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| Calvinism & Once Saved, Always Saved: When did "once saved, always saved", eternal security, first arrive on the scene? Did you say recently? |
| God's Sovereignty: Did God just sovereignly blind some people just because He was sovereign? |
| Man Running Naked Down the Street: Were Peter's clothes torn off & he ran around the street naked? [Mark 14:51-52] |
| Creation Week: Was the Creation done in 6 literal days or was it just symbolic & can be much longer than that? Should we worry or can we know before the end of time if it is? |
| God Creating Humans: Why did God create us? Satan's Origins: Why & when was Satan created? |
| God Bringing Good & Bad: Does God create good & bad, create terrible things & cause them to happen? [Jeremiah 29:11-12] Knowing God's Ways: We can't know God ways, is that true? |
| Never Leaving or Forsaking: I believe we can lose our salvation, not once saved always saved, but what about His promise to never leave or forsake us? [Hebrews 13:5, Joshua 1:5] |
| Partial Preterism: will you please tell me what preterism is? |
| Comparison of Buddhism & Teachings of Christ: Buddhism & teachings of Christ comparison. |
| 70 AD & Partial Preterism (Debate): Preterism - 70 ad, 70 ad - preterism, all stemming around 70 ad! (little bit of a debate) (follow up) |
| Meaning of Life: What is the meaning of life? |
| God Parent in the Catholic Church for Infant Baptism: Is it biblical to be a God-parent to an infant who is being baptized in the Roman Catholic church? |
| Insignificant Sins Unreptented of: We need to repent, but what about sins that we deem insignificant such as traffic laws, etc? |
| Slavery: Why didn't God just say slavery was evil? (cont after break) |
| Law Before Christ, Grace After: It seemed before Jesus died people were required to keep the law, but after He rose again we were under grace, is that true? |
| Apostasy, Falling Away: Is Hebrews 6:4-6 talking about people who were already Christians? [Hebrews 6:4-6] |
| Pearl before Swine: Should we vigorously attempt to witness our hope? [1 Peter 3:15] Unequally Yoked Potential: A Christian friend is contemplating becoming involved w/ a non-Christian, but he fears she may just feign Christianity to win his heart, & then leave Christianity. |
| Denying Yourself: "Deny yourself, take up your cross & follow Me", does that mean we have to be ashamed of ourselves? John MacArthur says we have to be! [Mark 8:34] |
| Fulness of the Gentiles: What does "until the fulness of the gentiles be come in" mean? [Romans 11:25-32] |
| Open or Closed Communion: I was visiting a church & they said no communion unless you are an actual member of that church, is that biblical? |
| Slavery: (followup) A discussion about slavery. (audio is not very good.) |
| Slavery: (followup) slavery was actually a good thing in old times, & God or Bible writers refer to terms of slavery all the time, like being a slave to righteousness. |
| The Blood & Fat: I was reading Leviticus, & there's a lot of talk of blood there, & wondering why God was so specific w/ what to do w/ the blood & fat. [Leviticus] |
| Jesus being the First Born: I was talking to some Jehovah's Witnesses, & we got to talk about Jesus being the first born, first begotten, & just wondering if you could talk about that. [Colossians 1:18] |
| Guilt about Marriage: We sometimes have to obey the letter of the law, but still feeling guilty about the marriage & divorce situation even though a minister married us. |
| Blind for God's Glorification: God made that man blind so He could be glorified? [John 9] |
| Slavery Good or Bad: Was slavery good or bad in the Bible? Caller discusses again her view about how bad she feels slavery is. (follow up) |
| Fulness of the Gentiles: "until the fulness of the gentiles be come in", olive tree, so all of Isreal will eventually be saved. |
| Jesus' Ransom (Atonement) Involving the Atonement, who was Jesus paying the ransom to? I heard the early church thought Satan. |
| Eastern Orthodoxy & Theosis: The Eastern Orthodox church thinks Theosis, that we can become God, we are part of the divine nature, the nature God imparted to us. What do you think about that? |
| Best of Programs: Caller really likes the "Best Of" programs, because they really are the best of the questions! Immortality of Soul: Most people believe in the inherent immortality of the soul, so what scriptures are there for only having a mortal soul? |
| Jesus' Ransom (Atonement): ransom being paid by Jesus. (I can't quite follower her either.) |
| Slaves being Elders: Were slaves or could slaves be elders? does our culture like slavery? (A very long, drawn out conversation.) Churches Authorizing Marriages: How would the church regulate secular marriages since they would have nothing to do with them, yet you saying churches need to be in charge of marriages instead of the state? |
| Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Wfhat is the proof of being baptized by the Holy Spirit? Addictions: Can someone who is filled with the Holy Spirit still have trouble trying to overcome addictions? |
| Jews coming out of Egypt: When the Israelites came out of Egypt, isn't that sort've representative of spiritual Israel now where we have are struggling for obedience to God? [1 Corinthians 10:1-11] God's Jealousy in His Glory: God being a jealous God in His glory. [Exodus 33:18] |
| Satan Being Omnipresent: How can people be pestered by satan at the same time on the earth if he's not omnipresent? |
| Suffering for God's Glory: Continuing from the last call of previous show, God causes bad things for the purpose of His glory? |
| Faith, Choice & Belief: distinguish between faith, choice & belief, is faith a gift of God? [Ephesians 2:8-9] |
| The Word of God: Is the Bible really the Word of God? |
| Dislike of the Modern Translations of the Bible: "Man shall not eat by bread alone", the modern translations seem to be different that what it says. |
| Jesus' Ministry only 3 Years: Why did God only have jesus' ministry last 3 1/2 years? |
| Women Pastors: Can women pastors be in ministry? Feminism seems to be taking over. |
| Illness for God's Glory: Does God cause illness for His glory? (followup #3) |
| Cain's Sacrifice not Accepted: Why was Cain's sacrifice not accepted? |
| Not Accepting Gifts from God: Caller thinks you can't refuse gifts from God, especially gifts of healing, |
| God's Anger: When God is upset with us, can we actually feel His anger? Never having heard the Gospel: What about those that have never heard the gospel? [Romans 2:12-14, 1 Corinthians 1:30] |
| Calvinism's Limited Atonement: Considering Calvinism's unlimited or limited atonement, did Christ die for the whole world or not? |
| Mystery of Godliness: "Mystery of Godliness" what does this mean, God becaming Man? Caller gives a couple of his idea of what it might mean [1 Timothy 3:16] |
| Hebrew Roots Movement: Can you please tell me about the Jewish or Hebrew Roots? |
| Jesus' Temptation: God says He tempts no man, but the Jesus had to go through the temptation, so how do these reconcile w/ each other? [James 1:13] |
| Moses Law Instituted: When was Moses law instituted? [1 Peter 2:13] |
| Ezekiel's Temple: I need you to please reconsider your position about Ezekiel's temple. [Ezekiel 40-48] |
| Judging the Angels: When & why are we going to be judging angels? [1 Corinthians 6:3-5] |
| Christian Living a Sinful Life: If a Christian continues living an unrighteous life, is he under the law of Moses? |
| Lectures about Calvinism about Once Saved Always Saved: You were talking about Calvinism & Once Saved, Always Saved, & you referred them to some lectures on your website. Can you tell me the name of that lecture again? |
| Appreciates the Narrow Path Radio Program: I REALLY appreciate your program, & I just want you to know that! |
| None of Them are Lost: I'm teaching on once saved always saved, so what do you say about this verse? [John 17:12] |
| Abraham Lincoln Humor: Abraham Lincoln asked a witness once, "If we call a cow's tail a leg, how many legs does a cow have?". State Micro-Managing Over People's Lives: The state seems to be involving itself in the transgender business, promoting it. |
| Pentecostal View of Baptism of Holy Spirit: Being baptized in the Holy Spirit, & if you've never spoken in tongues, are you saved? |
| Baptism of Holy Spirit: Being baptized in the Holy Spirit (follow up) |
| Israel's History: 490 yrs disobedience, 70 years captivity, & another 490 yrs divided into 3 sections, do you think there's any credibility to all this timeline of Israel? |
| Sound Doctrine: How much should we be concerned about sound doctrine? |
| Oneness Pentecostal & Reformed Church Differences: What is the difference between Oneness Pentecostals & the Reformed Church involving the Trinity? |
| Good because it's Naturally Good or God commanded it Good: William Lane Craig, is something good because God commanded to do it or is it good because it's naturally good? |
| Jewish Calendar for Prophetic Reckoning: David Hawkins thinks the Jewish Calendar has to be used when calculating Prophecies in Daniel. Anti-Christ being in the 3rd Temple: Rebuilding the 3rd temple, the anti-Christ is going to be IN the temple, so how can he be in the temple if it doesn't exist? |
| The Way International: We met some people who belong to The Way international, & they started saying we shouldn't study the Gospels because they've already been fulfilled, & we should only study books written by Paul. What do you think about that? |
| Globalist Conspiracy for the Beast Power to Come About: Is there a global conspiracy for the beast to come to power? |
| People who have never heard of Gospel Burning Forever: I can't reconcile that people who have NEVER heard the gospel are going to burn for eternity in hell (ministry of the month). |
