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| Johann Blumhardt: Can you please talk about what you were saying about Johann Blumhardt? Credit for Good Works: Do we get credit for doing good works w/ God? |
| All Israel Saved: "All Israel will be saved", so won't all Israel be saved? [Romans 11:26] |
| Power of Satan: What was the power that Satan had prior to the cross? [Hebres 2:14-15] |
| Watch & Pray: We are about to have an all night vigil but I don't think I'll be able to stay up all night, but is that what "watch" means, staying up? |
| Temptation of Christ in the Gospels: How come there's no mention of the temptation of Jesus in the gospel of John? |
| 3rd Temple Being Built: Is Ezekiel predicting a 3rd temple being built? |
| 10 Commandments Were Written By: Did God write the 10 commandments or did the angels? There seems to be contradiction. [Exodus 24:12, Acts 7:52-53, Galatians 3:19, Hebrews 2] |
| Power in the Blood: Did Jesus take some of His blood w/ Him to heaven to show His Father? [Hebrews 9:6-15] |
| Satan being Lucifer: You say don't believe Satan was a fallen angel, was originally Lucifer? [Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, Revelation 12, 2 Corinthians 11:3] |
| Living by a text of Scripture: Is this a word from God that we should also live by since it was being said by somebody who was not a follower of God? [Job 22:28] |
| Different James in the Bible: Can you help me figure out all the different "James" in the Bible? |
| Book of Revelation in Chronological Order: There's a special blessing for reading the book of revelation & it's a book of prophecy, but is the Book of Revelation in chronological order? [Revelation 1:3] |
| Pets Going to Heaven: Do pets going to heaven? Is there any evidence in the Bible that they do? |
| James Pilgrimage: Clarification about James pilgrimage. |
| Manifestation of the Sons of God: The manifestation of the Sons of God, is this going to happen, be revealed, before Jesus comes back? [Romans 8:22] |
| Canon of Scripture: There are apparently more books that should've been added to the canon of scripture. What do you think? |
| Peace & Safety: Are we in the era of peace & safety right now? [1 Thessalonians 5:3] Soul Sleep: Where do people get the idea that death is nothing but a sleep? [Ecclesiastes 9:5, Psalm 146:4, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, John 11:11-14] |
| Judas Iscariot: Was Judas Iscariot born the purpose of betraying Jesus? Did he repent? [Matthew 27:3] |
| Sealed by the Holy Spirit: What does it mean to be sealed by the Holy Spirit? [Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 1:13] |
| Definition of Righteousness: What do you thinks about this definition of Righteousness, That someone does & says the right thing in every situation, is that correct? |
| Calvinism, Arminianism & Eternal Security: I want to talk about Calvinism vs Arminianism & once saved, always saved, or not saved. |
| Angels Guarding Access to Tree of the Life: Why did the angels have to guard against eating from the tree of life because didn't God have the power to stop them? |
| 10 Virgins Parable: Why were there 10 virgins waiting for the bridegroom? [Matthew 25:1-13] |
| Adam & Eve: Are adam & eve in heaven? |
| Modern Israel the Same as OT Jews: How can we be certain that the people who are in Israel today are the same Jews in the OT? |
| Social Injustice: How do we deal w/ social injustices, politics, racism? |
| Proverbs & Ecclesiastes: In the books of Proverbs & Ecclesiastes, what are your favorite Proverbs? Pursuing Wisdom: There seems to be conflict about the pursuit of wisdom, not pursuing too much. |
| Grace & Works: A nominal Christian thinks he's saved because he's under grace & not works. What would you say about that? [Ephesians 2:8-9, James 2:14-19, Galatians 6:7-10] Varying Rewards in Eternity: Will there be different rewards for amount of work done? |
| Reincarnation: Is Reincarnation real? Does the Bible say anything about it? |
| Free Will in Romans: Discussion about free will in the Book of Romans. |
| False Teacher: How are we to judge & treat false teachers/prophets? [James 3:1] |
| Appreciates what Steve said about Pastors & Teachers: Caller appreciative what Steve just said about false teacher & Prophets. The Massacre in Las Vegas: Caller thinks we should never forget what happened in Las Vegas. |
