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Topic: Knowledge (Know)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-07
Steve Gregg's Bible Familiarity: How many times have you read the Bible? How familiar are you with it?
Doomed? Impossible to Repent? : Am I doomed, with no chance of repentance, in light of Hebrews 6, because I have lived a backslidden life? [Hebrews 6:4-8, Matthew 19:26, 2 Peter 3:9].
Mark of the Beast: If you don't take the "Mark of the Beast" then aren't you automatically saved?

2024-02-26
Interpreting "God-given" Revelation: When did God give Jesus the revelation in Revelation 1? [Revelation 1:1, Matthew 24].
Satan's Binding & Release: Does Satan's binding and release have anything to do with the death of the two witnesses in Revelation 11? [Revelation 11:7-12].
Flaming Fire: Does Jesus raise the unrighteous dead to be destroyed in the fire of judgment? [2 Thessalonians 1:8, Revelation 20:9-13, Matthew 25:31].

2024-02-01
Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil: What is wrong with acquiring knowledge from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil?



2023-12-28
The Ways of God: What are the "ways of God" and does a pastor or leader need to know them? [Psalm 103:7, Romans 3:1, Ephesians 5:1, Leviticus 20:7, 1 Peter 1:15-16].



2023-10-31
Perish for Lack of Knowledge: What does the verse in Hosea mean that says that "people perish for lack of knowledge?" [Hosea 4:6, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 1:9].
Black Hebrew Israelites: What about the Black Hebrew Israelites? [Genesis 10].


2023-08-01
"We Know in Part": Why don't pastors put the verse about "knowing in part" above their door? [1 Corinthians 13:9].



2023-06-05
Keep Knowledge to Oneself: Regarding avoiding being a fool; why should we keep our knowledge to ourselves? [Proverbs 12:23].



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].



2023-04-26
After Jesus' Death-the Three Days: Where was Jesus for those three days after death? [Luke 23:43, Psalm 16:10. Acts 2:27, Ephesians 4:9, Psalm 139:15, 1 Peter 3:20-21, 1 Peter 1:10-12].
Opinions vs the Known: Why would I wonder about all the "what if" questions, if I will get to ask Jesus later?
Hades: Would you explain the different compartments in Hades? [Luke 23:43].

2022-12-29
Faith-Living the Christian Life: Where do you live your faith-between being a theologian and living with a child-like faith? [2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Peter 1:17, Revelation 20:13].



2022-11-18
"Chiasms" (Chiastic Structure) in Scripture" Do you think that looking into "chiasms" in scripture is profitable?
Difficult Passages in Scripture: If I run across a verse I don't like or don't understand, I tend to dig into it, to figure out why I am wrong. Is this how I should I be looking at this?


2022-05-03
The Law, Sin & Transgression: Is there a different law (apart from Law of Moses) that is being discussed in Romans? [Romans 7].
Right & Wrong-Before the Law: Before the Law of Moses was given, how did people know what was sin (right or wrong)? [Romans 7, 21 Timothy 4:2].
Paul's Blamelessness: What did Paul mean by claiming he was blameless according to the law? [Philippians 3:6].

2022-03-08
More Knowledge in the Last Days: Is there anything in scripture that suggests that new or more knowledge will develop in the last days?
"Book of Remembrance": Could you talk about the "Book of Remembrance" in Malachi? [Malachi 3:16, Malachi 3:1, Luke 10:20, Genesis 8:1, Jeremiah 23:20].


2022-03-07
Scribes: Would you explain the passage about the scribes being trained for the Kingdom of Heaven? [Matthew 13:51:52].



2022-02-21
Twelve-Step Programs: Do you think that the "Twelve-step" program is biblical? [John 8:31-32, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Matthew 16:24-26].
Knowing Every Doctrinal Position before Salvation: Why do some think you have to know every little doctrinal position correctly to be saved? [I Corinthians 13:9, John 8:31, Matthew 11:29, Hebrews 11:6].


2021-10-18
Obscure Passages in Scripture: What do we do about those passages we don't really understand? What are we to groom from those? [I Corinthians 15:29].



2021-10-04
Running to Increase Knowledge Prophecy: Does Daniel 4, about running to and from searching for more knowledge, describe current times? [Daniel 12:4, Habakkuk 2:2, Ephesians 3:3-6].
New Jerusalem of the New Earth: Will some Christians live outside the city that Jesus is living in the New Jerusalem on the New Earth? [Revelation 21:24].


2021-08-03
Adam & Eve's Knowledge of Death: How did Eve know what death was?
Cain & Abel's Resurrection: Will Abel raise with the rest of us at the resurrection? And Cain to condemnation? [John 5:28-29].
Sleep Until the Resurrection: Do we sleep until the resurrection?

