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| Eternal Security: Once saved always saved pretty much diminishes the whole point of following Jesus, being a Christian. You can just say a Sinner's Prayer & remain in sin because of supposed grace. Demons or Extra-Terrestrial: Caller thought he was a Christian, but wants to know if he's being afflicted from demons or aliens. |
| Immortality: Are we immortal when we are born? |
| The Eagles & the Carcasses: Where are the eagles? What is the meaning of this verse, this saying? [Matthew 24:28] |
| Blind Man or His Parents Guilty of Sin: Who sinned, the blind man or his parents? [John 9] Jesus Breaking the Sabbath: Why was Jesus breaking the Sabbath just for healing on the Sabbath? |
| Illegal Immigration: Should we have compassion on Illegal Immigrants? |
| Isaiah 53: Jesus is the fulfillment of Isaiah 53, but the Jews think it's talking about Israel, Jacob, so how do we counter this? [Isaiah 53] |
| Being Given Prophetic Word: Caller feels she's been being given prophetic words & wondering if they were biblical? |
| Numerous Bible Translations: Why so many translations? Can't people just get together & just figure out which is the ONE best translations? |
| Agreeing with Steve Gregg: Just calling you to tell you that I agree w/ you, that you know the truth! [John 14:6] |
| Faith & Good Works: Good works vs faith, & caller's Mormon friend appreciated it (but was wrong w/ what he agreed). [Ephesians 2:8-9, James 2:26] |
| Healing of the Leaves: Why are do you need leaves for the healing of the nations from the tree of life? [Revelation 22:2] |
| Repentance after taking the Mark of the Beast: If you receive the Mark of the Beast, there is no repentance from that, is that right? |
| Women Pastors: Is it possible that it could be considered just a culture issue where women didn't really speak in public as to why Paul said women couldn't be pastors? [1 Timothy 3] |
| First lady or Mother Title: Caller doesn't feel comfortable calling pastors wife first lady or mother, & don't want to celebrate the pastor's anniversary |
| Renewing our Minds: Renewing our minds, having discipleship [Romans 12:1-2] |
| Lucifer the Fallen Angel: So are you saying Satan wasn't Lucifer who was a Fallen Angel? [Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28] |
| Steve's Spiritual Gift: Regarding the Gifts of the Spirit, what is Steve's gift? (Teacher) |
| Discipleship: Doesn't Calvinism basically suggest that we don't have to worry about works & discipleship? |
| Salvation after Death: Is reconciliation after death possible? Salvation after death? [John 11:26] |
| Obedience to God is Mandatory: Caller was just chiming in to say that, "Obedience better than sacrifice" from a previous call. [1 Samuel 15:22] |
| Lucifer Becoming Satan: Lucifer being satan. [Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28] |
| Kingdom of God or just going to Heaven after you die: Preaching about getting to go to heaven or about being part of the Kingdom right now, discipleship? (the answer & the rest of the show garbled) |
| The Soul after Death: Where do the souls go after you die? [Luke 16:14-31] (the answer is very garbled) |
| The 5-fold Ministry: There's a lot of talk about the restoration of a "Five-fold ministry" that is talked about in the Bible, so are the apostles & prophets still for today or going to happen in the future? [Ephesians 4:11] |
| Origins of Satan: Origins & nature of Satan being originally Lucifer. [Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28] |
| Spiritual Warfare: Looking for a church who acknowledge spiritual warfare. |
| Salt of the Earth: Is the "salt of the earth" relative to us & what does it mean to be salty & not lose the savor of it? [Matthew 5:13, Luke 14:34] |
| Blotted out of the Book of Life: Can someone really lose their salvation, be blotted out of the book of life? |
| The Lord's Prayer: In the Lord's Prayer, is there a difference between "trespasses" & "debts"? |
| Liberty & the Trinity: "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty", is that talking about the Trinity? [2 Corinthians 3:17] |
| Eschatological Views so a kid could understand it: Have you ever done a study on end time (eschatological) events so kids could comprehend it? |
| Trinity Analogy: Is a good analogy for the Trinity using water, solid, liquid, steam? |
| Law of Liberty & Action over Word: What is the "word" He is talking about? [James 1] |
| Flat Earth: What do you think about the "Flat Earth" theory? What does the Bible say about it? |
