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| Absent from the Body, Present w/ the Lord: What kind of body do we have in Heaven? So we're naked there? [Philippians 1:21-23] |
| Meekness: What does being meek mean? [Matthew 5:5] Defending Yourself w/ Firearms: What does the Bible say about defending yourself w/ guns? |
| God Made the Heaven & the Earth: Call not a very good call. Maybe somebody else can make heads or tails out of it! |
| Forgiveness: How would you know you actually completely forgave someone? Does the offender have to acknowledge the offense, & would they have to offer an apology? |
| World is in Turmoil: We are at the end because the world because there's so much chaos, the world is dying. |
| Laughter is Medicine: Is there any verse in the Bible about Laughter being good for the soul? [Proverbs 17:2] The Date During Noah's Flood: Could they keep track of the years back then? Do we know the date way back then? |
| Tabernacle: Caller would like to know about the Tabernacle. |
| Catholics & the Apocrypha: Are the Romans Catholics the ONLY church that use the Apocrypha? |
| Marriage Advice: Why is it best NOT to get a divorce despite infidelity, the caller would like Steve to explain. [Malachi 2:16] |
| Day of the Lord: Are we to take 1 Peter 3 literally or apocalyptically? Was it talking about 70 AD or the end times? {1 Peter 3] |
| Pope's Visit: What does Steve think about the Pope's Visit & addressing the US Congress? Isn't prophecy fulfilling itself in Revelation 13? |
| Martin Luther: Why was Martin Luther Anti-Semitic, going against both the Jews & the Peasants? |
| Loving Your Enemies: God was pretty severe w/ His own people, let alone His own enemies, but how do we reconcile the way He is in the New Testament? God forgets our Sin: God forgets our sins, it says in the Old Testament, the Sea of Forgetfulness, but it also says every idle word will be held against us? [Micah 7:9, Matthew 12:36] |
| One Resurrection For All: How do Dispensationalists get the idea that there's going to be 2 resurrections, separated by 1,000 years? [John 5:28-29] |
| Demon-Possession Lectures: What happened to your Demon-possession Lectures? "Equality w/ God": Caller is having a hard time w/ the phrase, "Who did not think equality w/ God a thing to be grasped", & would like Steve's thoughts if he could grasp what it means. [Philippians 2:1-11] |
| Shaking the Heavens & the Earth: Is there a fulfillment that was fulfilled during Haggai's Day or just the institution of the New Covenant? [Haggai 2:6, Hebrews 12:26] |
| Jesus Being a Racist: Caller was reading an article saying that Jesus was a racist because He used a racial slur. [Mark 7:27-28, Matthew 15:26-27] |
| Sprinkling for Baptism: Where did this idea of Sprinkling for Baptism originate? [Ezekiel 36:25, Joel 2:29-29] Equality w/ God - Trinity: (followup from day before) "Isn't Equality w/ God talking about the Trinity? Steve never mentioned about the Trinity, she says. |
| Parables of Jesus: Are the Parables that Jesus shares a result of true, real stories? Parable of the 10 Virgins: Can Steve please explain the 10 Virgins Parable & how do we determine if we are the 5 foolish ones or the 5 wise ones? |
| Gospel of John: Who wrote the Gospel of John? Lazarus: Did Lazarus possibly write the book? Was he an apostle? |
| Jack Gregg: Are you related to a Jack Gregg who I worked for for 20 years? Jesus Becoming Aware of who He was: When did Jesus become aware that He was the Son of God? |
| Jesus Returning: When Jesus comes back is He going to be in a flesh, physical body & is EVERYONE going to see Him, including the wicked? (Acts 1:9-11) |
| 4 Headed Beasts in Revelation: Is this talking about the way the Levitical Priests went through the desert, & so Revelation 5 having something to do w/ that? [Revelation 5] |
| Transformed into Christ: What is the purpose of going through process of the trials & tribulations in order to be transformed? Why can't we just skip it all & be in the image of Christ immediately? [Romans 8:29, 12:1-2, Hebrews 2:10] |
| 70 AD Holocaust: How many Jews were living in Judea right before the 70 AD Siege? How many died? Does it having any bearing on [Zechariah 13:8]? 12 Tribes of Israel: Steve said the 12 Tribes of Israel couldn't be identified after Babylon, but if that's the case, what about the 144,000 in Revelation? |
| Fossil Record: There's Fossil Record that animals ate each other & had deformities before the Fall, so how can there Death & Disease before the Fall? |
