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Topic: Heart(s)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-03-19
Christians Behaving Badly: Do you think that sometimes Christians use the "we don't really know their hearts" as a way to excuse their behavior? [Matthew 12:34, Luke 6:45, Mark 7:21, Matthew 7:17-18, Romans 7:23, Matthew 18:17].



2024-02-15
"Heart of Flesh" & "Heart of Stone": Are these scriptures referring to the "heart of flesh" or "heart of stone?" [Ezekiel 36:25-26, Romans 10:9-10, Acts 2:37-40, Luke 15:24, Pslam 95:8-9].



2023-10-10
Number of Sabbath: Caller comments on the numbered Sabbath Day of the weeks in the Didache.
"Written On Hearts" & Regeneration: Is having "the law written in our hearts" parallel to having the Holy Spirit? [Hebrews 8:10, Titus 3:5, Ezekiel 36:26].


2023-08-30
Israel Will Return to God: A Jewish Christian friend says he thinks Steve is confused about the promises God made to Israel- that they are not just to the remnant, but to all the Jewish people. [Exodus 19:5-6, Romans 9:6, Isaiah 10:22, Romans 9:27, Romans 9-11, Ezekiel 36:26, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Romans 11:28-30, Romans 11:7, Zechariah 12:10].
Abrahamic & Mosaic (Sinaitic) Covenants: Are you confused about the Abrahamic and Mosaic (Sinaitic) covenantal promises and their relevance to Modern Israel? Rec article at Matthew713.com: "Two Christian Views, Concerning Israel & the Jews." [Deuteronomy 28:63, Hebrews 8:13, Romans 9:27, Genesis 18:17, Jeremiah 18:7-10, Deuteronomy 28:45-46, 1 Corinthians 16:22, Galatians 3:16, Galatians 3:29, John 8:37-39, Galatians 3:7, Romans 9:6].


2023-07-21
Caller Thanks Steve: Caller thanks Steve for the ministry.
"The Law" (Torah) & Law in Hearts: Could you talk about what seems like a contradiction about The Law in Romans 2? [Romans 2:13-14, Romans 2:17, James 1:21-25, Jeremiah 31:32, Romans 8:4, Michah 6:8, Galatians 6:2, James 2:8].


2023-07-06
Roaming Eyes (Lust): If I have a roaming eye and am attracted to women, will I be condemned for that? Rec: Book; "Every Man's Battle." [Job 31:1, Matthew 5:28, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Matthew 5:29, Hebrews 4:15].



2023-05-31
Discouraged-Not Living Up to the Standard: What kind of encouragement can you give, as I feel that I cannot live up to the standard presented in your books, "Empire of the Risen Son," especially in light of being married to an unbeliever? [Isaiah 50:10, 2 Corinthians 8:12]



2023-05-02
Man's Change of Heart: Can man change his heart? [Psalm 119:11].
Stumbling vs Practising Sin: If we all stumble, but scripture says he who sins is not born of God, how do we explain that? [James 3:2, 1 John 3:9].


2023-04-20
Artificial Intelligence: Would you comment on your Facebook post about the response of an artificial intelligence program when asked to report on a biblical topic? (Steve Gregg-The Narrow Path).
"Law on Stone" vs "Law on Hearts:" Could you talk about the contrast between the Old Covenant and "the Law written on stone," versus New Covenant and "the Law written on hearts?" [Jeremiah 31:31-34. Ezekiel 36:25-27, 2 Corinthians 3, Hebrews 8-10, Luke 22:20].


2023-03-30
Hardened Hearts: Doesn't scripture illustrate to us that we cannot continue in sin without the danger of becoming hardened to the things of God, and therefore are in danger of condemnation? [Hebrews 4:7, Hebrews 12:17, Philippians 3:12, 1 Peter 1:17, Matthew 10:28, 2 Corinthians 5:11, Proverbs 16:6]



2023-02-10
"Law of Christ" or "Law on Hearts": What is the "Law of Christ" that is written on our hearts once we are believers? [Galatians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 9:21, James 2:8, Philippians 2:13, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Galatians 5:17].



