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2023-05-29 The Secret Rapture: Would you help me with scriptures about "the rapture;" the word for "cloud", "parousia"(the 2nd coming), & the word, "raptura?" [Acts 1:9-1, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, John 6:39, John 6:40, John 6:44, John 6:54, John 12:48].
2023-05-26 Casting Lots: Have you ever used the lot to make a decision? Is it a legitimate thing to do? [Proverbs 16:33, Acts 1:23-26, Joshua 18:6].
2023-05-26 God's Omnipresence: If some will be shut out and away from the presence of the Lord, how then can God be omnipresent? [2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, Acts 3:19, 2 Thessalonians 2:8].
Added Words to Bible Manuscripts: Where can I get a Bible that doesn't add words that are not there in the Greek? Rec: Greek or Hebrew Interlinear.
2023-05-24 New Jerusalem: Is the "New Jerusalem" already created? Are people already living there? Is it a literal place? [Galatians 4:26, Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 21:21].
The Baptism of John the Baptist: What is the difference between the baptism of John the Baptist and what we do now in baptism? [Acts 19:1-5, 1 Corinthians 10:2].
2023-05-23 Characters in Scripture named "Jesus": How many people are there in the Bible named Jesus? Isn't there someone who pretends to be Jesus? Why do some say, Jesus, the Christ, if there is not another one? [Acts 19:13-15].
2023-05-22 Praying for the Unsaved: How should we be praying for the unsaved, but not force it upon them? [Luke 13:34, Isaiah 5:4, Isaiah 66:4, Acts 26:19, James 4:3, Acts 2:37, Acts 7:54].
2023-05-17 Grace vs Obedience: What do you think about Tozer's quote about too much emphasis on "grace?" [Hebrews 12:14, Acts 5:29, 1 John 3:7-10, Titus 2:11-12, Matthew 18:23-35].
2023-05-15 God's Vengeance vs God's Love: Can you help me deal with the contradiction between the Old Testament God that seems to be vengeful, but we say he is a God of Love? [Leviticus 9:22-24, Acts 12:23, Acts 5:1-11, Exodus 23:4-5, Proverbs 25:21].
2023-05-15 Temple vs Synagogue: What is the difference between the Temple and the synagogue? [Acts 16:13].
2023-05-11 Lame Man Went into the Temple: When the healed lame man went into the temple, would that have been the first time he had been in there? [Acts 3:1-10].
2023-05-11 Forgiveness & Separation in Family Relationships: If we have forgiven some, but they continue to persecute you, do you have to continue to be around them? [Mark 11:25, Luke 17:3-4, Acts 7:60, Matthew 18:22].
2023-05-09 Women Pastors (Ministers, Elders): What do you think of women as pastors? [Acts 14, Acts 20:18, 1 Peter 5:1-5, 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 2:12, 1 Corinthians 14:1-5, Mark 9:35, Matthew 20:25-29, Judges 4:8-9].
2023-05-05 The Thief in "Paradise": In light of the various translations of the word, "paradise", is the thief in "paradise" in the past, present or future? [Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:2, Revelation 22:1-5, Acts 2:27, Psalm 16:10].
2023-05-01 Leading of the Holy Spirit: How do you tell when it is your own mind (Bible-informed mind) and the leading of the Holy Spirit? [Acts 11:27-28, Acts 21:10-13].
2023-04-27 Holy Spirit's Intercession in Prayer: How does the Holy Spirit intercede for us in prayer and in our groans, as described in Romans 8? [Romans 8:26-27, John 16:27, 1 John 5:14, Acts 2:4].
Praying to the Holy Spirit: Should we pray directly to the Father, rather than the Holy Spirit?
2023-04-26 Infant Baptism & Immersion: If I was baptized as a baby, should I be baptized again as an adult and should I be immersed? [Acts 19:1-7, Mark 16:16].
2023-04-26 After Jesus' Death-the Three Days: Where was Jesus for those three days after death? [Luke 23:43, Psalm 16:10. Acts 2:27, Ephesians 4:9, Psalm 139:15, 1 Peter 3:20-21, 1 Peter 1:10-12].
Opinions vs the Known: Why would I wonder about all the "what if" questions, if I will get to ask Jesus later?
Hades: Would you explain the different compartments in Hades? [Luke 23:43].
2023-04-25 Wisdom Literature; Prayers & Psalms: Can one use wisdom literature and the Psalms as prayers and though not necessarily so, also instructive? [Psalm 23, Acts 2:30].
Praise & Worship: Shouldn't praise and worship be more about the greatness of God rather than His making a way for us? [Psalm 103, Exodus 15, Isaiah 29:13].
2023-04-25 Jew or Gentile: Could you clarify who is Israel? Are we to behave like a Jew or Gentile? [Ephesians 2:11-18, 1 Corinthians 10:32, Acts 15].
