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Topic: Tradition (Custom)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-25
King of Tyre & Bible Chapter Titles: Who has the power to title the Bible's chapters and why would the title given be ignored? Isn't it irresponsible to apply something that scripture does not say? [Ezekiel 28:12-16, Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 26-28, Ezekiel 28:1, Ezekiel 28:12, Ezekiel 12:16].



2024-03-07
Easter Bunnies & Eggs: What do bunnies and eggs have to do with Easter? Do you think we bring glory to God when we use them? [1 Corinthians 10:31].



2024-03-06
Men with Long Hair & Cross-dressing: How do you see the verse about men not wearing long hair and men dressing like women? [1 Corinthians 11:14, 1 Corinthians 11:16, Deuteronomy 22:5, Acts 18:18].



2024-02-15
Lent & Ash Wednesday: Should a protestant observe Lent and take the ashes on Ash Wednesday?



2024-01-16
Catholics & Protestant "Sola Scriptura": When Catholics refer to their "other" traditions when they say that Protestants only pay attention to "sola scripture" but Catholics believe in both scripture and other traditions, what are those traditions? [1 Timothy 3:2-5, Mark 7:9].



2023-11-22
Spices Brought to the Tomb: In contrast to Jewish tradition, why would the women take spices to the tomb, when he was already buried in the tomb? [Mark 16:3].



2023-09-26
Church Today and the Tabernacle & Temple Tithe: Could you discuss the parallels between the customs of the church today and the obligations (tithes) that took place in the Tabernacle, Temple, and synagogue previously? [1 Peter 2:5].



2023-09-19
Origin of Satan: Caller disagrees with Steve that the Bible is not clear on the origins of Satan. [Jude 1:6, 2 Peter 2:4].
Satan's Origins-God Can't Create Evil: Since it is impossible for God to create evil, doesn't this require us to believe that Satan must be a fallen angel? [Proverbs 16:4].


2023-09-13
"Sola Scriptura": Would you give me an argument to support "sola scripture" ("scripture alone")?
Adultery & Pornography: Is viewing pornography the same as adultery (mental vs. physical)?


2023-09-11
Cultural Sensitivity: Does Paul's "cultural sensitivity" for religious Jews when he says "to the Jews, I became as a Jew" direct us now? [1 Corinthians 9:19-23].



2023-08-31
Women Speaking & Uncovering Their Heads: What do you think about the women today not covering their heads and speaking in church? [1 Corinthians 11:4-6, 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, 1 Timothy 2:11-12, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-14, 1 Peter 3:4, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, 1 Timothy 2:8].



2023-08-14
False Doctrines Developed Outside of the Bible: Could you survey significant false doctrines that have developed that are not really in the Bible?



2023-07-21
Greek Orthodoxy: Could you help me assess what seems to be better answers coming from Greek Orthodoxy? [Matthew 23:5-6, 2 Timothy 2:1-7].



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].



2023-02-22
"Ash Wednesday" & "Lent": Is "Ash Wednesday" biblical? Should I participate? (Call is almost complete before the show cuts-out and a recording begins).



2023-02-15
Symbolism of the Galilean Wedding (Wedding at Cana): How paralleled are the events of the Galilean Wedding, the church as bride, and relative to end times? [2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 11, Matthew 25].
Insight Through Nature: Do you think that one can gain some spiritual insight and parallels from nature and culture?


2023-01-30
Jesus' Sinful Nature: Do you think that Jesus had a "sinful nature?" [Romans 3:23, Romans 7:23, Romans 6:20].
Assumptions Beyond the Bible: Why would people assume stuff that isn't in the Bible?


2023-01-24
Old Law & New Testament Fasting: Is there a difference between the requirements of the Old Law regarding fasting and expectations of fasting in the New Testament? [Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 9:15, 2 Samuel 12:13-25, Mark 2:19].
New Wine in Old Skins: Would you explain the significance of the new wine in the old skins, and how it might align with the Old and New Law? [Matthew 9:16-17, Mark 2:22].


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."