2023-01-26
Obeying the Law Today: Does this verse indicate that we do not have to obey the law or code? [Romans 7:6, Ezekiel 36:26, James 1:25, , James 2:8, 1 John 3:14, 1 John 4:7-8].



2022-12-30
God Seeing the Hearts: Do you think that God sees the hearts of some of the mistaken groups & cults, like the Jehovah Witnesses, rather than their erroneous theology?



2022-11-16
"Desperately Wicked" Hearts: Are we to understand "the heart is deceitfully wicked" as applied to us? [Jeremiah 17:9-10].



2022-11-02
Abandoned by God: I feel abandoned by God, and I can't seem to get in a place to get back to Him. What now? Recommends the 2-vol set of Steve's books, "Empire of the Risen Son".



2022-10-21
Salvation: Can people follow Jesus without being part of any particular denomination or religion? [John 3:17, John 1:1-13, John 8:31-32].



2022-09-16
Trusting Oursleves: How do I trust my new heart? [Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26, Galatians 5:17]



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].


2022-07-13
Soul & Spirit: What is the difference between the "soul" & "spirit"? [I Peter 3:4, 2 Corinthians 4:16].



2022-07-08
Broken off the Vine & Reprobate Minds: Can someone be grafted back into the vine, or if once they have been, or if someone has been given over to a reprobate mind, it is no longer possible. [John 15:6, Romans 1:28, Exodus 12, Acts 12]. (A lot of background noise of heavy breathing.)



2022-07-04
Bible Translation-ESV Why does the ESV translate the word "kidneys" instead of "hearts" [Lamentations 3:13].



2022-06-28
Christian Festival Announcement: Caller shares info about "True Love Christian Festival." (TrueLoveChristian.com).
Fellowship to Keep From a Hard Heart: Caller suggests that to escape a hard heart one should stay in fellowship?


2022-06-28
Hard Hearts: Regarding having a soft heart, how does one avoid having a hard heart?



2022-03-09
The Missing Conscience of the Wicked (Hard Hearts): If God has given us all a conscience, where is the conscience of the wicked, such as Russia and Putin? [I Timothy 4:2].



2022-03-04
Warning Against Adultery: Is the warning against adultery about committing adultery in one's heart specifically directed only to men, and does that still apply today? [Matthew 5:28].
Warning Against Lust in the Heart: Is there an overall principle against malevolence in the teaching of looking upon a woman with lust in the Sermon on the Mount? [Matthew 5:28, I John 3:15].


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?


2022-02-08
Free-Will: Can God violate my free-will option? [Proverbs 21:1, Philippians 2:13].
God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart: Since God hardened Pharaoh's heart, do you think he will be in paradise? [Romans 9:18, Exodus 9:12].
Prodigal Son: Do you think that the parable of the Prodigal Son is a real story? [Luke 15].

2022-01-21
What About Those That Don't Know: What about those that didn't have an adequate introduction to the gospel or Christ? [John 1:9, John 3:19].



2021-11-09
God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart: Did God hardened Pharaoh's heart in order to accomplish their salvation? [Exodus 5:21, Exodus 12:12].



2021-10-08
Gift of Giving and Tithing: Can you help me understand how the "gift of giving" relates to the way we tithe or give from the heart? [Matthew 6:21, Matthew 23:23, I Timothy 6:17, I Corinthians 9:11, 2 Corinthians 8:2].



2021-10-07
New Heart & New Spirit: What is a new heart? [Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 36, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Jeremiah 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:16, I Peter 3:7].



2021-09-02
God Taking Pleasure in Destruction Contradiction: Would you talk about the apparent contradiction in this verse about God talking pleasure in the destruction of the wicked? [Deuteronomy 28:63, Ezekiel 33:11].
God Changes Hearts & Calvinism: Does this verse about God changing hearts support the Calvinist position?[Deuteronomy 30:6, Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 11:19, Jeremiah 32:39-40, Hebrew 8:10].


