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Topic: Eternal (Forever, Everlasting, Infinity)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-15
The Prodigal Son and Apostasy: Regarding "Eternal Security," isn't the Prodigal Son a good example of someone who wandered away, but came back? [Luke 15:11-32].
Satan's Loosing & Deception: How do you reconcile the ordinary activities taking place described in Luke 17 during the little season of the loosed Satan? [Luke 17:27, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:9, Matthew 24:44].


2024-03-15
Eternal Security: Caller posits that we cannot lose our salvation because "when someone is your child, they are always their child." [1 Timothy 4:1-7, 1 Peter 5:10].



2024-03-14
Born Again, Again: Can a person be born again, again? [1 John 5:11-12, John 15:6, Romans 11:23, 1 John 5:12, Hebrews 6:4-6, Luke 1:37, Mark 10:27, Matthew 19:26, James 5:19-20].



2024-03-06
The Land of Israel & the Everlasting Covenant: About the land of Israel, could you comment particularly on the "everlasting covenant" in Isaiah 24? [Isaiah 24:5, Isaiah 24:3-6, Isaiah 24:10-12, Leviticus 18:28, Numbers 35:34, Genesis 9:6, Isaiah 27:12].



2024-01-25
Disagreement on Apostasy & Eternal Security: Caller questions and disagrees with Steve's position on eternal security. Rec: Topical lecture series "God's Sovereignty, Man's Salvation." [2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2, John 15, Romans 11:17-22, Colossians 1:23].



2024-01-18
Moabite Lineage of Ruth & David: Would you comment on Ruth, a Moabite, was not allowed in the assembly, but yet she was in the lineage of Jesus (and David)? Isn’t the word “forever” in there somewhere? David [Deuteronomy 23:3, Psalm 40:6, Deuteronomy 23:3, Matthew 12:3-8].



2024-01-15
Knowing God: Shouldn't we be able to understand God and what He is doing?



2023-12-29
Hell & Universal Reconciliation: Has your position on hell and "universal reconciliation" (Christian Universalism) changed recently?
Lucifer: Could you talk about the name "Lucifer" and its application to Jesus (not Satan)? [2 Peter 1:19, Isaiah 14:12, Galatians 4:19, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Revelation 2:28].


2023-12-20
Hell-Eternal Punishment-Disagreement: Doesn't your book presenting three different views of hell, weaken the doctrine of eternal torment and lead people away from the truth? Rec: topical lectures on "Three Views of Hell" or "Three Christian Views of Hell" by Steve Gregg.
Steve Gregg's View of Eschatology-Disagreement: Don't you lean heavily on the church fathers for your eschatology, rather than scripture? Isn't that contradictory?


2023-10-05
Hell's Origin: If hell was created by God, then is it a "good" place?



2023-09-19
Hell-Eternal or Temporary: What do you think? Is hell temporary or eternal?



2023-09-13
Comprehending the Eternal God: When someone cannot begin to understand God's eternal existence and timelessness, do you have any suggestions for a response?



2023-06-01
The word "Eternity" (Olam, Aionios): Could you talk about the biblical words for "Eternal" and its application to hell? [Genesis 17, Leviticus 23, Jonah 2:6].



2023-05-11
Greek for "Everlasting" & "Punishment": Caller challenges Steve's explanation of the Greek meanings of the words, "everlasting" and "punishment?" [Matthew 25:46].



2023-05-10
Regarding Views of Hell: How do you interpret Matthew 25 about everlasting punishment in light of the alternate views of hell? [Matthew 25:46].
God's Wrath vs God's Love: Isn't God's love for his own, equal to His wrath for His enemies? [John 3:16].


2023-04-20
"Forever," Maybe Not "Forever" & the 3rd Temple: If the word in Hebrew translated as "forever" is not always "forever," then does it leave a possibility for the 3rd temple to be rebuilt? [Jonah 2:26, Exodus 21:6-9, Deuteronomy 28:45-46, Jeremiah 18:8].



2022-06-14
Automatic Immortality: Does John 3:16 suggest that we do not have automatic immortality? [I Timothy 6:16, I John 5:11-12, John 3:16, Romans 2:7].



2022-03-08
Heaven in the Old Testament: Where do we first see the promise of heaven in the Old Testament? [Daniel 12:2, 2 Samuel 12:23].
No Heaven or Hell: Would you still serve God without any promise of heaven or hell?


