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| 4 Hebrews in Book of Daniel: Shouldn't the 4 Hbrews of Daniel go by their Hebrews name instead of their Babylonian names? Former Dispensationalist because of Narrow Path: I'm no longer Dispensationalism as a result of listening to your work. I appreciate it. Refuse to be Offended Lectures: Can't seem to burn CD's of your lecture of, "Refuse to be Offended". Why can't I? |
| Faith of Christ or in Christ: In Galatians it says "faith OF Christ" vs "faith IN Christ" [Galatians 2:16] Not of Works: "It's of Faith & not of Works" discussion. [Ephesians 2:8-9] |
| Communion: What does it mean to be eating unworthily at Communion? [1 Corinthians 11] Mustard Seed parable & the Birds: Can you explain the Mustard Seed, especially where the Birds fit it? |
| Communion: What was the real way they performed Communion in the early church because I've heard that we've adulterated it. |
| Jehovah Witnesses: I have a friend who is a JW, but wondering if I should continue my association w/ her or just pray for her? |
| Salvation after Death: You aren't sure if we get a 2nd chance at salvation after we die but what about praying for those who are dead? [1 John 5:16-17] |
| Full Preterism & Partial Preterism: I am reading a book by a Brian Godawa called, "End Times Bible Prophecy: It's Not What They Told You", & he's a Full Preterist, & wondering what you can say about the "New Heaven & the New Earth" found in 2 Peter 3:10-13] |
| Loving your Wife: How do we love our wives if we don't please our wives? [1 Corinthians 7:33-34] |
| Study Bible: What would you recommend for a good study Bible? |
| Praying in Jesus' Name: What would you say of a pastor who says, we are not saved by grace, but we are the sons of God & we don't need to pray "in Jesus' name"? Jesus Calling Book: What do you think of "Jesus Calling" book? |
| The Priesthood: Does it say that the priesthood is not transferrable? [Hebrews 7:24] God not always God in Eternity: God has not been there all eternity. |
| Jesus & Santa Claus: When did the church put Jesus & Santa claus together for Christmas? |
| Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord: "TODAY you will be w/ Me in paradise", "absent from the body, present w/ the Lord" but then it says our resurrected bodies are raised to meet Him in the air. [Luke 23:43, Philippians 1:21-23, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18] |
| Jesus Calling Book Endorsement: "Jesus calling" book endorsement, the caller makes. |
| Steve Gregg's & Dispensationalism: What changed your mind from being a Dispensationalist? |
| Blessing or Cursing Israel: Aren't we supposed to be blessing national Israel? [Genesis 12:3] |
| Millennium: Caller doesn't think the Amillennialist view of the Millennium can be right. [Revelation 20] |
| Came to destroy the City: What did it mean in Ezekiel "I came to destroy the city", since Ezekiel nor God were the ones that destroyed the city? [Ezekiel 1:22, Ezekiel 11, Ezekiel 46;16, Ezekiel 43:3] |
| Eternal Security: Can you lose your salvation? Giving to the Narrow Path Ministry: Can I give to your ministry instead of my church? |
| John the Baptist being Elijah: Was John the Baptist Elijah? Was he an extension of the old covenant? [Malachi 4:5-6] Transfiguration: Why was it Elijah & Moses in the Transfiguration as opposed to anyone else? |
| Kingdom of God: A heated discussion about whether the Kingdom of God is NOW or after He comes back the second time. [Luke 12:49-53] Millennium a 1000 Literal Years: Caller also thinks the Millennium HAS to be a literal 1000 years. [Revelation 20] |
| Speaking in Tongues Contradiction: Speaking in Tongues contradiction, saying it's a sign for unbelievers but then later says it's a sign for believers, & also says that prophesying for the believer, but then also for the unbeliever. Why the apparent contradictions? [1 Corinthians 14:22-25] |
| Holy Spirit Saddened by today's Church: Do you think the Holy Spirit is saddened by the state that the church in North America is in today? |
| Holy Spirit - Trinity: When Jesus breathed on them, did He breathe His own essence or another Person? [John 20:22] |
| Rapture & Further Eschatology Discussion: Do you believe in the Rapture? & further eschatological discussion/disagreement. |
| Re-Baptism: Should I get re-baptized? |
| Mandela Effect: Does the "mandela effect" really happen, verses changing? |
| God loves but Sinner's in God's Wrath It says that God loves us but it also says that all the sinners are in God's wrath |
| Best pattern for Evangelism: Is there a "formula" for evangelizing? |
| Sugar-Coating the Gospel: (Caller tries to be funny) Are you diabetic? You don't sugar-coat the gospel. Secret Rapture: Do you believe in the (Secret) Rapture? |
| Testing: There's a lot of testing on this side of glory, but why are some people tested way more that others? |
| Calvinism - Total Depravity: Why do Calvinists use is & what is Paul actually saying? [1 Corinthians 2:14] |
| Trinity: Involving the Trinity, is God an individual Being or 3 Beings that make one God? [John 20:17] |
