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2022-03-29 "Pouring Out the Spirit" & the "Last Days": Is the verse about the "pouring out of the spirit" in the last days rferring to end times or 70 A.D.? [Acts 2:17, Joel 2:2, Joel 2:28-32, I Corinthians 10:11, I John 2:18, I Peter 1:20, Hebrews 1:1, James 5:3, Malachi 4:5-6]
2022-03-23 Baptism of the Holy Spirit (Ghost) with Evidence of Speaking in Tongues: Is it necessary to show the evidence of speaking in tongues to evidence the Holy Spirit (Ghost)? [Acts 1:5-8, Acts 2:4, Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16, Ephesians 5:18, I Corinthians 12-14].
2022-03-23 Empowered by the Holy Spirit: Are there two separate events in the Christian experience, where one accepts Christ and then later we empowered by the Holy Spirit? [Ephesians 5:18, Acts 19, Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:13].
Spiritual Warfare: How do you know when you are in the middle of spiritual warfare? [I Peter 5:8, 2 Peter 2:11, Ephesians 6:10-18].
2022-03-18 Catholics Saved or Lost?: Are some Catholics saved? [Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13, 2 Timothy 2:15, John 8:31-32].
2022-03-18 Judas' Death-Contradiction: Could you help me with the contradictory stories of Judas' death? [Matthew 27:5, Acts 1:18].
2022-03-15 Silas Was a Prophet: Where does it say in scripture that Silas was a prophet? [Acts 15:32].
Christians Demon Possessed: Can a Christian who has the Holy Spirit also be demon possessed? [I Peter 5, Ephesians 6:10f, I John 4:4, James 4:7].
2022-03-14 Objection to Long Hair (on Men): How long is long hair on men? [I Corinthians 11:14, Deuteronomy 22:5, Acts 18:18].
Who is Jesus?: Who was Jesus? [I Timothy 3:16, John 14:8-10].
2022-03-08 "Mansions" Prepared for us: Does the word "mansions" literally mean mansions in the verse about God preparing mansions for us in heaven? [John 14:2, John 2:16, John 14:23, Hebrews 3:6, I Timothy 3:15, Ephesians 2:21-22, I Peter 2:5, Acts 7:48].
2022-03-01 Missions & Missionaries: Where in church history did we start sending out missionaries? [Acts 13].
2022-02-28 Needn't Preach or Evangelize if We are Predestined: Do the people who think you are predestined to be saved, still preach the gospel? [Romans 8:29-30, Ephesians 1:4-11, 2 Peter 3:9, Luke 13:34, Matthew 23:37, Acts 10].
2022-02-24 Evangelizing: Are we not commanded to preach Jesus and evangelize the world? [Acts 2:42, Acts 4].
2022-02-22 Unclear Bible Passages: Do you think that God leaves some things unclear to keep us busy? [Matthew 24:46, Luke 12:43, Luke 19:13, Acts 1:7].
2022-02-16 Prayer Addressed to Jesus or God: Am I saying my prayers to Jesus or to God? [Ephesians 3:14, Acts 4:21-30, John 16:23-26, Matthew 6:9-13, Acts 7:59-60, John 14:6, Revelation 22:12].
2022-02-14 The Holy Spirit in Our Lives: What is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives? Recommended lecture; "Charisma & Character". [Colossians 3:14, Philippians 1:21, Romans 8:14].
Leading of the Holy Spirit: How does one determine when it is your own thoughts versus the Holy Spirit leading you? [Acts 16].
2022-02-09 Background Checks for Churches: Caller shares an alternate opinion about requiring background checks and clearance to work with children.
Rebellion Against Government Restrictions: Where should one draw the line in submitting to others, including government authorities & general civil rights? [Acts 5:29, Acts 4:19].
Cautioning Others to Avoid Persecution: Should I be cautioning my friend in China to be more careful about talking about things that could get him in trouble? [Matthew 10:16].
2022-02-08 Resurrection Expected in Old Testament Days: What Old Testament scripture was being referred to that indicates that the resurrection was predicted prior to the New Covenant? [John 20:9, Psalm 16:10, Acts 2:31-32, I Corinthians 15:4, Acts 13:35, Matthew 12:40, 2 Corinthians 3:14, Luke 24:45].