| Psalms about Christ: There is a lot of references in Psalms 22 about Christ, & is the possible reason that Jesus yelled out, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" to remind the people that the Bible was speaking of Him? [Psalm 22, Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34] |
| Charismatic Movement: What can you say about the Charismatic movement? |
| Proper Hermeneutics: What is the basics for good hermeneutics? Hermeneutics & the Secret Rapture: How are they misapplying hermeneutics in relation to the pre-tribulation rapture? |
| Holy Spirit: What is the Holy Spirit for? How do we get Him? |
| God Creating Us: Why did God create us? why are we here? Lucifer Becoming Satan: Jesus said He saw Satan fall down from heaven like lightening. [Luke 10:18] |
| Book of Mormon: Have you ever read the book of Mormon? |
| Nebuchadnezzar's Dream & Image: What do you think of Nebuchadnezzar's dream about the image in Daniel 2 & the iron & clay feet? |
| Test for a Good Church: What is the perfect test of what makes a good church? Church of the Nazarene: What do you think of the Nazarene church? |
| Traumatized Children with Anger Issues: What about people who are severely traumatized as a child & have anger issues? Suicidal if off Meds: What about people who are suicidal if off medicine? |
| The Son of God Dying: Why did Jesus have to die? |
| Interlinear Study Bible: Is a good interlinear bible the best thing to have when studying the Bible? |
| Covetousness: Why do we as Americans covet so much even as Christians when it says it's just as bad as fornicating? [1 Corinthians 5:11, Colossians 3:5, Ephesians 5:5] |
| Steve's Giving: How & where do you give? |
| Calvinism: Every time I hear the words election & predestination, they always seem to talk about the sovereignty of God, but what does that mean? |
| Day of the Lord is at Hand: The day of the Lord is at hand, is present, how soon does that mean? [2 Thessalonians 2[ |
| Self-Defense at Night: If a thief who breaks into your house at night you have the right to protect yourself, is that right? But what does it mean guilty if it happens during the day? [Exodus 22:2] |
| 70 AD or Second Coming: When the disciples were asking Jesus when the signs of His coming & the end of the age be, were they asking about 2nd coming or what's about to happen in 70 AD? [Matthew 24, Acts 1:9-11] |
| Women Pastors: Can there be women in the pastoral, elder role? [1 Timothy 2:11-15] |
| Christadelphians: Do you know anything about the Christadelphians who ask why do we need to support Israel? |
| A Pastor who Serves Wine at a Bar: What do you think about a pastor who owns & serves wine at a bar? [1 Thessalonians 5:22] |
| Holy Spirit the Spirit of the Father: Is the Holy Spirit of the Spirit of the Father....and the Son? |
| Total Depravity: I'm having a Bible Study at my church to are really hitting it hard about Augustine & Calvinism & being totally depraved. Should I continue stuying with them? a[Romans 3:10-18] |
| Pastors Getting Wealthy off the Gospel: What do you think about ministers living high off the hog? |
| Church Authority: Who has the final word of what is truth? Is the pastor the "dictator" of the church? |
| Doubting the more I read the Bible: I'm actually having more doubts about God the more I read the Bible, not less, so what do you recommend that I should I do? |
| Unified by the Holy Spirit: I'm also, like your previous discussion having doubts about Christianity, wondering if Christians really have the Holy Spirit, why is there so much division, why so much hypocrisy? |
| Studying the Scriptures: So you won't be approved of God if you don't study the Bible? [2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Peter 3:15} |
| Christians helping the Poor: Aren't Christians supposed to help the needy? |
| Steve on the History Channel: Heard you on the history channel & saw a video of you playing on the guitar. Luck: what is reality? Is there luck? Are there antithesis? |
| King David & Bathsheba: Did king David & Bathsheba only have 2 children? |
| Irvin Baxter: Are you familiar with an Irvin Baxter? Eschatology discussion |