2021-07-29
Preparing Our Hearts before God: How do we prepare our hearts to seek the Lord? [2 Chronicles 12:14, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 4:23].



2021-07-27
Biblical "Heart" and the Freudian Subconscious Mind" Is the biblical concept of the "heart" the same as the Freudian view of the subconscious mind?



2021-07-15
Calvinism vs Arminianism: Caller shares an opposing view of Calvinism. [Proverbs 3:34, James 4:6, I Peter 5:5, Hebrew 10:29].



2021-06-23
Heart & Mind: How do we differentiate between the heart and the mind? [Proverbs 23:7, I Peter 3:3, Mark 12:30, Matthew 22:37, 2 Corinthians 4:16].



2021-05-18
Changing My Evil Heart: How do I, who has backslidden and feel that evil is deeply rooted, actually change my heart? Lecture recommended lecture; Spiritual Warfare & both books, "Empire of the Risen Son". [Romans 7, Matthew 26:41].
John Owen's (Puritan): What do you think of the Puritan writer, John Owen's book, "The Mortification of Sin"?


2021-05-11
Past Tense Translation in "Giving of New Heart": Why do some of the translations indicate past tense when referring to the "giving of a new heart"? [Ezekiel 36:26].



2021-04-23
Salvation-Requires the Heart, Not Just the Head: Would you comment on the saying that "you can believe with your head, but not your heart?" [Matthew 28:18].
Legalism Lecture: What lecture at your website would give more information about legalism? Recommended topical lecture, "Toward a Radical Christian Counterculture".


2021-04-20
A Believer with a Heart of Deceit: Does a born again believer still have a heart of deceit and perversion? [Romans 7:23, Galatians 5:17, I Peter 2:11, 2 Timothy 2:3, Hebrew 3:12].



2021-04-06
Sanctified Hearts: How do we sanctify our hearts? [I Peter 3:15, I Peter 1:15-16].
Brethren as Sinners: Why do so many brethren still identify as sinners? [Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:20-23, Ephesians 2:8-9, James 4:7, I Thessalonians 5:16-18].


2021-03-30
Various Insights or Levels of Interest in God: Is what you wrote in your book about drawing near to God in various degrees a correlarry to the thoughts in Matthew 13 [Matthew 13:12].



2021-03-18
Parable of the Sower: What is the application to us in the "Parable of the Sower"? [Luke 8:4-15, Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Mark 4:34, John 3:3, John 8:31].



2021-02-22
Steve Gregg's New Books: Caller commends Steve's new book; "Empire of the Risen Son" (Vol 1, "There is Another King", and Vol 2, "All the King's Men").
Those That Don't Want to Hear: How does one evangelize those that know about Christ and just don't want to hear about it? Recommended book; "The Kneeling Christian" by the Unknown Christian.


2021-01-12
Seeking God: Does anybody "seek God", and does all the religiousness of most societies reflect that they are in that search? [Romans 3:10-17, Psalm 14:1-3].



2021-01-05
The Gospel Preached: Could you clarify if someone who is presenting the gospel with a good heart, even if they are mistaken about some of their doctrine and their understanding of the gospel, still produce good fruit?



2020-12-07
No Longer Able to be Saved: If someone continually rebels against God or the Holy Spirit, does scripture indicate that one can eventually no longer be saved? [2 Thessalonians 2, Romans 1, Proverbs 29:1].



2020-10-19
God "Gave Them Up" and "Hardened Their Hearts: When scripture says, "God gave them up" is that when God hardened their heart? Could those people still repent? [Romans 1:28].



2020-10-06
Clarification on Salvation for the Muslim: Caller makes some observations about the Muslim (Islam) faith and asks for Steve's clarification about salvation for the those in Islam.



2020-09-30
Judas' Repentance: Do you think that had Judas repented, he would've been forgiven?
Mind, Consciousness, Spirit: Do you think that the mind or consciousness is the same as our spirit? [Hebrews 4:12].