| Book of Enoch: What does Steve think of the Book of Enoch & how come it's not included in our canon of Scripture? |
| Swords: Why did Jesus tell His disciples to get swords & then told them not to use them? [Luke 22:36-38] |
| Homosexual Marriages: Caller wanted to do Bible studies on Homosexuality, find all the verses that talk about it, w/ his church leadership, because of the things that are being allowed, but they said no. |
| Adultery (fornication) & 10 Commandments: Anything outside of marriage is adultery, but caller means to say fornication, but she thinks obeying the 10 commandents would solve the problem. |
| Taking up Swords: Caller wants to chime in about taking up swords, causing division in the Human race to follow Him, some people would obey Him, some would not. |
| Curses: What does this Passage in Malachi mean? Who is to come? What is the Great & Terrible Day of the Lord? [Malachi 4:5-6] |
| Atonement: Steve doesn't believe physical healing is in the Atonment, but Spiritual Healing, but Dr. Michael Brown disagrees w/ that. [Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 8:17] |
| Church Division: Did Steve say that the leadership over-sight has the power to limit what a speaker says? |
| Abomination of Desolation: Steve thinks the Abomination of Desolation is the armies surrounding the city of Jerusalem but caller has a problem w/ a man or a person constituting the abomination of abominatio of because of certain Scriptures in the Bible. What is the "it" if it's the armies? [Matthew 24:15, Mark 13:14]. |
| Satan Putting Thoughts in Mind: Can Satan put thoughts in our mind, & does that mean he can get in the mind of a Christian, & can he read our thoughts? |
| Abandoning Judaism to Follow Jesus: Did Jesus tell the Jewish people to abandon what they believed & to follow Him? |
| Calendars: When did we start keeping calendars? How far back would we have to go? Website Forum: Is there a place one can go on the website to ask questions? Age of Accountability: Can Steve please explain the "Age of Accountability"? |
| Trinity: Can Steve please explain the Trinity? [John 1] |
| Shaking of the Heavens & the Earth (Follow-up): Caller thinks the shakeup might be Jews having victory over their Adversaries. [Haggai 26, Acts 2] |
| Supersessionism (Replacement Theology) & Judaism: Steve equates Judaism w/ Islam & Satanism, Judaism was instituted by God, Islam & Satanism never were. By Steve's logic, reading the Torah would be the same thing as reading the Qua'ran or a Satanic Bible. |
| Prophet Killed By Lion: What is the whole story about the Prophet of God being killed by a lion? He prophesied against the Golden Calf. The older prophet lies to the younger one, making him sin. The Lion kills the younger prophet, but was still honored. [1 Kings 13]. |
| Application (Ap for The Narrow Path): Is the guy who is in charge of the APP for the Narrow Path ever going to be able to get the lectures about the 3 Views of Hell on there? Charts: Where can he get the chart for the Millennium & Israel? (Editor's Note: The answer is, at Matthew713.com. True, that wasn't the answer when then question was originally asked, but anyone who sees & hears this question NOW will know.) |
| Judaism: Judaism is the true religion because it talks about the coming Messiah? |
| All Prophecy Fulfilled in Relation to 70 AD: 70 AD suggests that all the prophecies have been fulfilled. Is there ANYTHING in Revelation (or Daniel or any other eschatological chapter of the Bible) that has NOT been fulfilled yet? Signs of the Times: It says in the Bible that when you see the clouds approaching that you'll know it's about to rain & that's what the caller thinks, you can see it all culminating together. [Matthew 16:32-33, Revelation 17:10-11] |
| Believing Existence of God: Listener really wants to believe in God but needs more evidence, especially when a lack of answered prayer & miracles happen. |
| Being Gentle in Delivering Truth: How does Steve have the ability to be gentle & have humility w/ people who don't quite believe what we believe yet? How do we get people to read the Bible? |
| Legitimate Divorce: Caller has heard that if a man gets a divorce, even if it was justified, he no longer has the eldership qualifications to be an Elder. Is that true? |
| Salvation Assurance: Extravagant (Hyper) Grace teaches that once we have Jesus we never have to repent again. What does Steve think about this? |