| Faith Proceeding Regeneration: Did I hear you say that Faith has to proceed Regeneration, but Calvinism believes that you are regenerated before you have to have faith but that is wrong? |
| Always Studying End Times: End times, end times, end times! that's all we seem to be studying! Where's the edification in that? Shouldn't we be learning about Discipleship? |
| Praying for the Souls of the Dead: Praying for the souls that dead? [1 John 5:16-17] |
| Good Translations of the Bible: What Bible Translations do you recommend? |
| Church Father's belief of End Times: What were the Church Father's view of end times & millennium? |
| Women in Ministry I would like to know the reasons why a woman is not allowed to be a pastor or elder. Do you know the reasons? [1 Timothy 2:11-15] Church Traditions & Customs & Head Coverings: What can you tell me about church traditions & customs, especially involving head coverings for women? [1 Corinthians 11:2-16] Communion & Agape Feasts: The Early Church had real agape feasts for communion instead of just a token bread & wine like nowadays. |
| Secret Rapture: Is the rapture going to be pre-trib, mid trib or post trib? |
| Rejoicing: What does it mean to rejoice? [Philippians 4:4] |
| Renewing to Repentance: Is it impossible to come back to repentance after falling away? [Hebrews 6:4-6] |
| Why a Christian: You asked the other day a hypothetical question, Why be a Christian? Why believe in God? & I'd like to answer. [2 Timothy 2:15, Philippians 4:7-9] |
| Cessation of the Spiritual Gifts: what is Cessationism? What Scriptures do they use to support this idea? When do they think the gifts came to an end? |
| Separation of State & Church & the Anabaptists: What do you think about the separation of church & state, especially in relation to Anabaptists? (Steve continues answering this question after break even though he doesn't indicate that he will before break.) |
| Full Maturity of the Church: What do you think it will look like when the church matures? [Ephesians 4:11-13] Mormons & Jehovah's Witnesses: Why do Mormons/LDS & JWs consider themselves Christians yet want to be apart from other believers & in fact only believe they are Christians? |
| Jesus Second Coming already: What is the strongest support that Jesus did NOT come back yet? Full Preterism: What makes Full Preterism even a possibility? |
| Responsibility for Salvation: Who's ultimately responsible for our salvation, us or the Holy Spirit? |
| Gifts of the Spirit not for Today: I attended a church that said that the Gifts of the Spirit are not for today, so is that right? Transgenderism: Do you have a lecture on transgenderism? Discipleship: Do all the believers have to physically go out & make disciples of Jesus? [Romans 12:3-8] |
| Receiving the Holy Spirit: When do you officially receive the Holy Spirit? with the laying on of hands? Melchizedek: Who is Melchizedek & his priesthood? |
| Church Embracing Homosexuals & Lesbians: What are we do to about churches allowing gays & lesbians in with open arms? |
| Westminster Catechism: What do you think about the Westminster catechism? |
| Lectures to start with: What lectures do you recommend that I start listening to? Driven by Eternity: Are you familiar w/ a book "Driven by Eternity" by John Bevere? He says we need to really focusing on our Eternal Destiny. |
| AA Celebrity Recovery: Is AA Celebrity Recovery for the Christian? |
| Music being a Gift: Is being a musician a (spiritual) gift? |
| New Apostolic Reformation: Any information on the new apostolic reformation bethel church in Redding, CA. |
| 12-Step Program, AA Celebrate Recovery: Caller relates about a person who went to a church that had the 12 step program. |
| Closed Communion: Hos is closed communion in churches that you visit even biblical? |
| Celebrating Halloween: I'm doing alternatives for Halloween. |
| Swedish Baptist: What can you tell me about the Swedish Baptist? Bible Camp Meetings: What do you think about Bible Camps? Have you ever heard anything negative about them? |
| Hearing from God: People tell me all the time God spoke to them, but I never hear from Him. Why not? |
| Agape Feasts: Shouldn't we have Agape Feasts for Communion like they did in an early church? [1 Corinthians 11] Frequency of Communion: Is there instruction of how often we are supposed to have communion? |
