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Topic: Inspiration

Episode Topic Audio

2024-04-16
Scripture in the New Testament: Doesn't Peter refer to Paul's writings as scripture? [2 Peter 3:15-16, 2 Peter 1:19-21].



2024-04-16
Inspiration of Scripture: How has your understanding of "inspiration of scripture" grown? [2 Timothy 3:16-17].
Apostles Paraphrasing: Is it possible that the apostles paraphrased what was said?


2023-11-27
The Cepher Bible & the Book of Enoch: Have you heard of the Cepher Bible? What do you know about the Book of Enoch?



2023-09-01
Inspiration of Scripture: How does what you had to say earlier about the inspiration of scripture relate to 2 Timothy 3:16? [2 Timothy 3:15-16].



2023-09-01
"Inspired" Bible & Disciples: Can you explain what is meant by "inspiration" relative to the writing the books of the Bible? [John 13:20, 2 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 1:14-16].



2023-05-25
Tongues & Interpretation: Since the person who is speaking in tongues knows what he is saying, why doesn't he interpret it for the church?
Job's Story including scenes in Heaven: How can someone know what was happening behind the scenes in heaven in the book of Job? [Job 1-2, 1 Kings 22, Zechariah 3].


2023-04-07
The Apocrypha: Why isn't the "Apocrypha" considered inspired text by Jews or Christians?



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].



2023-03-22
Prophets & Modern Teachers/Preachers: Are the old prophets and modern teachers or preachers equal in their ability to speak for God? [2 Peter 1:21, James 3:1, Ephesians 3:3-4]



2022-11-10
Stephen is Mistaken-Christianity Fails: If Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit, but was mistaken in his speech, for example, how does he come up with where the bodies are buried Shechem, instead of Hebron? And how does he come up with the 70, instead of 75 bodies? Only the Masoretic text is infallible.



2022-10-11
Inerrancy & Application in Scipture: Because the Bible is inerrant, doesn't each scripture apply to every one of us, rather than only selectively applicable to some of us?
Adultery: A man says the Bible does not apply in its restriction on adultery, because he is not the one that is married, though the woman with whom he has sex, is married.


2022-04-06
Atheist: Why Believe the Bible is True?: Why should we believe that the Bible is true? [Isaiah 41:21-23].
Atheist: Why Believe the Bible is God's Word: Atheist: Why should we believe that the Bible is the Word of God?
Atheist: Why "love" the Bible?: Atheist: Why should we love the Bible?

2022-03-15
Churches & Fellowship Groups on Matthew713.com: The fellowship/ church list at Matthew713.com has a new area listed for Vancouver, Washington.
Inerrancy & Inspiration of Scripture: Would you talk about the inerrancy or infallibility of the Bible and the inspiration of scripture?


2022-01-12
Shorter Version of the Book of Mark: Didn't Jesus predict His resurrection earlier in the book of Mark, regardless of the missing later chapters in some manuscripts?
Bible Manuscripts: Isn't it possible for writers of Bible manuscripts to make spelling errors, etc.
Infallibility of the Bible & the Quran: Isn't some of the arguments for the Quran (Koran) by Islam, very similar to the arguments for the Christian Bible's infallibility?

2022-01-12
Proof of God from an Atheist View: Atheist Caller in dialogue about the proof of God.
Atheist Doubting the Gospel Books: Atheist presents the collection of the canon (books for the Bible) being questionable. [Mark 16:8].


2022-01-10
Infallibility of the Bible: If the words of scripture in the Bible are true, but not infallible, is the Bible not in danger of becoming untrue?
Preservation of His Word: Do you believe that God has preserved His Word? [I Corinthians 7:25, I Corinthians 7:40, Galatians 2:11].


2021-12-28
Inspiration of Scripture: Can you clarify your position on the "inspiration of scripture"? [2 Timothy 3:16].
Automatic Writing from God: Do you think that the Old Testament was written with automatic writing from God?
Moses' Source of Information: Do you think that Moses got his information from God about Genesis, etc.?

2021-12-23
Steve Gregg's View of "Inspiration": Could you clarify your position on "inspiration" regarding scripture? [Ephesians 3:1-6, 2 Corinthians 5:20, I Corinthians 7:40, John 13:20, Romans 15:28, Galatians 2:11-21, 2 Timothy 3:16, I Corinthians 1:14-17, I Corinthians 14:37].



2021-10-14
Inspired Bible Translators: Were the translators of the Bible inspired as the original writers were?
The 144,000: Could you talk about the 144,000 who will be ruling in heaven some day? [Revelation 7, Revelation 14, Hebrews 12:22, James 1:18].


2021-07-26
Inspired Scripture God-Breathed: How could the verse about all scripture being God-breathed be applicable to us and the New Testament, since the only scripture then would have been the Old Testament? [2 Timothy 3:16].