2022-11-03
Greek Orthodox & Catholics: Did you express that just because some are caught up in some mistaken ritual behaviors, like Greek Orthodox and Catholics, it doesn't mean they cannot be sincere and genuinely saved?



2022-10-31
Marriage of the Lamb & End Times Predictions: What do you think about a movie "Before the Wrath" that represents the rapture as linked to the "Marriage of the Lamb" and ancient wedding custom, and indicates the exact timing of the rapture event? [Revelation 19:7-9, Acts 1:7, Mark 13:32, Matthew 24:36].



2022-10-18
The Word "Priest" in the New Testament: Catholic caller disagrees with Steve about the acceptable use of the word "priest" used in the New Testament for ? [Romans 15:16, Isaiah 8:20].



2022-06-29
Head Coverings: Could you shed some light on "head coverings?" [I Corinthians 11:3-16, Acts 18:18, Deuteronomy 22:5]. Recommended topical article; "Head Coverings."



2022-06-03
Catholic Disagreement-Evidence of the Miracle of the Eucharist, etc.: Caller defends the language of Ignatius (church father), terms such as "bishops" and "priests" and the miracle of the "Eucharist". [Romans 15:16, Philippians 4:18].



2022-06-01
Lord's Supper (Communion): Is the Lord's Supper (Communion) more appropriately Christians sharing a meal together, rather than the current tradition of sharing a cracker and a sip of grape juice? [I Corinthians 11:24, I Corinthians 11:34, Luke 22:19, Mark 14:22-25].



2022-04-25
Finding Truth Among Denominations: Since there is much conflict between denominations, how do we find the real truth?



2022-02-18
Talmud & Synagogue History: Could you talk about the origins and history of the Talmud and the synagogue? [Deuteronomy 24:1].



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].


2021-11-18
Misunderstood About Christianity: What is the most misunderstood thing about the Christian faith today, particularly in contrast to joining a religious group that practices Christian traditions?



2021-11-12
Steve Gregg's Book About Hell: Did you write a book about Hell? Recommends the topical lecture about the three view of hell.
Eternal Fire of Hell: Caller indicates that there are at least 15 church fathers that believed in the eternal fire of hell. [Matthew 25:41].


2021-10-05
Catholicism: What is the best argument against Catholicism? (Ref: Debate with Jimmy Aiken). [I Corinthians 11:3, Matthew 20:25, Luke 22:25].



2021-09-21
Actual Body of Christ in the Eucharist: Caller argues that his actual body of Christ is in the Eucharist and that the view was held by the church fathers from the earliest dates. [Acts 20:29,l Act 20:26, Mark 10:43, Isaiah 8:20].



2021-08-31
Catholic Tradition plus the Scripture: Catholic caller disagrees with Steve about the importance of tradition in our Christian faith in addition to scripture. [2 Thessalonians 2:15].



2021-08-30
Reliance on Catholic Tradition: How do I refute the Catholic idea that we need to rely on tradition in addition to scripture?



2021-07-19
Keeping Jewish Traditions (Judaizers): The admonitions about practicing Jewish traditions seem to be contrasting between Romans & Galatians, but isn't it more the demand of the gentiles to adhere to Jewish traditions? [Romans 14, Galatians 1:14].



2021-02-26
Lent: Caller offers insight into the origins of "Lent".
Caller shares His Miracle: Caller shares his recent miracle.


2021-02-26
Catholic Practice of Lent: When did "lent" begin, and what do you think about those that practice it?



2021-02-18
A Vision for Children: Caller recommend Steve Gregg lectures; "A Vision for Children" on TheNarrowPath.com.
Abstaining for Lent: How does one share a concern about abstaining from something for 40 days for lent, when we should be doing things right all the time?


2021-02-11
Catholic Traditions & Inconsistencies: Are not Catholics inconsistent when they indicate there are not new revelations since scripture was written, however they have all these oral traditions, such as various beliefs about Mary?



2021-02-11
Liturgy & Traditions for Worship: Should our worship include some of the liturgy of the Catholic church or Old Testament Jewish traditions? How do we determine what to include?