2020-09-28
Hardened Hearts: Could you help me with my struggle in understanding when the Bible says God hardened people's hearts? [Isaiah 64:6].
Good Works as Filthy Rags & The Ones Who Don't Know Him: If we all deserve hell, and our works are as filthy rags, how does it work for those that have never really had any breaks or opportunity to know Christ? [Isaiah 64:6, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 21:27, Titus 2:14, Acts 10:34, I Timothy 2:4, 2 Chronicles 7:14, 2 Peter 3:9, Ezekiel 33:11].


2020-08-31
Confession of Sins & a Pure Heart: Could you talk about our confession of sins in order to keep a pure heart? [James 5:16, I John 1:9].
Pure Heart for Communion: What about having a pure heart in order to take communion, because we sin so often? [I Corinthians 10:31, I John 2:1].
Masturbation: What about masturbation? [I Thessalonians 4:3, I John 2:16, John 15:13, Matthew 26:41, Psalm 103:1-14].

2020-08-24
Law Not for the Unrighteous: What does Paul mean when he says that the law is not for the righteous and how does one use the law, lawfully? [I Timothy 1:8-9, Romans 8:4, 2 Corinthians 6:14].
Ten Commandments for Witnessing: Do you think it is a good way to use "The Ten Commandments" to help people see their sinfulness when witnessing? [Romans 7:7].


2020-07-21
Truth-Somewhere In-between Two extremes: Isn't it a good assessment to consider that the truth is somewhere between two extremes?
Parable of the Sower and Calvinism: Does the "parable of the sower" lend support to Calvinism? [Matthew 13:18-23].


2020-06-18
Comment from White Mother of 8 Children Regarding Racism: Comment from a white mother who has 8 black children offers her observation that her kids have been recipients of racial prejudice and we need to be sensitive to the reality of this issue.



2020-06-03
The Sinner's Prayer: Why are you against saying the sinner's prayer and asking Jesus into one's heart, as I was saved by doing so?



2020-05-21
Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation: If the seven churches in Revelation are in Asia Minor, then why would John be writing to them instead of the believers in Jerusalem? [Matthew 24].
Blessing Promised to Churches in Revelation: Would the blessing promised to the seven churches in Revelation be primarily because they would witness prophecy being fulfilled? [Revelation 2:10, Revelation 3:10].
Laws Written on our Hearts-Absolute Right & Wrong? Are the laws of God really written on our hearts, so that we know absolute right and wrong? Particularly since so many right things are contingent on the circumstances and situation? ?

2020-05-19
Freud's Unconscious Mind: Is what is described in the Bible as the heart, really the same thing as the unconscious mind that Sigmund Freud defined?



2020-04-16
Mary's Heart When Jesus Was a Child: When Luke says that Mary "kept these things in her heart", does this mean she doesn't really understand who He is? [Luke 2:51].
Mary Not Understanding Jesus: What didn't Mary understand when she was in the temple with Jesus after He had gone missing? [Luke 2:50].
Mary Had More Kids: Does the passage support that Mary probably had more children, since she lost track of Jesus? [Luke 2:41-50].

2020-04-07
Simon and Simon Peter the Same: Is the Simon in Luke 11, the same as Simon Peter? [Luke 11].
Gamaliel in Acts: Was the same Gamaliel in both passages in Acts 5 & 22? {Acts 5:34-39, 22:3].
Softening of Saul's Heart at Stephen's Stoning: Was Saul's heart being softened when Stephen was being stoned? [Acts 22:10].

2020-03-20
Soften Heart: Can you give me some examples of where God softened someone's heart? [Ezekiel 36:26, Acts 16:14].



2020-03-12
Cut-off From God: Is God always be willing to welcome you back or is there a point that He will cut you off? [2 Thessalonians 2:11, Romans 1:18, Luke 23:42, Genesis 6:7, Isaiah 55:6].



2019-07-16
Adultery in Heart Is the adultery alluded to in a previous call more about adultery toward God?