| Blood Moons: Does Steve know anything about the Blood Moons that are coming up? What does he think about them? |
| Mark of the Beast: Caller thinks the end of the world is actually happening now because there's so much talk about the 3rd Temple, but also wants to know what Steve think the Mark of the Beast is going to be? A microchip? Man of Sin Dwelling in the Temple: What about Man of Sin that is going to be dwelling in the Temple? [2 Thessalonians 2] |
| End Time Distractions: So much time wasted in worrying about if it's the end times or if Jesus is coming soon instead of just focusing on Jesus, loving Him, worshipping Him in the here & now! What about LIVING for the Lord! People are all willing to DIE for the Lord, but what about living for Him? |
| Demonic Signs & Wonders: Are the Lying Signs & Wonders of Satan in every case & where is that in the Bible? [2 Thessalonians 2:9] Seducing Spirits: What about Seducing Spirits? Whenever the caller thinks of the term "seduction", she thinks of sex, so sexual sins. [1 Timothy 4:1] Y2K: People thought y2k was the end of the world & it wasn't. All this time wasted worrying about stuff that had nothing to do w/ anything! It's like crying wolf one too many times! |
| Atheist Berkley Professor Converts:
There was a guy who had a cable show who was a professor of Berkley who was an atheist & converted to Christianity. Could it have been Gene Scott, Steve wonders. |
| Holy Spirit vs the Carnal Man: The Man of Sin is some sinful tendency in a Christian. |
| BSF (Bible Study Fellowship):
Discussion about the group & a little bit about Steve's lectures on eschatology & the differing eschatological views. |
| Dispensationalism: How would a Dispensationalist feel like Jesus is going to sit on David's literal throne, but yet that would be violating the prophecy of him sleeping w/ his fathers when it is established, who would they answer that? [2 Samuel 7:12] Preterism: What about the 2 verses that indicate Jesus will return & sit on His throne of His glory & judge the nations? How does Preterism deal w/ THAT though? [Matthew 25:31, 19:28] |
| Arminianism vs Calvinism: Steve is not a Calvinist, but he also doesn't call himself an Arminianist but just a non-Calvinist. Is that true? Total Depravity: A discussion about Total Depravity, Prevenient Grace [John 6:44] |
| Jesus 1st Coming in relation to His 2nd: We should look at Jesus' first coming to figure out about His 2nd Coming, caller thinks. [Isaiah 61:1-2] (A very convoluted question.) |
| Authority & Inspiration of Scripture: Discussion about inerrancy of Scripture, but we shouldn't say more about the Bible than the writers of the Bible believed about it (Another very convoluted, hard to understand question...2 in a row). |
| Jesus Going to Hell After He Died: Someone was telling the caller that Jesus went down to Hell & fought w/ the Devil & got the Keys to Death & Hades. Is that true? [Revelation 1:18, 1 Peter 3:19-20] |
| Disturbing Stories in the Bible: A concubine that was raped & cut-up seems a little disturbing. [Judges 19] Tabernacle: Caller really enjoyed Steve's thoroughness when he answered her question about the Tabernacle. |
| Leaving a Church Over Homosexuality Issues: (Update:) A member of a church where he had been at for a very long time he had to leave because they didn't want to converse w/ him about their new stance on homosexuality, the leadership just wanting to go w/ the tide, w/ political correctness, instead of doing what the Bible says. Sinner Saved By Grace: Is that the right terminology to use, that we are sinners saved by Grace? |
| Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage: A marriage & divorce marriage scenario: |
| Calendars (followup): Caller just wanted to explain about calendars from a previous call. |
| Women having Value in the Bible: Caller disagreed w/ Steve, that women actually DID have value in the Bible back then, when the concubine had been raped & cut up into pieces. [Judges 19 & 20] |
| Book of Enoch: What is Steve's opinion of the Book of Enoch? |
| Sabbath & Yeshua: The Sabbath needs to be kept, according to this caller, & Steve told someone that if he didn't believe Yeshua that he'd go to hell, this caller has problems with. |
| Judging & Discerning: One Greek interlinear said Discerning means judge. Caller thought they were different. [1 Corinthians 11:31] |
