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| Vocational or NonVocational Pastors: Should pastors have a 9-5 job in addition to their pastoral duties? |
| Hell in the Old Testament: What does the Old Testament say about hell and judgment?
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| Cults: A Korean group is teaching that Jesus has a wife and came back in 1948. |
| Revelation 144,000
What is the 144,000 in Revelation talking about?
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| Views of Atonement:
What are the Christus Victor and Penal Substitution views of atonement?
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| Laws/Commands from Jesus:
What laws has Jesus given us in the New Testament? Are the old laws done away with?
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| Sabbath Keeping: Didn't Jesus do away with the law including the keeping of the Sabbath? Calvinism: Calvinism does not appear to be in the bible. |
| Jesus Secretive about His Ministry: In the book of Mark, why does Jesus want his miracles to be so secretive? Mark's Use of Immediately: Why does Mark use the word “immediately†so frequently? |
| Limiting Sizes of Care Groups at Church:
What do you think about church care group size limitations.
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| Jesus Claims to be God:
Do all the gospels indicate that Jesus was God?
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| Mary's Genealogy:
What is Mary's genealogy? [Luke 3:23-38]
Antichrist: Who comes first, Jesus or antiChrist? |
| Middle Eastern Oral Tradition:
(Followup to 4th question) Oral tradition in the Middle Eastern culture.
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| Flat Earth:
What does the bible say about the shape of the earth?
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| Testing Audio: Comparing audio! |
| First Shall be Last & the Last Shall be First:
What do these phrases mean: "The last shall be first, and the first shall be last" and "Many are called, few are chosen"? [Matthew 20:15-16]
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| Apocrypha-Lost Books of the Bible: Why is the Apocrypha not recognized by Protestants? Baptism in Jesus Name: A preacher says you are to only be baptized in the name of “Jesusâ€. |
| Rhema & Logos:
Can you give an overview of the “Rhema†word of God as it relates to the “Logos�
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| Attain Ressurection of the Dead:
What does it mean to "attain to the ressurection of the dead"? [Philippians 3:10-11]
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| God Saving Man?:
Why would an omnipotent God have to come to save mankind?
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| Matthew Taking Notes: (Comment on yesterday's 4th call) Caller believes Matthew may have taken good notes. Israelite Tribal Marraige: Did Israelites marrying outside their tribe? |
| Attain Resurrection of the Dead:
(Continuation of 4th call this episode) It sounds like Paul doesn't know how to attain the resurrection of the dead.
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| In Christ and Identifying with Christ:
Caller believes there is a difference between being "In Christ" and "Identifying with Christ".
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| Keys of the Kingdom & Binding and Loosing:
Can you explain the keys of the kingdom and binding and loosing? [Matthew 16:19 & 18:18]
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| Don Stewart: What can you tell me about Don Stewart? |
| Future Judgment: If you are forgiven, then why a future judgment? |
| Homosexuality: I'm having a hard time forgiving, loving homosexuals who just want to continue in that lifestyle. |
| The (Secret) Rapture: Do you believe in the Secret Rapture? What are the ramifications for being wrong about it? |
| Moses going in Hiding: Why did Moses have to flee for killing somebody since he was in the royal family? |
| By His Stripes we are Healed: People seem to use the verse in Isaiah about "by His stripes we are healed", but isn't that a misuse of the Scripture? [Isaiah 53] |
| New Testament Reliability: People say we can't trust the Scriptures of the New Tesament because they were just letters all compiled together centuries later. [2 Timothy 3:16] |
| Already Condemned: We are condemned if we don't believe in Jesus. We need to tell people that, that they are condemned if they don't believe in Jesus. [John 3:16-18] |
| Cessation of Spiritual Gifts: Did the gifts of the Spirit end after the Apostolic Age? Is there an agenda as to why they say they've stopped? |
| New Apostolic Reformation: Can you comment on this New Apostolic Reformation that seems to be prevalent in Bethel Church? They seem to focus a lot on the supernatural. |
| Greatest Revival: Do you think we are about to have one of the greatest revivals that has ever taken place? Numerology in the Bible: Don't we have to believe in Numerology? Jesus' Innocence: Wouldn't Jesus having had sex compromised His innocence? |