2019-07-09
Loving God: What does it mean when it says love your God with all your heart? [Like 10:27, John 14:15, Matthew 7:12, I John 3:18, Colossians 3:17]



2019-06-17
God Choosing People: Can you explain the choosing of Jacob and Esau, and God hardening Pharaohs heart? [Romans 9:6].



2019-05-01
Heart of Flesh: Can you expound this passage about stony hearts being made flesh? Does "make you walk in my ways" suggest that He will take away our freewill? [Ezekiel 36:24-37, 37]



2019-01-22
Command Love-Fruit of the Spirit: Why would God direct us to love, if love is given in the gift of the Holy Spirit? [Romans 5:5, Galatians 5:22, Luke 6, Matthew 7:12, Hebrews 10:16].



2018-09-27
Jacob have I Loved: Loved Jacob, but hated Esau, is God practicing favoritism? [Romans 9:6, Genesis 25:23, Malachi 1:2-3]
Hardening Pharaoh's Heart: Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? [Romans 9:14-18]


2018-08-30
Turning Hearts: Turning hearts of children to their fathers & the hearts of the fathers to the children. What is the meaning of those last verses of the Old Covenant, Old Testament? [Malachi 4:4-6, Luke 1:17]



2018-04-23
Heart Change: Can only God can change our heart? What is that process?



2018-04-16
The Heart: Is the biblical concept of the heart the same as the Freudian concept of the subconscious mind?



2018-03-26
The Heart: It says in Jeremiah that "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?", so do Christians have a deceitful & wicked heart, & what's the difference between the heart & the flesh, if there is a difference?



2018-03-20
The Heart: Does a heart has a mind of its own? [Matthew 9:4]



2017-10-25
Jews Wearing the Gospel on the forehead & Hands & Mark of the Beast: The Jews wearing the gospel on their forehead & hands, is that any relation to Revelation 13 & the Mark of the Beast? [Exodus 12, Exodus 13, Exodus 13:9-13 & Deuteronomy 6, Revelation 13]



2017-09-27
Law Written in our Hearts The law's written in our hearts, is this written to the Jews or to the Gentiles?



2017-07-21
Uncircumcision of the Heart: Uncircumcision of the heart & circumcision of the flesh. [Ezekiel 40-48]



2017-05-04
Confessing the Lord's Prayer & Saying Sinner's Prayer: Is confessing the Lord & saying the sinner's prayer enough to be saved? [Romans 10:8-11]
KJV Translation of the Bible: Is the King James Version the best translation?


2017-05-03
The Disciples Hearts Being Hardened: How would the disciples have avoided having their hearts hardened? [Mark 6:52]



2017-04-26
Having a Hardened Heart: Once you have reached the state of point where you have hardened your heart, is it permanent?



2017-04-25
Calvinism & Free Will & King Sihon: Calvinism, Predestination, Election, Foreknowledge. [Deuteronomy 2:30]



2017-04-05
God Hardening People: Does God still harden people in the New Testament like He did w/ Pharaoh in the Old Testament, & if He does does that mean it's lights out for them?



2017-04-03
Hardening of the Heart: Hardening of the heart [Matthew 13:15]



2017-03-16
Thoughts & Intents of the Heart: The thoughts & intents of hearts, was wondering if you could tell me what this means in relation to our walk of doing good? [Hebrews 4:12, 1 Samuel 16:7, Proverbs 23:7]



2016-10-24
Having a Critical Heart: How do get rid of a critical heart, bitterness? [Hebrews 12:15]



2016-07-15
Soul, Spirit & the Heart: Are the Soul, Spirit & Heart all the same?
Satan Reading our Mind: Does Satan know our inner thoughts?


2016-04-07
Hardening One's Heart: How does God deal with people hardening hearts? Why did Pharaoh's heart get hardened?
End Times Timeline Chart: Do you have a chart of a timeline of End Time events?