| Marriage, Divorce & Adultery Scenario: Caller wants to talk about situations when you are committing adultery biblically. [Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:8-9] |
| Soul Sleep: Who did Jesus preach to (if He was "asleep")? Who did He make proclamations to (while He was "asleep")? What about the souls that are crying out from under the altar? [1 Peter 3:18-20, Revelation 6:9-11] |
| Josephus & other 40 Historians: Why wouldn't all these Historians who were OUTSIDE the Bible mention Jesus if He really existed? |
| Saints Who Were Resurrected: Who were the saints who were resurrected at the same time Jesus was? [Matthew 27:51-53] |
| Prayer of Jabez:
Caller is concerned about Jabez & likes his prayer & is wondering why his mother had sorrow over him. [1 Chronicles 4:9-10] |
| Saints - The Catholic vs The Protestant Usage: Caller wants to discuss something she heard her pastor say regarding the Catholic usage of Saints verses the Protestant usage. [Colossians 1] |
| Charismatics - Speaking in Tongues: Listener heard that Steve is a Charismatic & wants to know what he means by that. Does he believe we have to Speak in Tongues to prove we are saved, or are filled w/ the Holy Spirit? |
| Church of Inclusion - LGBT: Pastor has decided to include the LGBT Community, & so the caller has left the church. |
| Tithing: What is Steve's opinion of Tithing? Pastor says if you don't tithe 10%, you are robbing from God! [Malachi 3:8-10] |
| Esther Williams & the Unitarian Church: Esther Williams life was so messed up even though she claimed to be a Christian. Is the Unitarian Church a Christian Church? |
| Judgment of Believers: Do we have to give an account of for everything we've ever said or done? [Matthew 12:36] |
| Calvinism: A Calvinist asked, "How can a non-Calvinsist be saved?" |
| Seeing God Contradictions: God told Moses he couldn't see Him face to face, but Jacob got to Him face to face? How come the contradictions? Did Jacob actually see God face to Face? [Exodus 33:18-20, Genesis 32:30] |
| Same Sex Couples: A Presbyterian Church allows Same Sex Marriages within it. What does Steve think? |
| James Authorship: Who wrote the book of James, & when was it added to the Canon of Scirpture? |
| "Us" in Gensis (Trinity): Is the "Us" when God talk in possessive plura;, is it referring to the Trinity? [Genesis 1:26, 3:22] Gays & Sex: Paul spoke on the subject of Homosexual sex, but the words he used in greek were ambiguous, so some gay sex was okay, homosexuals rationalize. Creation Story in all Religions: The Creation story is in all the religions, so Genesis is not the first or original creation account (implying, so is it genuine?) |
| Timothy Not To Neglect Gift: What is the Gift that was given to Timothy by hands & to not neglect it or stir it up. [1 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 1:6] |
| Son of Man & Ezekiel: Ezekiel is called, "son of man" many times, why is that? |
| Catholic Authority: Where does the Catholic Church get the idea that they have all authority, that if it didn't originate w/ them, it is wrong? Sola Scriptura & Tradition in the CC: Catholic Church Believes in Scripture & Tradition? |
| Parable of the Unjust Steward: Caller wants to understand about the Unjust Steward Parable. {Luke 16:8-9] |
| Covenants of the OT & NT: Can Steve please explain the differences between the Covenants of the Old Testament & the New Testament, so that a child can understand it? Why do we have to have a covenant today? |
| Christian Dating & Boundaries: How does a Christian couple who are dating decide what is appropriate physically? |
| Singleness/Simplicity: What does "singlesness" "Simplicity" mean in [Acts 2:46]? Duplicity. |
| Catholics & Life after Death: What do Catholics believe happen to you after you die? Saints get to go directly to Heaven & if you were not a saint you have to go to Purgatory? |
| Tongues & Prophecy: What about speaking in Tongues privately, just speaking to God privately & not publicly? [1 Corinthians 14] Jesus & Tongues: Jesus was really into praying, but did He ever talk about speaking in Tongues? [Mark 16:16-17] |
| Pain Medication: Is it okay to take Pain Medication even though you are using a lot of it, & have the potential to abuse it & become addicted to it? |
| The 3 Heaven: What is Paul talking about when he's talking about the 3rd Heaven? [2 Corinthians 12:2-4] |