| Book of Isaiah-Multiple Authors: Was the Book of Isaiah written by 3 different authors? |
| Pharaoh attempting to Kill Moses: (followup yesterday) Pharaoh wanting to kill Moses, why would that be? [Exodus 2:11-12] : |
| Rhema, Logos: "Word", Rhema, Logos, Peter seems to use those words interchangeably. [Luke 22:61, Matthew 26:75] Free Will & Free Choice: Is there a distinction between Free Will & Free Choice? |
| Resurrection being symbolic: Bahai belief that Jesus’s resurrection was symbolic, how is this argued? |
| Christian Boundaries: What are the boundaries a Christian should have regarding abuse from others? |
| Seventh Day Adventism-SDA: I have a friend who became a sailor & met an SDA who completely changed his view of Christianity & it's making me nuts, him no longer believing we go to Heaven as soon as we die & so on. Investigative judgment: Have you ever heard of the Investigative Judgment? David Reagan - Lion & Lamb Ministries & being "in Christ" & the "faith OF Christ": Seventh Day Adventism, according to the caller, isn't just another denomination; there are some scary things about it, he's believes. |
| Being Mistreated: We need to be prepared to be mistreated! |
| Hebrew Roots Movement What do you say about the Hebrew Roots Movement? |
| Pro-Adventist comment: Adventist caller, with his rearing in the church, doesn't feel as though they are lost for keeping the Sabbath, it being a type of a spiritual reality. |
| The Third Day: On 'the third day', the wedding feast, [John 2:1] |
| Seventh Day Adventism & 10 Commandments: I always thought Seventh Day Adventists were good, Christian people, but now you say we only have to keep 9 of the 10 commandments? |
| Two Witnesses: Who are the 2 witnesses in Revelation 11? What about the 1260 days, 3.5 years or 42 months? [Revelation 11] |
| "Let US": "Let Us" do this or that in the opening book of the Bible, in Genesis. Is this referring to the Trinity? [Genesis 1:26] |
| Head Coverings: What do you think about going to a church that is insistent on women wearing Head coverings & being silent in the church? |
| Distinguishing an Apostle & a Disciple: What is the difference between a “disciple†& an “apostle� Following Jesus |
| Satan's Origins: Was Satan a fallen angel who had free will or was he always the devil? [Isaiah 14:12-16, Ezekiel 28:12-19, John 8:44, 1 John 3:8] The Tester: If God made Satan the way he is, then He created evil, so how can that be? Also, if God created him to be a "tester", then why is he going to be punished for something he was designed to do? |
| Beginner's start in the Bible Where is a good place to start as a new Christian reading the Bible? |
| Golden Chain of Redemption: Among the Firstborn of many brethren, doesn't this sort've go against the Calvinist position? {Romans 8:29] |
| Spiritual Warfare: Challenges and sin continuing to rage in a person's Christian life, warfare waging, just wondering what to do. |
| The Curse on Ham (Canaan): What exactly happened when the curse of Ham (Canaan) happened? What else exactly happened in the tent? [Genesis 9] The Jesus Culture: Is the Jesus Culture related to the Bethel church in Redding? |
| Women Pastors: Are Woman Pastors allowed or not? What about all the example in Roman 16? [Romans 16] |
| Prayer Request: Caller asking for prayer about addressing a board on transgender issues. |
| Christianity Influencing Society: How we should approach life as a Christian, changing society and government as believers? |
| Doubting God: James says not to doubt when you pray for something, that a person who doubts is like a person who is being tossed by the ocean, a double-minded person, but everyone has a crisis of faith once in awhile, questioning events and why God is allowing something, even John the Baptist did, so what exactly is James saying here? [James 1:5-7, Matthew 11:3, Ephesians 6:16] |
| Books of the Bible: How can we be sure the ones who determined what to include in the New Testament didn't make mistakes, determining what was going to be in canon of Scripture? |
| Indoctrinated by Atheist Teachers: My Teenager seems to be going astray, believing her teachers more than me. What can I do? |
| Trinity: The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible, but you say the concept is there. Can you please lay it out for me? [John 1:1] |
| Fasting: Is fasting still for today? [Matthew 9:14-17, Matthew 17:21] |
| Questioning Conversion: How do I know if I am a Christian if i keep struggling with sin? |
| Calvinism: Do you think that Calvinism is dangerous? Does it contradict God's character of love? [1 John 4:8,16] |
| The Name Israel: Jacob's name changed into the name Israel. what is the meaning of that name? Esau: Is Esau somewhat of a lost soul? [Hebrews 12] Jacob & Esau's Reconciliation: What do you think about their reconciliation? Was it sincere? [Genesis 33] |
| Homeschooling: What do you think about Homeschooling? If I've understood you correctly, you said you regretted doing homeschool for your children because for older children |