2016-03-21
The Light of the Body: Jesus was talking about the eye being the lamp of the body, was He talking about the Aura? [Matthew 6:22, Proverbs 30:17, Matthew 20:1-16, Mark 7, Proverbs 23:6, Proverbs 22:9, Proverbs 28:2]



2016-03-17
Calvinism-Total Depravity: According to these verses, aren't we too depraved to seek God unless He seeks us out first? [Jeremiah 17:9, John 6:65]



2016-01-04
A Hard Heart: What does it mean for a man's heart to be hard?
Man Hardening His Own Heart: What does it mean for a man to harden his own heart?
God Hardening Pharaoh's Heart: What does it mean God hardened Pharaoh's heart?

2015-10-02
Desires of the Flesh: The usage of the word "flesh" seems to be a little contradictory in the way it's used in certain parts of the Bible, such as in Galatians it says the flesh & the Spirit are opposed to each other, in Ezekiel it says God will give us a fleshly heart, & in Ephesians it says we aren't even at war w/ our flesh. Can you explain these apparent contradictions? [Galatians 5:17, Ezekiel 26:36, Ephesians 6:12, Romans 7]
KJV-Only People: Can you please talk about the KJV-only people, that only the KJV should be used, that if you are not reading the KJV you aren't really reading the Bible at all?


2015-06-10
Trusting Our Hearts: Is 1 John saying we can't trust our hearts because they are too strict or too easy w/ us, or that we think that God condemning us when He's really not? [1 John 19-20, 1 john 3:19-20]



2015-05-28
"Called" & "Elect": Does "Called" & "Elect" mean you are not really saved until you do all the works in the Sermon on the Mount? [2 Peter 1:10]
ISIS & Islam in Prophecy: Where does ISIS & Islam fall into Prophecy, if anywhere?


2015-04-09
Ishmael: God blessed Ishmael, but He said say he would be like a wild ass, being against every nation? What did He mean by that?
Purgatory: A comment about Purgatory.
David: David being a man after a God's own heart.

2015-04-02
Prodigal Son: When Jesus said the story about the Prodigal Son, was this in a Jewish setting? Luke was writing to the Gentiles? The prodigal son had a broken & contrite heart, so that was why he didn't bring a sacrifice, like what David said in Psalms 51? [Luke 15:11-33, Psalms 51:17]



2014-12-12
Lust thoughts crossing your mind (Sin & Temptation): What if a lustful thought crosses your mind, but you'd never act on it? When is it sin or just temptation?



2014-11-20
All Saved & Hardening of the Heart: There seems to be a contradiction that God wants everyone to be saved, but that He's also hardened people on purpose, such as Pharaoh. Why? Is this a contradiction?



2014-11-18
Eternal Life: What is God's basis for showing grace to someone to bring them to eternal life? Everyone who is weak, humble, meek & needy, does God automatically give them that grace & saves them? (the same caller that was on for a half hour from the day before.) [Luke 8:4-21]



2014-09-18
Being in touch w/ your Heart: Isn't Christianity to just be in touch w/ your heart, to come back to that innocence that a child possesses?



2014-08-11
Heart in the Bible: What does the word "heart" bring to your mind, biblically speaking? [John 14:1, Romans 10:9]



2014-04-18
Guard your Heart but Deceitful Heart: How can you have a deceitful heart but be told to guard your heart? How can both be true?



2014-04-14
The Heart: The heart is something we are supposed to guard, but it's also said to be the most deceitful thing.
Denominations: There are so many denominations but i'd like to know what I align myself with the most, & what are the main differences between the denominations?


2014-03-24
Death: Immediately in the presence of God after death, the righteous are ushered, but what about the unsaved sinner, what happens to them, are they in limbo, are they judged immediately, what happens? [Luke 16:19-31]
The Spirit: We say the Spirit is in our heart, but where is it really?


2013-11-27
Circumcision of the Heart: Can Steve talk about the "circumcion of the heart"? [Romans 2:25-29]



2013-11-11
Having a Kind Heart: Michael the Buddhist thinks that having a good heart is the important thing.
Dharma: Steve turned the tables around & asked Michael if the Dharma was a person who could respond back to him.