| Desire & rule for Husband: "Your desire is to your husband & he will rule over you", what does that mean? [Genesis 3:16] Enoch (& Elijah) not seeing Death: If they wages of sin are death, why didn't enoch have to die? [Genesis 2:27, Genesis 5:24, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23] |
| Word of Faith: Commanding or asking God to give us stuff, do stuff for us, as if He is our own genie, just seems wrong. What does Steve think? Understanding the Bible: Struggling to understand the Bible. Being filled with the Holy Spirit: I can't quite wrap my head around the idea of being filled with the Spirit. Does He jump in & out of you? |
| Non-Calvinists Hating God: People of other religions don't actually ALL hate God like Calvinism suggests, do they? |
| 7 Spirits: The 7 Spirits of Revelation, how did we get to that number at the end of the Bible? [Revelation 1:4, Revelation 3:1, Isaiah 11:2] |
| Psalm Interpretation: Can you interpret a verse in Psalms for me, especially "causest to approach unto thee"? [Psalm 65:4] |
| Man of Sin: Man of Sin, how do you understand that as a preterist, an amillenniast or a non-Dispensationalist? |
| Revelation Revealed: The NT reveals what the OT had hidden, could you say that same thing about Revelation to the NT? |
| Demon-possession or Devil just wreaking Havoc: What is the difference between demon possession vs the devil just messing w/ you? [1 Peter 5:8, Ephesians 6:9-12] |
| Millennial Reign: 1000 year reign discussion. |
| Disagree about Steve's Eschatology: Caller also thinks there's inconsistency in Steve's eschatological model. |
| Calvinism: What do you think drives people to Calvinism? James White: Have you ever had occasion to talk to James White after the debate you had with him? |
| Disagreement Calls: Steve makes an announcement about what he means by disagreeing when you call in. |
| Millennial Reign: 1000 yr reign discussion [Numbers ] |
| Jesus Prophesied in OT: Prophecies of Jesus being born, which parts were fulfilled? (can't ever really articulate what he wants to ask, says he'll call again) |
| God referred to as a Female: Genders of God. |
| Phillips: Was there more than one Phillip? [John 1, Acts 6] |
| Steve's Financial Needs: If you don't take money from donations, how do you make your living? A Prodigal Son: I have a prodigal son situation, should I fellowship with him or keep my distance from him? |
| Jesus Dying on the Cross: Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? Couldn't there have been another way? various views of the atonement |
| Fellowshipping with Dispensationalists: Since I disagree w/ dispensationalism, should I stay clear of them or can I still fellowship w/ them? |
| Christian Scholar not necessary: I disagree w/ you on what you think qualifies someone to be a Christian, sure, you are scholarly, but just because other people aren't. |
| Anointing with Oil: Why is the purpose in anointing w/ oil? are there healing properties in the oil itself or just symbolic/ritual? What do you think of Essential Oils, is it new agey type stuff? |
| Homosexuality: How should Christians deal with the homosexuality community? Church for Believers: Is the church an evangelical program or is it supposed to be only an assembly for believers? |
| Marriage, Divorce & Adultery: Ny mother remarried without having a cause for having left her husband, how do I deal w/ this? WHat does Deuteronomy 24 say about this? Should I forgive her? |
| Keith Green & "Dying to Self": Do you have any information on or know where I can find "that's dying to self" song that you mentioned? |
| Gray areas for Elders: Elders not married not Biblical standard if elder, but what about women not being able to pastors? There seems to be gray areas in everything. |
| Bones found Africa: Have you heard about Human bones found in Africa that seem to support Evolution? |
| Binding & Loosing: Whatever is bound & loosed on earth will be bound & loosed in heaven, can you explain this verse? [Matthew 18:18, Matthew 16:19] |
| Climate Change Encyclical: An Adventist Caller wants to know if Steve has ever read the encyclical from the pope about climate change & that we need to have a day of rest? |
| Hung up on "Amen": I'm a new Christian & studying about the word "amen", & it has 2 different meaning, one referring to the Egyptian Deity. Is it possible people are praying to the Egyptians Deity when they say amen? |
| 3 Views of Hell - Annihilationism: I know about the 3 views of hell, & if it's total annihilation, what difference does it make to me if I'm an atheist? |
| Calvinism: I would like to know more about Calvinism. Lectures called, God's Sovereignty & Man's Salvation. |
| Virgin Birth: Double fulfillments, one in the Old Testament & one in the New Testament. [Isaiah 7 & 8] |
| Any Church: Can I go to any denomination for church? Anti-Christ, Man of Sin: Where will the anti-Christ come from, the man of sin? |
| Israel, Ethnic or Spiritual: When it's speaking of Israel, is this spiritual israel or ethnic Israel?
