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2022-01-24 Getting More Grace: Can one get more grace and what is the difference for the believer vs non-believer? [Matthew 5:45, James 1:17, Psalms 103:10, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Revelation 2:21, Romans 2:21, I Corinthians 15:10, I Corinthians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Peter 1:2, I Peter 5:10].
2022-01-21 Christian Extremism: Letter from listener shares concern with the overlooked symbolism in scripture and extreme Christian fundamentalism. [Hebrews 11:17-19, James 2:21-22].
2022-01-20 Praying to a Statue of Mary: Is it idolatry to pray to a statue of Mary?
Confession to a Catholic Priest: What do you think of the Catholic requirement to confess one's sin to a priest? [James 5:16, Matthew 6:9-13].
2022-01-13 Saved by Works, Faith, or Grace?: It seems like there are a number of different ways to be saved, by works, by faith, and by grace. Can you clarify how we are saved? [Ezekiel 14:14-20, Acts 2:38, Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 5:6, James 2:14-26, Luke 6:46, Matthew 7:21].
2022-01-03 "Babylon the Great" & America: Some say that “Babylon the Great” is representative of America. What do you think about that?
Martin Luther Wanted to Delete the Book of James: Did Martin Luther want to take the book of James out of the Bible because it did not support the “gospel of grace”? [Romans 6:1, Galatians 5:6, Genesis 15:6]
2021-12-28 Doing the Will of the Father to be Saved: Do you actually have to do the will of God to be saved? [John 3:16, Matthew 7:21, I Peter 3:20, Acts 2:38, Romans 10:13, Matthew 28:18, Matthew 16:24-26, James 2:26, Galatians 5:6].
2021-12-21 Thoughts as Sin: When do thoughts become sin? [I John 3:15, Matthew 5:27-28, James 1:15, Hebrews 4:15, Matthew 4:9, Luke 4:1-13].
2021-12-20 Satan Does God's Will: How does God use Satan to do His will, specifically relative to when Satan tempted David to number the people? [Job 1-2, 2 Samuel 24:1, I Chronicles 21:5, I Kings 22:23, I Kings 4:26, 2 Chronicles 9:25, James 1:13].
2021-12-20 Vengeance of the Saints: Was the time of vengeance described in Revelation 6 about when Jesus comes back? [Revelation 6:10, Matthew 23:34, Matthew 23:29].
Do Not Resist Evil Men: How should one explain the scripture to not "resist and evil man"? [Matthew 5:39, James 5:6, Matthew 5:44].
2021-12-15 A Christian's Fear of Satan: Could you talk about the Christian's fear of being attacked by Satan, and if we are not a threat to him if he is not doing so? [I Peter 5:8, James 4:7, Ephesians 6:10-18, I John 4:4, Luke 10:19, 2 Timothy 2:3-5, John 8:32].
2021-12-15 God Testing Our Faith: Did God allow me to get sick as a test of my faith? [James 5:11, Psalms 34:7, 1 Corinthians 10:13].
2021-12-15 Ignorance of Sin in Non-believers: What are your thoughts on unbelievers who sin without clearly understanding that some things are sin? [James 4:17].
Believers Do Not Sin: What are your thoughts on scripture that says that believers don't sin? [I John 3:6, James 4:17, I John 2:1].
2021-12-15 Ignorance of Sin in Non-believers: What are your thoughts on unbelievers who sin without clearly understanding that some things are sin? [James 4:17].
Believers Do Not Sin: What are your thoughts on scripture that says that believers don't sin? [I John 3:6, James 4:17, I John 2:1].
2021-12-08 The Message Bible: What do you think about "The Message" Bible?
Pastor Completely Controlling the Church: Is the pastor supposed to be in complete control over the church? [Matthew 20:25-26, I Corinthians 11:3, James 5:14, Acts 14:23, Acts 20:28, I Peter 5:1-4, 3 John 1:9, Acts 20:28, Titus 1:5].
2021-11-16 Salvation by Faith or Works : What of the seeming contradiction between these verses that seem to indicate that one needs only faith and alternately that it must be accompanied by works? [James 2:19, James 2:24, Ephesians 1:13-14, Ephesians 2:10, Galatians 5:6].
2021-10-27 Christian Suicide: Can a Christian who commits suicide go to hell, or can they go to heaven? [James 3:2].
2021-10-27 Praying Psalms: Is it acceptable to pray the Psalms? [Acts 4:25-26, Colossians 3:16, Ephesians 5:19, James 5:13].
