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2023-05-22 Saved (Many or Few): Can you help me understand how some use scripture to indicate that there are only a few who will be saved, when some verses indicate that there will be many? [Matthew 7:14, Revelation 7:9, Luke 13:23].
2023-05-19 Religiousness: Doesn't it seem like some people get caught up in religiosity instead of just being in their faith? [Mark 12:30-31, John 13:34-35, Matthew 23:23].
2023-05-19 Total Depravity: What do you think about teaching that being "poor in spirit" is referring to "total depravity?" [Matthew 5:5].
2023-05-19 Eastern Orthodox Church I am thinking of being baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church ... would you give me your perspective. [Ephesians 2:20, Matthew 23:8, Ephesians 1:23, 1 Peter 2:5 2 Timothy 2:2].
2023-05-18 Praying in Public Rather Than a Closet: How can you respond to evangelists praying in public, rather than in a closet as Jesus said? [Matthew 6:6, John 17].
2023-05-18 The Ambiguity of an Eternal Hell: Should we be leaving the concept of whether hell is eternal ambiguous? [Matthew 23:15, 2 Corinthians 5:14-21].
2023-05-16 Forgiveness-"Seventy Times Seven": I disagree with you about the meaning of the phrase "seventy times seven" implying that we are to forgive an infinite number of times. [Matthew 18:22].
2023-05-11 Self-Improvement Techniques: As a Christian, is it acceptable to practice self-improvement techniques, like the "power of positive thinking" and such? [Jeremiah 2:13, Matthew 9:12, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31-32].
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].
2023-05-10 Regarding Views of Hell: How do you interpret Matthew 25 about everlasting punishment in light of the alternate views of hell? [Matthew 25:46].
God's Wrath vs God's Love: Isn't God's love for his own, equal to His wrath for His enemies? [John 3:16].
2023-05-10 Antichrist's Awareness: Does the Antichrist actually know who he is, or is he so deluded, that he may be unaware of it? [1 John 2:18-22, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, Revelation 13:1-18, Matthew 16:23].
2023-05-09 "Knowing" in Scripture: Would you talk about the various meanings and implication of the word for "knowing?" [Matthew 7:23, John 4:5-30].
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].
2023-05-09 God's Care for His People: In scripture are we to more faith in God, or in His promises. Is it God's character or His promises that assures us of His care and provision for us? [Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 6:33, Psalm 34:9-10, Psalm 84:11, Psalm 37:35].
2023-05-08 Keeping Your Word (Promises) & Broken Trust: How does God view our keeping our promises and letting others know when they failed to do so? [Ecclesiastes 5:5, Matthew 23:16-22, Matthew 5:34].
2023-05-08 Jesus or Satan in Charge on Earth: Could you talk about the contradiction of Satan being the ruler of this world and yet, scripture indicates that Jesus has been given all authority on earth? [John 14:30, Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 15].
2023-05-05 Jesus' Death: Is Jesus talking about his own death when he says there is "a time coming when no one can work?" [John 9:4-5, Matthew 5:14, 2 Peter 1:19].
2023-05-03 Divorce & Reconcilation: Can the offending party or the one at fault in a divorce ever get married again? [Matthew 19].
Getting Married When Drunk: Is a marriage that takes place while the two are drunk, is the covenant still binding?
2023-05-03 Complete Sinlessness After Conversion: What do you say to someone who claims that people cannot sin anymore after a true conversion? [Matthew 18:22, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:1-2, 1 John 2:13, James 5:19, Hebrews 10:26, Hebrew 8:12, Jeremiah 31:34, Hebrews 7:27].
2023-05-03 The Great White Throne of Judgment: What is "The Great White Throne of Judgment?" [Matthew 25:31, 1 Peter 1:17, Revelation 20:11-15].
2023-05-02 New Wine Skins: Would you elucidate on the passage about pouring wine into new wine skins? [Matthew 9:16-17, Isaiah 58:3-7].
2023-05-02 Fear of Losing One's Salvation: How can I deal with my fear of sinning too much and losing my salvation? [Matthew 18:21-22, John 15:13].
2023-05-02 Jesus' Genealogy: Why are we given both Joseph and Mary's genealogies, and how does the line of Jospeh relate to Jesus'? [Luke 3, Matthew 1, Jeremiah 22:28-30].
2023-05-01 Giving Money at Church: Is it acceptable if you are giving your time and effort to the church instead of giving your tithe (money)? [Luke 12:48, Matthew 6:21].
2023-05-01 Faith & Religion: How do you tell when your religion is out of balance and becoming unhealthy? [James 1:27, Matthew 23:23, Matthew 9:13].
2023-04-28 Demons Worship: How can the man with the demon, Legion, worship, if scripture says you have to worship in spirit and truth? [Mark 5:1-20. John 4:24, John 6:37].
Jesus Says-"Don't Tell": Why did Jesus tell some recipients of miracles to not tell anyone, and other times, He told them to do so? [Mark 5:21-43, Matthew 9:18-26, Luke 8:40-56].
2023-04-28 The Movie-"Nefarius": If you saw the movie, "Nefarius," what did you thin of it?
