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September 04, 2018


   Apostles for Today: Are there any apostles for today? How do we know if they are genuine or not?

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   God the Father: Is God the actual Father of Jesus or is it just figurative?

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   Speaking in Tongues: Are there different kinds? Are they actual languages or can they be babble ecstatic utterance? [1 Corinthians 14]

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   Steve Gregg's 2 Books: My question is in relation to your book about the 4 views of Revelation. Where did you get the info about Francisco Ribera being the father of Dispensationalism? I also like your other book about the 3 views of Hell.

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   Unconditional Forgiveness: Unconditional forgiveness of others, but who was Jesus asking God to forgive when He was on the cross?
Ignorant Sin: So we have a little less culpability for ignorant sin?
Universal Forgiveness: But by Jesus saying, "Forgive them for they know not what they do", did not make it so everyone is forgiven?

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   Scriptural Textual Variances: There seems to be differences in Biblical Manuscripts. What can you tell me about them?
Dating of the Book of Revelation: When was the book of Revelation written?

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   Narrow is the Gate: Narrow is the gate, what does that mean? [Matthew 7:13-14]

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   Refuse to Forgive: What if when I ask for forgiveness, people don't forgive me? [Matthew 18:21-22]

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September 05, 2018


   Marian Apparitions: Can the apparitions of Mary be real that supposedly happened in Fatima?

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   The Narrow Path Ministry: I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your ministry!

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   God Replacing what Satan stole: I heard that Jesus came to replace what Satan had lost?

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   David Baxter: Have you ever debated Ervin Baxter about eschatology?
Church Fathers: Do you have any books you recommend, especially re: the church fathers?

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   Deep meaning of the words in a verse: "My God, My God, why has Thou forsaken Me?", was trying to study the deeper meaning of the scripture, & came up with a few things. [Matthew 27:46]

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   Renewing Your Mind: What does it mean to renew your mind? [Romans 12:1-2]

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   Evangelizing to others: How does one share the Lord or evangelize others?

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   Homosexual Lifestyle Temptation: I've lived a gay lifestyle for 41 yrs, & how do I resist the sexual temptation? Will my friends who have died not have further chances if they never knew what I have learned?

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   Non-Christian Miracle Workers: How will God deal with people who cast out demons in Jesus' name & heal others with New Age techniques? [Luke 9:49]

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   Christian Making Judgments: Christians making judgments, being morally sensitive & being indignant over wrong.

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September 06, 2018


   Thief on the Cross: If the thief on the cross had been able to come off the cross & continued his occupation, wouldn't that show that he really hadn't been genuine? What about if he started up 10 yrs later?

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   Book of Enoch & Judas: I learned about the books Enoch & Judas.
Prayers: Is it okay to say the prayers from the Old Testament or only the New Testament?
No Place to Lay His Head: the Son of Man having no place to lay His head. [Matthew 8:20]

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   Homosexual Lifestyle & Salvation: My family members & I are having some debate about my wife's brother who died after his homosexual lifestyle & wonder about his position before the Lord.

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   All about Angels: When were the angels created? When did Lucifer fall? Is the serpent satan? Was he a musician?

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   Prophet Amongst Us: It's apparently our lucky day! We have a prophet in our midst!

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   Christianity & Sabbath Keeping: Does following Jesus include keeping the Sabbath? I have some friends who are SDA, & we get into some discussions about it.

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   We are all Under Grace: Consequences of sin, yes, but we are under grace, but sin not irrelevant, but we shouldn't fall under legalism.

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   Faith: Is faith a feeling, we just feel it?
Trinity: How does the Trinity work?

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September 07, 2018


   One Resurrection or two: It says to me there are 2 resurrections in Revelation 20, but you say there is only one. How do you come to that conclusion?

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   Sent a Book: I sent you a book about numerology, did you receive it?
Concept of Fairness: There's no real Fairness in Christianity, is it? It's either grace or condemnation, but there seems to be nothing in between.

