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2023-03-07 Whole Household Will be Saved: Does the verse about the whole household being saved actually promising us that everyone in our own home wil be saved? [Acts 16:31].
2023-03-03 House (Mansions) in Heaven: When the Bible talks about "preparing a house" for us in heaven, how? [John 14:2-3, John 2, John 14:23, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 1 Peter 2:5, Ephesians 2:20-22,1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 3:6, 1 Corinthians 12:11, 1 Corinthians 12:13, 1 Corinthians 12:18, Acts 10:15, 1 John 1:7-9].
2023-03-03 New Apostolic Reformation (NAR, Bethel Movement): What do you think about the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR, Bethel Movement)? [Ephesians 4:11, Acts 4:33, 1 Corinthians 12].
2023-03-02 The Cloud in Scripture: What does "the cloud" have to do with the way God has shown Himself in both Old and New Testament scriptures? [Acts 1:9, Exodus 13:21].
2023-02-28 A Sinner Pleasing God: Can a sinner please God? [Hebrews 11:6, Acts 10:4, Isaiah 64:6].
Unbelievers Pleasing God: I am hung up on Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 14:23 which indicates that without faith one cannot please God. Can you help sort this? [Hebrews 11:6, Romans 14:23, Romans 10:17, Acts 10:4].
Justification vs Pleasing God: Could you clarify the difference between "justification" and "pleasing God" as you seem to be making a distinction?
2023-02-28 A Sinner Pleasing God: Can a sinner please God? [Hebrews 11:6, Acts 10:4, Isaiah 64:6].
Unbelievers Pleasing God: I am hung up on Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 14:23 which indicates that without faith one cannot please God. Can you help sort this? [Hebrews 11:6, Romans 14:23, Romans 10:17, Acts 10:4].
Justification vs Pleasing God: Could you clarify the difference between "justification" and "pleasing God" as you seem to be making a distinction?
2023-02-23 Islam, Koran & Allah: Is God, the Father, the same as the Muslim's Allah? [Acts 17:23-31, John 10:30].
Life as a Test: It doesn't sit well with me to think this life is a test? Is it? [2 Timothy 2:12].
2023-02-22 "Forsake All You Have": What does it look like to "forsake all you have to be my disciple?" [Matthew 13:44, Luke 14:33, Acts 4:32, 1 Corinthians 6:20].
2023-02-17 Different Paths for Jews & Gentiles: If Paul was sent to the Gentiles and the others to the Jews, wouldn't that require two different paths? [Acts 2:16-39, Acts 3:12-26, Acts 10:34-43, Acts 13:15-41, Acts 14:14-17, Acts 17:22-31, 2 Peter 3:15-16].
Peter's Preaching: Was Peter teaching that people had to be circumcised?
2023-02-16 Dating Jesus' Return: Is Jesus going to come in the spring 2000 years later? [Acts 1:7, Hosea 6:2-3, 2 Peter 3:8, Matthew 24:36].
2023-02-15 Foods That Defile: How can foods that defiled you in Leviticus (Old Testament) no longer defile you in the New Testament? [Leviticus 11:43, Mark 7:15].
Unclean Foods: Were the unclean foods the ones that might be more likely unsanitary or prone to bacteria? [Acts 10:15, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Matthew 15:11].
2023-02-13 Pentecost: Was the mutitude at Pentecost baptized in water or the spirit? [Acts 2].
2023-02-10 Baptism of John the Baptist: Since the baptism of John the Baptist was a "baptism of repentance," was it symbolic of repentance back to The Law?
Ethiopian Eunuch: Was the Ethiopian Eunuch a Jew? [Acts 8:26-40].
Baptism of Repentance: Should we still be baptized with water, or is the "baptism of repentance" how we should think of it, no longer using water, but laying on of hands? [Acts 19:1-7, Acts 10:47].
2023-02-10 Baptism of John the Baptist: Since the baptism of John the Baptist was a "baptism of repentance," was it symbolic of repentance back to The Law?
Ethiopian Eunuch: Was the Ethiopian Eunuch a Jew? [Acts 8:26-40].
Baptism of Repentance: Should we still be baptized with water, or is the "baptism of repentance" how we should think of it, no longer using water, but laying on of hands? [Acts 19:1-7, Acts 10:47].
2023-02-10 Rebuking (or Cursing) Others: Is it appropriate now, to rebuke as they did in Acts? Is that the same as a curse? [Acts 13:8-10, 1 Corinthians 5:5].
2023-02-08 Defining Full-Preterism: Is this a proper definition of "preterism?"
Is Jesus Coming Again?: Where does scripture say that Jesus is coming again? [Hebrews 9:8, Matthew 16:28, Matthew 24:30, Mark 16, Luke 21, Acts 1:11, 2 Timothy 4:1. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17].