| 7 Year Tribulation: What are your views about what happens in the last days? a 7 year lead up to the 2nd coming? |
| The Lord's Prayer: Do you have a lecture about the "Lord's Prayer"? The Lord's Prayer the New 10 Commandments: Do you think the Lord's Prayer is the new 10 commandments? The Breaking of Bread: Breaking of bread means? |
| Nibiru Cataclysm: What can you tell me about the planet Nibiru that's supposed to eclipse our sun & the end time connection? |
| 2 Covenants, one for Jews & one for Gentiles: 2 covenants, one for the Jews & one for Christians, do you agree? (Steve Gregg continues a few comments from this call after break.) |
| God Creating the Devil: Why would God create a devil to tempt us, torment us, create havoc, when he's going to be held accountable in the end? |
| Splits in the Lutheran Church & Homosexuality: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod & Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, all these splits, homosexuals |
| Perspective's Course Announcement: Wanted to inform Steve's listeners about a perspective course happening in Southern Washington State. |
| Mary's Genealogy: Where does the line of Mary go back to since Joseph is not related Jesus. [Luke 3:23-38, Matthew 1] |
| Not being Offended by Jesus: "And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me", what did He mean? [Matthew 11:6, Luke 7:23] |
| Private Interpretation of Scripture: Catholic church says there can be no private interpretation of scripture. What do you say about that? [2 Peter 1:20] |
| Sinner even though a Christian: We realize are sinners, accept Jesus, repent, but then awhile later we realize we are still sinners |
| Holy Spirit gone from the Flood until Jesus: Did the Spirit of God leave humanity from the time of the flood until Jesus Christ, the dove leaving the ark & never coming back, but, returning when Jesus was baptized? [Genesis 8:12, Matthew 3:16, Mar 1:10, Luke 3:22, John 1:32] |
| Discrepancies about the Manna: There seems to be some discrepancies about the manna in the wilderness, Moses making manna happen from Heaven in Exodus, but then Jesus said Moses didn't in the gospel of John, & that they who ate it would live, but they died, but did Moses give them bread from Heaven or did Jesus? [Exodus 16:4, John 6:32, John 6:50-51] |
| Kingdom of God: Caller really enjoyed the lecture about the Kingdom of God Steve had done in WA state recently. (Steve just wrote a book about the Kingdom of God called, "Empire of the Risen Son", Part 1 & 2, October 2020) The Dove, the Flood & Holy Spirit: The Dove never coming back because he had a place to land, & soon as Jesus got baptized, & His followers were going to start being baptized, the Holy Spirit having a place to go, is what the caller thinks. [1 Peter 2:20-21] Sons of God: We as Christians have authority as the Sons of God & our Father is our Righteous "Judge". We need to realize our authority over demons, our own sins & God's extreme love for us as His children. |
| Witnessing to a Unitarian: Caller has been trying to share the gospel to a Unitarian, & he said it's all about love, but should I use the 9/11 tragedy as good example of non-loving event? |
| Genealogies of Joseph & Mary: Caller wants to give insight of Mary's when talking about the genealogies of Joseph & Mary, that you don't have to go by the term "son". [Luke 3:23] |
| 44,001 Denominations: If the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth, why are there 44,000 different denominations, no unity in the Christian church? |
| James, Jesus' Half Brother: Why wasn't Jesus' half brother, James, chosen as apostle? [John 7] |
| Halloween: What is your view of Halloween? |
| Eating the Word: Aren't we already "eating" the Scripture so why would we need to do that at the Eucharist…hence literally eating His body there. [John 6] |
| Repentance in the Bible: Is repentance in the Bible turning from sin? |
| Halloween: Caller sort've celebrates Halloween by handing out candy to the local children, but has serious objections to it. |
| Apostolic Traditions Not Found in BIble: Is there anything from the church father's that talks about doctrines that the apostles believed that's not in scripture? |
| Women wearing Pants: Besides modesty, is there anything that says women need to only wear dresses & not pants? [Deuteronomy 22, 1 Corinthians 11:14-15, 1 Timothy 2:8-10] |
| The Eucharist: Literally eating Jesus' body, "believe". [John 6:54] |
| Worshipping on Sunday over Saturday: Why do we worship on Sunday instead of Saturday? (held over break) what happens after we die? |