Paralleling the Psalms to One's Own Life: Can one parallel their own struggles in life and work to those very real and dangerous struggles David was experiencing in the Psalms? [Romans 8:26].
2021-10-25 Renew Again to Repentance: Could you help me sort out if one can return to Christ once they have fallen away? [Hebrews 6:4-6, Matthew 19:23-26, James 5:20].
2021-10-22 Sickness in Believers: Why would God let people get sick? Is there some purpose or meaning to it? [2 Corinthians 12:9, James 1:2-4, I Peter 1:7, Romans 5:5].
2021-10-20 "Soul Sleep" - Not in Heaven Immediately: Are we asleep when we die until we are resurrected, not going to heaven immediately (Doug Bachelor)? [I Samuel 28, Revelation 16:14, James 2:26, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 12:3, I Thessalonians 4:13-18,I Corinthians 15:51-53].
2021-10-12 Having the Holy Spirit vs Being Filled with the Spirit: Does the Holy Spirit come into your life the very moment you are saved and live with you forever? [Romans 8:9, Acts 8, John 14:16, John 15:6].
Apostasy and Returning to Christ: If someone only believes for a while, can that person ever come back and receive the Holy Spirit and be saved? [Hebrews 6:4-6, James 5:19-20, 2 Peter 2:20, John 18:15-18, John 21:15-17].
2021-10-08 Pastors, Teachers, Foundation Builders of the Body of Christ: Who are the pastors and teachers facing a stricter judgment, and is that relative to those who build the foundation in I Corinthians 3? [James 3:1, I Corinthians 3:9-12, Ephesians 4:12, I Peter 2:5].
Reward for Pastors or Teachers: Is there a greater reward for pastors or teachers?
2021-09-16 God's Will: We need to ask according to God's will in our future. [James 4:13-15, Matthew 26:37]
2021-09-14 Patience, Perseverance, Perfect: How does patience work to make us perfect? Does this directly relate to the testing of our faith, or the fruit of the spirit? [James 1:2-4, James 3:17-18, Hebrews 12:11, Hebrews 11:1-6, Galatians 5:22-23].
2021-08-27 144,000 & the Great Tribulation: Who are those that came out of the "Great Tribulation?" [Revelation 7:9-14, Revelation 14:4, James 1:18, Matthew 24:21].
Leaving Dispensationalism: How do you get people to move from Dispensationalist views to the more biblically correct view of Revelation? [Zechariah 14:4].
2021-08-23 Struggle with Praying for Other's Requests: Can you help me with how to pray for other's requests, if it is what God may want for them? [Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:13, Matthew 7:7-8, James 4:2-3, I John 5:14].
Satan Bound: How is it that Satan is both bound on earth now, and yet is still busy doing things at the same time? [Matthew 12:29, Mark 3:27, Luke 11:21, Revelation 20:3].
2021-08-23 Generational Curses: Could you talk about "Generational Curses"? [Ezekiel 18:20, Exodus 34:7, Jeremiah 25:11-12].
Asking Repeatedly in Prayer: Should you keep asking God to answer your prayer, or should you just ask once and leave it in His hands? [Daniel 10:13, James 4:2, Matthew 7:7-11].
2021-08-17 Hearing from God: How do you know when something is from God? Sometimes I feel like I may be destined to fail, like it is in Calvinism, with no way out. [James 1:17, Colossians 3:22].
2021-08-12 Resisting Evil (Governments, etc.): Would you comment on Matthew 5:39 and our resistance to evil (even the government)? [Matthew 5:39, Romans 12, James 4:7].
2021-08-11 Test vs Temptation: Does God test us? [Genesis 22:1, James 1:13, Matthew 6:13, Job].
2021-08-10 Returning to Faith: Can someone who leaves the faith, ever come back to faith? [Hebrews 6:4-6, James 5:20, Luke 1:37].
2021-08-10 Attaching Evil to Inanimate Objects: Can someone attach evil, or curses, to an inanimate object, such as a Bible? [James 4:7].
2021-08-03 "Born Again" Defined: What is Jesus' definition of the new birth (or being "born again")? [John 3:14, I Peter 1:23, James 2:19, Romans 10:9].
2021-07-30 New Covenant Allows us to be Disobedient: Is it true that the New Covenant allows us to sin continually, being disobedient, and still be blessed, because we are under grace. [Galatians, Romans 2, Romans 4, Acts 3, Galatians 3, Psalms 32, Hebrews 11, Titus 2:14, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14, Ephesians 2:8-10, I Peter 1:17, 2 Corinthians 5:10, James 2:14-26, Galatians 5:6].