| Judged by Your Knowledge: Are you judged according to the light you have? Paul's Gospel Different than James: Paul seems to teach a different gospel than James, where Paul says faith alone, but James says faith & works. [Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:19-23, James 2:14–26] |
| Association with Masons: A friend wants me to an exercise program at an elks club connected to the masons. A Biblically Accurate Pastor: My pastor doesn't seem to be biblically accurate. Should I be concerned about that? |
| Donating to The Narrow Path: How can one donate to you if they have no computer? Pre-Incarnate Christ, to being made Man, to Glory Now: How did Jesus change from when He was w/ God before His birth & what is He now? |
| Don't Call Jesus Accursed, Yet called Jesus Cursed: Why does Paul say when talking in prophetic voices that you can't say Jesus is accursed, but then says Jesus is cursed by hanging on a tree, is this a contradiction? [1 Corinthians 12:3, Galatians 3:13] |
| Fornication, Idol Worship, Strangled Animals & Blood: In Acts it talks about fornication, idol worship, no strangled animals & abstaining from blood, & I can understand not doing 2 of them but what about no blood & no strangled animals? What does that have to do with the Gentiles? [Acts 15] The Millennium: What are the differing views about the Millennium? What are yours? I understand you are an Amillenialist? |
| Accepting LGBT in the Church: I'm trying to write a letter to my pastor who's about to embrace the LGBT community, what scripture should I use? [Galatian 3:28] |
| Trinity: What is the correct form of the Trinity? |
| Minister know all kinds of Trivial Knowledge about People: Minister claims to know the SSN, street address, license number. |
| Calvinism & Once Saved, Always Saved: How can intelligent people really believe in Calvinism? Does it really matter? Is it important? Are they the ones associated with once saved always saved? |
| Law of Attraction & Positive Thing: The law of attraction & power of positive thinking, Word of Faith, producing stuff by the words you speak, what do you think about all that? |
| Christians Enabling Transgenderism: Adopted parents that are Christians & are leaders in the church, but who want to help their daughter changer her gender |
| Not Peace but Division: Old Testament vs New Testament contradiction about bringing division but wanting unity, but what does this verse mean by Jesus brought a sword & not peace?g [Matthew 10:34, Luke 12:51] |
| Transgenderism Running Rampant: Transgender seems to be running rampant in western civilization |
| God taking Delight: Someone thinks God takes delight in bad things happening to people & didn't know how to respond. [Deuteronomy 28:30 & 63] |
| Giving Sacrificially: Even though atheist gives billions, it's a drop in the bucket to them. They need to give sacrificially in order for it to count. [Mark 12:41-44] |
| Christians Insulting People: Does Christianity allow for insulting one another? |
| Uncircumcision of the Heart: Uncircumcision of the heart & circumcision of the flesh. [Ezekiel 40-48] |
| Wealthy People: You were talking about wealthy atheists giving money the other day, & Warren Buffet, "There are many ways to get to heaven, but this is a good way" after he gave a whole bunch of money. How would you rebut that? |
| Christians being Demon-Possessed: Can a Christian be demon-possessed? |
| Binding the Devil: Can we bind the devil? Can we claim territory for the kingdom? Do we have the ability to direct angels? [Daniel 10, Matthew 12:29] |
| Definition of First Word Mentioned in Bible: Joseph Prince said that the meaning of a word defined by the first time it is used in the Bible will always mean the same thing the rest of the time in the Bible. What do you say about that? (leaven is an example that this is not the case.) |
| Having a Clean Conscience: What does Paul mean by a clean conscience? What is a conscience? [Romans 2:15] |
| Jesus' Uniqueness Over other Leaders: Jesus taught the same thing as leaders of other major religions, like do unto others as you'd want to be done, so is Jesus real? |
| Not Believing Trinity: If you don't believe in the Trinity, are you a heretic? |
| Heaven & Hell not Addressed: In the Old Testament NOR the New Testament there's not much mention about what happens to you after you die, heaven or hell, need to love Him just because |
| Sermon on the Mount & Hyperbole Remarks: Is that hyperbole, plucking out your eye, cutting off your hand? [Matthew 5:29, Matthew 18:9, Mark 9:47] |
| Being Religious but Not a Christian: Wondering if you could have the characteristics of a Christian & still not be saved? What if you can't overcome a sin? [Matthew 7:24-25] |
| Holy Spirit: A discussion about the Holy Spirit (that is a little bit over my head). [Matthew 7:24-25, Romans 8:11] |
| License to Sin By Grace: So a minister thinks that because of grace one can you live any way they want & still be a Christian, is this true? |