2021-03-24
Secret Things: What about the "secret things" only God knows, and the revealed things, are they for everyone? [Deuteronomy 29:29, Acts 1:6, Luke 24:45].



2021-01-06
Revelation-Four Views: Caller remarks that Steve's book on Revelation has now caused him to rethink his comfortable position.



2020-12-17
Be Still & Know That I Am God: What is your view of the meaning of the Psalm, 'Be still, and know that I am God?' [Psalm 46:10].
Aramaic Translation of a Psalm: Do you think that the Peshitta (Aramaic translation) might have a better translation of it as, "repent, and know God"? [Psalm 46:10].


2020-12-04
God's Knowledge Limited: Since God tests us, is His knowledge limited in some way, so that He doesn't know the outcome of the test?



2020-11-11
Regional Flood in Genesis: Does this verse indicate a regional flood, rather than a world-wide flood? [2 Peters 3:6].
How Much Did Jesus Know About God, the Father?: How much did Jesus know about God, the Father? If He did not know every thing, then how could He know about creation [Genesis, Matthew 19, Matthew 24, Luke 11].


2020-10-01
Increasing One's Bible Knowledge: If I wanted to dramatically increase my knowledge of the Bible, what plan of study would you recommend? [Psalm 1:2-3].



2020-08-28
The Ignorant or Innocent Going to Heaven: What would happen to all those that don't know of Christ if He were to come today? Would they go to heaven? [Hosea 4:6].



2020-05-12
Rejecting Knowledge of God: Would you comment on the application of perishing for lack of knowledge in Hosea 4:6 and relating it to us today? [Hosea 4:1 & 6, Hosea 5:4, Hosea 6:3].
If My People Called By My Name: Could you comment on 2 Chronicles 7:13 and if the promise is about making America great? [2 Chronicles 7:13, I Corinthians 1:10, Joshua 1:7, Ezekiel 7:21].


2020-05-06
Steve Gregg & His Leaving Baptist Denomination: What caused you to switch from being a Baptist? And what denomination did you shift to afterward?
Path of Maturing in the Lord: As you grow and mature in your walk with God and knowledge of the Bible, does the path naturally take you to different denominations and fellowships? [Matthew 11:29-30].
Fig Tree Illustration & Meaning in Scripture: What does the story mean about the fig tree that is cursed to never produce fruit again? [Luke 13, Mark 11:12-14].

2020-04-20
Knowing One Another in Heaven: Is there an explicit place in the Bible that says we will know our loved ones in heaven? [I Corinthians 13:12].



2019-07-30
Steve Gregg's Question: Is there a question or biblical conundrum that you, Steve Gregg, are current working on, and trying to resolve?



2019-07-22
Salvation without Bible Knowledge: Can a person be saved without knowing anything from the Bible? [John 3:16].



2019-07-17
Greek for "Life": Caller shared some information: The Greek words; zoe, psuche, bios, all are usually translated as "life" (and sometimes soul). Zoe, which means, "divine, uncreated life", is used in John 10:10.



2019-04-26
Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: Do we now have that knowledge that we were supposed to have as a result of eating the tree?



2019-04-18
The Bible: Are there limits to what you can learn from the Bible?



2019-04-10
Knowledge of Scripture: How did you gain such knowledge of the Bible? Is there a method that might help others learn it so well? [Psalm 1:2].



2019-03-28
Why Jesus: What is the greatest question of ALL time? Who is Jesus? Why?



2019-02-11
The White Throne Judgment: Are all these judgments talking about the same judgment, the sheep & the goats, & the great white throne judgment? [2 Timothy 4:1, Matthew 25, Revelation 20:11-15]
No longer Blind: Can you tell me what He was saying here? The Pharisees are no longer ignorant? [John 9:39-41]


2019-01-31
Churches in Atlanta: Do you know of any good churches in Atlanta? Are you on in any stations in Atlanta? How can I continue listening to your show?
Calvinism, Arminianism, Dispensationalism, Preterism: Can you tell me the difference between all these terms, all this terminology?


2018-12-19
Word of Knowledge: Word of Knowledge follow up.



2018-11-29
Logic, Christianity & Wisdom: Christian preachers frown upon using human logic. What is the difference between wisdom, Christianity & logic?



2018-11-20
Steve's Education: I'm very impressed w/ your knowledge, so I'm curious your background, are you self-taught?



2018-11-01
Knowledge in Heaven: What will we know in heaven? Will we know each other or care if we do?