[Romans 11:25-26] |
| Ezekiel Is the Temple that is described in Ezekiel which hasn't been built still going to be built? [Ezekiel 40:5-24] Professing Christianity but not: What do you tell someone who claims Christianity but is anything but? Gap Between the 69th & 70th Week: Gap between the 69th & 70th week [1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, Daniel 9:24-27] |
| Ezekiel Is the Temple that is described in Ezekiel which hasn't been built still going to be built? [Ezekiel 40:5-24] Professing Christianity but not: What do you tell someone who claims Christianity but is anything but? Gap Between the 69th & 70th Week: Gap between the 69th & 70th week [1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, Daniel 9:24-27] |
| Read to show yourself Approved: What happens to be people who can't physically read the Bible? [2 Timothy 2:15] |
| Degrees of Hell: Degrees of Hell...Caller doesn't know what he thinks about the 3 views of Hell, especially Annihilationism. |
| Child who Commit Suicide: What happens to the soul of someone who committed suicide, especially after being molested? |
| Atonement: Was the atonement finished at the cross & if it was, why do we need a High Priest in Heaven? |
| Dreams & Vision: Falling back to sin in my DREAMS only, is there anything the Bible possibly has to say about that? Relative's Death: My mom recently died. Where is she right now, & what is she doing? Is she possibly sleeping? [1 Corinthians 15:51-52, Philippians 1:21-23] |
| Being in a Trance: Has Steve ever been in a trance or had a word of knowledge? |
| Destruction of the Temple in 70 AD: Why didn't any Christian writer mention the fulfillment in prophecy about the Destruction of the Temple in 70 AD after the fact? |
| God in the Old Testament & the New Testament: How do we balance the things we see as harsh in the OT w/ the true love of God? |
| Taking the Lord's Supper: The Lord's Supper, taking it in an unworthy state or unworthy manner? [1 Corinthians 11:27] |
| Abraham Stumbling: Abraham & Sarah examples of great faith, but they doubted what God had told them in the beginning, but Paul seems to say Abraham didn't stagger at all. Why the Contradiction? [Romans 4:19-21, Hebrews 11:11, Genesis 16:1-16] |
| Preacher's Using Gimmicks: Preachers use silly or odd things that seem way out of line, & the KJV, other translations, critical texts [2 Timothy 4:3-4] |
| Personal Suffering: Do you have any Scripture relating to reasons for suffering, because I'm all of sudden going through financial loss, romantic loss, health loss, & wondering what do to do, what Scripture I can rely on? [Job, 1 Peter 1, 2 Corinthians, Romans 8:18] |
| Mark of the Beast: Will 666, mark of the beast, affect the entire world when it happens? |
| Human Bones in Africa: A friend of the caller visited the cradle of human kind, evolution, & so on, & wants to know Steve's thoughts. |
| Differing Names in Apostles' List: What's the reason for the different lists of the apostles in the gospels? [Matthew 10:2-3, Luke 6:14-16, Mark 3:16-19, Acts 1:13-26] |
| Demons being Fallen Angels: Are demons fallen angels? [Jude 1:6, 1 Corinthians 11:10] |
| Fellowshipping with Mormons: I have family members who have just switched over to Mormonism/LDS, what do I do, & I was wondering if you could tell me about 2 John? [2 John 1:10-11] |
| Witnessing to Unbelievers: Witnessing to people who don't believe in the Bible at all, mythology they call it, controlling the masses they say it is |
| White House: Why is the White House called the White House? Rulers of Evil: Caller wants to recommend a book called, "Rulers of Evil". |
| Manuscript of the Bible & Trinity Doctrine: Manuscripts of the bible & caller thinks the trinity doctrine is dependent on 1 John 5. [1 John 5:7] |
| Holy Spirit: You can pray for the Holy Spirit to come to into your life? [John 4:24, Romans 8:26-27] |
| Receiving Good things from God: Asking & receiving good things. [Matthew 7:7, Luke 11] |
| Apostolic Faith: What can you tell me about the Apostolic Church? |
