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Topic: Wisdom

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-27
Universal Reconciliation (Repentance in Hell): Can you explain how it makes sense that God would be willing to try to reconcile and purify people (whom he called "children of the devil") after death in hell (according to Universal Reconciliation)? [Luke 15:11-32].
Visions and Prophets Today: What do you think about those today who claim to have visions and render prophecies? How do you know who to take seriously? [Psalm 118:6-7, Proverbs 27:12, Proverbs 21:20-22].


2023-04-25
Wisdom Literature; Prayers & Psalms: Can one use wisdom literature and the Psalms as prayers and though not necessarily so, also instructive? [Psalm 23, Acts 2:30].
Praise & Worship: Shouldn't praise and worship be more about the greatness of God rather than His making a way for us? [Psalm 103, Exodus 15, Isaiah 29:13].


2023-04-18
"The Spirit of Wisdom": Who is the "Spirit of Wisdom" in Ephesians 1? [Ephesians 1:17, Romans 8:15, Isaiah 11:2].



2023-02-15
Proverbs Cautions About Life Choices: Could you explain the Proverb, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end is the way of death?" [Proverbs 14:12, Romans 12:2, Romans 6:23].



2023-01-18
Adam's Salvation: What are the reasons you have for thinking that Adam may have been saved? [Genesis 3].
Adam's Salvation: How could Adam have been saved if he no longer had access to the "Tree of Life" and he was already eternally condemned?
"Wisdom" Literature in the Bible: When will you have the next lecture in the "Wisdom" literature?

2022-12-29
Why Keep the Old Testament?: If the Old Testament is obsolete, then why do we even have it in our Bibles? Is there any denomination that uses only the New Testament? [Exodus 19-20].
New Testament vs Old Testament: Isn't it only the New Testament that is necessary for the Christian today?


2022-12-19
Wisdom in Decision-making: What decisions are the best ones on which to "wait on God" or does God step-in when necessary and intercede if He wishes? [Ephesians 5:17, Proverbs 3:5-6].
Contrary to Counsel: Is it still your own responsibility to make your best judgment regarding a decision regardless of a Christian leader's counsel? [Psalm 1:1].


2022-07-14
Bible Books: How did we get to what we accept as authentic Bible books, in contrast to the books that the early church accepted?
Book of Wisdom: Is "the Book of Wisdom" actually the same as Solomon? Ref: The Book of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus.


2022-06-14
Fear of God: How can we increase "fear of God" in ourselves and the culture? [Romans 3:9-18, Proverbs 9:10, Proverbs 10:27, Psalm 14:1].



2021-11-22
Counseling: What counsel should we listen to? [Psalm 119, Psalm 1:1, Romans 15:14, I Corinthians 6:1].



2021-11-15
Adult Child Straying from God's Wisdom: How do I approach my daughter who has strayed from God's wisdom and has embraced the world's view? [I Corinthians 2:5-7].
Whistling on The Narrow Path: Is that you whistling on the radio intro?


2021-08-06
Hearing God's Voice: How does one hear from God? Recommended Topical Lecture; " Knowing God-Divine Guidance."



2021-07-20
Wisdom Justified by Her Children (or Deeds): What is meant by, "wisdom is justified by her children" or "by her deeds" in Matthew 11? [Matthew 11:19].
Knowing God as Jesus Did: Is Jesus saying that we can know God as well as Jesus knew Him in Matthew 11:27? [Matthew 11:27].


2021-07-09
Seven Pillars of Wisdom in Proverbs: What are the seven pillars of wisdom mentioned in Proverbs?
Seven Thunders & Sealing in Revelation Could you talk about the seven thunders and the directive to seal things up in Revelation 10? [Revelation 10:3-4, Revelatioin 22:10, Daniel 12].


2021-05-14
Fear & Fearing God: Could you comment on whether fear means the same thing throughout the Bible, in regard to fearing God? [Ephesians 5, Proverbs 9:10, Proverbs 16:6, Acts 24:25, I Peter 1:17].



2021-03-02
God's Guidance: Could you give New Testament examples of God guiding through wisdom and direct revelation? [James, Ephesians 5:17, Jeremiah 18:18, Ezekiel 7:26, Acts 11:27-30, Acts 21:10-11, Acts 16:9-10].



2021-02-25
Contradiction in Proverbs: Can you help me understand the apparent contradiction in Proverbs about the fool? [Proverbs 26:4-5, Galatians 6:2-5, Philippians 3:12-15].



2021-02-19
Distinguishing "Hearing" from God: How does one differentiate between thoughts being from God (hearing from God), or just one's own ideas because of our new heart? [Galatians 5:17-23, I Corinthians 1:30, I Corinthians 2:16].



2021-01-06
Biblical Fables and Sayings: Are familiar fables and sayings such as, "The Tortoise & the Hare", and "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" have a biblical basis?