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   Meditation: How does meditation help with warfare? [Joshua 1:8]

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   Sacred Place for Burial: What is your view on having a sacred place for the dead? Cremation is acceptable?

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   No Unity on the Bible: Why is there so much disagreement about what the Bible says?

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   Resurrection: The dead in Christ shall rise first, & so the wicked must be resurrected later, a second resurrection, just like the Revelation 20 says, isn't that what both passages are saying? [Thessalonians 4:15-18]

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   Women Pastors: My pastor thinks Women Pastors is acceptable. What think you? [1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9]

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September 11, 2018


   Biblical Interpretation: The Gift is Faith or Salvation? What is "that" in "that is not of yourselves" referring to? [Ephesians 2:8-9]

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   The Nation of Israel: So what do you think of modern day Israel, do they have any significance, are they still chosen?

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   Kingdom of God: Can you talk a little bit about the kingdom of God, the 1000 yr reign & so on?
Kingdom of the Son: Iniquity in relation to the Son of God. [2 Samuel 7:12-15]

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   Nothing New Under the Sun & All things New: What did King Solomon mean by, there is "nothing new under the sun", verses what Jesus meant by He made "all things new"?

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   Crossing Yourselves: How come protestants don't cross themselves?
Communion of the Saints (Praying to Saints): Why don't protestants do communion w/ the saints?

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   Only Israel: Why did the prophets only come to Israel to tell them how to be saved?

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September 12, 2018


   Hardening Some Jews: Did God choose some Jews to be bad, reject Jesus, so that they would crucify Jesus?

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   Speaking in Tongues: In speaking in tongues could one possibly open oneself up to evil spirits by asking?

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   Love, Affection & Feelings: How do you think most people in society define "love"? affection & feelings being tied to love.

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   Tattoos: What are your views about tattoos?

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   The Nephilim: Nephilim, Sons of God (angels) having sex with women, it would've been impossible. [Genesis 6]

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   Becoming Eunuchs: What does it mean eunuchs for kingdom of heaven's sake? [Matthew 19:12]
Gambling: Is it a sin gambling or just a bad habit?

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   David taking a Census: Why was God upset w/ David for taking the census? What am I missing? [2 Samuel 24:1]

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   Abuse & Persecution: Being patient with those that abuse & persecute you.

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   Discipline & Kindness Do unto others as you'd want them to do to you, the Golden Rule. But what are we supposed to do to people who take advantage of us?

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September 13, 2018


   "What Would Jesus Do?": "What would Jesus do?", pondering the significance of that question, but wouldn't the more accurate question be, "What would Jesus have ME do?"
Calvinism & Arminianism: What percentage of John Calvin's teaching do you disagree with (besides Calvinism itself)?

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   My Parents stopping having Children before Me: If my parents had stopped having children before I was born, would I have possibly been born somewhere else?
Aborted Babies: Do aborted babies have souls?

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   12 Tribes: Who are the 12 tribes? Who is to rule over them in the regeneration?

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   End Time Prophecy: Do these verses refer to the end times? [Psalms 83, Isaiah 17:1]

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   Heaven before Judgment: When do you actually get to go to heaven after we die since we still have to go through a judgment?

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   Seeing God in Heaven: Will we see God the Father & the Holy Spirit or only Jesus? Will He have a Spirit body like us? [Matthew 18:10]

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   A Rapture foretold in Zechariah: Is there a rapture like Zechariah seems to say? [Zechariah 14]

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   God before Creation: What was God doing before creation existed?

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   LGBT-Homosexuality: What do we do about churches that think LGBT/Homosexuality is okay? Have you ever heard of this?

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September 14, 2018


   Denominations: What do you think of denominations, shouldn't we have unity & one church [2 Peter 2:18]

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   Sword: Is the sword paralleled to the word bringing down strongholds?

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   Dead Loved Ones: Is it possible our dead loved ones are speaking to us in dreams?

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   Paganism: Historical pagans introducing ideas for Christianity/Judaism?