| Idolatry, Judah & Israel: Judgment falling on Judah or Israel, but not by bow or sword? [Hosea 1:7] |
| God Speaking to us through Vision: A pastor I was recently listening to was telling me that everyone needed to have a vision from God of what He's speaking to us. I was wondering if I should go back to school or not. [Proverbs 29:18] |
| Drawing Closer to God: Believer who wonders if his relationship is more one-sided, He doesn't feel as though God responds or speaks to him; how do you improve your relationship with God? |
| Sons of God: Who are the Sons of God meeting w/ God about Job? Why would Satan be allowed to be there? [Job 1:6] |
| Moabites & King David: Moabites were not allowed to enter the tabernacle till the 10th generation, so how come David was allowed to be king or worship at the Tabernacle? So there are exceptions to Old Testament law & God was possibly just talking to legalists that everything is just not absolute exact about it? [Deuteronomy 23:3-4, Psalms 27] Abraham & Isaac: What about God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac? Doesn't that go against God's own law? |
| Dating of the Book of Revelation: When was date of the writing of Revelation, what is it written in 68 or 96 AD? |
| Art & Science of Biblical Interpretation: How do you know what is metaphorical and what is historical? Defining Good & Evil: How do we define Good & Evil? Man was originally a being created with a likeness to God, isn't that right? Joel Osteen: What do you think of Joel Osteen & his church becoming the biggest church in North America? |
| Paul & Jesus' Gospel Different: I've been told that Paul differed in his faith from Christ, that he really attempted to sabotage the movement. Is that true? |
| Nicolaitans: Why exactly did Jesus hate the Nicolaitans? Who were they & what were their bad deeds? |
| Oral sex: Is oral sex permissible? |
| Tabernacle for the Sun & the Zodiac: Tabernacle for the Son, the Zodiac & the connection to Christianity? Stars and their guidance in the Bible [Psalms 19] |
| The Sign of Jonah: Jonah & the 40 days after he announced to Nineveh that it would be destroyed (but wasn't), is it parallel the 40 yrs after Christ's death the Temple perished? |
| Ezekiel's Temple Does Ezekiel's Temple really need to be rebuilt in the future? |
| Immigration: What does the Bible say about how to treat foreigners or illegal immigrants? |
| Jewish nation: What was the purpose for the Jewish nation in the Old Testament in the first place? Why did God form it? Kingdom of God Lectures: I'm really enjoying all your lectures, especially about the Kingdom of God. |
| "Ye are gods": I was talking to some Mormon friends the other day, & they were pointing to me a verse in Psalms that talked about gods plural. What is being said there? [Psalms 82:6] The Wedding Feast of Cana: Mormons have told me that Jesus married 3 people at the wedding where He made water into wine, marrying Mary Magdalene, Martha & the other Mary. |
| Best Bible Version: What is the best bible version? |
| The Chapter of Malachi 4: Is Malachi 4 referring to the past, present or future? [Malachi 4] |
| The New Earth, New Jerusalem: How come the people who are outside the gate are not in the Lake of Fire? [Revelation 22:15] |
| Young's Literal Translation: I like the Young's Literal Translation. Plymouth Brethren: Do you know anything about the "Plymouth Brethren"? |
| Suicide: Is suicide a sin? |
| Meat Sacrificed to Idols: I would like you to expound on these 2 particular verses in 1 Corinthians 8 regarding making your brother weak involving meat sacrificed to idols. [1 Corinthians 8:11-12] |
| Priest-Oriented Religions: There was a term once you used regarding religions that were priest-oriented. What was that term? Sacerdotal. When did they start using priest in a religion? What are some reasons you'd be against them? |
| Catholic Church: You just got done talking about "sacerdotal". So are you saying the Catholic is sacerdotal? America in the Bible: Is America in the Bible? Are we going to be the one remaining Sovereign Nation, won't have to worry about taking the Mark of the Beast? |
| Prophecy & Head Coverings: Can you talk about Head Coverings & prophecy that Paul was talking about in 1 Corinthians 11, especially involving women. [1 Corinthians 11:3-16] |
| Pre-Tribulation Rapture My son is a strong pre-tribulation Rapture guy, but I align myself more w/ your beliefs, but could you give me some Scripture to give him to show that Dispensationalism is wrong? [Revelation 4, John 6:39-40, 44, 54, 12:48, Matthew 25:31, I Thessalonians 4] |
| Narrow Path website a ".com" instead of ".org": When you have your website with a ".com" instead of an ".org", it makes it harder for people to want to donate because they think it's for-profit ministry instead of a not-for-profit ministry. Divorce: Considering marriage to a woman who divorced her husband without Biblical support. |