| Women Pastors: What do you think of Women Pastors? |
| Not having to Keep the Sabbath: What scriptures do you use to show we don't have to still observe the Sabbath? [Romans 14:5-6, Colossians 2:14-17, Hebrews 4] |
| The Covenants made with Abraham: Who were the covenants for, Israel or all believers? |
| Wicked Person goes directly to Hell after Death: People who die go to hell because of Lazarus & the Rich Man, according to this caller. [Luke 16:19-31] |
| Mental Illness: How do you pray for someone who is dealing w/ a mental disorder? |
| Being Tried in the Synagogues: In the lens of a Dispensationalist, when have Christians have ever been delivered up to synagogues besides the 1st century? [Luke 21:12] All Prophecy Fulfilled: What prophecy is excluded since it says "all prophecy" in this verse? [Luke 12:22] Redemption Draweth Nigh: So when was their Redemption Drawing Nigh, since Jesus hasn't come back yet? |
| Book of Esther: Was the Book of Esther a true story or just book used to make good points that God wanted us to draw out of it? |
| Church Traditions: Traditions that are not biblical, but is there a Biblical basis to believe traditions? |
| Cremation or Buried in Coffin: Is cremation acceptable or is it better to be buried? Church Fathers & their Doctrine: Did the Church Fathers influence a lot of their doctrines & traditions in the church? |
| Intermediate State upon Death: So when we die are we "absent from the body, present w/ the Lord" or is it some type of soul sleep? [2 Corinthians 5:8] |
| Sinning Willfully: I've sinned willfully after I've been saved. Am I lost? [Hebrews 10:26-27] |
| The Man of Job: Was Job an exception to "not one righteous"? [Romans 3:10] |
| The Promises in the Bible: How much of the promises in the Bible can be applied to us? [Joshua 1:9] Psalms & Proverbs: What about the advice or information from Proverbs? Are they true & appicable? |
| The 6th Sense: Do you think we have a 6th sense? Did we lose it at the Fall of Adam? |
| Spiritual Warfare: I want to talk about Spiritual Warfare & storming the gates of hell, a song Casting Crowns did, & my pastor was talking about "kicking down the gates of Hell". What do you think about that? |
| Hank Hanegraff & the Eucharist & EO Church: Hank Hanegraaff converting to Eastern Orthodox was mostly because of the real presence of Jesus' body in the bread and wine? Have you ever heard of the book, "Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist" by a |
| Dealing with Callers: I like the way you deal with all the different kind've callers you get! You are very skilled at! Partaking in the Eucharist as a Full Meal: If having an actual meal for the Lord's Supper, how come that didn't become a sacrament? [1 Corinthians 11] Taking Communion in an Unworthy Manner: What does it mean to take Communion in an unworthy manner? [1 Corinthians 11:26-32] |
| None Righteous: You mentioned about not everyone being unrighteous, but what about everyone bowing the knee? (Romans 14:11, Romans 3:10)? |
| Marriage or not: Wondering if a couple should get married or not because of legal issues |
| Tithing: What is your view about tithing, especially when they bring up Malachi 3? |
| Jews Looking for a King: Are the Jews just looking for a King who does not claim to be the Son of God, the Messiah? |
| Gates of Hell not Prevail against the Church What did Jesus mean by "the gates of hell" will not prevail against it? [Matthew 16:18] |
| My Father's House are many Mansions What does Jesus mean by "where My Father's House is are many mansions"? [John 14:1-4] |
| Church being Us: The Church or the Mansions are us! Drinking Urine & Eating Dung: Where does it say that in Isaiah that if you add or subtract one word in the Bible, you'll drink your own urine & eat your dung? [Isaiah 36:12, Revelation 22:18-19] |
| Jesus coming in the Flesh: Are people in denominations such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslims, Mormons/LDS as anti-Christ since they claim Jesus didn't come in the flesh? |
| Dani Johnson: What can you tell me about Dani Johnson? |
| Lord's Day & the Sabbath: What is the difference between the Lord's Day & the Sabbath? Why do some people feel they need to keep the Sabbath? How do you keep it if we do? [Revelation 1:10] |
| Dani Johnson: Someone had just asked about Dani Johnson, so caller wanted to chime in that she became very wealthy as she was in the process of accepting Jesus. Near Death Experience: Caller would like to know where he really was during his near death experience after being shot several times? |