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   Trinity: Trinity, Word & Spirit, & energy & heat

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   Eastern Orthodox: Is the Eastern Orthodox Bible different than Protestantism, Catholics, etc?

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   Trying not to be in the world: Not being of this world. (time is short just enough time to barely state her question)

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September 17, 2018


   The Voice of God: How do we discern the Voice of God?

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   Tithing: Tithing in the OT was different that the NT because it wasn't just cash. Is tithing optional or is it required?

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   Repentance: What is the true meaning of repentance?
Losing Faith After College Education: Is my son still possibly saved even if they have been drawn away after college?

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   Nicolaitans, White Stones & New Names: Who are the Nicolaitans? What are the white stones in Revelation? Why do we need new names? [Revelation 2:15-17]

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   Gifts of the Spirit: Do Gifts of the Spirit like miracles & tongues & the rest still exist?

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September 18, 2018


   Calvinism, Jacob & Esau: It seems to be talking about Nations, so what do the Calvinists say about it again? [Romans 9-11]

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   Fear God or Not: Why does it say in some place to fear God & other places it says NOT to fear Him? [Luke 12:32, Matthew 10:28]

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   Parable of the Sower: Can you please explain the Parable of the Sower, all the seed falling on different kinds of ground, the meaning of them? [Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8]

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   144,000: The 144,000, why are the tribes different? Why the omission of Dan? How do they escape the plagues of the tribulation? What can you tell me about them?

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   World Wide Church of God: Do you know of a network of a world wide church of God, & they they believe in sabbatarian worship.

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   Cain: Who was threantening Cain?

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September 19, 2018


   Calvinism: Why do Calvinists feel so confident they are correct?

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   Calvinism: If calvinists believe in once saved always saved, or they are predestined to be saved, what is the point in evangelizing?
Appreciation Comment: Caller just wanted to say Thank you for Steve Gregg & his radio show.

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   Losing Faith: Caller feels like he's lost his faith, finding it hard to go to church or read the Bible, looking for encouragement & motivation

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   Israelites Faithful to the Covenant: When Israel claimed to have have been faithful to the old covenant in Psalms, were they kidding because isn't that why God allowed them to be captives of Babylon? [Psalm 44, Psalm 44:17]

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   Unbelievers in Heaven after Death: Do Believers & UNbelievers go to heaven to wait until the judgment?

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   Angel of the Lord: The angel of the Lord, is it talking about a regular angel or the Lord Himself? [Psalm 34:7, 2 Kings 19:35, Hebrews 1:14]

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   Benefits for caring for Animals: Is there any heavenly benefits to caring for animals & strays? [Proverbs 12:10]

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   Augustine: So Augustine mixed Greek philosophy with Christianity.

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   Old Earth Creationism: What would old earth creationists say about animals not dying before the Fall?

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   Salvation: Can someone who has never heard of Christ be saved? Can satan be saved?

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September 20, 2018


   Patriotism: How far do we take it patriotism? Do we say the pledge allegiance to the flag?
Lawsuits: Can or should a Christian sue a non-Christian

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   Paul's Spirit is with them: What does it mean when Paul said that his spirit is with them? [Corinthians 5:4]

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   The Life of Joseph: Did joseph become fully an egyptian? Did he try to evangelize?

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   Sabbath Keeping Catholic: Keeping the Sabbath as a Catholic. I don't keep the Sabbath day very well, but what do you think about the importance of that?
Praying to Mary: I pray to Mary as a Catholic. What do you think about that?

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   Agape Love: Isn't it unrealistic to love everyone? Benevolent, Charity.

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   Pledge of Allegiance: Isn't saying the pledge "under God" making it okay to say?

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   All Scripture Given By Inspiration: All the word of God is inspired, does that mean they were told word for word what to write, "auto-writing"? [2 Timothy 3:16]

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   Appreciation for the Narrow Path: Caller praises Steve's show! And tells people to invite him to their town

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   Catholic Prosecution: How can "Christians" who have slaughtered 1000s of people be eligible to have eternal life?

