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Topic: Ecclesiastes (Book)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-02-14
Solomon an Apostate: Did Solomon go bad and become an apostate? [1 Kings 11:5-6, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14].
Man Born Upright: Is "God made man upright" a good verse against the doctrine of original sin? [Ecclesistes 7:29]


2023-11-21
Barbaric Biblical Stoning: Would you comment on the barbaric punishment by stoning described in the Bible? [Ecclesiastes 8:11-12].



2023-05-30
After Death: What happens to us after we die? [Luke 16:19-31, Philippians 1:21-26, 2 Corinthians 5:6, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Ecclesiates 9:5].



2023-05-08
Keeping Your Word (Promises) & Broken Trust: How does God view our keeping our promises and letting others know when they failed to do so? [Ecclesiastes 5:5, Matthew 23:16-22, Matthew 5:34].



2023-04-18
Marijuana (Cannabis): How does one compare the use of alcohol and the use of marijuana (cannabis)? [Ecclesiastes 10:19, Proverbs 3:6-7, Psalm 104:15, Ephesians 5:18].



2023-03-17
Emotions & the Holy Spirit: Do not our own emotions mingle with the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our hearts? [Ecclesiastes 7:6, John 16:33, 1 Peter 1:8, Matthew 7:12].



2023-02-20
Ecclesiastes: Who is speaking in Ecclesiastes and who wrote the book?



2022-08-09
Divorce Indicative of Apostasy: I disagree with how you describe the ramifications of divorce and the connection between sin, disobedience, and apostasy. Are you misleading others in misrepresenting saving grace of God? [Matthew 7:21-23, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 6:16, Titus 1:16, Eccelesiastes 5:5, Romans 5:8, John 8:31, Mark 10:9, Matthew 19:6, Luke 9:23, Matthew 16:24].



2022-07-28
Law in Our Hearts-Not in the Unbeliever's: Do unbelievers have a conscience, but not the law, in their hearts? [Romans 2:14, Romans 2:26, Romans 8:4, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Jeremiah 31:33, Isaiah 7:16].
Law or Laws on Heart: Is the law (singular) or laws (plural) on our hearts, the Old Testament commands, or the Love of Christ? [Jeremiah 31:31].


2022-06-21
Ecclesiastes-Not Good Advice: Are there other books, as Ecclesiastes, that we should not take as necessarily as directive or as good advice?



2022-06-16
Does God Allow "Chance": Does God allow for chance? [Ecclesiastes 9:11, I Kings 11, Matthew 10:29, Psalm 34:7, Job 1:12].



2022-06-15
Chronology of Events Upon Death: What is the chain of events upon death for both believers and unbelievers? [Luke 16:19, Ecclesiates 9:10, Psalm 146:4, James 2:26, 2 Corinthians 5:8].



2022-05-30
Animal Souls & Heaven: Caller makes a case that animals have souls and will be in heaven. [Joel 1:20, Job 38:41, Revelation 16:3, Ecclesiastes 12:14-14]



2022-05-24
King Solomon: What do you think about King Solomon and whether if after he sinned, if he then repented before he died? [Ecclesiastes 12:13-14].



2022-05-16
Paul's Timeline: Could you affirm my observations about the timeline of Paul's activities just after his conversion and the disciples taking him by night?? [Acts 22-23, Galatians 1-2, Acts 9:25]
Solomon's Labor: Do you think that Solomon was actually doing physical labor in Ecclesiastes? [Ecclesiastes 2:11].


2022-04-28
Praying Together: Would you comment on the distinction between 2 or 3 vs a whole congregation when you have several together to pray? [Matthew 18:20, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12].



2022-01-31
Heaven or Sleep After Death?: Do we go to heaven when we die, or do we just sleep? [2 Corinthians 5:8, I Corinthians 15:51, I Thessalonians 4:14, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Philippians 1:23, John 11:11-14, Mark 5:39].
Resurrection of the Dead: Regarding those that rise to meet the Lord, are they not dead? [2 Corinthians 12:2].


2022-01-24
Getting More Grace: Can one get more grace and what is the difference for the believer vs non-believer? [Matthew 5:45, James 1:17, Psalms 103:10, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Revelation 2:21, Romans 2:21, I Corinthians 15:10, I Corinthians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Peter 1:2, I Peter 5:10].



2021-11-24
Righteousness Encouraged or Not: What does this passage mean in Ecclesiastes that seems to suggest to not be overly righteous? [Ecclesiastes 7:15-18, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Hebrews 6:1].



2021-11-18
Quoting Eliphaz: Is it acceptable for B.B. Warfield to quote Eliphaz as a proof text for original sin? [Job 4:18, Job 15:14-15].



2021-09-14
Failing Christian Marriages: What is going on with the statistics of 50% of Christian marriages are ending in divorce and 90% of the divorces are initiated by women? [Ecclesiastes 5:14].



2021-05-05
Events That Follow Death: How can we know what is going to happen to us after death, since there are some seemingly contradictory verses about it? [John 5:24, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Daniel 12:2].



2021-03-10
The Cup of God's Wrath: Is the cup in John 8, referring to God's wrath? [John 8:11, Jeremiah 25:15-15, Revelation 14:10, Psalm 75:8, Matthew 23:32, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Genesis 15:16].