2021-12-02
Jesus Called "The Everlasting Father": Would you help me understand how it is that scripture says He shall be called the "Everlasting Father", and yet we don't call Jesus, the "Father"? [Isaiah 9:7, John 8:18, Luke 22:42, Colossians 2:9, John 14:23].



2021-03-25
Copies of Matthew: Caller shares how many copies of Matthews are available.
Considering Hell: Caller comments on Hell, and some of his disagreements with Steve on the topic, about parables, everlasting, etc. [Mark 4, Matthew 14, Isaiah 66:24, Luke 10:31, Luke 16:19-31].


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].



2020-11-19
Promises to Unbelievers: Are the promises to unbelievers the same now as it was in the Old Testament days?
No Eternal Hell, Then No Eternal Life If we don't understand the word for "eternal" in regard to hell, then can we still understand the idea of the after life as being eternal? [Matthew 25:46].


2020-11-12
Are Our Bodies in Heaven: Does my husband have his body up in heaven? Can he talk and everything? [John 5:24].



2020-10-27
All Scripture is Inspired: What does the verse about scripture actually say in the Greek? [2 Timothy 3:16].



2020-10-26
Eternal Torment: Why would God use the English words such as "eternal" and "everlasting" in regard to hell, if He knew how we would understand them, if it is not as we think as they translated it in English? [2 Peter 3, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Matthew 25:46, Revelation 20:10].
King James Bible Translation: Were the writers of the King James Bible inspired?


2020-09-11
Sabbath on Sunday Challenged: How can anyone accept anything other than the Sabbath Day for worship? [Exodus 31:17, Jeremiah 31, Hebrews 8:13].



2020-08-28
Balancing the Other Views of Hell: Could you help me with someone's objection to anything other than the traditional view of hell? particularly regarding the Nicaean Council, is the use of the word, Gehenna, and the word for everlasting? [James 3:6, Matthew 25:46]



2020-08-19
Eating Pork an Abomination Forever: If God said that the eating of swine would be an abomination forever, why do we think it is acceptable now? [Genesis 17:13, Matthew 15:11, Mark 7:19, I Timothy 4:1-5].



2020-08-19
Eternal Security or Lost Faith: How do you reconcile the promise of eternal life in scripture to your view that one can lose that faith? [John 5:24, Genesis 3:23, Revelation 22:3, John 3:36, John 6:38, Galatians 5:6].



2020-06-15
Various Views of Hell-Conditional Immortality or Annihilation: Regarding the various views of hell, what is the argument that gets them around the reference to everlasting pain or torment? [Matthew 25:46, Ezekiel 18:20].



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].


2020-04-29
Abundant Life: What did Jesus mean by "abundant life"? [John 10:10, Luke 12:15, Galatians 5:22-23].



2020-04-28
Jesus as The Everlasting Father: When Jesus is called various titles in Isaiah, they make sense, until one gets to "the Everlasting Father". Can you clarify? [Isaiah 6, 9:6].



2020-04-16
Word Translated "Everlasting" or "Eternal" Could you talk about the various meanings of the word translated as "everlasting" in scripture? [Exodus 21:6, Psalm 24:7, 76:4].



2020-03-13
Old Testament Ignorance of Eternal Life: Why didn't God inform those believers in the Old Testament of the concept of eternal life? [Daniel 12:2, John 6:68, Genesis 15:1, Matthew 19:16-22, Mark 9:36].



2020-03-04
Everlasting, Not Always Forever: Could you review what you understand about the word often translated "everlasting" (aionios, olam), not always meaning actually everlasting? [Psalm 24, Jude 7].
Defining Who the Apostles Were: Didn't the apostles have to be those that actually interacted with Jesus directly?


2019-06-28
The Everlasting Covenant with Israel: How can you say that the covenant to Israel isn't everlasting? Am I not part of the new Israel? [Hebrews 8:13, Deuteronomy 28)



2019-03-13
Eternity: How does one understand; Christ as the image of the invisible God, and Jesus as "The Word" from the beginning? [Colossians 1:15, John 1:1].



2019-03-05
Hell-3 Views: Would you clarify your view of Hell (eternal torment, shame, everlasting contempt)? Can you explain Annihilationism [Dan 12:2]? Can you clarify the meaning of the word for "everlasting" in scripture (olam; eternal, everlasting, beyond the horizon).
Partial Preterism: Can you clarify "Partial Preterism?"