| Not all Israel which are of Israel: Not all israel which are of israel, someone says that's just referring to fake Gentiles. [Romans 9] |
| The 4 Gospels: The origins of the gospels, I heard that they were written anonymously. Church Fathers: A discussion about the Church Fathers ensues. |
| Eating Bacon: Eating pork, can you explain to me Leviticus 11 about not eating unclean foods. [Leviticus 11, Matthew 15:15-20, Acts 10, Acts 11] |
| Word of Knowledge: Word of Knowledge follow up. |
| Steve's Gregg & his Beliefs: Can you delve on your journey again of how you came to what you believe? How you went from Dispensationalism to Amillennialism? |
| The Lord's Prayer: The Lord's Prayer, "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive our debtors", what does "as" & "trespass" mean? |
| Location of Hell: Only the washed can enter the city, where are the people who don't make it or where is the lake of fire or hell? [Revelation 22:14-15] |
| Relationship over Rituals: The New Testament seems to speak of relationship & condemn rituals, can you find any rituals besides the Lord's Supper & Baptism, & what about traditions? |
| Death of a lost loved one: How do you give comfort to a person of a loved one who has died who was not saved? |
| Gospel Writers: Where did the gospel writers get all their information, especially about Jesus' birth? Wise Men - Magi: How come the people who journeyed to see Jesus at His birth never came to His ministry to visit Him? |
| Skeptics & Jesus' Death: What do you tell to a skeptic who can't believe someone can die or pay the debt for someone else? |
| John the Baptist dying a Martyr: Did John the Baptist die a martyr's death? How would that be different than street preachers rebuking homosexuals outside a gay bar? |
| Death Penalty: What do you think about the death penalty? (a little bit difficult to hear & a lot of background noise) |
| Binding the Strong Man: What does it mean that Jesus bound the strong man of the house? [Matthew 12:27-29] The Binding of Satan in Revelation: Discussion about the binding & loosing of Satan in Revelation. [Revelation 20] |
| Saved but through Fire: So people who endorse Eternal Security & Once Saved Always Saved, they use 1 Corinthians in support of it. What do you say about it? [1 Corinthians 3:11-15] |
| Repentance after Conversion: If we repent & accept Jesus as your Lord & Saviour, do you need to continue to repent in the future? |
| Full & Partial Preterism: What does partial preterism mean, full preterism? |
| God Trusting People: Does God trust people? |
| The Doctrine of the Moral Government of God: What is the "moral government doctrine of God" & do you agree w/ it? |
| Christmas: (Weird Statements) How did the first Christmas come into being, & what do you suppose it was like? |
| Relapsing into Sin: I keep sinning & asking Him to forgive me, just how often can I do this before I exhaust His forgiveness? |
| Battle of Gog & Magog: I listened to your lectures about Ezekiel 38 & 39, so can you explain those chapters, the battle of Gog & Magog? [Ezekiel 38, Ezekiel 39] |
| Humility & I don't know: I love listening to your program because sometimes you just say, "I don't know". It is Finished: What does it mean when Jesus said, "it is finished"? |
| Antiquities & Artifacts: Biblical antiquities & artifacts, are they genuine? |
| Saved w/ out Knowledge of Jesus: People who were never Christians, who have never heard of Christ, can be saved despite this verse? [Acts 17:30] |
| Tithing: Tithing, give to Caesar what is Caesar's & give back to God what is God [Matthew 21, Matthew 23:23] |
| One second after Death: Where do you go when you die? |
| "Without God in the World": Can you explain a passage of Scripture for me in Ephesians? [Ephesians 2:12] The Thief: Who is the thief in John & what is Jesus talking about? [John 10:10] |
| Purgatory: Where does the doctrine of purgatory come from? |
| Marriage & Divorce Question: I got a divorce in my 20s, but was an unbeliever & my ex-wife got remarried, so will God honor the marriage i'm in right now? |
