it? |
| Forfeiting Grace: This seems like a profound verse, but doesn't seem to be out of place where it's put in Jonah's prayer? [Jonah 2;8] Nineveh Repenting: Why did the Ninevites turn so quickly to repentance as a result of what Jonah said? Was there a previous event that warmed them up to it? |
| Idle Words: What is meant by an "idle word"? What are idle words? [Matthew 12:36] |
| Shimei Curses David & False Accusations: Why did Shimei curse David? [2 Samuel 16:5-13, Job 4-23] |
| The Joy of the Lord is our Strength: What IS the joy the Lord? Is it the joy we have because we know the Lord, or is the Lord's joy, because it says the "joy of the Lord"? [Nehemiah 8:10] |
| More Tolerable for Sodom & Gomorrah: When Jesus told His disciples, when He sent them out, that it would be tolerable for Sodom & Gomorrah than for the cities that reject Him, what does "more tolerable" mean? [Matthew 6:11 |
| Modern Israel: Modern Israel is a fulfillment & a sign of Prophecy that Jesus is about to come back soon. Amillennialism & Anti-Semitism : A lot Dispensationalist attribute a lot anti-Semitism movements to the Amillennial position. What do you think about that? Martin Luther was anti-Semitic. |
| The Joy of the Lord: Caller thinks we the Holy Spirit is the Joy of the Lord, that she's been experiencing the Holy Spirit like never before, so she thinks WE get are joyful in His strength. |
| King of Tyre: Is Ezekiel 28 talking about the King of Tyre, or the Devil, like most people think it is actually referring to? |
| Gay Weddings: We shouldn't attend Gay Weddings, should we? I mean, we aren't just going there for the cake & some punch! When you go to a real wedding, you are saying you are endorsing it, celebrating it with them, but gay weddings are not real. |
| The Bible Answer Man: How did you happen to be on Hank Hanegraaff's show, The Bible Answer Man? Genres: Can you explain Genres, & what genres are what in the Bible? |
| Young Couple living together but not Married: What do I tell young couples who are living together, even have children, but are not married? It's fornication, isn't it? [1 Corinthians 6:6-9] |
| Redemption Draweth Nigh & False Christs: Are the verses 25 & after in Luke 21 talking about the actual physical coming of Christ or do you think it's still talking about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD? Don't believe in False Christs....He's going to come w/ power & great glory. [Luke 21] Final Judgment, End of the World & Signs: Did Jesus ever speak of a the end of the world, a final judgment? Are there going to be any signs of His coming? Times & Seasons & Restoring the Kingdom: Didn't Jesus say it wasn't for us to know the times or seasons or the restoration of the Kingdom of God? [Acts 1:6-7, 1 Thessalonians 5:1] |
| Martin Luther: Caller thinks Martin Luther lost his first love. Liberty & Child-bearing: It's your prerogative if you want to have children or not when you are having sex. |
| Pre-Marital Sex & Fornication: Where does it say anything in the Bible about pre-marital sex being fornication? |
| Angel of the Lord: Who is the Angel of the Lord? A Christophany or Theophany of Christ or an actual angel? |
| Historic Premillennialism & Dispensationalism: Can you tell me the difference between Historic Premillennialism & Dispensationalism? |
| Remnant Gathering: A lengthy discussion of if Israel gathered back together as prophesied over 2,000 years ago or if it was supposed to happened again, 2,000 years later. |
| Church Father, Calvinism & Partial Preterism: I was listening to one of your lectures, you saying none of the Church Fathers believed in Calvinism, so that's a good argument that it's not correct, but, they didn't believe in Partial Preterism either, but the further we are getting away from it more people are believing it, including yourself. So why should we consider one aspect of what the Church Fathers thought, but not another? Book of Revelation: Since the book of Revelation wasn't in the canon of Scripture for a long time after all the other books, what did they consider the book as, just a inspirational, informative book, like the book of Maccabees? |
| "Not One Stone Left Upon Another": Jesus said that not one stone would be left upon another, but what about the Wailing Wall? Was He just talking in hyperbole, exaggerating, not being literal? Why do people cry in front of it? |
| The Angel of the Lord said: Military personnel has a theory that it WAS the angel that brought the message from the Lord but that it didn't need to be repeated that the angel of the Lord said that the Lord said so it made it seem like it was a Christophany of Jesus when it really wasn't. |
| Impeccability of Jesus: God the Father couldn't have sinned, but could Jesus have? Holy Spirit & the Spiritual Man: So then if the spiritual nature has the Holy Spirit & is close to God, he also won't sin, isn't that right? (a little bit convoluted question.) |
| Gay Marriages: Gay Marriages just became legal in Nevada. |
| Organized Religion: How do you talk to somebody who doesn't believe in God anymore because of bad experiences from Organized Religions? |
| Jehovah's Witnesses: What are some key texts to share w/ Jehovah's Witnesses as I witness to them? [1 Peter 3:15] |
| Church Fathers Regard to Revelation: It is the contention of the caller, who is doing a followup from a previous show, that the early church fathers did use & consider the book of Revelation inspired, even though it wasn't in the canon of Scripture. |