| No Resurrection, Most Miserable: If there was no resurrection, WHY would we be so pitied? [1 Corinthians 15:17-19] Spiritual Bodies: Why are we pitied though? We could be in Heaven in spiritual bodies? |
| Judging the 12 Tribes of Israel: How could the Apostles be Judging the Jews, & the Christians even rulers of these people? How's that possible? [Matthew 19:28] |
| New Heaven & New Earth: When Peter talks about a New Heaven & a New Earth in [2 Peter 3:13], is that literal in this case? "according to His promise we look for this", something in Isaiah? |
| Partial Preterism: Time Indicators, "soon", "short", have to apply to the WHOLE book of Revelation, & not just apply it whenever you want, saying some things really are short & some things are a long time off. [Revelation 1:1, 22:6] |
| Dispensationalism: Dispensationalists seem to "hijack" Scripture from the OT....claiming they are for the future, especially Israel claiming their land in 1948. Can Steve please comment on [Isaiah 11:11] as being a perfect example of this? |
| End Times, Signs of the Times: Newspaper Eschatology, Nation Against Nation, Race Wars, Overturning Governments, Famines, Pestilences, Earthquakes, how can we NOT think we are at the end of the world because all these things seem to be increasing? [Matthew 24:8] Two Phases to Jesus' Coming: It's said that He's talking about 2 different events, 70 AD & His 2nd Coming. |
| Healing & Charismatic Churches: Does Steve know of anyone who's been a deep Christian for a long time who hasn't been healed? [Isaiah 53:5] No Healing, No Faith: Some people think that if you are suffering from not being healed you are not strong in faith. [Hebrews 11] Finding a good fit: How did Steve find a good fit for where HE fellowships? |
| Talking to Steve After Show: Caller would like to have a private conversation w/ Steve in after the show. |
| Pre-Tribulation View: There's a problem w/ what Dispensationalists believe because when they see all the Christians are gone, they'll get a second chance, witnessing martyrdom, & would do it right, but people for 2,000 yrs have been martyred & they only had a chance to know once. Or people might delay coming to the Lord because they think have a 2nd chance. |
| Using Drugs (Marijuana) Recreationally: What are Steve's thoughts on using Drugs, especially Marijuana, recreationally since they are legal in the state of where the caller is calling from? Alcohol vs Marijuana Effects: What about the effects of Marijuana verses Alcohol? |
| Signs of Jesus' 2nd Coming: Were there any signs that were referring to both 70 AD & His actual 2nd Coming or is there anything that was written later by the Apostles that talk about signs to watch out for Jesus' 2nd coming? |
| Genders in Heaven: Will there be male & female in Heaven? |
| Olivet Discourse: The first chunk of the Olivet Discourse is talking about 70 AD & the second chunk it is talking about His 2nd Coming, is that right? |
| Healing & Addictions Broken by Praying: Caller was cured by praying directly to God for Healing, for addiction problems & immediately victory & healing. |
| Evolution: Can you be a true Christian & still be a true Evolutionist? |
| W/ out Form & Void: What about the time that was w/ out form & void BEFORE He started creating? Could that have been billions of years? Between [Genesis] 1 & [Genesis 2] |
| Tommy Bertoli Debate & the Future: Caller watched the debate between Gregg & Bertoli, but wants to know what Steve think is going to happen in the next 100 years according to the Bible? |
| Eschatology - the word Zao in Revelation: You say Zao appears 3 times in the Bible (Revelation), but Zoe 148 times in the Bible. |
| Abaddon - Hades - Sheol: Caller would like to know the difference between Abaddon, Hades, Sheol. |
| Aroma When Praying: Is it a biblical phenomenon of smelling stuff as a result of you praying? [2 Corinthians 2:14-17] |
| Alcoholic Consumption: People tell the caller that Jesus only made UN-fermented wine when He did the miracle at the wedding. They suggest that Jesus would not sin by drinking alcohol. But caller thinks it might be just about not getting drunk. |
| Lord's Prayer - ON earth vs IN earth: Caller thinks in the Lord's Prayer, the IN earth is way more important than the way they've been changing it to "on" earth. |
| Salvation Clear, but Complicated: Salvation is clear, what it takes to be saved, what the gospel is, but all this other stuff is so hard to understand, eschatology, Calvinism/Arminianism, whether we can drink alcohol or not. |