2013-10-11
Changing Your Heart: What comes first, a changed heart or changed behaviour?
Addictions: What is the equivalent word to "addiction" in the Bible since that word is not in there?


2013-09-02
Heart, Mind & Soul: If a person has to have a heart tranplant, does the personality come with the other heart too?



2013-08-27
Hell & Not knowing the Heart: Caller wanted to talk about the eternal torment view of Hell, citing the Rich Man & Lazarus parable. [Jeremiah 17:9-10, Luke 16:19-31]



2013-06-06
Calvinism & Pharaoh's Hard Heart: Does the fact that God that hardened Pharaoh's heart, makea good case for Calvinism? [Romans 9:14-18, Exodus 8:15, Exodus 8:32].



2013-05-31
Caller comments on the "Heart": Caller agrees that the concern of Jesus is always the heart.
"Federal Headship": Could you comment on "Federal Headship" and what that really means? [I Colossians 1:13].
The "Two Swords:" Could you comment on the directive to the disciples about the "two swords' in Luke? [Luke 22:35-38, Matthew 26:52, James 5:6, Ephesians 6:17, Revelation 19:15, Isaiah 53:12, Mark 15:28].

2013-05-31
Calling Someone "Fool": Could you talk about the apparent contradiction of using the word "fool" when addressing another? [Matthew 5:22, Matthew 23:19, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 5:42, Luke 6:30].



2013-05-13
Saul Given a Another Heart: If Saul was given a new heart by God, what made him go astray? [I Samuel 15:17-26]
Holy Spirit in Saul: Is there a parallel between the Holy Spirit coming upon and Saul the gift of the Spirit for us today?
God withdraws the Holy Spirit from Saul: Why is God still answering Saul when the Holy Spirit had left him? [1 Samuel 16:14].

2013-04-30
Non-Christian God-fearers: What about the good people and God-fearers in other faiths? What will happen to them? [John 3:16, John 1:9].
Those Doing Their Best-but Mistaken (Only Christians are Saved): What about those that are doing their best to do well, like the Jews, but get it wrong? Doesn't the Bible say that only Chistians will be saved? [I John 2:2, Acts 26:28].
The Unpardonable Sin: What about the "unpardonable sin?" [Matthew 12:31, Colossians 1:20, I John 2:2].

2013-04-24
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: What can be done for someone who thinks they are hopeless because he has blasphemed the Holy Spirit? [Matthew 12:31].



2013-04-02
Heart, Spirit, Soul, Mind: Do you think that our hearts and our spirits are the same thing? [2 Corinthians 4:16].



2013-03-11
"Evil Eye" (Greed) in Scripture: What is Jesus saying in the passage about the eye being good or bad? [Matthew 6:22-32, Proverbs 23:6, Proverbs 28:22, Mark 7:22, Matthew 20:15, Proverbs 22:9, Matthew 6:24].
The "Poor" & "Poor in Spirit": Could you clarify the different references to the "poor" and the "poor in spirit"? [Luke 6:20, Matthew 5-7].


2013-02-22
Getting Through the "Dry Spells" in Our Faith: How do I manage my dry spells and work though my conviction, especially with all the distractions? [Joshua 1:8, I Peter 2:2].
God Knows Our Hearts: God knows our hearts and intentions, right? [Psalm 119].


2013-02-06
Holy Spirit & the New Covenant: Did people's heart get changed in the Old Testament?
Bearing Arms in Self-Preservation: Did you say we are not allowed to defend ourselves in self-defense with guns?


2013-01-30
Calling People Fools: (Phone cuts in & out) What did Jesus mean by calling people fool & being in danger of Hellfire yet people are called fools in the Bible. [Matthew 5:22]
Pentecost a Fulfillment of Joel: Caller doesn't think Pentecost was a fulfillment of Joel, but Steve explains that it was. [Acts 2, Joel 2]

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