2020-09-03
"Wisdom" as Woman in Proverbs: Why is "Wisdom described as a woman in Proverbs?
Wisdom's Voice as Little Girl's: What do you say to someone who says that wisdom, in the voice of a little girl, has spoken to them?


2020-07-24
Wisdom or Promises in Proverbs: Where does it say that the book of Proverbs is for wisdom and not actually promises? [Proverbs 1].



2020-07-16
Law of the Torah Before Moses: Were the Laws of the Torah known before Moses? [Luke 11:50-51].
Solomon's Request for Wisdom: Why didn't Solomon ask to see God face to face, rather than ask for wisdom? [2 Chronicles 1:11].


2020-06-22
Telephone Lines at The Narrow Path: How many lines do you have coming in?
Wisdom About Giving to Charities: I am bothered by how much I am giving out of my social security check. Can you give me words of wisdom in this regard?


2020-05-20
Wise as Serpents, Gentle as Doves: Would you clarify the directive to be wise (or cunning) as a serpent, but gentle as doves? It seems that characteristic is bad in the serpent. [Genesis 3, Matthew 10:16].
When the Serpent was Created: Was the serpent created as the same time as the rest of the animals in Genesis?


2020-04-10
Spiritual or Physical Health: Is God talking about spiritual or physical health in Proverbs 3? [Proverbs 3:7-8].



2019-11-06
Fear of God=Wisdom: What is meant by wisdom beginning with the fear of God? [Proverbs 1, 9].



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



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"?



2017-10-05
Proverbs & Ecclesiastes: In the books of Proverbs & Ecclesiastes, what are your favorite Proverbs?
Pursuing Wisdom: There seems to be conflict about the pursuit of wisdom, not pursuing too much.


2017-07-25
Trinity & Wisdom: Regarding the Trinity & Wisdom, I'm not understanding why you don't agree that Wisdom has a personality. (follow up from yesterday.)



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
All things are Yours: When Paul gets done talking about the Wisdom of God & the foolish of man, he concludes by saying, "all are yours". What does that mean? [1cor 3:21-22,



2016-04-12
Clarifying 2 Scriptures about Love & Discernment: Linking these 2 passages of Scriptures about love [Phillipians 1:9, John 13:34-35]



2016-03-25
Holy Spirit Feminine: Is the Holy Spirit feminine? Where do they get that idea? Does it come from the "Wisdom" Scriptures where it talks about "he" & "she"? [1 Corinthians 1:30, Proverbs 8]



2015-07-08
Wise as Serpents: Is there a reason Jesus would use being "Wise as a SERPENT", isn't it kind of odd? [Matthew 10:16]



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.



2015-02-20
Reconciling some specific Scripture (Wisdom): Caller is having trouble reconciling 2 particular Scriptures. [Jeremiah 15:16, Ecclesiastes 1:18]



2014-12-02
"The Republic" - Plato, Socrates: What do you think about Socrates, Plato & Aristotle having a lot of wisdom before Christ? The Republic which i'm reading just seems to have such good parallels to the Bible.



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.

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



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!



2014-04-10
Faith & Reason/Logic: Is it really faith when you just come to a certain conclusion because there seems to be no other conclusion?



2014-02-25
Solomon's Story in Ecclesiastes 9: What is the point Solomon is trying to make in the story or parable that he mentions in the latter part of Ecclesiastes 9? [Ecclesiastes 9:13-15, Luke 14:11-14]
Ecclesiastes & Wisdom: Is the Book of Ecclesiastes (& Proverbs) just conventional wisdom, but not necessarily to rely on in reality?


2014-01-02
Faith & Reason: What is the relationship between faith & reason? [Hebrews 11:1, 1 Peter 3:15, Romans 1:19-20]
Salvation of non-Jews in OT times: How is God going to judge people who did not follow the system of Judaism in Old Testament times? [Job 1-29, Acts 10]


2013-11-06
Steve's Testimony: Caller is interested in knowing where he can hear Steve's testimony. (you can now find Steve's testimony on YouTube)
God Speaking to Steve: How does God speak to Steve on a daily basis?


2013-09-30
Trust the Lord Completely: How do you trust in the Lord completely & not rely on yourself? [Proverbs 5:3-7]



2013-06-13
Overly Righteous or Wise: Isn't it impossible to be overly righteous or wise? [Ecclesiastes 7:16]



2013-03-22
Knowing God's Will: Can you know God's will without pushing on doors to open? [John 10:27-28, Psalm 37:5, Psalm 16:3, Proverbs 3:6, Colossian 3:15, Isaiah 55:12].
Signs from God: If you were going to school part time, and got your work hours cut, would you take that as a sign from God?


2013-03-12
God Speaking: How does God speak to people today?



2013-01-31
A Fool has no Heart for Wisdom: What does this verse mean about a fool not having a heart for wisdom? [Proverbs 17:16]


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