2021-03-08
DNA Alteration Ramifications: If your DNA can be altered by vaccines, then at what point could we become irredeemable? Did not Jesus die for human, not animals?
Soul & Spirits of Humans & Animals: Isn't the spirit what separates us from the animals? [Ecclesiastes 3:21].


2020-12-30
Pass Through the Fire by the Kings: Why were the two kings allowed to live when they let their kids pass through the fire? [Leviticus 20:2-5, Leviticus 18:21, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Kings 3:27].



2020-12-04
Pets with Everlasting Life: What happens to our pets when they die? [Eccesiastes 3:21, Genesis 1:30, I Timothy 6:16, Ephesians 1:10].



2020-11-02
A Time to Die - COVID: Are all the people dying of COVID, dying when they should die, as it says in Ecclesiastes?[Ecclesiastes 3:2, Daniel 5, Hebrews 2:15].



2020-08-06
No Free Will: Do not these verses indicate that there is no free will? [Ecclesiastes 9:3, Genesis 8:21, Luke 7:30, Joshua 24:14-15, Romans 7:21].



2020-07-21
Ecclesiastes-Source, Intention, Application: Would you shed light on the source and intention of the book of Ecclesiastes and how one would make application? [Ecclesiastes 9:5, I Kings 11:1-13, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14].



2020-07-17
Death & Soul Sleep: How do you justify your view that people go to heaven upon death if scripture is inspired, and clearly doesn't teach that? [Acts 2:29, Ecclesiastes 9:5, 2 Timothy 3:16, I Kings 11].
Devil Impersonating Long Dead in End Times: How can one know who the devil is when he comes in the end times and impersonates long dead people?


2020-07-16
Dead Knows Nothing: Can you help me sort out the verse about "the dead knowing nothing" and yet Jesus preached to people in hell? [Ecclesiastes 9:1-5].



2020-06-19
Mourning and Feasting: Would you talk about "Better to go to a house of mourning, than to a house of feasting" and its application? [Ecclesiastes 7:2].



2020-06-16
Heaven or Hell Upon Death: What happens in the intermediate state? Do we go directly to heaven or hell when we die? [2 Corinthians 5:8, Luke 16:19-31, John 5:28-29, Revelation 20:14-15, John 3:16, Ecclesiastes 9:5].



2020-05-28
Non-existance After Death: What goes back to God if you don't exist after you die? [Genesis 2:7, Ecclesiastes 12:7, 2 Corinthians 5:8, 2 Corinthians 12:2-3].



2020-05-13
Soul Sleep: What if when people die, they are in some holding place, like sheol, rather than in heaven? [Revelation 20:5, Psalm 6:5, Ecclesiastes 9:10].



2020-05-01
Everlasting Meaning Forever-or Not: If the term "everlasting" is the same word used in the verse about everlasting life and everlasting punishment, how can the meaning be different in one case, and not the other? [Matthew 25:46].
The Meaning of Everlasting: Does it not detract from the meaning of our insight into eternity to have the meaning questioned? [Matthew 25:46, Ezekiel 18:4, Ecclesiastes 12:7].


2020-03-27
Angry with God: When a believer is disappointed or angry with God, Is it always sinful, or does God actually welcome our feelings? [Job 13:15].
Psalms, Prayer & the Human Heart: Do you think that God put the Psalms in scripture to just give an example of the human heart?


2019-02-06
Death: What happens to us after we die? Are we in the presence of God? Are we asleep, unconscious? Jesus told the thief on the cross that he'd be w/ Him in Paradise that day, but a verse in Ecclesiastes says the dead know not anything. [Luke 23:43, Ecclesiastes 9:5]



2018-10-19
The Book of Ecclesiastes: Who was Ecclesiastes written to & why?



2018-09-11
Nothing New Under the Sun & All things New: What did King Solomon mean by, there is "nothing new under the sun", verses what Jesus meant by He made "all things new"?



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?


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.


2017-06-06
God's Work Beginning from End: "No one can know the works of God from the beginning to the end", what does this mean? [Ecclesiastes 3:11]
The Term, Christian: I've heard that the name "Christian" has a pagan origin


2017-05-17
God Ways Forever: What is this referring to in Ecclesiastes, the law? [Ecclesiastes 3:14]



2017-02-17
Right & Left: I'm wondering what Solomon means by the "right or left" in Ecclesiastes? [Ecclesiastes 10:2]



2016-03-02
Spirit will Return to God: What does the word, "spirit" mean in Ecclesiastes? [Ecclesiastes 12:7]



2015-12-01
Prosperity & Adversity: A previous caller from the same show calls to clarify the actual verse he was asking about, which was [Ecclesiastes 7:14].



2015-06-26
Hell: How come Steve never discussed in his book, the 3 views of Hell, that the body goes back into the earth? [Ecclesiastes 9:5]



2015-03-03
Pets going Heaven: Do pets go to heaven? But what about Ecclesiastes 3:21? If they do go to heaven, what do they do to go there, to get there? [Ecclesiastes 3:21]



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



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?


2013-06-25
Soul Sleep: Why don't you believe in soul sleep? [Ecclesiastes 9:5, John 11]



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



2013-03-05
Abraham, Hagar & Ishmael: Why was Abraham counted as faithful when he took Hagar and had Ishmael? [Genesis 15, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 18].
Solomon's Backsliding: Why is it never mentioned that Solomon might have gone to hell, because he was so disobedience? [Ecclesiates 12].

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