Go to The Narrow Path Ministry Topic: Idols or Statues (Idolatry) |
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2024-03-01 |
Stonings (Capital Punishment) in the Old Testament: How do you respond to my atheist friend's accusation that the Old Testament amoral law about stoning is just like Islamic laws, therefore Christianity is no better? [Deuteronomy 13:6-10, Acts 17:30]. Application of Old Testament Law: Until when did the Old Testament Law apply? |
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2024-01-18 |
"Robbing Artimus" in Acts: Regarding "robbing Artemis (Diana)," is there any correlation between Acts 19 and Malachi 3? What kind of “robbing” are they talking about? [Acts 19:27, Malachi 3:10 |
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2023-09-11 |
The American Flag & Pledge of Allegiance: What do you think about my church emphasizing respect for the American flag and having the students in the Christian school recite "The Pledge of Allegiance?" Is this idolatrous? |
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2023-07-19 |
Pagan Idols, Statues & Demons: Could you comment on the contradiction that in the Old Testament, idols are described as demons and also as nothing but the materials of which they are made? [Isaiah 46, 1 Corinthians 8-10, Romans 14, Isaiah 57:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 1 John 4:4]. |
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2023-07-14 |
Nativity Scenes: Could a "Nativity Scene" be idolatrous like other religious venerated icons? |
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2023-06-30 |
Bible Contradiction-Restriction on Food Sacrificed to Idols: Could you clarify the contractions about dietary restrictions, specifically of Paul not really having a problem with those that eat meat sacrificed to idols in contrast to the letter in Revelation 2? Is there concern over the dietary laws (such as Kosher laws)? [Revelation 2:20, I Corinthians 8, 1 Corinthians 10, Acts 15, Galatians 2:11, Romans 14:14. |
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2023-05-17 |
Jeremiah-"Remembering the Children": Would you talk about the passage and "remembering the children" in the judgment in Jeremiah? [Jeremiah 17:1-10]. One World Currency: Would you comment on the "one world currency" or cashless society? [Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:17]. |
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2023-01-25 |
No Idols or Images of God: Does scripture say that the reason Moses could not see God was because the people would've made idols of Him? [Deuteronomy 4:15-18]. Student Loans Paid-off: Would you take student loan forgiveness, or any reimbursement? |
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2022-05-23 |
Making Forbidden Images of Jesus (or Anything Else): Flawed (white) depictions of Jesus have caused some to say that Christianity is a white man's religion." Isn't making images of any kind forbidden in scripture? [Exodus 20:4]. |
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2022-05-13 |
Catholic Practise: Comment on the Catholic church forbidding the worship of statues, and a concern for abortion. Three Days & Three Nights: Caller shares his idea about how to calculate the "3 days and 3 nights. |
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2022-05-13 |
Images of Christ and Other Graven Images: How does the second commandment apply to us today in regard to all the graven images? [Deuteronomy 5:8]. |
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2022-05-05 |
Music Causing Sin: Is there music that could cause us to sin and become idolatry? |
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2022-05-05 |
Eating Things Sacrificed to Idols: Was not the sacrifies of animals gone by now? [Romans 14:14, Acts 10:9-16, Revelation 2:14, I Corinthians 8-10]. |
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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]. |
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2021-12-16 |
Catholic Veneration of Mary, Mother of Jesus: Is the veneration of Mary in the Catholic church possible the "great deception?" "Abomination of Desolation": Caller questions the events surrounding the rapture and the "Abomination of Desolation"? [Matthew 24:15, Luke 21:20, Mark 13]. |
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2021-10-26 |
"Pharmakia" (Pharmaceuticals) in Scripture: Don't you think that the verse about the potions mentioned in Revelation could be relative to the word "pharmakia" and the vaccine? [Galatians 5:20, Revelation 9:21, Revelation 18:23, Ephesians 5:18]. Church with Images of Jesus: Do you think that churches should have pictures of Jesus? [Romans 1]. |
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2021-09-03 |
Permitted to Worship Idols: Is it okay to worship idols since God doesn't have an ego? [Exodus 20:5] |
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2021-06-04 |
Catholics Saved: Are the Catholics who confess to priests and bow to idols of saints, saved? [John 20:23, James 5:16]. |
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2021-05-27 |
Wearing Crosses: Do you think that those who wear crosses are caught up in idolatry? |
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2021-01-28 |
The "Sins of the Father": Could you help me understand the concept of "the sins of the father" being visited upon one's children? [Ezekiel 18, Numbers 14:18, Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 24:15]. |
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2020-12-07 |