| Job, Imputed Righteousness & Righteousness as Filthy Rags: Job & his righteousness, we need imputed righteousness because isn't our righteousness as filthy rags? [Jeremiah 17:9, Isaiah 64:6] |
| Being Cast into Hell: When people are cast into hell are they burning forever & ever & ever? |
| Douglas Wilson or James White Debate: Which is the better debate to listen to, Douglas Wilson or James White? God Directing Salvation for People to His Glory: If God is really the only one determining who is saved or not, why didn't He give people like me understanding so i could comprehend it? College Education: College Education can very often be a liablitity. [Act 4:13] |
| Slain from the foundation of World: "slain from the foundation of the world", where does it say that, & what does that mean? [Revelation 13:8, Revelation 17:8, Romans 10:16-17] |
| Righteousness is a Gift: Caller thinks righteousness is a gift. |
| Pisseth against the Wall: What does this mean, "pisses against the wall"? And the King James Version is the only version of the Bible that has that phrase. [1 kings 14:10] |
| The Narrow Path's Theme Music: Does your theme music have a name, & where did it come from? |
| Doctrine of Cessationism: When did the Doctrine of Cessationism begin, no more speaking in tongues, prophecy or healing? |
| Street Preaching: Is street evangelism that an effective method of witnessing? |
| Lectures on Covenants: Do you have any lectures dealing w/ the covenants? Different Kinds of Covenants: What can you tell me about the different kind of covenants right here & now? Mosaic Law: People say that the Mosaic law reveal the character of God. |
| Saul Receiving an Evil Spirit: Can God send an evil spirit or did is it just similar language like Romans 1, "gave them over"? [1 Samuel 16:14, Romans 1:28] |
| The Awakening: I've been reading, "The Awakening", about exorcisms by Blumhardt, & should I be reading it? A lot of stuff about demonic activity & levitation. |
| The Seals: What do the seals mean? [Revelation 7] |
| Leaving Your Church for Disagreements: Did you say that you shouldn't leave your church if you disagree? |
| The Book of Romans: Is Romans a personal book or a theological treatise? |
| Theme Music for the Narrow Path Show: Wondering where you got your whistling theme song? Calvinism vs Arminianism: Free will, sin nature, total depravity |
| Impossibility of Building Ark: A non-believer said there is NO WAY Noah could build the ark so Genesis couldn't possibly be true. |
| Offending Children: Is this talking about abortion? Allowing children to come unto Him. [Matthew 18:1-7] |
| Sabbath changing to Sunday: Was the Sabbath changed to Sunday? Honoring the Sabbath: Should we be honoring the Sabbath on Saturday? |
| Sanctuary Cities: What does the Bible say about obeying the laws of the land, what is the government role? |
| Sanctuary Cities: Caller doesn't think sanctuary cities are illegal, illegal immigration, government's biblical role. |
| Becoming Financially Independent: Providing for one's household. [Matthew 6:19-33, 1 Timothy 5:8] |
| Allah: Who is Allah? Is he/He the same God? |
| Liking the Narrow Path Show: A caller & her granddaughter just wanted to check in & say how they liked the show! |
| Unknown Name: Ignorantly worshipping an unknown God. [Acts 17] The Man Job: Was Job a righteous man? If he was, what was he repenting for? [Job 42:3-6] |
| Allah: Allah being God. |
| The BLM: Just wondering what you think about all this BLM (Black Lives Matter) stuff going on nowadays. |
| Mary's Genealogy: 2 different father's for Joseph, one saying that Jacob is Joseph's father & another one saying Heli is his father. [Matthew 1:16, Luke 3:23] |
| The Narrow Path Website: Was looking at your vast amount of information on your Narrow Path website & wondering if you had any idea where to should I start? |
| Jesus Not Being God: My sister says Jesus is not God, can you help me & show me that He is God? [John 1:1, John 1:14, John 8:58, Revelation 1:, John 10, Philippians 2] |
| Jesus & Thief's Location upon Death: Where did Jesus & the thief go when they died, Hades, hell, paradise? |
| Allah: Allah or the unknown god. Islam & Muslim. |
| Denying Jesus Is God: Is denying that Jesus is God the spirit of anti-Christ? Losing one's Salvation: Can one lost their salvation denying Jesus is God? |
| Peter's Name Peter's name Cephas, stone, rock. [John 1:42] Mormons/LDS, council of gods: What is the most effective way to witness to a Mormon? |