2023-04-24 Two Covenants: Were both covenants (old and new) in play during the transition period of 40 years? [Hebrews 10:4, Hebrews 8:13, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Acts 21:24].
2023-04-24 "Believer's Baptism": What is "Believer's Baptism?"
Ignorance of the the Necessity of Baptism: Since baptism is a requirement for salvation, what happens if someone doesn't know about the mandate to be baptized? [Acts 10:44-48, John 8:31-32].
2023-04-24 Gifts of the Spirit: Could you talk about the views of the Gifts of the Spirit called "Cessationism" and "Continuationism?" [1 Corinthians 12:3-11, Romans 12:4-8, 1 Corinthians 1:7, Ephesians 4:13, Acts 8:9-10, Matthew 7:22, 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21, 1 Corinthians 14:29, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3].
2023-04-21 Kingdom Passages & Prophetic Fulfillments: When Peter referred to the "restoration of all things, spoken of by all the prophets" how does this apply to the church age? [Acts 3:19-21, Matthew 13:31-32, Luke 21:20. Isaiah 2:2, Hebrews 12:23, 2 Peter 3:7-13, 1 Corinthians 15:25].
Postmillennialism, Gospel & Watch for His Return: Doesn't Postmillennialism diminish the importance of the coming of the Lord and compromise the message of the gospel? [Revelation 14, Matthew 24:46, 2 Peter 3:12, Revelation 16:15, Matthew 26:40-45].
2023-04-20 Pleading Guilty in Court of Law: What are the ramifications of pleading guilty if you are not guilty in order to take a plea deal? Is there scripture about this and does it effect one's salvation? [Acts 22:30-26, Joshua 2].
2023-04-20 Disagreement-Peter's Vision: Caller disagrees; I don't think that vision was about clean and unclean foods for eating, because there are no fish in the list. [Acts 10:12, Mark 7:19, Romans 14:14].
2023-04-19 Baptism: What would you tell people who think you don't have to be water baptized if they have been baptized in the Spirit? [Acts 10:47-48, Acts 19:5-6, Acts 8:35].
Churches Who Baptize Immediately: Are their churches who baptize immediately?
2023-04-13 Headcoverings: Could you comment about women wearing headcoverings? Rec: article on the website, "Headcoverings." [1 Corinthians 11:5, Acts 18:18, 1 Corinthians 11:16].
2023-04-06 Jewish Expectations About the Messiah-on the Road to Emmaus: What were the two on the Road to Emmaus expecting of the Messiah when they indicated that they thought He would redeem Israel? [Luke 24:21, Acts 1:6, 1 Peter 1:18-19, Ephesians 1:7, Isaiah 10:22, Romans 9:27, Romans 9:6]
Life Span: Why do you think that the life span of humans drops so significantly after the flood? [Genesis 1:7].
2023-04-04 Praying to the Holy Spirit: Is it unacceptable to pray to the Holy Spirit? [John 16:23, John 16:26, Acts 7:59, Revelation 22:20, Ephesians 3:14, Acts 4:23-31, Ezekiel 37:9-10, Ezekiel 37:14, 1 John 5:14].
2023-04-03 Speaking in Tongues: Why do some churches require "Speaking in Tongues" to evidence the filling of the Holy Spirit? [Acts 2:38, Acts 2:42, Acts 2:4, Acts 10:46].
2023-04-03 Sharing with a Catholic: Caller thanks Steve for the manner in which he handled a Catholic caller's questions, commenting it was a good example by which to learn how to handle such.
Paul's Sacrificing at the Temple: Could you talk about Paul sacrificing at the temple? [1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Numbers 6, Acts 18:18, Romans 14:5, Acts 21:26].
2023-03-31 Cost of Discipleship & Lack of Commitment: Why do Christians today lack the drive to become true disciples and more like Christ? [1 John 2:6, Luke 14:26-33, Luke12:33, Matthew 19:22-24, Matthew 27-29, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Acts 2:44-45, Acts 4:32-35, John 6:66, John 6:27].
2023-03-31 Baptism in the Name of Jesus: What is your take on the disagreement on whether you have to be baptism in the name of Jesus, only, or in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? [Colossians 2:9, Acts 2:38, Matthew 28:19].
2023-03-31 Female Disciple: Is there a feminine form of the word, "disciple?"
Household Will be Saved: Does the verse about the "household will be saved," predict that our whole family will be eventually saved? [Acts 16:31].
2023-03-30 The "Sinner's Prayer": What is an alternative to "The Sinner's Prayer" when leading someone to Christ when there is a limited amount of time. [Luke 18:13].
Evangelizing about Messiah: When evangelizing in scripture, was the main emphasis about getting people to understand that Jesus was the Messiah? Rec: A free tract at website under the "Comic" tab. [Acts 2:36, Acts 17:7].