| Holy Spirit: I haven't received the Spirit, or, I haven't been slain by the Spirit, so I don't think I'm saved |
| Christmas: Should Christians celebrate Christmas? |
| Tithing: What is your position on tithing? |
| No Denominations: If there was no division into denominations today, what do you suppose the church would look like? |
| Soul, Spirit, & the Breath of Life: Can you define the soul, spirit & the breath of life, is there a distinction between the 3? |
| Persecuted by the Church: The early church killed people, calvin killed people, what about luther? False Doctrine: Throw people out who teach false doctrine (not saved if you don't speak in tongues)? |
| Praying for Non-Christians: Should you pray for NON-Christians to be alleviated of their problems? Praying on our Knees: When should we pray on our knees? |
| Jesus' Birth: Messiah's birth dateline..at the feast of tabernacles(?) |
| Our memory on the other side of Glory: Are we going to remember our past on the other side of glory? Dead seeing us: Can the deceased in heaven look down & see us? |
| Owe Nothing to any man: We no man ANYTHING except to love one another, what does that mean? (no debt of any kind?) [Romans 13:10] |
| An Unbeliever, an Apostate & a Reprobate: Is there a difference between an unbeliever, an apostate and a reprobate? A Self-Deceived Person: What about a self-deceived person? One Thinks they are Saved: What about thinking you are saved, & they really aren’t? |
| Praying Directly to Jesus: I disagree that we can't or shouldn't pray directly to Jesus because of Stephen in Acts. Also, you say it's okay to be just baptized in Jesus' name, YET Jesus commanded to be baptized in the name of the Father, Son & Holy Ghost. [Mathew 28:18-20, Acts 7:54-60] |
| Unbelief in Christ: Aren't people who don't believe in Jesus technically actually persecuting Him, putting Him back on the cross? Will He forgive you if you have done this? [Hebrews 6:4-6] Tithing: What would you say about someone who doesn't tithe? |
| Guilt & Remorse: A friend thinks he ruined his life by the choices he had made & now has remorse & guilt but doesn't know what to do about it. |
| Persecution: Listening to your lectures on wealth, but was hoping you'd expand on 2 Tim 3:12. [2 Timothy 3:12] |
| The Book of Mormon: I had some Mormons/LDSs come to my door & said that the Bible predicts the book of Mormon coming on the scene. (eze 37) |
| Repenting God Made Man: Someone was asking me about God grieving (repenting) for making man & trying to figure out what to say to him. [Genesis 6:6] |
| Amplified Bibles: What do you think about the Amplified Bible? |
| Abraham Father of Many Nations: What does it mean that Abraham would become "the father of many nations"? |
| Vision from the Holy Spirit: What do you think of a vision that I had, do you think it's possibly from the Holy Spirit? |
| Lucifer: Listened to your spiritual warfare and am listening to the section about Lucifer. Could you expound on that name, where the came from? |
| Not Making your needs known: What do you mean by not availing, disclosing what your burdens are, to the body of Christ? [Galatians 6:2, Romans 12:15] Calvinism & Arminianism: Calvinism & Arminianism, elected to being saved before someone asking God in their heart, I heard you saying is what Calvinists believe. |
| Holy Spirit: (followup from many previous calls she has made) Does everyone have the Holy Spirit in them or not? am I saved or not? |
| Repenting from your Sinful Ways: "Repent from your sinful ways" this caller says he heard steve Gregg say this, so wanted to know what he meant by it. Do you repent when you come to Christ or is it a sanctification process? |
| Jesus' Name: Is Jesus' name in Hebrew named "Yeshua" or "Yahshua"? |
| Angels Singing: Is there anywhere in the Bible where it talks about angels singing in the Bible? What about in the book of Job? [Job 38:7, Revelation 4-5, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 4:10] |
| Pentecost a fulfillment: Was Pentecost a fulfillment of Joel 2? [Acts 2:16, Acts 2:14-18] |