2021-03-26
Walking in the Spirit: How does one achieve walking in the Spirit and living a holy life? Recommended Gregg's new books; "Empire of the Risen Son" (Vol 1 & 2) and Lecture series; Charisma & Character [Isaiah 11:2, Colossians 3:15, Luke 12:11, I Peter 4:11].



2020-10-27
All Scripture is Inspired: What does the verse about scripture actually say in the Greek? [2 Timothy 3:16].



2020-10-26
Eternal Torment: Why would God use the English words such as "eternal" and "everlasting" in regard to hell, if He knew how we would understand them, if it is not as we think as they translated it in English? [2 Peter 3, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Matthew 25:46, Revelation 20:10].
King James Bible Translation: Were the writers of the King James Bible inspired?


2020-09-22
The Writing's of Josephus & Philo: Why were not Josephus and Philo's writings not included in the Bible?
Hollywood Bible Movies: Are the movies such as, "The Robe", "Quo Vadis", and "Ben Hur" historically accurate?


2020-08-28
"Inspiration" of Scripture: Would you talk about your view of the "inspiration" of scripture? [Luke 1:77, Ephesians 3:19, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Jeremiah 36:32].
The Incarnation: What is your view of the incarnation (Kenosis Theory)? [Philippians 2:7, Luke 4:14]


2020-07-06
The Bible-The Word of God: How do I respond to someone who wants to know where the Bible says that it is the word of God?



2020-07-03
The Trinity: What list of things to believe would we make regarding the essentials of the faith and the "Trinity"? [I John 4:15].
Inerrancy of the Bible: How should we be view the claim that the Bible is inerrant? [I Corinthians, 2 Timothy 3:16].
Character of God in Conflict with Old Testament: Can you help me with my struggle with some of the Old Testament passages that seem to conflict with the character of God? [Luke 24:25, John 5:46].

2020-05-28
Why is Not More Being Written in the Bible Today: Why are God's people not still writing more to add to the Bible?



2020-02-27
Bible-Prove to be True: If you were to pick one point to prove that the Bible is the inspired word of God? [Isaiah 44:7].



2019-06-27
Inerrancy & Authority of Scripture: Would you clarify the concept of "inerrancy of scripture"? What does this mean in terms of human fallibility and the authority of scripture? [Numbers 25:9 & I Corinthians 10:8, I Corinthians 1:14-16].
Variation in Manuscripts: What about the parts of the Bible that are not in some manuscripts? [John 7:53-8:12, Job 42:7-17]."


2019-06-25
Inspiration of Scripture: How do we sort out what inspired scripture is? What does it mean to say, "inspired word of the Lord"? [I Corinthians 7, 2 Timothy 3:16].



2019-02-28
Writers of the New Testament: Did the writers of the NT know they were writing scripture when they were writing?



2019-02-06
Repentance for Salvation: Isn't it a false doctrine to teach that we have to repent from our sins in order to be saved?
Paul & Modern Translations: What's that verse about all Scripture being inspired? Is Paul talking about the New Testament? New Translations of the Bible? [2 Timothy 3:16]


2019-01-03
Compilation of the Bible: Can you comment about this; A former priest told me that I wouldn't be a Christian if I knew how the Bible was compiled?



2018-09-20
All Scripture Given By Inspiration: All the word of God is inspired, does that mean they were told word for word what to write, "auto-writing"? [2 Timothy 3:16]



2018-01-31
Destined for Hell: Why would God create people destined for hell?
Reliability of the Bible: My son is concerned about the possible corruption in scriptures.


2018-01-04
New Testament Reliability: People say we can't trust the Scriptures of the New Tesament because they were just letters all compiled together centuries later. [2 Timothy 3:16]



2017-12-15
Doubts the Inerrancy of Scripture: Can a person who doubts the inerrancy Word of God be considered a Christian?



2017-11-08
God's Speaking Trumping the Bible: If God personally speaks to you, is it more important than what you get from the Bible?
The Apostles Infallible: Could the apostles have been wrong?


2017-06-27
Narrator Omniscience How did one record conversations/events in the bible if no one was there to record it?



2017-01-13
Infallibility of the Bible: Can you explain again how you know the Bible is the infallible, inerrant Word of God?



2016-07-14
Doubting the Inerrancy of Scripture: Can a person who doubts the inerrancy of Scripture be a true Christian?



2016-06-20
Problems with Audio FIles: When listening to some of your lectures, they seem to speed up & slow down. Do you know why that is?
Unknown Authors of Books of the Bible: If they didn't know the author of a book of the Bible, did that impede if the book was inspired or not & added to the canon of Scripture?


2016-06-08
Inerrancy of Scripture: Caller's brother told him that Steve was saying that evangelicals going way beyond the inerrancy of scripture. [2 Timothy 3:16] (I think the caller is talking about a call from 6/1/2016, 7th Question.)



2016-06-03
Bible Written by God or Man: was the bible written by God or only by people who had a relationship w/ God? Pastor cites different creation accounts?
All or Parts of Bible Inspired: How we know if all of the Bible is inspired or only parts?
Mosaic Law Harshness: Do we have to believe in the harness of mosaic law, all the capital punishment & so on? did they end when Jesus died on the cross then because we don't do those things anymore.