2018-10-29
Tree Of Life & Knowledge of Good & Evil: In the future kingdom, will we have a memory of our previous life?



2018-08-31
Steve's Questions: What questions remain unanswered for Steve Gregg?



2018-08-31
The Book of Ecclesiastes: Would you say that Ecclesiastes was basically the life of an unbeliever?
"Much study is a weariness": In end of the matter, study will make you tired, is that he saying?


2018-07-10
Choosing Unbelief: What is the main reason for disbelief?



2018-07-06
Privacy from God: Does God know everything that is going on in our private lives? Are we not allowed some privacy?
Exorcisms: What happens if someone wants you to do an exorcism? is it immediately effective or not?


2018-07-03
Preachers & Teachers Learning New Knowledge: Do preachers & teachers need to continue to study & grow in their Biblical insights? Do they need to be presenting new insights, new knowledge, from God?
Going to Seminary: Do you think pastors/teachers need/should go to Seminary for their training? [Luke 2:41-50]


2018-06-18
Knowledge, Wisdom & Understanding: Knowledge are facts, wisdom is how to apply that knowledge, but what about "understanding"?



2018-05-21
Laymen Material (Christianity for Dummies): I enjoy your knowledge of the Bible, but do you know of any good methods of how to study the Bible using exegesis like you do?



2018-04-24
God drawing Everyone: Do you think God draws every man to His Son? [John 6:44]



2018-04-13
No Guests on the Narrow Path Radio Show: Why don't you ever have guests on your show?
New Knowledge for Steve Gregg: Do you think you will ever learn new stuff than you know right now or anything that will challenge your faith?


2018-03-14
Knowing Koine Greek: Just because you understand New Testament Greek does not mean that you know all the truth, error-free.
Eastern Orthodox Church: What do you think of Hank Hanegraaff switching over to eastern orthodox church? How can he possibly still be a legitimate host of The Bible Answer Man?


2018-02-27
Higher Education: What's your view regarding higher education?



2018-01-03
In Christ and Identifying with Christ: Caller believes there is a difference between being "In Christ" and "Identifying with Christ".



2017-12-06
Skeptical at first, but now a Solid Listener: Caller who was at first skeptical of the radio program has found Steve to be very educational & is appreciative of him.



2017-10-12
Studying the Scriptures: So you won't be approved of God if you don't study the Bible? [2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Peter 3:15}



2017-09-25
The Narrow Path Website: Was looking at your vast amount of information on your Narrow Path website & wondering if you had any idea where to should I start?



2017-09-19
Douglas Wilson or James White Debate: Which is the better debate to listen to, Douglas Wilson or James White?
God Directing Salvation for People to His Glory: If God is really the only one determining who is saved or not, why didn't He give people like me understanding so i could comprehend it?
College Education: College Education can very often be a liablitity. [Act 4:13]

2017-08-16
Bible Figure Job: Did Job know of the Redeemer & Resurrection? [Job 19:26-27]



2017-07-26
Not Needing a Teacher: You don't need a teacher, is this what does that means? [1 John 2:27]
Spiritual Adultery: Have you ever heard of the term "spiritual adultery", where churches get annoyed that you are fellowshipping with another group even though you "belong" to them?


2017-07-19
Minister know all kinds of Trivial Knowledge about People: Minister claims to know the SSN, street address, license number.



2017-07-18
Judged by Your Knowledge: Are you judged according to the light you have?
Paul's Gospel Different than James: Paul seems to teach a different gospel than James, where Paul says faith alone, but James says faith & works. [Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:19-23, James 2:14–26]


2017-07-07
Pearl before Swine: Should we vigorously attempt to witness our hope? [1 Peter 3:15]
Unequally Yoked Potential: A Christian friend is contemplating becoming involved w/ a non-Christian, but he fears she may just feign Christianity to win his heart, & then leave Christianity.


2017-06-07
Parables Not Understandable for Some: Why did Jesus speak in parables? Why did He want to make it hard for them to understand? [Mark 4:34]



2017-06-06
Matthias a Fulfillment of Scripture: In Acts 1 it says that Matthias was a fulfillment of scripture but I looked at those verses & it just seems to be talking in general terms. [Luke 24:45]



2017-05-19
Studying the Bible: What is the proper way to study the Bible?



2017-05-05
Never hearing of Jesus: How do we really make an impact on people who've never heard the gospel about Jesus, but really have a sense that there is something? [Romans 1:19-20]



2017-01-23
Sincere, but Sincerely Wrong: What about those who are sincere in what they believe, in seeking God, but are sincerely wrong?