| Mark of the Beast: [Very convoluted talk by the caller about the Mark the Beast. I've now listened to it twice, & STILL don't know what to write down except to say it's something about the Mark of the Beast.] |
| The Veil of the Temple Rent in Twain": Was the Abomination of Desolation when the Veil in the Temple was ripped in two at the Crucifixion, & didn't the Animal Sacrifices actually STOP after that instead of continue for 40 years? [Matthew 27:51] Anti-Christ & the Temple of God: Isn't the Man of Sin, the Man of Lawlessness, isn't that a future prophecy still yet to be fulfilled? [2 Thessalonians 2] |
| Dead coming out their Graves: Everyone comes out of their graves when Jesus returns? What about the people that are already in Heaven? They are just going to receive their rewards & then go back to Heaven? |
| Khazar Jews: Who are they jewish people? Is God concerned about one's Jewish heritage? People are saying the Jews are just nothing but Khazars from Russia, that the Jews that are in Israel is not the real Jewish Bloodline. Can you help me out? [Galatians 3:26-29] |
| Hell-Knowledge of the Views: I'm concerned about studying about hell that much because if I discover that the traditional view is wrong, I might have a hard time debating people challenge me that Eternal Torment is the correct view. |
| The Rapture: Caller offers an alternative view of what he heard about the Rapture & the man of sin. |
| Double Fulfillments of Prophecy: Can you talk about the concept of Double-fulfillment of Prophecy? |
| Apocrypha-Maccabees: Shouldn't the Apocrypha books, especially the Books of Maccabees, not have been taken out of the Bible? Shouldn't we get grass-roots movement saying they should be put back in there? |
| Alpha and Omega: Jesus says He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning & the end, but God doesn't have a beginning or an ending, so how can this be? |
| Mathias: Who were the apostles? Did Mathias count? Who will be sitting on the thrones? |
| Seven Spirits of God: Who are the Seven Spirits of God? [Rev 4, Isaiah 11:2] |
| Anxiety: Is anxiety a sin? |
| Sin on the New Earth: Will people be able to sin on the new earth? |
| Being Holy: What does Holy mean? Can we be holy in this life? What do we have to do to become holy? Does the Holy Spirit make us holy? |
| Martin Luther: Was Martin Luther King saved? Was he led by God? The Persecuted Church: Are Christians still persecuted around the world as much as they were in the 1st century? Movies about Jesus: What did you think about some movies about Jesus, such as, Last Temptation of Christ, Jesus Christ Superstar or The Passion of the Christ? |
| Jesus of Nazareth Movie: What did you think of the Jesus of Nazareth movie? Hell: (Agnostic Caller) What is the purpose of hell? |
| Rider on the White Horse: Who is Rider on the White Horse in Revelation? [Revelation 6:1] |
| Education for Children: How do I get proper education for my children? |
| Apostolic Power Why aren't there signs of power or spiritual gifts the same today?[Mark 16:17] |
| Not by Might nor by Power: "'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty" & the Candlesticks & Olive Trees, what's all this referring to? [Zechariah 4:6] |
| Speaking to Dead Loved Ones: We shouldn't be attempting to speaking to our dead spouse, should we? [Leviticus 19:31, Isaiah 8:19] |
| System of prayer: Do you have any systems of prayer that you recommended? |
| Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj: Do you know anything about Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj? He's a former Hindu. He's going around making predictions, saying that the Pope is the False Prophet. |
| Children's Salvation: Children's age of accountability |
| Abortion: Can people who've had abortions, & another person who enabled it to happen, can they still be saved? Sex Offenders: Can sex offenders be saved? Death: What happens after we die? |
| Numerology in the Bible: Is there any validity to biblical numerology? Is 13 really a bad number? what do you know about 888? |
| Calvinism: I've left my view of Calvinism, but my pastor still wants me to teach Sunday School Class. Is that a good idea? |
| Church Leaders & Their Children: What if leaders in the church do not have believing children? [Titus 1:6] |
| Baptized in only Jesus' name I have church members telling me that we should only get baptized in Jesus' name. Is that true? [Acts 2:38] |
| Teachers are held to higher stand: What does it mean to be "not of many masters" [James 3:1] Millennium & the SDA: I was listening to a ministry called, "Amazing Facts", & Doug Batchelor said that there will be no one on the earth during the Millennium. Is that biblical? |
| Increasing Birth Pains: Adam & Eve ate the Forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, & as a punishment, her pain in child-birthing would increase, so does that mean she had children before? |
| Husband & Wife Worshipping Together: Should a married couple always attend church together? |
