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Topic: Persevere (Endure)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-29
"Grace is Sufficient for You": Do you think that Paul hear God's voice audibly when He said "My grace is sufficient for you." [2 Corinthians 12:9].
Prayer-How Long and Often?: How long and often should we continue to pray for something if it appears unanswered? [Luke 18:1ff, Matthew 7:7-8, 1 Thessalonians 5:17].


2024-01-26
Tribulation & Perseverance: Do you think that those who give up their faith in persecution and tribulation are the "great falling away." [2 Thessalonians 2:3].



2023-10-27
Beheaded Martyrs: Why are the beheaded especially highlighted in Revelation? [Revelation 20:4].
Reigning with Christ: Will a faithful believer now, who is hit by a bus, still reign with Christ, just like the martyrs? [Revelation 2:10].


2023-10-04
Boring Christianity: Why do you suppose people seem to get bored with Jesus and the faith, adding more to it? [Revelation 2:10, 1 Peter 2:11].



2023-08-08
Enduring to the End-as Proof of Salvation: Does it prove our salvation if we endure to the end, or do we endure to the end to be saved? [Matthew 24:13, Matthew 16:28, Matthew 16:25, Matthew 10:28, Revelation 2:10].



2023-07-26
Falling Away: Would you read 2 Peter 3:17 (a warning about falling away) and explain it to me in light of a Calvinist refuting it? Rec: Topical lectures series: "God's Sovereignty and Man's Salvation." [2 Peter 3:17].



2023-07-19
Encouragement to Someone Struggling: Caller encourages a previous call struggling with alcohol. [Luke 4:13, James 4:7, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Genesis 32:22-32].



2023-04-10
God's Unconditional Love: Our pastor indicated that not only is God's love unconditional, but so is His salvation. Do the following verses apply to being saved from 70 AD or the judgment? [Matthew 24, Mark 13:13, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:2, Matthew 5:43-48,, Luke 15:24, James 4:6-7, Ezekiel 33:11, John 15:13, Proverbs 13:24].



2023-03-07
Doctrine of Sovereign Election (Calvinist): Buddhist caller objects to the "sovereign election" stance of the Calvinist (Reformed) denominations.[1 Timothy 4:1].



2023-02-20
Apostasy-Perseverance in Persecution: How should we read this verse in Hebrews about possible apostasy in persecution? [Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 10:32-35, Hebrews 8:13].



2022-11-14
Discouragment in Prayer vs Hardness of Heart: If someone is struggling because of the discouragement in their failures in reoccuring sin, therefore finding it hard to pray, is their heart becoming hardened? [Luke 18:1-8, Daniel 10:10-14, Psalm 103:13-14, Hebrews 4:14-16, Revelation 12:12, Matthew 4:11, Luke 4:13, Matthew 26:41].



2022-10-06
"Born Again": Were you minimizing being "born again" in an earlier call? [John 3:3].



2022-08-19
Apostasy: Why do some people get saved and persevere and some fall away and apostasize?



2022-01-26
3-Point Calvinism: Didn't you say that one can't be a 3-point Calvinist? Can you explain that?



2022-01-19
Calvinism & Serving God: How does a Calvinist encourage others to serve God, when there is not real assurance that one is saved?



2021-12-13
Calvinism: What is a Calvinist?



2021-11-08
Losing One's Salvation: Does this verse mean we can never lose our salvation? [Hebrews 11:37-39, Hebrews 6:9, Habakkuk 2:3-4].



2021-09-21
Paul's Infirmity: What do you think that Paul's infirmity was?
Prayer: How long do we keep praying for God to answer our prayer? [2 Corinthians 12:9].


2021-09-14
Patience, Perseverance, Perfect: How does patience work to make us perfect? Does this directly relate to the testing of our faith, or the fruit of the spirit? [James 1:2-4, James 3:17-18, Hebrews 12:11, Hebrews 11:1-6, Galatians 5:22-23].



2021-07-19
Persistent Prayer or Waiting on the Lord: It seems that there are two ways to proceed in prayer; persistent widow or just wait patiently on the Lord? [2 Corinthians 12:8-9].