Pagan Christmas and Christmas Trees: Is Christmas pagan and scripture referring to Christmas trees in Jeremiah? [Jeremiah 10:1-5, Isaiah 44:15-17, Isaiah 46:6]. |
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2020-11-04 |
Drifting Away of the Church: What factors may have affected the drifting away of one church over the other (as with the Galatians and Thessalonians) in scripture? [Acts 14, Acts 17, I Thessalonians 1:9]. Elders in an Immature Church: Was Paul going against his own advice when he appointed elders in the immature church in Acts 14? [Acts 14:23]. |
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2020-10-16 |
Statues of Today & Idols: What parallel do you see between statues today being torn down, and idols that God commanded not to erect? Taking Oaths: Would you talk about the scriptures against taking oaths and the oaths we take today? [Matthew 23:16, Matthew 5:37, James 5:12]. |
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2020-10-08 |
Bringing Out the Best in Yourself: Is the Landmark Forum Education program about "bringing out the best in your self" align with Christianity? [I Corinthians 6:11, Luke 9:23]. Jesus's Conception Date 9/11: Why is there not more discussion of the possible date of Jesus' conception, aligning with 9/11? |
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2020-09-14 |
Statue of Buddha: Is having a statue of the Buddha in your home idolatry? |
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2020-08-21 |
God Divorced: Does it seem that God was divorced in Jeremiah? [Jeremiah 3]. Idolatry and Adultery in the Old Testament: Is idolatry and adultery virtually the same thing in the Old Testament? [Jeremiah 3] |
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2020-08-06 |
Losing One's Passion For the Lord: I haven't been as passionate about the Lord, lately, can you help? [Psalm 1:3]. |
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2020-07-16 |
Wearing a Cross: Caller shares why he wears a cross. |
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2020-07-15 |
Crucifixes Do you think that the crucifix belongs in our churches and faith? |
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2020-07-08 |
Prophets & Idol Worship in Church Today: Regarding prophets and idol worship in the church today-how does it look and how does one judge them? [I John 4, Deuteronomy 18, Deuteronomy 13, Jeremiah 28, Acts 11, Acts 20, 2 John 1:7]. Bible Commentators: Would you recommend some authors of Bible Commentaries (Derek Kidner, F.F. Bruce, Tyndale series). |
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2020-06-01 |
Steve Gregg's Exercise Program & High School Grades: What does your daily physical exercise consist of? What kinds of grades did you get in school? "I Am" and its meaning: Does John 8:24 mean that you have to believe Jesus is God to be saved? [John 8:24, John 9:9]. Unitarians & Idolatry: Do the Unitarians think that worshipping Jesus is idolatry, since they don't believe that Jesus was God? |
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2020-04-28 |
Saved Heads: Based on this verse in Amos, is God not too happy with people who shave their heads? [Amos 8:10]. |
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2020-03-19 |
Idolatry: What is idolatry? [Matthew 10:37, Ephesians 5:15, Colossians 3:5]. |
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2019-11-18 |
Idols in One's Life: How do you know when something has become an idol in your life? |
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2019-11-07 |
The High Places; What were the high places and why could Israel not simply obey God by taking them down as He directed? [2 Kings]. |
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2019-09-13 |
Idolatry, eating food that were sacrificed, meat that was strangled: In China, one still often gets their goods given to them at the stores in little idols. Is that a concern for the Christian? Eating Blood: What about eating blood and the law for Christians today? |
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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]. |
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2019-03-11 |
Catholic traditions: So you think that some of the traditions in the Catholic Church seem to be bordering on idolatry? |
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2018-08-21 |
Generational Curse: How does one break the generational curse? [Exodus 20:5-6, Deuteronomy 5:9, Numbers 14:18] |
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2018-08-15 |
Not Worshipping Graven Images: Caller calls right back from the same show to clarify what the catechism says about graven images. |
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2018-08-15 |
Catholic Catechism & Graven Images: Caller doesn't think Steve Gregg is right about catholic church leaving out graven images in the catechism. (followup from 8/13, 3rd Q) |
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2018-07-25 |
Idolatry: What is idolatry? [1 John 5:21] |
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2018-07-06 |
Child punished for Parent's Sin: Can a child be punished or suffer for the parent's sin? {Ezekiel 18, Exodus 20:5] |
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2018-04-05 |
Idolatry & Television: I heard you talking about idolatry earlier, couldn't watching too much TV be an idol, how you conduct your time? |
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2018-04-05 |
Jewelry: What is your belief about wearing jewelry of crosses & the like? |
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2018-03-16 |
Idolatry in Restaurants: What is your take in eating in restaurants with Idols & Statutes in them? |