2016-06-01
Doubting the Inerrancy of God: Can a person who doubts the inerrancy of the Bible be a true Christian?



2016-05-04
Book of Enoch: So since Jude quoted from the Book of Enoch, does that mean it was an inspired book? [June 1:14]
Destruction of the Temple in 70 AD: Is Matthew 24, Luke 21 & Mark 13 talking about the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD? [Matthew 24, Luke 21, Luke 17, Mark 13]


2016-04-06
Inspiration of the Bible: What does that mean, the inspiration writings of the Bible? Are the books as a collection inspired?



2015-12-22
The Shepherd of Hermas: How much credence do you think we should give "The Shepherd of Hermas"?



2015-10-26
The Inspiration of Scripture: Paul was only talking about the OT Scriptures when he said 1 Timothy 3:16, about all the Scripture is given by inspiration, but did he have foresight & knew that the NT would be Scripture too? [2 Timothy 3:16]



2015-08-14
Authority & Inspiration of Scripture: Discussion about inerrancy of Scripture, but we shouldn't say more about the Bible than the writers of the Bible believed about it (Another very convoluted, hard to understand question...2 in a row).



2015-03-24
Divorce & Remarriage Concern: Caller is concerned if his 2nd marriage is valid or not.
Canonization of Scripture: "All Scripture is God-breathed", does that include the books of the Apocrypha? [2 Timothy 3:16]


2015-03-13
Scripture & Inspiration: What are the meaning of the words, "Scripture & Inspiration" in 2 Timothy? [2 Timothy 3:16-17]



2015-03-11
Conservative & Liberal Christians: Caller has trouble w/ both Conservative & Liberal Christians, because conservative tend to be legalistic, while liberal Christians, anything goes.
Inspiration of Scripture: What exactly does "inspiration", "inspired" mean when we are referring to the Holy Scriptures? [2 Timothy 3:16]


2015-03-04
Inspired & Authorized: How do you use the words Inspired & Authority?



2014-11-07
The Bible: Who wrote the Bible? How do we know it's not just a story?



2014-05-01
Jesus' Birthplace: Did I hear that there was a discrepancy of where Jesus was born?
Bart Ehrman: I've been getting my information from Bart Ehrman & was told he was a scholar. What do you think of him?
Scripture is God-breathed: I know there are 2 Scripture that says the Bible is inspired or God-breathed. Can you point me to them? [2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:19-21]

2014-01-28
The Inspiration of the Bible: Daughter in law has a problem believing in the authenticity of the Bible because when she went to school she was told that the Bible was just man-made.



2013-12-04
Morning Star Describing both Lucifer & Jesus?: So did you say that the term "Morning Star" was describing Lucifer as well as Jesus too? [Isaiah 14:12, Revelation 22:16
Infallibility of the Bible: If it's the case that the KJV translators got the word, "Lucifer" wrong in Isaiah, does that still mean the Bible is completely infallible & inspired?


2013-10-31
Verbal Inspiration: I've been reading A.W. Tozer's book, "The Deeper Life", & he mentioned "verbal inspiration", & what does that mean, the verbal inspiration of Scripture or being inspired it as we are reading it?
False Religion but Sincere: What happens to people who are in false religions but really think they are following the truth & would follow Jesus if they knew about Him?


2013-09-19
All Scripture Inspired by God: When it says in 2 Timothy that ALL Scripture was inspired by God, he was only talking about the Old Testament Scriptures at the time, wasn't he? [2 Timothy 3:15-16]
Studying The Mosaic Law: So we shouldn't worry about studying the Old Testament law?


2013-04-15
Inspiration of Scripture: Comment about the different way that Paul received his information in contrast to the other apostles.



2013-04-15
Inspiration of Scripture: How do you see the scriptures, Old & New Testaments, as the "inspired" Word of God?
Inspiration of the New Testament: I have heard from some that you, Steve Gregg, do not believe in the inspiration of the New Testament, however, I disagree. Can you clarify? [Luke 1:1-4].


2013-02-22
Authority of Scripture: Since the Old Testament is considered "inspired" because they were written by prophets, is it possible new books can be inspired by God?



2013-02-22
Old & New Testament's Inspiration vs Authority: Could you do a synopsis of the difference of the kind of authority (and inspiration) of the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments? [2 Peter 1:19, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18, I Corinthians 7:12, I Timothy 4:1, Matthew 28:18].



2013-01-03
Inerrant Scripture: People say we shouldn't say Scripture isn't inerrant? Is that true? [2 Timothy 3:16]



2012-01-06
Bible Translations: Which Bible translation is more accurate than others and why do you think so? Rec: Young's Literal Translation, King James Versions, ESV, NASV, etc. [Matthew 24:35].
Inerrancy of Scripture: If we allow that some mistakes may have been made in some of the manuscripts, are we opening the door to a great error?

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