| United Pentecostal: Are United Pentecostals a cult? They don't embrace the Trinity, so is that heretical? being saved by faith, rather than having the correct doctrine |
| Marriage & Divorce: What are the exceptions regarding marriage and divorce [Matthew 5:32] |
| Horns of the Altar: What is this "Horns of the Altar", a law or tradition of amnesty? [1Kings 1:50] |
| Jesus' Proper Name: Certain groups say we must use the proper name of Jesus, YHWH. Jesus' Death: It doesn't quite seem like 3 literal days from Jesus' death to resurrection that Jesus was in the tomb. |
| Day of the Lord being the Great Tribulation: Is the Day of the Lord the Great Tribulation? The Rapture: What about the Rapture? |
| Priest before the Aaronic Priesthood: Were there priests earlier than Aaron, because who went up with Moses to the Mountain? Pre-trib, Last Day, Millennium, Amillennial view [1 Samuel 2:27] Amillennialism: Pre-tribulation Rapture, Last Day, Millennium & the Amillennial view. |
| Dinosaurs: How do Dinosaurs fit in to everything? |
| Son of God: Is the term, "Son of God" used differently during the few times it's used in the Bible? [Acts 13:33, Psalms 2:7, Luke 1:35] |
| Pope changing the Lord's Prayer: "Lead us not into temptation", Pope rephrased it to "let us not fall into temptation", what do you think of that? |
| Nothing Can Separate Us: You say, "once saved, always saved" is not biblical, but it says nothing can separate us from God, no one can snatch us out of His hand. [Romans 8:35-39, John 10:28-30] |
| Losing interest in Christianity: Daughter gave her life to Christ as a child, but at 13 seems to have departed from Christian activity, is she still saved? |
| Repentance, Conversion & Baptism: Being a Christian, repent before baptism, serious commitment |
| Providing Everything We Need: If there are promises that God will provide all we need, then why are there starving masses in other countries? [Matthew 6:25=34] |
| A Prophet Amongst us & the 4 Horsemen: A prophet calls, wanting to talk about the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse. [Revelation 6:7-8] |
| Nicene Creed: Caller is concerned about the Veneration of Mary & the phrasing of the incarnation of Jesus through the Virgin Mary & the Holy Spirit. |
| Salt losing its Savor: Salt of the church losing its saltiness, who are the individuals he is talking about? |
| No more Sacrifice for Sins: This passage of scripture is a little concerning to me because I have done a lot of willful sin after my conversion? [Hebrews 10:26-27] |
| Calvinism & Arminianism: I ran into some Anabaptists that don't really like Calvinism, but just out of curiosity, for the last 500 yrs, which did more good for Christianity, Calvinism or Arminianism? |
| Jesus being Michael the Archangel: Is calling Jesus Michael the Archangel heretical? |
| Fallen Angels: Fallen angels like to deceive, & in the end times they are going to say that demons are aliens. |
| Unequally Yoked: There's a situation in our church were an unequally yoked couple got married, a believer to an unbeliever, & what should be done in that situation? [2 Corinthians 6:14-18] |
| "All Things are Lawful: "All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient", what did Paul mean by this? [1 Corinthians 10:23] |
| Kingdom of God: Churches seem to not be so concerned about the Kingdom of God, but the attractiveness of Heaven or the fear of Hell. |
| Scripture Applying to Us: Knowing when a scripture might be meant especially for us, especially one of healing, [Jeremiah 30:17] |
| Trial & Suffering Sanctioned by God: Did God create evil, trials & suffering in our lives? [Isaiah 45:7] |
| Studying the Bible: Should we read the Bible every day? |
| Saul on the road to Damascus Was Saul saved at the very point of his experience on Damascus? Or was it not until he was baptized? [Acts 22:1-21] |
| Overwhelmed Dad, Husband, Wanting Alone Time: Caller needs time away from the pace of their life, but also knows he needs to care for wife and children. What should he do? |
| Marriage problems: Caller is wondering about a friend who's marriage is on the rocks who found out his wife is having an affair, & wondering if he should confront her on it or not. |
| Drinking Alcohol: I was reading this passage of Scripture in Proverbs which says, "giving drink to the perishing|". How are we to take that Scripture since drink alcohol is a sin or is it a sin? [Proverbs 31:6-7] |
| Broken Friendships: Is there anything I can do to reconcile a relationship I used to have with people? |
| Modern Day Prophets: What's the difference between a "seer" & a "prophet"? Are there modern day prophets? [2 Chronicles 29:25] |
| The Book of Acts: Some Liberal scholars are questioning inconsistencies and lack of harmony in the Book of Acts |
| Apocrypha: The Books of Jasher & Thomas, how come they are not in the Bible? |
| Destined for Hell: Why would God create people destined for hell? Reliability of the Bible: My son is concerned about the possible corruption in scriptures. |