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Topic: Circumcision

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2024-03-26 God Trying to Kill Moses: What about the story of God trying to kill Moses? [Exodus 4:24-26].
2024-03-05 Covenantal Circumcision (Infant Baptism): Could you explain "covenantal circumcision?" [1 Peter 3:21, Romans 2:28-29, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:11-13, Genesis 17:14, John 3:5-6].
2024-02-28 Peter's Vision & Preaching to Gentiles: Are we to assume that to "preach to all the nations" means to preach to the Gentiles? Did Peter not understand this at the time of his vision? [Acts 10:9-16].
2024-02-12 Circumcision: Why did Paul have Timothy circumcised? [Acts 16:1-5, Galatians 2:3, Acts 21:21, Galatians 5:2-4].
2024-02-06 God Wanted to Kill Moses: Why did God want to kill Moses? [Exodus 4].
2024-01-04 Paul Supports Keeping the Law (Sabbath): In light of Romans 3, is Paul supporting the need to keep The Law, even though he has clearly said we are not under The Law, but under a new covenant? [Romans 3:31, Genesis 15:6, Romans 4:2-9, Matthew 5:17].
2023-11-17 Judas' Salvation: Caller shares some scripture that may shedlight on the question of whether Judas was at one time genuine in his faith before the devil entered him. [Luke 22:3, John 13:27, John 6:70].
God Wanted to Kill Moses: Could you shed some light on the story of God seeking to kill Moses? [Exodus 4:24].
2023-11-08 Circumcising Timothy: Do you think that Paul regretted circumcising Timothy, in light of his strong position against it? [Acts 16:1-5, Acts 21:21].
2023-10-19 The Lord's Army: Who is the commander of the Lord's Army? [Joshua 5:13-15].
Circumcision: Why did God choose something so unusual as "circumcision" to identify His people? [Genesis 17:11, Jeremiah 4:4].
2023-09-20 The "Israel of God": Could you clarify "the Israel of God" in light of Galatians 5 where Paul seems to be talking about two different groups of people? [Galatians 6:15-16, Galatians 3:26-29, Philippians 3:3, Galatians 3:16].
2023-09-13 Prayer-"If it is Your Will": If we end our prayers with "if it is Your will," are we being fatalistic (showing a lack of faith)? [1 John 5:14, James 4:2].
Why Circumcision?: Why did God institute circumcision, rather than something that both men and women could exhibit as a sign of His covenant (such as piercing)? Is this a slight to women?
2023-08-28 Obeying "The Law": How do we know which "Law" we are obligated to keep: the moral law, the Mosaic, the Levitical, or the Law of Christ? [Romans 2:13, Ephesians 5:21, Galatians, James 2:8, Galatians 3:24-27, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Romans 2:17-28, Romans 8:4].
2023-08-11 Jerusalem Council's Topic of Debate: Was there anything else debated of importance at the Jerusalem Council, other than salvation by faith rather than by the Law? Do you think they would have worked through all the concerns of the new covenant? [Acts 15:1-29].
2023-08-03 "Cut Off from the People": Did all the descendants of Abraham continue to circumcise their children? If they did not, were they Gentiles and what did it mean to be "cut off" from the people?
Job, Who Knew God: Was Job a descendent of Abraham? And how did he know God so well?
2023-06-12 Keeping the Sabbath: Could you talk about why "keeping the Sabbath" is null and void for the Christian? [Hebrews 4].
2023-03-27 "Magic" vs "Mystical" in Communion: The use of the terms you used in an earlier call about communion, "magic" seemed to negate the supernatural and mystical element. [1 John 1:7, Ephesians 1:7].
Divine or Mystical in Christianity: Regarding the divine or mystical, do you think that the act of circumcision is valued equally done by a pagan or a believer?
2023-03-15 Timeline of Galatians and Peter's Epistles: Timing of the writings of Peter and Paul's writing of the book of Galatians? [2 Peter 3:15, Galatians, Acts 13-14, Matthew 24:14].
Peter's Vision-Clean vs Unclean: Can you clarify the chronology surrounding Peter's vision about clean and unclean foods? [Acts 10-15, Galatians 2:11-21].
2023-02-17 Different Paths for Jews & Gentiles: If Paul was sent to the Gentiles and the others to the Jews, wouldn't that require two different paths? [Acts 2:16-39, Acts 3:12-26, Acts 10:34-43, Acts 13:15-41, Acts 14:14-17, Acts 17:22-31, 2 Peter 3:15-16].
Peter's Preaching: Was Peter teaching that people had to be circumcised?
2023-01-31 Moses & Zipporah: Could you clarify what is going on with Moses and Zipporah and when God "sought to kill him?" [Exodus 4:23-26].
2022-12-08 Circumcision as a Sign: Could you talk about why circumcision-there? Isn't it a very strange place to have a sign indicating one's connection to God. [Genesis 17:10-14, Romans 2:25-29, Philippians 3:3].
Circumcision & Blood Suction: In the Jewish ceremony, why does the "mohel" use his mouth to suction the blood?
2022-12-08 Circumcision as a Sign: Could you talk about why circumcision-there? Isn't it a very strange place to have a sign indicating one's connection to God. [Genesis 17:10-14, Romans 2:25-29, Philippians 3:3].
Circumcision & Blood Suction: In the Jewish ceremony, why does the "mohel" use his mouth to suction the blood?
2022-11-03 Jerusalem Council (Circumcision): What was the main concern of the "Jerusalem Council" and were there other issues to be resolved? [Acts 15, Genesis 17, Exodus 12].