2021-01-26
Water Baptism Required: Is water baptism required for entering the "Kingdom of God", and if it is, then why do so many evangelists not require it? [John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Acts 9:10-21, I Peter 3:20-21 ].
Born of Water & Spirit: What does it mean to be, "born of water and of the spirit"? [John 3:5-6].


2020-11-06
Christmas: Caller questions the veracity of those worried about the date of Christmas as Christ's birthday. [I Samuel 15:22].



2020-10-08
Temple Laws & Talmudism: Is there a resource that would delineate what laws were necessary to obey in the time of Christ?



2020-07-22
Church Programs & Routines: Why do you think that church programs are so programmed and routine, such as, standing up and sitting down, etc.? [Genesis 24:64].



2020-06-25
Death Angel: Is death an angel, based on Hebrew mythology?
Catholic Church & Their Traditions: Has the Catholic Church changed many things in the faith in order to gain more control?
The Apocrypha: Should one read the Apocrypha?

2020-03-25
Why a Sermon on Sunday: Why do we gather once a week to listen to someone give a sermon, when it would be more beneficial to have a conversation? [Acts 2].



2020-02-19
Catholic Traditions: How do Catholics respond to Romans 14, especially regarding not eating meat on Fridays? [Romans 14:1-8].



2020-02-12
Crossing Oneself in Catholicism: Is there a protestant equivalent of crossing oneself when you hear of someone's passing-like there is in Catholic tradition?



2020-02-11
The Millennium's 1000 years: Why do you think that the 1000 years is not really 1000 years, but instead symbolic? [Revelation 5:6, 20, Matthew 12, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3].
Scripture-Symbolic or Literal: Isn't it a mistake to just randomly take whatever verses you want to as symbolic, when they might be literal? [Revelation 17].


2020-02-11
Traditions of the Elders: Could you enlighten me about this verse and if it suggests that Catholic emphasis on tradition might necessarily be reconsidered? [Matthew 15:6].



2019-11-19
Holy Kiss: Regarding the "holy kiss" in the Bible, some say that we should do the same tradition, otherwise we are in danger of dropping other biblical examples. What do you think of this? [Romans 16:16, 2 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Peters 5:14, I Timothy 2:8, Mark 12:30-31].



2019-08-26
Catholic Traditions-Praying to Mary, Forgiven by Priests, Holy Water: Is it really sin, or idolatry, when Catholics pray to Mary, instead of to God? What about when they say you have to go to a priests to get your sins forgiven [Acts 8, James 2].



2019-05-30
Helping Catholics: How do we help Catholics come out of their traditions and misconceptions and bring them to true faith?



2019-05-24
Finding truth & not traditions: How do you genuinely find the truth? [John 14:6]
Repenting over & over again: Do we have to continue ask God to forgive us once we are forgiven?


2019-04-30
Catholic traditions: Is holding one's hands a certain way restricted to the priests?
B.C. & A.D.: How did people date the years prior to the BC & AD identifiers? And when was this instituted?


2019-03-11
Catholic traditions: So you think that some of the traditions in the Catholic Church seem to be bordering on idolatry?



2018-12-20
Relationship over Rituals: The New Testament seems to speak of relationship & condemn rituals, can you find any rituals besides the Lord's Supper & Baptism, & what about traditions?



2018-08-22
Blessing Them Which Bless You: God told Abraham, "I will Bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you", can you comment on what this means? [Genesis 12:3]
Tradition & Scripture: Is tradition in the church as important as scripture like the Catholic Church seems to suggest? [1 Thessalonians 2:15]


2018-08-21
Blessing Them Which Bless You: God told Abraham, "I will Bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you", can you comment on what this means? [Genesis 12:3]
Tradition & Scripture: Is tradition in the church as important as scripture like the Catholic Church seems to suggest? [1 Thessalonians 2:15]


2018-07-27
The Disciple that Jesus Loved: Is john really the disciple that Jesus loved, because how could John, a fisherman from Galilee, be able to get past the Gate of the palace of the High Priest, but Peter wasn't able to? [Acts 4]



2018-04-11
Works and Grace: DO all Catholics believe we can earn our Salvation through our works & Sacraments?
Tradition: Paul said we should keep the traditions. Does that mean like the Catholics do? They always emphasize Protestants are wrong about "Sola Scriptura", that Scripture & Tradition are equally important. [2 Thessalonians 2:15]


2018-02-28
Sola Scripture: Is sola scriptura wrong because the Bible was compiled according to tradition?