| Downplaying a Centralized Place to Worship: When Jesus was talking to the Samaritan Woman, He was telling her that there soon wouldn't be a central temple to worship God, so why would Dispensationalists think there needs to be a 3rd temple in the Millennium? [John 4:20-24] |
| Bible Scholars: Who are all these Bible Scholars that you keep mentioning? |
| Inviting People to Church: What do you think about inviting unbelievers to church? I thought church was just for the believer? |
| Kingdom of God: We aren't in the full phase of the Kingdom of God right now, are we? Isn't there way more of it to come? Stone Crushing the Feet Of Nebuchadnezzar's Image: Caller thinks that the Stone crushing the image, the feet, is more referring to the Second Coming rather than it being fulfilled when Jesus came the first time. [Daniel 2:45] Satan defeated at the Cross but a Roaring Lion: How do harmonize that Satan was overcome by the power of the cross, but it also says he's a roaring lion? [1 Peter 5:8] |
| Steve's Long Answers: Steve's shares an interesting story about why he gives long answers & some not liking his long answers, especially the ones that are on hold waiting & some do appreciate it, but whenever a question demands a long answer, he's going to give however long it takes, time permitting! |
| Satan Being Loosed: Satan is supposed to be loosed & deceive the nations for a little time after the 1000 years. When is that supposed to take place? [Revelation 20:7-10, 2 Thessalonians 1:8] |
| Wealth of the wicked being stored up for the Righteous: What does this mean, that the "wealth of the wicked is being stored up for the Righteous"? [(Proverbs 13:22b] Wealth of the wicked being stored up for the Righteous: What does this mean, that the wealth of the wicked is being stored up for the Righteous? [(Proverbs 13:22b] |
| Kings bringing their Gifts & living to 120 years is a curse: What does this mean, children living to 100 years old is a curse, & kings bringing gifts? Are we supposed to go straight into the millennial kingdom? [Isaiah 65:20] |
| Can't Enter Gate of the City: Where are the wicked? [Revelation 22:14-15] Entering only through Jesus' Blood: We can only enter the gate with the blood of Jesus! |
| Dead Sea Scrolls & the KJV Bible: Did the KJV Bible come from the Dead Sea Scrolls? |
| Creation or Evolution: Can you be a Christian & be an Evolutionist at the same time? |
| RCC & Confession & Worshipping Mary: Caller thinks that Confession or Worshipping Mary in the Roman Catholic Church are wrong or unnecessary to do. |
| Christians & Halloween: What do you think about Christians "celebrating" Halloween? |
| Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage: It almost seems like Jesus focuses on the woman more than the male, that she was guilty for doing this or that. What are your thoughts on my wife divorcing me, no infidelity on my part? [Matthew 5:31-32, 19:3-9] |
| Charismatic Movement & the Gifts of the Spirit: Are the Gifts of the Holy Spirit for us today, & what are their function in the church? |
| King Saul's bloodshed: Where is the story about Saul shedding the blood of the Gibeonites before David wanted to avenge them? 2 Samuel 21] Sheba the Scribe: Is Sheba the one that recorded a lot of David's exploits? Urim and Thummim: What is the Urim & Thummim? There's not much mentioned of them in the Bible. |
| Olivet Discourse & Noah's Flood: How does the stuff Jesus described in the Olivet Discourse compare with what happened during the days of Noah? [Matthew 24, Genesis 6-8] |
| Dreams-Revelations: Is it a good idea to pray to God to influence people in their dreams, since they are the most vulnerable at that time, to get them to see the light? It's true God can influence someone anyway He wants, but it that a good specific thing to pray for? Is it permissible? [Job 33:14-18] |
| Holy Presence at Church: Michael the Buddhist feels a warm, holy presence at the churches he attends. Judaism: So was Judaism, before Christ, just nothing but legalism then? |
| Mark Driscoll - Mars Hill Church & the EFCA: Has Steve heard anything about Mark Driscoll & know what's happening with him & Mars Hill Church? Caller is concerned that the EFCA has some shenanigans about donations going where people don't want them going. |
| Spiritual Death - Dead in Trespasses: We are not really spiritually dead but have a death sentence against us! It seems it was Adam's banishment & knowledge of Good & Evil has affected us. Why the health curse on us? [Ephesians 2, Colossians 2, John 5] |
| Paul Rebuking Peter: What was happening when Paul was rebuking Peter in Galatians? [Galatians 2] Root of Sin: What is the main root of sin? |
| The Psalms & Trusting God: God loves it when we trust Him, rely on Him. The Psalms are very comforting. But why do bad things happen to Christians, those promises in Psalms not seeming to be in accord with reality? [Psalms 90, 91, Ecclesiastes 8:11-13, Revelation 6:9-11] |
| Caiaphas the High Priest Jesus told Caiaphas the High Priest that he'd see Him coming on the clouds of Heaven, & we take that as 70 AD, but didn't Caiaphas die before he had a chance to see that? Mark 14:61-62 Kenneth Gentry: Have you seen Ken Gentry's YouTube videos on Partial Preterism? |
| God & Tough Times: God is not a genie, & that it might be God's will for us going through trials, suffering. Fundamentalism: Do you ever find that you have to correct people about their Fundamentalism? |