| Yeshua: A friend telling me we shouldn't call Jesus "Jesus" but we need to call Him Yeshua, sacred names movement |
| The Reformation: Do you believe the Reformation was inevitable? |
| Septuagint & the Vulgate: Caller wants to know if his facts about Septuagint & the Vulgate are right or not. |
| Not Being Contentious: Being Contentious, caller gives his interpretation of a Scripture. [1 Corinthians 11:16] |
| The Samaritan Text & the Dead Sea Scrolls: Is the Samaritan Text even real & did it proceed the dead sea scrolls? |
| Daughter being Gay: Christian parents struggling with the fact that their daughter said she was gay, & the daughter has self-destructive behavior. |
| Dispensationalism: What are your thoughts about Dispensationalism because they seem to be making sense? |
| The 6th Month: What is the "6th month" referring to, the 6th month of the year? the 6th month of Elizabeth's pregnancy? [Luke 1:36] |
| Signs of the Stars: The stars signs that was supposed to happen on September 23, 2017, what do you think about that? |
| Appreciation Call: Just wanted to say thank you for your good answers, especially the last one. |
| God Holding us Responsible for Adam's Sin: How can God hold the whole world responsible for Adam's sin? [Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:12-21] |
| Mental Illness & Drugs: What can you tell me about mental illness & taking drugs to manage them? |
| God Not Losing Anything: I don't believe in once saved always saved, but there seems to be conflict when Jesus says He won't lose anything that are His. John the Baptist & Rewards in Heaven: If there was none greater than John the Baptist, yet he was least in the kingdom of God, so how our are rewards going to work? |
| Jesus going to Hell: Did Jesus go to hell for 3 days after He died? |
| Enoch & Elijah: Elijah & Enoch, what happened to them, because Enoch was not & Elijah was translated? Elijah Writing a Letter after He was Gone: Elijah wrote a letter after he was gone? Was it possibly a different Elijah? No one has Ascended to heaven & Elijah's Spirit: No one ever came back from Heaven to give a testimony of their experience, is that right, & what does it mean that Elijah is to come in John the Baptist? [John 3:13, Malachi 4:5, Luke 1:17, John 1:19-25] |
| Calvinism & Eternal Security: A calvinist caller calls to debate a little bit about eternal security, defining the sovereignty of God, defining free will, free choice. |
| Jesus on White Horse: Jesus on White Horse and its symbolism, but who are the armies that are following him? [Revelation 19] |
| Good Bible Websites: Finding good Bible Websites online. Blueletterbible.com & BibleGateway.com |
| Bible talking about China: terre cotta soldiers, some friends just saw them, but it got me to thinking, why doesn't the Bible talk about China & anything east of that? |
| The Ladder of Divine Ascent: Has Steve ever heard of the book called, The Ladder of Divine Ascent (caller calls it letter of divine ascension)? Gnosticism & Asceticism: There's a lot of talk about Gnosticism in the Bible, but Christians don't have to practice Asceticism, even though people like John the Baptist & Paul seemed to practice asceticism, since Jesus didn't, & we are supposed to follow His example! |
| Gift of Giving: Gift of giving & other spiritual gifts. [Romans 12:3-8] |
| Jews Wearing the Gospel on the forehead & Hands & Mark of the Beast: The Jews wearing the gospel on their forehead & hands, is that any relation to Revelation 13 & the Mark of the Beast? [Exodus 12, Exodus 13, Exodus 13:9-13 & Deuteronomy 6, Revelation 13] |
| Bible Completion: When was the Bible completed & compiled? Apologetics & Mormonism: Have you ever heard of Norman Geisler? He says there's NO WAY Mormons/LDS can be Christians when they go against so much of Christianity & tell Christians to join them, so don't you think that is true? |
| The "ites" at the end of a Word: What does the "ites" mean at the end of a people such as the Edomites, Israelites? |
| Eastern Orthodoxy: What can you tell me about the Eastern Orthodox church as I've been hearing a lot about it since Hank Hanegraaff moved over to it? |