2023-03-30 "Sheep and the Goats" Parable: Is the parable about the "Sheep and the Goats" not really about salvation or eternal life? [John 17:3, Matthew 25:31-33, Matthew 28:20, Acts 11:26, Galatians 6:7-8, James 2:26].
2023-03-29 Supernatural Events in Eucharist (Communion): You indicated that nothing supernatural happens during the Eurcharist because miracles are typically observed, but I thought of examples in scripture where there were miracles unobservable. [I Corinthians 14, Luke 22:19-20, Acts 10:15, 1 Corinthians 11:14, Matthew 26:26-28, 1 John 1:7, Isaiah 30:20].
2023-03-28 Resurrection of the Dead: Did the idea of the "resurrection of the dead" come up in the Old Testament or the intertestamental period? [Acts 2:25-31, Acts 13:30-35, Psalm 2:7, Psalm 16:10, Matthew 12:38-42, Luke 24:45, Daniel 12:2, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Isaiah 26:21].
2023-03-27 Baptism for Salvation: Can one be saved if not baptized? [Acts 19:1-6, Luke 23:43].
2023-03-24 Mordecai Refusing to Bow: Why would Mordecai not bow down to Haman, when Joseph allowed his brothers to bow down to him? [Acts 10:25, Esther 3:5, Genesis 42:5-7].
2023-03-23 Many Mansions & God's House: Caller shares insight into misunderstanding the scripture surrounding the "many mansions" in John 14, especially in the NIV translation. [John 14:1-6, John 14:23, Acts 7:48, Hebrews 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 1 Peter 2:5, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Ephesians 2:19-22, John 2:16, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 12:11, 2 Corinthians 6:16].
"What is that to You?": When Jesus says to Peter, "What is that to you?", does that support the early date of writing for the book of Revelation, which would suppor the Full Preterist view? [John 21:22-23].
2023-03-22 Attaining the Resurrection: Was Paul intentionally using Jesus' words when he spoke about attaingin the resurrection? [Philippians 3:11, John 5:28-29, Acts 24:15, Luke 8:13, 1 Corinthians 9:26-27, 1 Peter 6:7, Luke 18:8, 1 Timothy 4:1, Matthew 24:13, Luke 20:35-36, James 2:14-26].
Physical or Spiritual Resurrection: Is Revelation 20 talking about a spiritual or physical resurrection? [Luke 2:34, Revelation 20:5-6].
2023-03-21 Speaking in Tongues: Is there as many as four different kinds of tongues, including demonic? Have you seen anyone you think is legitimately doing so? [Acts 2, 1 Corinthians 14:22-23,1 Corinthians 14:13, 1 Corinthians 14:2-4, 1 Corinthians 14:15-17].
2023-03-15 Timeline of Galatians and Peter's Epistles: Timing of the writings of Peter and Paul's writing of the book of Galatians? [2 Peter 3:15, Galatians, Acts 13-14, Matthew 24:14].
Peter's Vision-Clean vs Unclean: Can you clarify the chronology surrounding Peter's vision about clean and unclean foods? [Acts 10-15, Galatians 2:11-21].
2023-03-15 Timeline of Galatians and Peter's Epistles: Timing of the writings of Peter and Paul's writing of the book of Galatians? [2 Peter 3:15, Galatians, Acts 13-14, Matthew 24:14].
Peter's Vision-Clean vs Unclean: Can you clarify the chronology surrounding Peter's vision about clean and unclean foods? [Acts 10-15, Galatians 2:11-21].
2023-03-14 Book of Enoch: What do you think about the value of the Book of Enoch? [2 Peter 2:4, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:9, Jude 1:14-15, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Acts 17:28, Titus 1:12].
2023-03-10 Grounds for Divorce: If my Christian wife divorced me, am I free to remarry? Rec: Topical Article: "Divorce & Remarriage." [1 Corinthians 7:10-15, Galatians 5:6, James 2:26, James 2:19, Acts 11:26].
2023-03-09 Anointing of Jesus & His Disciples: How as Jesus anointed as king? Should his disciples also be anointed? [Zechariah 4:6, Luke 24:49, Acts 1:8].
Anointing of SpeakersToday: How do we know if someone is anointed today? [Romans 8:16, 1 Corinthians 12:7].
2023-03-09 Speaking in Tongues: Is "speaking in tongues" is an outdated gift and it is no longer valid today? [1 Corinthians 1:7, 1 Corinthians 12-14, 1 Corinthians 14:13, 1 Corinthians 14:39, Acts 2:1-4, Acts 10:47, Acts 11:15].
2023-03-07 Behavior & Criticism Among Brethren: Are we to remain silent if we see something lacking about some fellow Christians involved in this current revival, because we should try to be more unified? [Acts 15, Acts 17:11, 1 Corinthians 14:29].
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