Why is Jesus Going to Return?: Why would Jesus need to return if "we are absent from the body and present with the Lord?" Isn't that enough? [2 Corinthians 5:8, Revelation 5:10].
2023-02-07 Revival: Could you talk about "revival"? What causes revival and what kills it? [Acts 2].
2023-02-06 Prophecy "on the Third Day;" What scriptures would Paul have been referring to when in 1 Corinthians, he idicates that Jesus rising on the third day was fulfilling prophecy? [1 Corinthians 15:4, Acts 13:30-33, Acts 2:27, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 2:7, Luke 24:44, Matthew 12:40, Hosea 6:2].
Fasting, Wineskins & Patches: Could you explain the passage about fasting with the parallel made to old wineskins and patching clothing?
2023-02-06 Jesus' Return: Could you elaborate on your view of the events surrounding Jesus' return? [Matthew 25:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Acts 28:15, Acts 1:11, 2 Peter 3:10-15, Romans 4:13, Matthew 5:5, Revelation 5:10].
2023-02-03 Talking with Atheists: Caller recommends pointing the atheist to Acts, chapters 7-9. [Acts 7-9].
2023-02-02 Baptism in Jesus' Name: Should we be baptized in the name of the "Father, Son & Holy Spirit" or in the name of "Jesus" only? [Colossians 2:9, Acts 2:38, 1 Corinthians 1:14, 1 Corinthians 10:2].
2023-02-01 Lutheran View of Baptism: What do you think of the Lutheran view of baptism? What is the overall significance of baptism? Is baptism essential? Rec:topical lecture series "Foundations"-"Baptism."[Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38].
2023-01-31 Cloth Prayed Over: What do you think about the church giving my daughter a piece of cloth that was prayed over? [Acts 19:11-12].
2023-01-26 "Jesus"-The Name: Why would the name "Jesus" be changed from its original form "Jeshua" (Joshua, Y'shua, Yeshua) if it is so important as these verses indicate? [Luke 1:21, Philippians 2:9-10, Acts 4:12].
2023-01-23 Women Pastors: What do you think about women as pastors? Rec: topical lectures; "Some Assembly Required;" "Roles of Women." [Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:1-4, 1Timothy 2:12-15, 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6].
2023-01-20 Jesus-a Pharisee: When Jesus stated that He was a Pharisee, was he saying that He subscribed to their beliefs? [Acts 23:6].
2023-01-19 Is Baptism Necessary?: Is baptism still necessary? Should one be baptized in the name of the "Father, Son & Holy Spirit" or "Jesus" only? [Acts 2:38, Acts 8, Acts 19, Colossians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 10:2].
2023-01-18 Evangelizing in the New Testament: Did Paul and the disciples ever tell converts that they should go out and evangelize? [Ephesians 4:11, John 11:51, Romans 12:5-8, 1 Peter 3:1, Acts 2:41-43, Acts 4:33].
2023-01-17 Capital Punishment: Should we look at capital punishment as they did in the Old Covenant? [Jeremiah 31:31-32, Genesis 9:6, Leviticus 24:19-21, Acts 25:11, 2 Corinthains 3:6-8, Romans 13:1-7].
2023-01-13 Men's Hair Length: Could you comment on what the Bible says about the length of a Man's hair? recommended; topical article; "Headcoverings and Women." [Numbers 6, Acts 18:18, 1 Corinthians 11:3-16].
2023-01-12 Good Mormons & Salvation: Do you think that when a Mormon does good works with a sincere heart, God will take it into consideration? [Matthew 25:31-46, Romans 2:5-10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Peter 1:17, Revelation 20:12, Galatians 5:6, John 14:8, Acts 10:13-15, Galatians 6:1].
2023-01-11 Eternal Security (Once Saved, Always Saved): Can you explain why you think that we are not "eternally secure", as I disagree with you based on Ephesians about being sealed by the Holy Spirit. [Ephesians 1:13, 1 Timothy 4:1, John 15:6, Romans 11:22, Colossians 1:21-23, Hebrews 3:12, Galatians 5:4, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:2].
Living Like the Devil: Should we not help those who "live like the devil" all week, but do know God, learn to live better? [1John 2:4, Matthew 7:21-23, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Acts 17:11].
2023-01-10 The Correct Doctrine: How does one know what the correct doctrine really is? Though I trust your views, there are other famous pastors who have alternate opinions? [1 Thessalonians 5:21, 2 Timothy 2:15, Acts 17:11].
Knowing Good or False Teachers: Do you think the Holy Spirit will alert us to bad teachers?