2019-02-20
Views of hell: What is your personal conviction hell?



2019-02-20
Differing Views of Hell: Can you tell me your views about Hell? What happens to the wicked? Are they annihilated?



2019-02-19
Everlasting Contempt: Does this apply to the view of hell of eternal torment, people sleeping in dust & the wicked having everlasting contempt? John 5 seems to be about hell. Transition from old covenant to the new covenant? Discussion of the traditional view of hell [Daniel 12:2]



2019-02-05
Eternal judgment: John Piper says that the wicked are going to be tormented eternally. [Hebrews 6:1-2, Revelation 14:10, 20:10]
Dispensationalism & taking Revelation literally: There's a lengthy discussion about it the caller takes Revelation literally or symbolically as a Dispensationalist.


2018-09-20
Catholic Prosecution: How can "Christians" who have slaughtered 1000s of people be eligible to have eternal life?



2018-06-08
Hell Eternal: Are we going to stay in hell forever? Did you say that the Bible doesn't say that?



2018-05-23
Speaking in Tongues: Everybody should be able to hear in their own language, not gibberish that you don't know what is being said.
Eternal Torment in Hell: You don't seem to believe that people are going to be thrown into the lake of fire & burn eternally. Can you explain this?


2018-04-30
Eternity taught in the OT: What did the Jews know about eternity from the Old Testament?



2018-02-27
Everlasting Gospel: Is the angel in Revelation proclaiming the Everlasting Gospel when he says, "Fear God and give glory to Him"? [Revelation 14:6-7]



2018-02-02
God Allowing Tragedies: Why does God allow certain tragedies to happen? Why do we always have to believe He had a better idea?
Effects of Sin in Eternity: Will there be lasting effects of present sin in eternity?


2017-06-29
Circumcision an Everlasting Covenant: Circumcision an everlasting covenant? [Genesis 17:7]



2017-03-03
Forever Not Meaning Forever: the word forever not being "forever" & the land of israel, conditional promises, Jerusalem no longer the center of the world/worship



2016-12-30
Forever means Forever: Caller disagrees w/ Steve's answer of the last call, that that's not what God said, that "forever" means forever!



2016-10-13
Everlasting Destruction: What is "Everlasting Destruction"? [2 Thessalonians 1:8-9]



2015-02-03
The word, "Forever": Caller has a comment about the word, "forever".
2 Different Creations: Are there 2 different creations in Genesis since it seems to be saying different things about it? [Genesis 1, Genesis 2]


2015-01-09
"Everlasting Contempt": How could the Universal Reconciliation view be possible in the light of these verses? [Daniel 12:2, Matthew 25:46]



2014-08-01
Eternal: How come Ezekiel doesn't consider Tyre as a big player, & what about the word eternal?
King of Tyre:


2014-05-06
No Forgiveness in the Age, Nor the Next: You were recently talking about Eternal not meaning Everlasting, for eternity, all the time. What about when Jesus said, "Not Forgiven in the Age, Nor the Next"? [Matthew 12:32]



2014-05-01
The term Eternal: How can you have one definition of eternal mean really everlasting, forever, but then it not really mean eternal, everlasting in the same verse? [Matthew 25:46]



2014-04-10
Freedom to Learn: Steve could learn from Michael the Buddhist too, as well as Michael should listen to Steve.
"Best they can": Even if Michael the Buddhist hasn't literally accepted Jesus as his Savior, at least he's trying his best.
Hell - Eternal Torment: Even though you say you don't believe in an eternal hell, & eternal torment, you actually really do.

2014-01-27
The word "Eternal": If everything else that talks about being eternal is actually "eternal", why wouldn't eternal punishment & eternal fire mean the same thing also? [Matthew 25]



2013-10-24
Rewards Set for Eternity: Not to seem selfish, but how can I know I'm doing the most I possibly can to get the highest possible rewards or highest level in eternity, because once you are there, you are at the level for eternity!



2013-08-27
Michael the Buddhist answering the Question: Michael answers the question about whether Buddhism has division &/or unity like you might find the Christian faith.
Suffering for Eternity: How can there be any real peace for the people in Heaven who know their loved ones or friends are being tortured in hell for eternity?
Purgatory: What does the purgatory doctrine say again?

2013-06-12
Activity in Heaven: What will our work be in Heaven?


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