2018-02-27
Sola Scriptura & Relevancy of Scripture: Do you believe in sola scriptura and no tradition at all? Is any scripture outdated?



2018-02-20
Vision for Church: What did Jesus & Paul have as a vision of what "church" is? Is the way we do church today just based on tradition?



2017-10-20
Not Being Contentious: Being Contentious, caller gives his interpretation of a Scripture. [1 Corinthians 11:16]



2017-09-14
Cremation or Buried in Coffin: Is cremation acceptable or is it better to be buried?
Church Fathers & their Doctrine: Did the Church Fathers influence a lot of their doctrines & traditions in the church?


2017-09-14
Church Traditions: Traditions that are not biblical, but is there a Biblical basis to believe traditions?



2017-09-12
Apostolic Traditions Not Found in BIble: Is there anything from the church father's that talks about doctrines that the apostles believed that's not in scripture?



2017-06-28
SOLAS & Sola Scriptura: Have you ever heard of the acronym SOLAS? Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria.



2016-11-01
Sola Scriptura: There's the Bible but then there's Tradition, so where does tradition play a role?
Traditions: Are there some actual traditions in the Bible that we are supposed to follow?
Division in the Church: All this division in the church seems to have a lot to do with Paul. Is there any reason it seems that way? Did Paul teach a different gospel than Christ?

2016-07-21
Remedy Paraphrase Bible: What is Steve's opinion on the new "Remedy" paraphrased Bible?
Sola Scriptura What is Steve's opinion on "sola scriptura"?


2016-07-05
The Emergent Church: What is the emergent church?



2016-03-28
Mary equal with God: Where does the Catholic church get their idea that Mary is equal with God?
Priests Forgiving Sins: Where do they get the idea that the priest can forgive sins?


2016-03-18
Unwashen Hands: What did Jesus mean by this? [Matthew 15:15-20, Mark 7:1-23]



2016-03-03
Catholics & Protestants Believe in Same God: Catholics & Protestants might get their information from different sources, but they believe in the same God. But the question is, if you say some books aren't part of the Bible, aren't you also following tradition?



2015-10-29
Cremation: What does the Bible say about cremation? or what do Christians thinks about it?



2015-08-20
Catholic Authority: Where does the Catholic Church get the idea that they have all authority, that if it didn't originate w/ them, it is wrong?
Sola Scriptura & Tradition in the CC: Catholic Church Believes in Scripture & Tradition?


2015-05-04
The Torah & the Talmud: You could sort've compare the Torah & the Talmud to the Word of God, & the "tradition", exactly like the Catholic Church.



2015-04-20
Jewish Tradions-Shmita (7th Year Rest) & Jubilees: What do you Steve know about the Shmita (every 7 years letting the soil rest) and Jubilee?
America's Economy: Is America's economy about to collapse?


2015-04-16
Salvation from the Bible: Taking our Salvation only from the Bible, Tom the Catholic disagrees. Baptism saves. [Matthew 19:25, 10:22, 24:13, Mark 16:16, John 6:50]
Church is built on Apostles: Church is gone, invisible!


2015-03-26
Catholic Tradition: Tom the Catholic who used to always call in the early years want to chime in on a call he heard to March 6, the first Question, about Tradition.



2015-03-06
Sola Scriptura: What does Sola Scriptura mean, a Catholic asks a Protestant, because all the problems, divisions that the Protestants are having stems from that.
Catholic Church the only way: Anyone who is not under the umbrella of the pope or in the Catholic church are not saved, caller's Catholic friend says.


2014-09-17
Tradition & Legalism: When do you think the traditions some of us have all of a sudden become legalistic? When are we officially crossing the line? Is there anything that we do that would be deemed legalistic?



2014-07-01
Traditions of the Catholic Church: How to make people see beyond the Veil of the Roman Catholic Church, that is the problem.