2023-01-05 God's Worked Formed in Us: What do you think about my thoughts on the verse about His continuing to help us be conformed to His image. [Philippians 1:5-6].
Christ's Afflictions Lacking: In Colossians, what is lacking in Christ's afflictions? [Colossians 1:24, Acts 1:1, Isaiah 63:9, Matthew 25:40].
2023-01-04 Great White Throne Judgment: Are there two different jugments-"Great White Throne Judgment" and the "Bema Seat" held at different times? [John 5:28-29, Acts 24:15, Revelation 20:5-6, Revelation 20:13, John 5:24, Ephesians 2:2, Colossians 2:13, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Peter 1:17, 2 Timothy 4:1].
2022-12-28 Tithing for Christians: Are we still obligated to tithe as Christians? [2 Corinthians 9:7, Acts 2:44-45, Acts 4:32, Galatians 6:6].
2022-12-22 David as a Priest: Is there anywhere in scripture that idicates that David was a priest? [Isaiah 13:14, Acts 13:22].
2022-12-20 Amillennial vs Dispensational: Is Amillennialism, by definition, not Dispensational?
Theologian, Spiros Zodhiates What do you know of the work of Spiros Zodhiates?
Charismatic vs Cessationist (Filling of the Holy Spirit): Can you clarify the definition of "Charismatics" and if it involves a "second work of grace?" Recommended topical lectures; "Charisma and Character." [Acts 8-9, Acts 19, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:4, John 20:22, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 5:18].
2022-12-20 Judgment-According to the Light Received: Can someone be saved if they don't fully understand Jesus, having limited light, but have sincere faithfulness toward God? [Acts 10:1-25, Acts 10:15, John 1:9, John 3:17-21, John 6:45].
2022-12-19 Celebrating Christmas: Would you talk about Christians celebrating Christmas? [Colossians 2:16-17, Hebrews 8:13, Galatians 4:10, Galatians 5:4].
Christians Need Not Become Jewish: At the "Jerusalem Council" [Acts15, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Luke 9:35, Mark 9:7].
2022-12-15 The Twelve & the Great Commission: Wasn't Jesus talking to the twelve, rather than us, when he commanded them to go teach everything He commanded? [Matthew 28:18-20, 1 Timothy 6, 1 Corinthians 15, Acts 1:8, Ephesians 4, Matthew 15:24, John 10:16, Romans 10:12, John 14-16, Matthew 19:28].
2022-12-15 Nuclear Bomb-Melting Skin & Eyes: How does this passage in Zechariah apply in the future? Is it referring to a nuclear bomb? To what do you think it refers? [Zechariah 14:12-15, Luke 19:13, Deuteronomy 29:29, Matthew 28:19, Acts 1:7, Matthew 24:42].
2022-12-13 "Son of Man": How did the Pharisees understand the Jesus' use of the "Son of Man" to describe Himself, as it was used for Ezekiel? [Daniel 7: 13-14, Acts 7:56].
2022-12-09 Decorum in the Church: Would you expound on the passage about the customs (head coverings, long hair on men) mentioned in 1 Corinthians 11? [1 Corinthians 11:16, 1 Corinthians 11:14, Acts 18:8]. Recommended; Topical Articles-"Head Coverings."
2022-12-07 New Covenant & Diet Restriction: Can you explain Paul's references to dietary laws relative to the new covenant, and it being mentioned along with sexual morality? [Acts 15:19-21, 1 Corinthians 6].
2022-11-22 Creation of Earth: Affirmation of the creation of the earth in six days. [Genesis 1].
Predestination (Chosen): If one doesn't believe in "predestination" then, what about Paul being chosen in Acts 9? [Acts 9:15-16, I Peter 1:20, Romans 8:29, I John 3:2, Ephesians 1:5, Ephesians 1:11, Romans 8:23].
2022-11-18 "The Holy Spirit Said": In Acts 13, there is a phrase "the Holy Spirit said", in what manner did the Holy Spirit speak? [Acts 13:1-3].
Christian Liberty: If someone goes against their own conscience, and yet they are within general Christian liberty and it is not defined in scripture as a sin, is it a still sin to them?
2022-11-17 Church Membership: What do you think of claims that church membership is required by scripture? [Matthew 18, Hebrews 13:17, I Corinthians 12:13, Acts 2:41-47, Ephesians 4:25].
2022-11-16 Paul's Beating by the Romans: How could Paul have proven that he was a Roman citizen, when he claimed it as he was about to be beaten? [Acts 22:22-23].
2022-11-15 "Other" Sheep: Could you share your thoughts on the verse about God having "other" sheep that was given to prove the Calvinist position of predestination? [John 10:16, Matthew 13:4, John 1:9, John 3:19-21, Acts 17:23-31].
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