Christian Parents Attending a Gay Wedding: Would you attend your child's gay wedding? [Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 2:18-24, Matthew 19:1-9, Ephesians 5:31-32].
2023-04-28 Commands of Jesus: Do you know of any resources or study that would teach how we should view and understand the commands of Christ? [1 Corinthians 11:1, Romans 2:15, Ephesians 5:1., Matthew 28:20].
2023-04-27 Repentance & Divorce: Are you saying that divorce is a perpetual sin if the couple does not reconcile, unless they have biblical grounds? [Matthew 5:24].
2023-04-26 Kingdom of Heaven: Did Jesus say, "Repent, the kingdom of Heaven is at hand?" [Matthew 3-4].
2023-04-24 Child or Servant of God?: Are we children of God, or servants of God? [Galatians 4:1, Galatians 4:7, 1 John 3:2, Romans 8:14-17, Galatians 3:28, Matthew 25:34, 1 Peter 1:3, Luke 17:7-10].
Male & Female, Jew or Greek: Since there really are some differences between men and women, what is Paul really saying? [Galatians 3:28, Romans 2, Philippians 3:3, Ephesians 2:11-22].
2023-04-24 God is Our Enemy: What do you think of this pastor's statement-"The message of the Bible is that your enemy is God Himself." ? [John 3:16, 1 John 3:16, Matthew 11:19, 2 Corinthians 5:19].
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].
2023-04-21 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].
2023-04-21 Dinosaurs & Dragons: Could you help me with some of the Hebrews words used for "dragons" and do you think that the Kings James Version is accurate in its use of it? [Genesis 1, Job 40, Job 41, Isaiah 14:29, Matthew 12:40].
2023-04-18 Parable of the Talents: Is it an appropriate parallel to the "Parable of the Talents" to consider it relative to evangelism and the directive to speak and work to bring people to Christ? [Matthew 25:14-30].
2023-04-18 Women as Elders or Pastors: Would you comment on a pastor who has changed his mind about allowing women elders based on the notion that women weren't scholars, and were limited by a language issue, that is not true any longer? [1 Corinthians 14:34-35, Matthew 11:25].
2023-04-17 Jesus' Authority & Limited Knowledge: Didn't Jesus already have all authority prior to the scripture that says it was given to Him? Did he have limited knowledge? [Hebrews 2:9, Ephesians 1:21, Matthew 28 :18, Daniel 7:9-10, Luke 2:52, Matthew 24:36, Philippians 2:7, Matthew 12:29].
2023-04-17 Temptation of Christ: Was Jesus tempted by sex? [Hebrews 4:15, Matthew 5:28, James 1:14-16].
2023-04-14 Calvinism & Children in Hell: Do Calvinist believe that Jesus died for children or infants that died (as if they are elect)? Do they go to hell? [Matthew 19:14, Romans 9:20, 1 John 2:27, Matthew 5:44-45, Matthew 11:19, Luke 6:27-28].
2023-04-14 Calvinism & Arminianism: Do you think the main two divisions in Christianity is between the Calvinists and the Arminians?
"Every Thought Brought into Captivity": Could you riff on the last lin in 2 Corinthians 5, regarding "bringin every thought into Captivity?" [2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Romans 12:2, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:28, 2 Corinthians 10:1, Matthew 28:20, 1 Corinthians 6:9]
2023-04-13 Old Testament Prophecies & Non-Literal Fulfillments: You mentioned that not all Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled literally. Could you share some examples of those? Rec: Topical lectures; "When Shall These Things Be?"-#2, "Methods of Interpretation." [Isaiah 9:1-2, Matthew 4:15-16, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24, Zechariah 11:12-13, Zechaiah 9:9, Micah 5:2].
2023-04-11 Take Up Your Cross: Could you comment on Jesus saying that we "should take up our cross" and yet He had not yet died on the cross? [Matthew 16:24, Luke 14:27].
2023-04-10 God's Unconditional Love: Our pastor indicated that not only is God's love unconditional, but so is His salvation. Do the following verses apply to being saved from 70 AD or the judgment? [Matthew 24, Mark 13:13, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:2, Matthew 5:43-48,, Luke 15:24, James 4:6-7, Ezekiel 33:11, John 15:13, Proverbs 13:24].
2023-04-05 Gay Marriage in Churches: What should I be considering if I am going to talk to the pastor of a church that accepts "Gay" marriage? [Matthew 19:4, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Galatians 5:19-21].
2023-04-05 Manuscripts Variants: How should we approach manuscript variants? Do you deal with this in your "Authority of Scripture?" [1 Corinthians 1:14-16, Matthew 27:9-10, Zechariah 11:13].
2023-04-05 Desire to Obey vs Success in Obedience: Is God more concerned about my attitude and desire to obey than my actual successfulness in obedience? [Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 26:41].
2023-04-04 Futurist, Non-Dispensational View: Are there any resources you could recommend that review the Futurist view of Matthew 24, that is not Dispensational (George Eldo Laden)? [Matthew 24].
New Covenant Theology: Are you familiar with New Covenant Theology?
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].
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