| Communication being Yea or Nay: What does Jesus mean in Matt 5:37 about your communication being yea or nay? |
| Homosexuality the Pinnacle of Sin: In Romans 1, is homosexual sex the pinnacle of sin? [Romans 1:26] Recompence of Their Error: What do you think the recompence of their error is that Paul is referring to? A sickness? |
| Trinity & Wisdom: Regarding the Trinity & Wisdom, I'm not understanding why you don't agree that Wisdom has a personality. (follow up from yesterday.) |
| Nation Under Judgment: Is our nation under Judgment because of a reprobate mind? Bad Cops: Is it biblical to shoot back at police who are shooting you unjustifiably, & why is this happening so much lately in our country? |
| NIV & NASB Translations of the Bible: Caller gives a couple verses as examples of how they have a completely different meaning in the NIV & NASB compared to the KJV. [Isaiah 59:19 Proverbs 3:25] |
| Police Not Being Perfect: Violence of the police is just a societal problem, it is a sin problem, in this country. |
| The Secret Place: Where is the secret place of the Most High? [Psalm 91:1-9] |
| Healing: I heard you say an excellent discussion on healing a couple months ago, but i can't remember exactly where. Can you please say the same information you said before? |
| Interpretation of 2 Parables: I'd like your interpretation of Matthew 13:44-46 talking about 2 Parables. [Matthew 13:44:46] |
| Bible Interpretation in Luke: I was listening to your lectures on luke, & you seemed to have skipped verses luke 19:26-27, what do they mean? |
| Not Needing a Teacher: You don't need a teacher, is this what does that means? [1 John 2:27] Spiritual Adultery: Have you ever heard of the term "spiritual adultery", where churches get annoyed that you are fellowshipping with another group even though you "belong" to them? |
| Spiritual Authority: Should we be able to move mountains with out God's Will all the time? [Matthew 17:20] |
| Church Discipline: What context or when should a church ask a person not to attend the church again? [Matthew 18] |
| Word of Faith: Healing the sick & casting out demons, didn't Jesus actually command us to be able to do that? |
| NLT Bible: The NLT translates it's different, "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die." but he's not able to finish his thought. [Romans 5:7] |
| Definition of Sin: What is sin? [1 John 3:4, Romans 7:15] |
| Masoretic & Septuagint Text: The ages of people's lives seem different in the Septuagint vs the Masoretic text. Do you know anything about that, & why it would be? [Genesis 5] |
| For Sake of Fornication: For the sake of fornication, especially if a person gets pregnant, should they get married anyway? |
| Calvinism & Election: Michael the Buddhist asks about Calvinism & the term "elect" |
| A Day as a 1000 years: Is it possible each "day" in prophecy an actual 1,000 years like it seems to indicate in the Bible? [Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8] |
| God being a Male & Female: Someone I know thinks God is male & female. Can you tell me about these verses related to that? [Psalm 19:5, Galatians 4:26] |
| Esau, in his Heart: What does this mean that "...in his heart" he thought of this plot, it confuses me. [Genesis 27:40-42] |
| Indwelling of the Holy Spirit: Can you explain the difference between the new & old covenant regarding the Holy Spirit? |
| Denominations: Are denominations just possibly being an immaturity of people who choose to be divided in certain things. Is there examples of that happening the early church? |
| The ISV: Have you ever heard of the ISV, international standard version? If you haven't, you should check it out. I'll give 2 examples of how accurate it is. [Ephesians 5:18, Matthew 16:19] |
| Prosperity & Blessing in OT, Suffering & Persecution in NT: In the Old Testament there seems to be an emphasis that if you live a righteous life, you will prosper, be blessed, but in the New Testament, just the opposite seems to be true, that we'll be suffering more than being blessed. |
| Good Works Secret: Don't let one hand what the other hand is doing, so we are supposed to keep our good deeds a secret? [Matthew 6:3] |
| Joyce Meyer Adherent: I'm dating a girl who listens to Joyce Meyer so should that be a red flag? |
| 153 Fish Significance: Was there any significance to the number "153", the number fish that were caught? [John 21:11] |
| Flat Earth Conspiracy: Flat earth conspiracy inquiry [Isaiah 40:22] |
| Yoke is Easy & Burden Light, but is Hard Contradiction: My yoke is easy, My burden is light, but in other places He seems to make it hard, so which is it [Luke 14, Matthew 11] |
| Christ' Blood Different than Ours: With the life being in the blood, was Jesus' blood different than ours? |
| The Light Before the Sun: What is the light in the 3rd verse of Genesis since the sun wasn't made until the 4th day? [Genesis 1:3 & 16] |