| Keeping the Sabbath: Should we or can we go to church on Sundays? Head Coverings: What about the covering of heads? [1 Corinthians 11:2-16] |
| Assurance of Salvation: I used to be in the Music business, but I developed problems with my ears, & can't do that anymore, but I've been looking at end time events seeming to fall in place, & I'm questioning my salvation & wondering what to do? |
| Mormonism: Mormonism, LDS discussion, the only way to convert a Mormon is on the spiritual level, but also trying to create doubt, & a true prophet would always be right, otherwise they are false prophets. Figuring out God's Will every Decision: How do we determine what decisions to make as a Christian when it's not clear from the Bible? |
| Messing up, Wondering My Salvation: Wondering if I'm really saved, & I've failed God by marrying the wrong person. Will He forgive me anyway? |
| Interlinear Greek Bible for both Manuscripts: Is there an interlinear Greek for both Alexandrian & Textus Receptus? The Devil Understanding the Plan of Redemtion: "things which angels desired to look into", why did Jesus call Peter Satan? Satan not knowing God's plan for redemption, yet he tried to prevent Satan Jesus from going to the cross? [1 Peter 1:12, 2 Corinthians 2:8] |
| Law Written in our Hearts The law's written in our hearts, is this written to the Jews or to the Gentiles? |
| Strategies for Unity: Visiting living stream church in Temecula & visiting local SDA/Adventist churches, caller thinks Steve should go talk about unity to all of them. |
| God Not being able to be Tempted: Why does it say that God can't be tempted, but Jesus was tempted, can you clear up this conflict? |
| Exchanging Testimonies with Mormons: Mormon sharing their testimonies or sharing your testimony. Correct Revelation Model of Interpretation: Caller doesn't think it needs to be either-or of a certain model of Revelation to believe. |
| Similarities in Christianity & Pagan Religions: Caller says that a friend says there are parallels in Christianity & other pagan religions, Egyptian, Zeitgeist, 10 commandments, 49 confessions. |
| A literal Hell: Do you believe in a literal hell? The Nephilim: Sex w/ women, gen 6, nephilim, sons of God angels? |
| Sin unto Death: A sin unto death, what does that mean? [1 John 5:16-17, Romans 6:23] |
| Lordship Salvation & Free Grace: What is the difference between Lordship Salvation & Free Grace? |
| Bound on Earth, Bound in Heaven: What is bound on earth is bound in heaven......can you tell me what this means? [Matthew 18:18] |
| Pastor not having Real Gift of Healing: Caller is struggling whether believing pastor's claim about healings is real or not, & wondering what God thinks about him doubting it. |
| No Internet: Caller doesn't like not having Internet & is envious of people who do get to listen to all of Steve's archives. Wormwood: Caller would like to know about Wormwood & the Trumpet Judgment. [Revelation 8:11] |
| Michael the Buddhist Caller: Mike's Buddhist's teacher is attending a Christian church, just letting him know that he & his teacher are both going now. |
| Devil doing bad things in Hell: Can the Devil rape women in hell? What about the Chaldeans & Job? |
| New Apostolic Reformation: Do you know about the New Apostolic Reformation, & Bill Johnson, the church that is in bethel? What are your thoughts about it? |
| Bible Translators getting it so Wrong: How do translators make mistakes that are so glaring sometimes? [Matthew 16:19, Matthew 18:18] |
| Relics & Artifacts: Relics & artifacts of significance, how do we view them (ark of the covenant, chalice, cross, shroud), magical & superstitious vs supernatural? [Jeremiah 3:16] |
| Worshipping supernatural or famous things: Bronze serpent, the lady touching the hem of Jesus' garment. People think they can have supernatural experiences by touching or worshipping relics or artifacts, people having wishing thinking. Talking to the Dead: Are there any examples of talking to dead saints & other dead people? [1 Samuel 28] |
| Jewish Rituals & Festivals: Christians celebrating Jewish rituals & festivals, are we to adhere to them? |
| Adam & Eve's Fall: what was the curse of Adam & Eve & how did it affect mankind? Could they have not sinned? |
| Baptism: Is there only one way to do baptism? what about a Buddhist baptism? |
| Inherit Salvation in Future: In Hebrews it says that our inheritance of Salvation is future, but there are a few future aspects of it anyway, Justification, sanctification, glorification, transformation. [Hebrews 1:14] |