2014-06-23
Sabbath vs Sunday: Why do Christians predominantly go to church on Sunday? Isn't in a man-made tradition?



2014-06-04
Rope tied around a High Priest: Where do we get the idea that a rope had to be tied around a High Priest's ankle when he entered the Most Holy Place in the Temple in case he had sin in his life & was struck dead? Is it anywhere in the Bible?
Curtain being torn in 2: Could it be that the tradition started between the time when the curtain of the Temple between the Holy Place & the Most Holy Place was rent in twain after Jesus' death & the temple being destroyed in 70 AD?


2013-09-11
"Above that which is Written": What did Paul mean when he said, "don't believe above that which is written" in 1 Corinthians? [1 Corinthians 4:6, 1 corinthians 1:31, Jeremiah 9:23]
Oral & Written Instruction: Did Paul expect the Corinthians to obey his oral instructions just as much as his written instructions & was it to be passed on to future generations as his tradition?


2013-05-22
Origin of Satan: How could the angels have sinned if they were in heaven? Is there sin in heaven? [Isaiah 14:12, Ezekiel 28:12-17, Luke 10:18, John 12:31, John 8:44, I John 3:8].
Satan in Heaven: Didn't Satan have access to heaven because he was walking to and fro in Job? Then, was he not cast out of heaven? [Job 1:7, Job 2:2, Revelation 12:7-10].


2013-04-25
Catholic: Call No Man "Father": Catholic caller; Scripture must not be absolute about not calling any man "Father", since scripture seems to contradict this in numerous places. [Matthew 23:8-9, Romans 4:1, Romans 4:11-12, Romans 9:10, I Corinthians 4:15, Philippians 2:22, I Peter 5:13].
Calling Religious Leaders "Father": Is there anything in the New Testament that indicates that the Pharisees were called "fathers"? [Acts 7:1].


2013-03-29
"Means of Grace" (Sacraments): Is there a church hierarchy that established the administeration of the "means of grace" (sacraments)
Sacraments, Grace & Faith: Would they differentiate between the adminstration of the sacraments, means of grace, and being saved by faith? [2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Ephesians 2:8-9].
Conspiracies About the Resurrection: Are not the conspiracies surrounding the attempt to discredit the resurrection suggest a mindset that goes against reason and evidence?

2013-03-28
The Apostles' Martyrdom: What happened to the apostles? [John 21, Acts 12].



2013-03-21
Hell-Eternal Torment: Did I hear you correctly when you said that hell is not necessarily forever? [Romans 6:23, Matthew 10:28, 2Thessalonians 1:9, Ephesians 1:9-10, Colossians 1:19-20, Philippians 2:9-10].
Universal Reconcilation: Can people repent after they die?


2012-01-16
Catholic Guest: Tim Staples: Steve introduces Tim Staples, host of the "Catholic Answers" radio program (Catholic.com). Steve and Tim discuss opposing views in the Catholic and Protestant Views.
Catholic vs. Non-Catholic (Protestant)-Spiritual Authority: Steve and Catholic Tim Staples discuss the difference in views about the spiritual authority of the church. [2 Thessalonians 2:15, Matthew 18:15-18, Matthew 21:23-27, Isaiah 22:16-22, Acts 15, Matthew 23:2, Matthew 15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Deuteronomy 17:8, Matthew 18:6, Matthew 20:25-29, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Peter 3:15, 1 Corinthians 11:3, Matthew 23:10, 1 Samuel 2:2, Isaiah 51:1-2, Luke 10:16, Matthew 23:8, Ephesians 4:11, James 3:1, 1 Corinthians 12, Matthew 16:19].
Catholic vs. Non-Catholic (Protestant)-The Stakes: Steve and Catholic Tim Staples discuss; If one doesn't think Catholics are correct but can be saved, then what is at stake? What is the benefit of being Catholic or Protestant? [Hebrews 13:17, Matthew 23:10].

2012-01-09
Asking for Money: Caller comments on the pastors asking for money.
Biblical Numerology: Is there a good Bible study on numerology and its related symbolism?

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