| Blood Transfusions: There's a group (JWs) that says we should NOT take Blood Transfusions. Is there anything against doing that? [Acts 15:20, 29] |
| Sacred Names Movement (Hebrews Roots): Does Steve know anything about the Sacred Names Movement? (His actual question gives more information than Steve's answers.) |
| Day of a Christian in the Early Church: What were the daily concerns of the body of Christ at that time? What would be the daily life of a Christian during the Apostolic times be? |
| Doing the Will of God: How do we know what God we are doing God's will so we aren't guilty of not doing it when He says that people who say Lord Lord were ever doing His will? [Matthew 7:21] |
| My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?: Since dying on the cross was God's plan all along, why did Jesus cry to God the Father, "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" [Psalm 22:1] |
| The Blind Man: Caller is concerned about the meaning of the application of the "blind" man. Is it a Parable or a real, literal Miracle? [Mark 10:51] |
| The Will of God: Caller says that the only will of God is just believe on Jesus, the Person God sent. [John 6:29] |
| Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me: God was just looking away for a minute sort've like when your own child might be seriously injured, you just sort've want to look away even though you love the child very much. [Matthew 27:46] Faith & Works (Saved By): God's work & our work, but we are saved by God's work, but maintain our salvation by our works, caller thinks. [Philippians 2:12] |
| Jeremiah: Jeremiah doesn't seem to be in chronological order. |
| Buddhist Attending a Bible Study: Buddhist attending a Bible study in a Calvary Chapel has no plan on changing his beliefs, so should he continue going? |
| Hebrew Roots Movement: Doesn't Dispensationalism feed into the Hebrew Roots Movement? New Testament Books Written after 70 AD: Were ANY books of the Bible written after 70 AD? Old Testament Prophets: Steve believes that all the OT prophets wrote in a prophetic/symbolic/poetic language, but which ones wrote in the LEAST amount of poetic language? |
| Hebrew Roots: Comments from a radio station manager caller. Adding a station on the FM Band: He just wanted to share, though, that they have their station on an FM station, potentially DOUBLING Steve's audience in the area. |
| Millennium & 2nd Coming: Isn't the Millennium Literal? How come Steve doesn't believe a passage in Zechariah is talking about the 2nd Coming of Christ? [Zechariah 12-14] |
| Dispensational Views: What would it take for Steve to change his mind that he's wrong about Dispensationalism? Like seeing the Man of Sin in a 3rd temple?
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| Mark of the Beast: Steve believes the Mark of the Beast has already happened? Is an Idealist about it? What about when you can't buy or sell for taking it? |
| Marriage & Salvation: Caller is concerned about his Marriage, & also wonders if he has had such a true conversion experience since he's having so much trouble w/ his marriage. |
| Psychology: Is it a religion? What should we know about it? |
| Pressing Issue in Christianity: What is the most Pressing Issue in Christianity. (Lordship of Jesus) Steve's Favorite subject: What is Steve's favorite subject to teach on? |
| New Home Church: Look for a New Home Church & wondering about Calvary Chapel, but there seems to be some lack of Church Discipline, &, there's a Moses Model church hierarchy there, where ONE person is in charge, & can't be held accountable by anyone else. |
| The Book of Ezekiel: Why is there so much repetition in the book of Ezekiel, especially in the last 9 chapters about the Temple & the Land? |
| The Nephilim & Sons of God: What are the views about the Nephilim & the Sons of God? Caller knows that the weirder view is that the Angels came down & mated w/ women, [Genesis 6] |
| The Bible Study Fellowship: Caller thinks the best church to go to when people ask about where is the best church to go to is, The Bible Study Fellowship. |
| Hell: Only temporary torment for the view of conditional immortality & so what are the verses that support this, that the punishment will be proportionate? Gnashing & Weeping of teeth seem to be supporting the traditional view. [Luke 12:47-48, Matthew 11:22] |
| Pre-Millennial View: What is the Pre-Millennial View? |