2022-02-04 Repeated Prayers Show Lack of Faith: Is it always God's will to heal, and what do you think of those that claim repeated prayers show a lack of faith? [Luke 18, 2 Corinthians 12, Matthew 7:7-12, I Thessalonians 5:17, 2 Timothy 4, Acts 3].
2022-02-04 Prophecies Left to be Fulfilled: Doesn't the rebuilding of the temple and the treaty have to happen to fulfill prophecy before the Second Coming? [Amos 9:11, Daniel 9-11, Acts 15, Matthew 24:15, Luke 21:20, Mark 13, Daniel 11:21-22].
2022-02-04 Purpose of the Contemporary Church: Exactly what is the purpose of the modern day church, and why has the church left the early church model and tends not to use the gifts? [Acts 2].
2022-02-02 Old Testament Hebrew Poetic Language: Did Job's friends and the prophets actually speak in poetic form, or where they just recast in poetry when the story is told?
God Uses the Devil: Does God actually use the devil to accomplish His will at times? [Acts 2:23].
2022-02-01 Repentance Not Required for Salvation: Does one have to repent from your sins to get into heaven? [Acts 16:30, Romans 10:9, Luke 6:46, I Peter 1:14].
Getting to Heaven: How does one get a ticket to heaven?
2022-01-31 Forgiveness for Abortion: Because I funded two abortions in the past, I struggle with guilt. Will I be held accountable for my choice? [I John 1:9-11, Acts 13:39]
2022-01-28 Non-Trinitarian: Why didn't Jesus explain that He was only one of the trinity in Mark 12? [Mark 12:29, Matthew 28:19, Jeremiah 9:23-24, Deuteronomy 6:4, Deuteronomy 29:29, Acts 1:7, Matthew 11:25].
2022-01-27 Baptism in Water or of the Holy Spirit: When "baptism" is mentioned in the book of Acts, is it talking about water baptism or the baptism of the Holy Spirit? [Acts 25:18, Acts 19:1-5, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:38, Matthew 3:11, Acts 8:36, Acts 2:4, Acts 1:8, Acts 10:47].
2022-01-26 Jesus Went to Hell (Apostles' Creed): According to the Apostle's Creed, it says that Jesus went to hell. Why would God do that? [Acts 2:27, Psalms 16:10, Ephesians 4:9, Psalms 139:15, I Peter 3:20-21, I Peter 1:11].
2022-01-25 Jesus' Coming Only One More Time: Regarding the pre-trib rapture-is not Jesus saying that He is only coming one more time, not two more times, in John 14? [John 14:1, John 14:23, John 14:16-18, Acts 1:11, Hebrews 9:27, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9, John 6:39-40, John 6:44, John 6:54].
2022-01-21 Holy Spirit Coming: Wasn't the Holy Spirit not to come till Jesus was crucified, how did it come in the form of a dove?? [Luke 3:22, John 7:39, Isaiah 61:1-2, Luke 4:18-21, Acts 1:2, Matthew 12:28].
2022-01-17 Applying Prophecy from Isaiah to Feminism & Poor Leadership Today: Can someone apply this Isaiah prophecy to us, in America, today, with possible application to feminism & poor leadership? [Isaiah 3:12. Isaiah 3:4].
The "Catching up" in the Rapture: What do you think of someone who interprets the rapture as more relative to the transfiguration? [I Thessalonians 4:17, I Corinthians 15, 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, Matthew 25:1, Acts 28:15].
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].
2022-01-13 Free Will Choice: Do we choose God or does He choose us? [Acts 2].
2022-01-11 Elders & Deacons: Do all churches need to have elders and deacons? [Acts 20:28, I Peter 5:1-4].
2022-01-07 Date of the Crucifixion: When do you think that the crucifixion took place? [Luke 3:1, John 2:20, Acts 2:20].
Length of Jesus' Ministry: Could Jesus' ministry be 4-5 years?
2022-01-06 Herod & the "Man of Sin": Was Herod's death possibly relative to the "man sitting in the temple"? [Luke 12:18-22, Acts 12, Acts 17].
2022-01-05 Pray to God or Jesus: Should I pray to God or to Jesus? [Ephesians 3:14, Matthew 6:9-13, John 16:23-26, John 14:6, Revelation 22:20, Acts 7:59].