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   God of OT & NT: How does the angry, wrathful God of the Old Testament transition into a merciful, loving Christ?

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September 24, 2018


   Academic Education for Ministers: Why should we trust and give authority to our ministers and other teachers when they have such varied opinions?

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   Paul as Opposed to Gnosticism: Paul talking about the spirit and the flesh warring against one another, wasn't the idea of the flesh being sinful more from the Gnostics?

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   Marriage & Divorce: What does the state have to do w/ marriage, divorce & licenses?

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   Babylon, Judah & the New Covenannt: Jews coming back from Babylon relative to the New Covenant, can you please explain this passage of Scripture in Isaiah? [Isaiah 30:15-21, Jeremiah 3:14]

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   Noah's Ark a parallel to Jesus Christ & the Gospel: Jesus and the cross reflected in the Noah's ark & the Pitch, is that a good parallel legit? [Genesis 6:14, I Peter 3:20-21]

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   The 7 Spirits: The 7 spirits of God in Revelation paralleled to Isaiah 11:1-3. [Revelation 1:4, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 4:5, Revelation 5:6, Isaiah 11:1-3]
Only Begotten: What does the "only begotten" of the Father mean? [John 3:16]

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September 25, 2018


   Bible Word Study: Monogenase, special sons, is there a special meaning for the word in the Bible such as resurrection? Is the original meaning completely different than what is actually in the Bible?

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   End of the Spear movie: Have you seen the "End of the Spear", Jim Elliott's & Nate Saint's experience seeing the spirits of the men he killed rise before they died?

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   Salvation without Works....but Works: How does salvation w/ out works coincide with the required works?

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   Mary & her young age Pregnancy: Why is 13 the age that Mary was impregnated? Why then isn't that age OK for sex?

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   Refuting Arianism & Gnosticism: Refuting Arianism & Gnosticism, was Jesus God? (trinity doctrine confusion)

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   Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage: Remarriage, abusive relationship, partner divorced discussion.

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   Other Gods: Michael Heizer, are there "other gods", like the JWs believe? Counsels of the gods

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   Sex the Sin in the Garden of Eden: Was the sin in the Garden of Eden about sex?

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   Methuselah & the Length of the Year: The length of a year in the day of Methuselah's day?

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September 26, 2018


   Marriage & Divorce: Is Desertion or Abuse grounds for Divorce? A lengthy discussion about Marriage & Divorce scenarios.

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   Describing Trinitarianism: Caller trying to figure out different versions of the Trinity.

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   Speaking the truth in Love: So we need to always speak the truth in love? [Ephesians 4:15]

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   Marriage & Divorce: What if 2 believers get a divorce just because of unreconcilable differences? How would God view breaking the contract?

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   All things Made New: All things new, is this by any chance in relation to 'every knee shall bow'? Is it sort've like universalism will bow? [Revelation 21:5, Romans 14:11]
Paul's Hard Writings: What did peter mean by pauls writings being hard to understand & twisting them?

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   Repenting for saying Sinner's Prayer" Why would pastors tell people to repent for saying the sinner's prayer?

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September 27, 2018


   Stoning for Adultery: If the law said Mary should be stoned, why was Joseph going to quietly put her away, rather than doing what the law indicated he should do?

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   Bearing False Witness: Relative to the hearings of kavanaugh hearings, what DOES the Bible have to say about people bearing false witness?

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   Deborah & Jael & Heber the Kenite: God's timing. Judges 4 & 5

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   Corban: Can you expound on the Corban gift? [Mark 7:11]

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   Jacob have I Loved: Loved Jacob, but hated Esau, is God practicing favoritism? [Romans 9:6, Genesis 25:23, Malachi 1:2-3]
Hardening Pharaoh's Heart: Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? [Romans 9:14-18]

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   Getting Germans to understand the Gospel: How do we get Germans to get going on the right path?

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   Cain's Sacrifice Rejected: Why did God accept the sacrifice of Abel but not Cain's?

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