2021-07-08
Confusion About Election or "the Elect": Could you help me get less confused about "election", as I listen daily to John MacArthur? [John 3:16, John 6:37, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 23:37, John 15].



2021-06-22
Perseverance of the Saints (Eternal Security): I disagree with you in that I can't imagine ever walking away from the Lord, if one is ever really saved? [Revelation 2:10, I Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 6:4].
Apostates Cannot Return to God: Can you return to Jesus if you have fallen away based on Hebrews 6? [Hebrews 6:4, Luke 19:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19, Romans 11:22, John 15:6, Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15, I Peter 1:5, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 3:12].


2021-01-18
Once Saved, Always Saved (Eternal Security): If someone was once a believer, but does gets caught up in sin and does terrible things, can he be regenerated again, or does he lose his salvation? [John 15, I John 5:11-12, Romans 11:22, I Corinthians 9:27].



2020-08-12
Different Levels of Heaven and Hell: Could you clarify the scriptural references to the different levels of heaven and hell?
Be Ye Holy as God is Holy: Is it really possible to be holy as God is holy, or to be perfect as God is? [I Peter 1:16, Leviticus 19:2, Luke 6:36, Matthew 5:48].


2020-08-11
Calvary Chapel, 1970s: Caller reminisces with Steve about their mutual time at Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa in the 1970s.
Parable of the Ten Virgins: Could you comment on the parable of the ten virgins? [Matthew 25:1-13].


2020-07-03
Characterizations of Calvinism: Do you agree with the suggestion that the Calvinist view and characterization of God, is like He intervenes to assist someone who is mentally ill and cannot make a decision?



2016-12-27
Eternal Security: Perseverance of the saints, once saved always saved. Thoughts?



2016-11-22
Calvinism: Can you please talk about Calvinism & the 5 points, such as Total Depravity, Regeneration, Irresistible Grace. {Romans 8, John 6]



2016-03-08
"Consensual Theology" (Homosexual Acceptance): Have you ever heard of “Consensual Theology”, which is approval of Homosexual monogamy?
Perseverance: Isn't perseverance a work rather than just a faith?


2015-01-19
Eternal Security: Caller absolutely believes in Eternal Security. (Healthy Discussion)



2015-01-16
Perseverance of the Saints: Caller doesn't understand why Steve doesn't camp on the words of Jesus, "All that the Father gave Me, I will not lose one" from a previous call. [John 6:37-39, John 18:9]



2015-01-16
Perseverance of the Saints: Caller disagrees w/ Steve's stance of not having Eternal Security, not being once saved always saved & they have a long discussion about it.



2014-10-03
Perseverance of the Saints: Either you can lose you salvation, or their are people who seemed saved but never were, but it can't be both, the caller believes. He believes in eternal security, once saved, always saved.



2014-07-29
Trinity & Sound Doctrine: Believing Sound Doctrine is important such as the Trinity, but it isn't dependent upon salvation. [2 Peter 3:15-16]
Perseverance of the saints: Caller believes once-saved-always-saved, eternal security, once we belong to Christ, otherwise he thinks it's a salvation by works.
Intercessory Prayer: Doesn't it say somewhere like in Romans that Jesus is always making intercessory prayer for us so we are always abiding in Him? [Romans 8:26-27]

2013-07-23
Assurance of Salvation, Perseverance & Calvinism: How can I know I have assurance of my salvation? I'm trying to persevere and am looking into Calvinism. [Matthew 7:21-23, Philippians 1:6]



2013-07-17
Losing the Fight: Caller is concerned she just has no more fight in her.



2013-05-24
Eternal Security (Once Saved, Always Saved): Can one lose your salvation...or if you do, then were you ever really saved? [Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 3:6, Matthew 7:21-23, John 15:6].
Losing One's Salvation: What causes one to lose their faith? [1 Peter 1:5, Ephesians 2:8, John 17:3, Job 13:15, Romans 5:2, James 3:2, 1 John 2:1].

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