2022-07-21 Apostles Mistaken: We know that the apostles were sometimes mistaken, so are these examples of that; Timothy's circumcision and Paul going to Jerusalem? [Acts 16:1-5, I Corinthians 9:20-22, Acts 21:4, Galatians 2:9, Galatians 5:2, Romans 14:5].
2022-06-09 Impeccability of Jesus: If I think that Jesus could have sinned, but did not, does that make me a heretic? [Romans 8:3].
Circumcision & the Law: How does Paul connect circumcision to the Law? [Galatians 5:2-3].
2022-04-11 Two Different Gospels: Where can I get your chart showing the similarities between Jesus' and Paul's teachings, because someone I know thinks they were teaching two different gospels? Chart found at Matthew713.com
Grace in the New Testament: Do you think that when too much attention is put on the Old Testament Law it undermines the grace revealed in the New Testament? [Galatians 4:10-11, Matthew 5:18, Acts 21:20].
2022-03-09 God Attempting to Kill Moses: Could you give me insight into the story where God is seeking to kill Moses? [Exodus 4].
2022-02-25 Why Circumcision?: Could you talk about why circumcision in particular was commanded? [Genesis 17, Genesis 12, Galatians 3:16, Jeremiah 4:4, Philippians 3:3 Romans 2:28-29].
The 8th Day for Circumcision: Is there any significance to the 8th day directive relative to circumcision?
2022-02-25 Why Circumcision?: Could you talk about why circumcision in particular was commanded? [Genesis 17, Genesis 12, Galatians 3:16, Jeremiah 4:4, Philippians 3:3 Romans 2:28-29].
The 8th Day for Circumcision: Is there any significance to the 8th day directive relative to circumcision?
2022-02-11 True Israel, Actual Jews?: Though we Christians are the true Israel, do we actually become spiritual Jews? [Romans 2:25-29, Philippians 3:3].
2022-02-02 Moses on the Way to Egypt: Why did Moses get in trouble when God was trying to kill him while on the way to Egypt? [Exodus 4].
2022-01-14 Dispensationalist Ezekiel's Temple Arguments: How do Dispensationalist explain away the various temple rituals that are no longer valid? [Ezekiel 40-48, Ezekiel 43:10-11].
2021-12-22 Circumcision & Mutilation: Can you speak to the parallel between the restriction on mutilation and if it relates to circumcision?
Age Appropriate for Marriage: How young is an appropriate age to be married? Would marrying a child in biblical days, would it have been frowned upon?
Circumcision: Do you think that God had circumcision in mind when he created the penis?
2021-12-22 Circumcision & Mutilation: Can you speak to the parallel between the restriction on mutilation and if it relates to circumcision?
Age Appropriate for Marriage: How young is an appropriate age to be married? Would marrying a child in biblical days, would it have been frowned upon?
Circumcision: Do you think that God had circumcision in mind when he created the penis?
2021-12-16 Moses & Zipporah: Why do you suppose that God only attempted to kill one son when Moses had not circumcised his son, instead of both of them? [Exodus 4:24-26].
2021-12-16 Egyptian Circumcison: Caller shares the information that the Egyptians practiced circumcision.
2021-10-13 Infant Baptism: Would you talk about infant baptism?
2021-09-03 Lord of the Sabbath: If Jesus broke the Sabbath because He was "Lord of the Sabbath", why did He bother observing or obeying anything else in the Mosaic Law (Circumcision, feast days)? [John 5:18, Mark 2:27-28, Galatians 4:4-5]
2021-08-23 Moses, Zipporah & Circumcision: What is happening in the story where Moses was going to die before Zipporah circumcised his son? [Exodus 24:24-25].
2021-06-25 Baptism & Circumcision Parallel: Is baptism (infant baptism) a replacement for circumcision? [Colossians 2:11, Mark 1:15, Acts 2:38].
Infant Baptism: When and how did infant baptism begin?
2021-06-14 "The Israel of God": Who is "the Israel of God?" [Galatians 6:15-16, Galatians 4:28, Romans 9:6].
2020-06-12 Legalism: Would you comment on Galatians 5:1? Isn't it saying that Christians should not be caught up in legalism? [Galatians 5:1].
2020-05-28 Removing the Mark of Circumcision: Was there a lot of social nakedness in Corinth that would explain why there was a surgery that could hide circumcision? [I Corinthians 7:18].
2020-01-17 Circumcision: Is circumcision only to be seen as a sign that set apart God's people from the rest? [Hebrews 9, Psalm 24:4, James].
2020-01-17 Christian Charities: Are you familiar with the organization called "Persecuted Church"? What is the one you mentioned with "Martyrs"? (Voice of the Martyrs).
Women & Circumcision: How to women fit into the circumcision symbolism?
Thoughts into Obedience: How do you bring your thoughts into obedience to Christ? [2 Corinthians 10:5].
2020-01-17 Circumcision for Christians: Is there a significance to circumcision being on the 8th day for Christians today?
2018-07-25 Believing in the Name of Jesus: What does it really mean to believe in the name of Jesus? [John 1:12, Acts 5:40-41]
Ceremonial Law or Moral Law as our Tutor: What was paul talking about in Galatians 3, the ceremonial or moral law or both? [Galatians 3:24-25]
2018-06-25 Jewish Tradition but Christian (Messianic Jews): a Messianic Jewish caller wondering about the importance of Jewish traditions for the converted Jew & Christian, is the law obsolete?
2018-05-07 A Bloody husband to me: Why was Moses called a bloody husband by his wife? [Exodus 4:25-26]
2017-12-06 Laws of the OT Forever: I've been reading in the Old Testament that the laws will be forever, so why are they gone?
2017-07-21 Uncircumcision of the Heart: Uncircumcision of the heart & circumcision of the flesh. [Ezekiel 40-48]
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