2017-01-11
Knowing God: Experiencing & Knowing God, not just having an intellectual knowledges about Him & having a routine in prayer & worship.



2016-09-07
Full Preterists Vilified: Why are Full Preterists believers so demonized? Or, having humility in the church even though differing views.



2016-07-25
Sincere Believers in wrong Faith: Sincere believers in the wrong faith will be viewed by God how?



2016-07-13
The More You Learn the More you don't know: Trying to learn what the scripture means, the more you learn the more you realize you don't know!



2016-05-25
Discerning what is True: Everyone says, "God told me", so how can we test what is really true or not?



2016-05-05
Knowledge shall be increased: Doesn't this verse in Daniel by itself seems to prove that there is & that we are in the end days? [Daniel 12:4]



2016-04-29
Word of Knowledge: what is the "word of knowledge" in the Bible? Preachers have become rampant again calling out people's private information.



2016-03-21
Not being Confused: Comment about not being confused.



2016-03-03
Outside Sources of the Bible & Jesus: Is there anything outside the Bible that proves the existence of the Bible & Jesus?



2016-03-01
Spiritual Knowledge but "Given Over:: What about a person who seems like a Christian because of their spiritual knowledge but seems to be anything but a Christian?



2016-02-05
Memorizing Scripture: How do memorize Scripture or is most of your knowledge just as a result of you reading the Bible so many times?



2015-12-29
Elephant analogy: These "blind" people can move around to different parts of the elephant & if the elephant had a voice, he could speak, but God HAS spoken!



2015-08-31
Pressing Issue in Christianity: What is the most Pressing Issue in Christianity. (Lordship of Jesus)
Steve's Favorite subject: What is Steve's favorite subject to teach on?


2015-06-29
College Education: Wanted to comment about College Education.



2015-06-29
College Education: Caller think it's sad that people think you have to have a 4 year college background to be Missionaries.



2015-06-26
Prepping Kids for their Future: Should kids go to college? What should they do to get ready for their working career?



2015-06-02
Salvation (by Works): There's a required preconditional work, like saved by faith, but you have to have Fear of the Lord for instance.



2015-05-22
Molinism (Middle Knowledge), Calvinism, Arminianism: Dr. Michael Brown suggesting Calvinists are smug, did Steve hear about that? One major problem w/ all these systems is that God is not a theory, a philosophy, a system, but a real Person.



2014-11-25
Knowing God: How do you really get to know God?



2014-11-19
Teaching by the Anointing: We don't need man to teach us, but to rely on the Holy Spirit for discernment, although we might be helped by a good teacher. What do you think? [1 John 26-27, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, Romans 12:6-8}



2014-10-06
Appreciates Show: Thank you for your very awesome show!
Intellectual & Personal Knowledge of God: How do I apply this passage of Scripture to my life, not worrying about our temporal life, but keeping our eyes on something we can't see & making it real, not just having an intellectual knowledge about God but a personal, deep one? [2 Corinthians 4:16-18]


2014-09-15
One Flesh: Does getting married & becoming "one flesh" mean that we have to put all our money in the pot together or can we have separate financial responsibilities, separate bank acounts?
Formal Education: Does Steve Gregg have any formal education in the study of the Bible since he seems so well-versed in it?


2014-08-14
Memorial Service: Is it necessary to have a Memorial Service?
Meat, not Milk: Caller feels that Steve needs to teach more of the meat of the gospel more than the milk of it. [1 Corinthians 3:1-3]
Steve's books on Hell & Revelation: Caller thinks Steve taking the time write books on irrelevant topics such as Hell & Revelation was a waste of time.

2014-08-05
Knowledgeable in Spiritual Matters: What is the best way to become as enlightened as you? What kind of Study Bible, etc.?
Jehovah's Witnesses: Jehovah's Witnesses are not wrong about EVERYTHING! They are right about SOME things!


2014-08-04
Genocide against Heathen Nations of Canaan: The Israelites in killing the Canaanites seemed to be committing genocide. Why would God permit this? In Amos it seemed more harsh than at other times. {Deuteronomy 20:15]
Christian Zionism: "Until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in", what does that phrase mean if Christian Zionism is wrong? [Romans 11:25]
The Blinding of Israel: What about the "Blinding of Israel", is that talking about Israel on a national level? Has it been removed yet? [Romans 11:7, 2 Corinthians 3:14]

2014-07-03
Edom: Where do you get your information that Edom was taken out before Jesus' time?



2014-07-01
Witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses: I've engaged in conversation w/ JW's....they seem to have a lot of knowledge even though misguided.
Being a Disciple of Christ: You are only a Disciple of Christ if you have LOVE for one another, isn't that right? What are you if you are NOT truly a disciple of Christ?