| Obeying & Breaking the Commandments: You typically won't go to jail if you don't break the law, & same goes w/ keeping the commandments, we need to keep them for our longevity, for one thing! Marriage: What constitutes a real marriage in God's eyes? |
| Calvinism & God's Sovereignty: What do Calvinists think of people who are saved who are not Calvinists? |
| Making Someone Pray: What do you think about me trying to make my son pray even though he says he's not a Christian, & doesn't want to participate, throwing back at me that if I was with a bunch of Buddhists, that I wouldn't pray to Buddha, even to be polite, so why should he, since he isn't a Christian? |
| Calvinism & Arminianism: Do you have choice or not? Caller wishes that during the debates the were re-aired the week before that they had debated more the difference between Calvinism & Arminianism & choice. |
| Jews, Messianic Jews, Adventists Christians & Christians: A long discussion about how the Messianic Jews or Hebrew Roots twist Scripture to propagate their religion, like when Paul said all meats were clean, but they say that the only thing that can be meat is what's already clean & so THEY are all still clean, but that Paul wasn't even talking about the supposed unclean food. [Romans 14, 1 Timothy 4:1-5] |
| Worship Volunteers: Should I have to apply to be a Worship Volunteer & give character references? |
| Sanctification & Salvation: What is the difference between Sanctification & Salvation? Quitting Smoking: Should I quit smoking? Is it a sin? |
| Golden Chain in Romans 8: During your debate w/ James White, you told him that in Romans 8, if that was all there was in Scripture, Calvinists would have a pretty good case for Calvinism. |
| Practicing Lesbianism: Is there a difference between being gay & not practicing, like heterosexuals not practicing fornication, & being gay & practicing it? Are you still sinning just for being gay or lesbian even though you aren't practicing? |
| Steve Gregg's Position on Hell: I just heard a caller say that you've changed your position on hell. What do you believe about hell now? |
| Jesus having the Holy Spirit: Did Jesus really need to get baptized to receive the Holy Spirit because wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that He had the Holy Spirit in Him all the time, especially since it says John the Baptist had the Holy Spirit in him from birth? [Luke 1:15, Matthew 3:16] |
| Apocalyptic Language in the Bible: What is Apocalyptic language? How do you recognize it? Is there a Bible that highlights apocalyptic language like some Bible do w/ the red words of Jesus? Different Genres: How many different kinds of Genres are there? |
| God's Forgiveness Once God forgives us, does He really not really remember them anymore? [Isaiah 43:25, Jeremiah 31:34, Hebrews 8:2, 1 Corinthians 11] |
| Steve's Apocalyptic Interpretation vs Bible Scholars: Caller contends most Bible Scholars disagree w/ Steve Gregg on Apocalyptic Language, & Steve seems to be too dismissive of it. |
| Seventh Day Adventists: Seventh Day Adventists believe that we are saved by grace & not by good works, unlike what you seemed to say the other day. |
| Total Depravity: So a lot of people, according to Calvinism, are already doomed, can't be saved, no matter what, is that right? |
| Calvinism & Arminianism: God knows who's going to eventually come to Him, so w/ His foreknowledge, can He just "zap" them into obedience, such as Paul on the way to Damascus? |
| Sozo (Salvation): What does Steve know about Sozo classes? |
| Sin: Caller has a few comments about recent callers, but his question is, What is sin? |
| Old Covenant vs New Covenant: Is it safe to say that God gave the Mosaic law to show us our fallible heart & our sin, to show us that even though His stone in written in stone, that we're flawed & that's why we needed a Savior? Death Penalty: When did we stop stoning people for breaking the commandments? |
| Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: There are so many Bibles out there, how do we know which Bible is correct when comparing them w/ the KJV of the Bible? [2 Timothy 2:15] |
| Old Covenant becoming Obsolete: If the Old Covenant is obsolete, how could the curses still be binding for the Jew? |
| Holy Spirit: You have to ask for the Holy Spirit, even after you are born-again, is that right? [Luke 11:13] |
| Appreciate of Steve Gregg: Caller is appreciative of Steve Gregg. Trials that caller had: Caller says how he's been much better after going a period of suffering. |
| Sozo Salvation: Sozo is all about Inner Healing, Soul ties, Generational Curses, just wanted to tell you that since you had a call about it yesterday. |
| 5 Crowns: Can you say what the 5 Crowns are that we might get when we cross over to glory? |
| Caller appreciates the show: Another caller really appreciates the show. |
| Sozo: The Sozo Movement performs these things, inner healings, praying for you, for you to receive the Holy Spiri, how to break Generational Curses, if you pay a "nominal fee" of $150. |
| persecution happening: Pakistan is going through a lot of persecution. Sufferings is real. Caller loves Steve's radio show to edify the believers because there is no radio in Pakistan. |
| crowns: Tbe 24 crowns of the elders, & explains a Crowns. Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Why do you use the term, "baptize" when referring to the Holy Spirit entering somebody? |