2021-07-29 Having Enough Faith for Healing: It seems like scripture indicates that if we believe, having enough faith, we will be relieved of all our pain and be healed, yet don't we learn most from some of our trials? [Mark 11:24, James 1:2-4, 2 Corinthians 12, I John 5:14, Mark 11:22, Mark 2:17, James 4:3, John 14:13-14].
2021-07-23 God's Promises for Us: How do you know if and when God's promises are for us? Recommended Topical Lectures; "Word of Faith" & "Making Sense of Suffering". [2 Corinthians 1:20, Hebrews 8:6, Ephesians 1:4-6, James 5:14].
2021-07-20 Believing and Obedience: Is this verse, John 3:16, is it saying that all you have to do is believe, without having to act in accordance with that belief? [John 3:16, James 2:17, James 2:26].
2021-07-19 How Many Stations for The Narrow Path: How many stations did you start with and how many do you have now?
Baptism (Filling) of the Holy Spirit: Is the "Baptism (Filling) of the Holy Spirit" important for us to understand today, particularly in light of how much Sproul writes to address it in his book? [John 14, Acts 1:15, Acts 2:4, Ephesians 5:18, John 20, James 4:2-3].
2021-07-15 Calvinism vs Arminianism: Caller shares an opposing view of Calvinism. [Proverbs 3:34, James 4:6, I Peter 5:5, Hebrew 10:29].
2021-07-13 Doubting My Faith: If I have serious doubts about my faith, should I bother praying? [James 1:6-7].
Bible Reading to Connect to God: Is simply reading the Bible a way to connect to God?
Reading Recommendations for One Losing Faith: What books of C.S. Lewis should I read? Recommended: "Mere Christianity" and others by John Lennox, Has Science Buried God", "Gunning for God."
2021-07-09 Compliment to Steve Gregg: Caller offers a very kind compliment to Steve regarding his gift. [James 3:17].
Why Were We Created: Why were we created? What was the purpose for which we were made. [2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 2:10].
2021-06-29 Ignorance Before God: What is a person's stance before God if they have not been taught properly, but are sincere in their faith, as far as they know and understand it. [James 3:1, Luke 12:49, Acts 17:11, John 16:13].
2021-06-22 Perseverance of the Saints (Eternal Security): I disagree with you in that I can't imagine ever walking away from the Lord, if one is ever really saved? [Revelation 2:10, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 6:4].
Apostates Cannot Return to God: Can you return to Jesus if you have fallen away based on Hebrews 6? [Hebrews 6:4, Luke 19:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19, Romans 11:22, John 15:6, Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15, I Peter 1:5, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:12].
2021-06-09 "Once Saved, Always Saved" or "Eternal Security": If once saved, are we always saved, or can one fall into sin and eventually apostatize? [I Timothy 4:1, James 3:2].
2021-06-07 Temptation of Christ: When James says we are tempted by our own desires, then how does that apply to Jesus' temptation? [James 1:13-14, Matthew 4:1-11, Hebrews 4:15].
2021-06-04 Catholics Saved: Are the Catholics who confess to priests and bow to idols of saints, saved? [John 20:23, James 5:16].
2021-05-27 Distractions of Social & Political Issues: How much should we be involved in political and social concerns as opposed to staying focused on those inside the church? [I Corinthians 5:12-13, James 1:27, I Peter 2:12, Titus 2:14, Titus 1:15, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:14].
2021-04-27 Christians Having Demons: Can Christians be possessed by demons since the have the Holy Spirit upon Salvation? [2 Corinthians 6:14, I John 4:4, I Peter 5:8, James 4:7, Luke 10:19-20].
Binding Evil Spirits: What do you think about those who practice binding demons? [Matthew 12:29, Mark 3:27, Matthew 18:18].
2021-04-14 Salvation of Jews Before Jesus: How were Jews saved in the Old Testament and before Jesus? [James 4:6-7, Revelation 13:8, Romans 3:25-26, Romans 10:4].
2021-04-06 Sanctified Hearts: How do we sanctify our hearts? [I Peter 3:15, I Peter 1:15-16].
Brethren as Sinners: Why do so many brethren still identify as sinners? [Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:20-23, Ephesians 2:8-9, James 4:7, I Thessalonians 5:16-18].
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