2014-06-24
Stephen Hawking: What's God's purpose in allowing people like Stephen Hawking to propagate their propaganda? [Revelation 12:9]



2014-05-22
Divinity of Christ pre-Baptism: Is it probably true that Jesus was not fully knowledgeable of who His ministry until after His baptism? [Luke 2:41-52, Matthew 3:13-17]



2014-05-19
Former Atheist: Caller likes Steve's knowledge of Christianity & being able to defend it. [1 Peter 3:15]
5 or 6 year old accepting Jesus: How can children of a very young age understand the plan of Salvation & be able to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord & Saviour?


2014-05-13
Head Knowledge in relation to Personal Relationship: It is possible to have a relationship w/ the Creator of the Universe, a personal God? Head knowledge seems pretty important, too!



2014-05-12
Computer literacy Programs: Libraries give lessons on how to use a computer.
Skin of the animal required blood of animal: Even the animal skins that Adam & Eve got from God, that required blood from the animal.


2014-05-08
Paul, his visions & vision: How did Paul become blind? Did he have a Near Death Experience? Was he ultimately healed because he seems to talk about it in past tense in Galatians? How come he couldn't write about the things he saw? [Corinthians 12:1-10, Galatians 4:15]



2014-04-17
Ridiculing People's Lack of Knowledge: Caller thinks he was being mocked by Steve Gregg from a recent previous call he made.



2014-03-10
Unsaved loved ones & friends: What's our memory going to be like of people who did not make it, lost loved ones & friends?
Never hearing the Gospel: What about the people who have never heard the gospel? What's going to happen with them?


2013-12-30
Pastors being Limited to Think CLearly: It's unfortunate there's a limit sometimes on what a pastor can believe or teach within the belief system of their denomination.
Predestination: Was R.C. Sproul saying that we actually DO have a choice on whether we go to hell or not? Trying to make Calvinism & Arminianism harmonize.
Loved ones burning in Hell: John MacArthur & R. C. Sproul seem inconsistent about that they say about buring in eternity in hell.

2013-12-23
Satan making people misunderstand you: It is possible that satan or demons can make something says someone says be completely misinterpreted by his/their trickery? [1 Corinthians 2:11]
The Mentally Ill: Is God going to treat the mentally ill like He will with children who can't really grasp the true meaning of the gospel?


2013-12-11
Limiited Knowledge of Jesus & the Gospel: What about the people who never get to hear of Jesus that much, & thus lose out on Salvation? Is that fair?



2013-08-07
Different Backgrounds When Converted: People have different experiences, different temperaments when they come to faith, so it will be a different experience for everyone.



2013-08-05
Bible Difficult to Understand: Why is the Bible so hard to understand?
Traditions & Prejudices: One reason the Bible is so tough to understand is because people have their biases, traditions & prejudices.
Jesus a Reality: How do we know that Jesus really lived because a lot of people don't?

2013-04-16
Nudist Resorts: What do you think about a pastor of a nudist resort who thinks it is perfectly fine?
Disdain for Those That Know Less About Scripture Than I: Sometimes I feel distain for those that have been Christians longer, but use scripture out of context, etc., because I feel that I understand scripture better. How should I deal with this? [I Corinthians 4:7].


2013-04-15
Poem: May I read a short poem; "Trouble in the Amen Corner" by Thomas Harbaugh?
Hope & Knowledge of God's Will: What does it mean "to lay up hope" and "knowledge of His will" in Colossians 1? [Colossians 1:5, Colossians 1:9].
Reconciling contradiction-Forgiveness vs Repayment: How do you reconcile scripture that says our sins are forgiven and others that say that we will be held accountable for what we have done? [Colossians 3:25, Colossians 1:14, Matthew 5, I Corinthians 7:17-24, Ephesians 6:5-9].

2013-01-31
Jesus in His Early Life: The other day when you were talking about Jesus & His sinless childhood, it got me to thinking that John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit from birth. I thought the same was with Jesus, but then He received the Holy Spirit after His baptism. [Luke 1:15, John 1:32]
Use of Logic: I was listening to "Focus on the Family" the other day, & he was saying it's okay to use logic an evangelistic tool when witnessing. (They figure it out at just about the end of the conversation that the caller had heard this on Focus on the Family.)


2012-01-13
Jesus' Foreknowledge: Why did Jesus ask questions of some, if He already knows everything ahead of time? [Philippians 2:7, Luke 2:49, Acts 1:1, Matthew 12:28, Matthew 24:36, Luke 8:45].


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