Dinosaurs Died in Flood: Didn't all the dinosaurs die in the flood?
2021-12-30 Explaining the Trinity: Could you describe the "Trinitarian", as opposed to the "Oneness" view? [John 16:7, Acts 15, Romans 8, Luke 22:42].
2021-12-30 Baptize in What Name-Jesus Only or All Three?: What is the right way to be baptized, in the name of "Jesus" only or by "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit", Acts 19:5, Acts 8:16, Acts 2:38, Matthew 28:20, Colossians 2:9].
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].
2021-12-27 Praying to Jesus: Do these verses seem to indicate that we should pray to Jesus, rather than to God? [I John 5:13, Ephesians 3:14, John 16:23, Revelation 22:20, Acts 7:59].
2021-12-22 Last Event in the Bible: What is the last documented historic event recorded in the Bible and why do you think that there has not been more? [2 Timothy, Acts 28, Luke 19:41-44, Luke 21:5-6].
2021-12-21 Learning the Bible Like Steve Gregg: Can other people learn to refer to Bible scripture as quickly as you do, or is it just a special gift of yours?
Feeling Sorry for the Pharisees: Do you ever feel sorry for the Pharisees? [John 10:37, John 17:6, John 5:42, Acts 15:5].
2021-12-09 Baptism in "Jesus" Name Only: What do you think of the requirement to be baptized in the name of "Jesus" only? [Acts 2:38, Matthew 28:19, Romans 4:3].
"Love Your Neighbor": Who is our neighbor in regard to the instruction to "Love your neighbor"? [Luke 10:36-37, Mark 12:30-31].
2021-12-09 Objections to Post-Tribulation Rapture View: Could you respond to these objections to the post-tribulation view of the rapture? [I Thessalonians 4:15-18, Acts 28, Matthew 25:1, Matthew 24:36, Matthew 24:44, Luke 12:40, Daniel 9].
Length of the Tribulation: Do we know how long the tribulation will be? Recommended topical lecture, "When Shall These Things be?" [Matthew 24:21, Matthew 24:34].
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].
2021-12-07 Whose Initiative is it-God or Us?: Do you believe that the first step in conversion and regeneration is our initiative toward faith, or it it God working in us first? [Ephesians 2:1, Acts 2:37-39, Acts 7:54].
Dead in Trespasses and Sin: When scripture says "we were dead in trespasses and sins," do you think we are not really unable to do anything? Recommended topical lecture; "God's Sovereignty & Man's Salvation." [Ephesians 2:1, Romans 9, Psalm 10:17, Proverbs 16:1].
2021-12-01 Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Would this align with your view of the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" if described as an emptying of our lives from "self" which allows for the further "filling" of the Holy Spirit? [Romans 8:16, Ephesians 5:18, Acts 1:5].
2021-11-30 "Lordship Salvation" Heresy: Why is "Lordship Salvation" such a dangerous heresy? [Acts 16:31, Romans 10:9, 2 Corinthians 11:3-4].
2021-11-30 Wordless Book: Have you heard of the "Wordless Book" for evangelism?
The "Sinner's Prayer": Is it wrong to lead a person in the "Sinner's Prayer"? [Acts 11:26, Luke 18:13, Romans 10:9].
2021-11-30 Evidence of Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Do you think that the evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues? [Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 1:13, Acts 8, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:4].
2021-11-29 Head Coverings & Women Not Speaking: Are the scriptures talking about head coverings and women not speaking, relative to when they are in or outside the church? [I Corinthians 11:5, I Corinthians 11:14, I Corinthians 11:16, Acts 18:18, Numbers 6:18, I Corinthians 14:28].
Women in Ministry: Should Women be in ministry? [Acts 18:26, Romans 16:3].
2021-11-29 Head Coverings & Women Not Speaking: Are the scriptures talking about head coverings and women not speaking, relative to when they are in or outside the church? [I Corinthians 11:5, I Corinthians 11:14, I Corinthians 11:16, Acts 18:18, Numbers 6:18, I Corinthians 14:28].
Women in Ministry: Should Women be in ministry? [Acts 18:26, Romans 16:3].
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