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2018-01-16 |
Meat Sacrificed to Idols: I would like you to expound on these 2 particular verses in 1 Corinthians 8 regarding making your brother weak involving meat sacrificed to idols. [1 Corinthians 8:11-12] |
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2018-01-11 |
Idolatry, Judah & Israel: Judgment falling on Judah or Israel, but not by bow or sword? [Hosea 1:7] |
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2017-11-06 |
Not Celebrating the Holidays: I don't think we should celebrate Holidays because of pagan roots & it comprises the faith, so I don't celebrate them. The Christmas Tree: Jeremiah seems to be talking about the Christmas tree & idol worship, don't you think? [Jeremiah 10:2-5] |
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2017-10-10 |
Covetousness: Why do we as Americans covet so much even as Christians when it says it's just as bad as fornicating? [1 Corinthians 5:11, Colossians 3:5, Ephesians 5:5] |
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2017-09-29 |
Worshipping supernatural or famous things: Bronze serpent, the lady touching the hem of Jesus' garment. People think they can have supernatural experiences by touching or worshipping relics or artifacts, people having wishing thinking. Talking to the Dead: Are there any examples of talking to dead saints & other dead people? [1 Samuel 28] |
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2017-08-29 |
Sabbath Observance a form of Idolatry: Is it insubordination to insist on worshipping on the Sabbath? |
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2017-08-25 |
Eating Meat Sacrificed to Idols: What were the ramifications for eating meat from idols? |
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2017-08-17 |
Owning a Japanese Sword: Do you think it's okay to own a WWII Seme Japanese sword? |
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2017-08-14 |
Playing Guitar During Spare Time: I've been playing guitar & using an inordinate of time to play it, & wondering if I'm wasting my time? |
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2017-08-08 |
Hindu god Statues: We are getting ready to have some remodeling done & a company we are considering using has a Hindu statue in their showroom. Should we use them? |
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2017-07-19 |
Fornication, Idol Worship, Strangled Animals & Blood: In Acts it talks about fornication, idol worship, no strangled animals & abstaining from blood, & I can understand not doing 2 of them but what about no blood & no strangled animals? What does that have to do with the Gentiles? [Acts 15] The Millennium: What are the differing views about the Millennium? What are yours? I understand you are an Amillenialist? |
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2017-05-18 |
Vision of Joshua in Zechariah: Can you talk about a vision Joshua had in Zechariah? [Zechariah 3] |
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2017-05-17 |
The Sin Unto Death: "sin unto death", what does that mean? what do you think the modern version of idolatry is today? [1 John 5:16
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2017-01-03 |
Pornography Addiction: Are addiction problems biblical or is it referring to people who are just out of control? |
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2016-10-03 |
Political Idols: If one votes for a candidate because they are pro-life, aren't they becoming idols? |
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2016-06-21 |
Adam Idolizing Eve: Eve said that the serpent beguiled her, & Adam said that Eve gave him & he ate, so adam did it because he idolized his wife? Watchman Nee is the one who pointed this out. |
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2016-06-01 |
Eternal Security: once saved always saved is not really true, you can turn away from Jesus, but is the covenant you made with God broken every time you sin? |
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2016-05-11 |
Catholics Praying to Idols & Saints: Idols & images that are prayed to in the Roman Catholic church & praying to saints, how do they Eastern Orthodox Venerating Saints: What about the Eastern Orthodox pretty much doing the same thing as the Catholic church, praying to idols, images & dead saints, even though they call it venerating? |
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2016-04-15 |
Baal in 1 & 2 Samuels: Caller has been studying 1 & 2 Samuel & is trying to figure out what or who "Baal" was? |
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2016-04-11 |
Christians supporting secular Entertainers: Should we be supporting non-Christian or anti-Christian performers & entertainers, idolizing them? |
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2016-03-30 |
Unicorns in the Bible: Where it says in Numbers about the trength of the unicorns, it seems like they've actually discovered unicorns, validating the Bible even more. [Numbers 23:22, Numbers 24:8] Christograms such as Fish: Is there any type of taboo of making our own Christogram, like the fish? |
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2016-03-23 |
Bowing Down to People: Joseph's brothers bowing down to Joseph, or Nebuchadnezzar bowing down to Daniel, were those instances inappropriate, bowing down to them? [Genesis 42:6, Daniel 2:46] The Prince of Persia: The Prince of Persia in Zachariah are both referred to as men & angels, that it is interchangeable. So he thinks Isaiah & Ezekiel is talking about the devil, Satan, once being Lucifer. [Zachariah 1, Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28] |