| Ark of the Covenant: Where is the Ark of the Covenant? Do you think it really exists? Should we even care about it? The Pope, Capital Punishment & Homosexuality: Even Catholic laymen seem to be getting mad at their pope because he's being anti-capital punishment & embracing Homosexuality & other liberal agendas. |
| Harlot of Revelation: Is the harlot describing the catholic church like a lot of people think it is? [Revelation 17] |
| Demonic Activity: Demonic activity has really been running rampant lately in this country, what can/should we do about it? |
| The Temptation of Jesus: How was the devil able to Jesus all the Kingdoms of the world in a "moment of time" during the temptation? [Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13] Water Baptism or Baptism of Holy Spirit: Is this walking about water baptism or the Holy Spirit? [Romans 6:3-4] |
| Predestination Exists: Caller thinks predestination exists because God knows everything. Doctrine of Hell: Where does the doctrine of hell come from? |
| No Repentance after Falling Away: Can someone lose their salvation because of sin? [Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 6:4-6] |
| Can't Lose Your Salvation: I don't believe you can REALLY lose your salvation, it's eternal & everlasting. Judas, the caller thinks, is a good example of not being a true follower of Christ. [John 17:12] |
| Islam/Muslims: Islam is a religion of Satan, what happens to a suicide bomber after he dies? |
| Parallels in Jesus, Adam & Barabbas: There seems to be parallels in the Garden of Eden & Garden of Gethsemane, the guards spear in Jesus' side & water & blood came out, & seeking a counterfeit "son of the father" in selecting Barabbas instead of Jesus. [John 18, John 19] |
| Women Pastors: Caller who is a woman, even though she's been a teacher for 34 years, thinks people are right that women should not be pastors in the church, but that there's many leadership roles they can be in. |
| Not being able to come back to Christ according to Hebrews: Can't come back to Christ. [Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:26] |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Adolf Hitler: What do you think about Dietrich Bonhoeffer's involvement in Hitler's assassination attempt? |
| Lucifer Not being Satan: Satan was in charge of angels, was a musician in heaven before his fall, how are we supposed to counter that? [Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, Revelation 12, 2 Corinthians 11:14] |
| Satan Oppression or Just Bad Luck: How do we know when it's Satan attacking us or it's just bad luck, & is it important to know the difference between the 2? |
| The 3 Views of Hell: How would you try to explain that there are 3 viable views of what hell is & not just the one traditional torment view?gheg |
| Marriage & Divorce & Remarriage: Can you talk about marriage & divorce, marriage rights, etc. that has been being discussed on the Narrow Path Forum? Have you been following it? |
| The Good Samaritan: I'm going through a program called, "Rooted" w/ my church, & we are currently studying about the Good Samaritan, & they are saying that the person who was left behind was a Jew. Is there any more sources that says that it was? |
| Messing Up Life: I lost my first love, faith, went back into a life of sin & wondering what to do & how to deal w/ the ramifications of marriage & divorce & committing adultery. |
| The Prince in Daniel: Who is the Prince/prince in both verses of Daniel? [Daniel 9:25-26] |
| Raptura & Rapture: raptura that appears in the vulgate catholic bible, is that the same as rapture? When is the Rapture going to take place, pre-trib, mid-trib or post trib? |
| Charismatic Movement & Pentecostal Movement: Can you describe the "Charismatic Movement" & how it compares to the Pentecostal Movement? |
| Prophets & Teachers of the Bible: Regarding Prophets & Teachers of the Bible, what makes him a prophet or what disqualifies him? |
| Burning for Eternity: Someone is holding up on becoming a Christian because he doesn't believe that non-Christians are going to burn for eternity. |
| Fundamentalism: What is Fundamentalism? Is it a form of Evangelicalism? Literalism: I guess i'm just asking about Fundamentalism because some say we need to take all the Bible literally. |