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2016-02-23 |
Modern Day Idolatry: What constitutes an idol for the modern-day Christian? [1 John 5:21, Ephesians 5:5] |
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2015-12-31 |
Reconciling Scripture [Matthew 6:33, 1 Corinthians 4:11]: How do we reconcile Jesus saying He'll provide everything we need, but then Paul saying we might go hungry & be beaten & so on? [Matthew 6:33, 1 Corinthians 4:11] Reconciling Scripture - Meat Sacrificed to Idols: In Revelation it seems to be a big deal about eating meat sacrificed to idols, but not a very big deal to Paul. How do you reconcile those 2 things? [Revelation 2:14, 1 Corinthians 8:9-13, Revelaion 17:1, Revelation 1:20]. |
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2015-12-04 |
Contradiction in the Bible: In Acts 15 it said that even Gentiles couldn't eat meat sacrificed to idols, but the in Corinthians it says it's nothing to be worry about. Why is that? [Acts 15:20-21, 1 Corinthians 10:27-30] |
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2015-09-14 |
Graven Images & wearing a cross on a necklace: Is wearing a cross on a necklace considered worshipping a "graven image"? Prepping or Storing Food: Are you a believer in storing/prepping of food, etc. for a time of trouble? |
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2015-08-12 |
Prophet Killed By Lion: What is the whole story about the Prophet of God being killed by a lion? He prophesied against the Golden Calf. The older prophet lies to the younger one, making him sin. The Lion kills the younger prophet, but was still honored. [1 Kings 13]. |
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2015-02-20 |
Let There Be Light & the Sun: What was the Light for 3 days before the Sun was created? [Genesis 1:3-5, 14-19] Christmas Trees: Is Jeremiah 10 talking about not having a Christmas Tree? [Jeremiah 10:1-5] |
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2015-02-18 |
People Worshipping Themselves: It almost seems like people have made idols/images of themselves when they lose sight of God. [Acts 17:29, Romans 1:21-23] Holy Spirit-Interpreting Scripture: Holy Spirit is somewhat subjective, but God Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God, but some don't show evidence. [Romans 8:16] |
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2015-02-18 |
No Idols or Castings: Doesn't it say somewhere in Matthew about not having any idols, castings, so are we allowed to have jewelry of crosses, churches having crosses? |
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2014-12-29 |
Christmas Tree: The Christmas Tree is an idol! |
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2014-11-03 |
Generational Curses/Sin: Word of Faith people seem to believe in Generational Curses, but is there any other places that talk about Generational Sin/Curses besides in the 10 Commandments? [Exodus 20:5, Ezekiel 18:20] |
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2013-12-24 |
America against Celebrating Christmas: Why did America not celebrate Christmas for awhile, but now we do, even though it has nothing to do with Christianity even though people try to make it into that? [Jeremiah 10] Criticizing Heathen for doing Heathen things: Is it wrong for a Christian to criticize heathen for doing heathen practices when the Christian practices the some of the same heathen things? [Colossians 2:8] |
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2013-09-16 |
Michael the Buddhist Having a relationship with Jesus, becoming more spiritual, will make the things that happen here, make everything else secondary...michael saying this even though he hasn't converted to Christianity....yet. |
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2013-08-19 |
Christo-Paganism & the Catholic Church: Why did the caller 2 calls before call the Catholic church Christo-Pagan? Catholics believe in Jesus. |
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2013-07-10 |
America Prohibiting Buddhism: Buddhist caller voiced his opinion about a previous call suggesting that only Christianity being allowed in America. Destroying Buddhist Relics: Buddhist shares his disappointment to hear that a Christian ought destroy Buddhist relics. |
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2013-07-09 |
Statutes & Relics from Eastern Religions: What should I do wth my statutes & relics from the eastern religions to which I belonged? [Acts 19] |
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2013-07-09 |
Sexual Activity of Married Couple: What sexual acts are allowed within marriage? |
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2013-07-09 |
Christianity & Wealth: Do you have to be poor in order to be a good Christian? |
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2013-07-01 |
Demonic Pagan gods: Are the pagan gods just idols or is there real demonic power behind them? [1 Corinthians 10:20, Deuteronomy 32:17] Hindu Gods: Do the Hindu gods have demonic forces behind them? |
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2013-04-23 |
Idolatry & Pagan Sites: Are there some places we should not go to, like pagan ruins, a mosque, or temple and worship sites, etc.? Tower of Babel: Some say that the space program is analagous to the "Tower of Babel" - what do you think? |
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2013-03-15 |
Catholic Iconic Statues: What should a recent convert from Catholicism do with their old statues and idols? Christian Images in One's Home: Isn't it acceptable to have images that remind you of your Christian life, like of the "Last Supper"? |