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Topic: Death (Spiritual)

Episode Topic Audio

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].



2022-12-14
Calvinist-"Dead Men Can't Respond": Since dead people can't do anything until they are brought back to life, how would you respond to a Calvinist that argues this? [Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 2:1-5, Colossians 2:13, Luke 15:11-32].



2022-03-01
Death is Penalty for Sin: In light of scripture, when we die, do we not pay for our sin ourselves?



2021-12-07
Whose Initiative is it-God or Us?: Do you believe that the first step in conversion and regeneration is our initiative toward faith, or it it God working in us first? [Ephesians 2:1, Acts 2:37-39, Acts 7:54].
Dead in Trespasses and Sin: When scripture says "we were dead in trespasses and sins," do you think we are not really unable to do anything? Recommended topical lecture; "God's Sovereignty & Man's Salvation." [Ephesians 2:1, Romans 9, Psalm 10:17, Proverbs 16:1].


2021-10-26
Sin Unto Death: What is the "sin that leads unto death"? [I John 5:16].



2021-07-29
Can Those in Heaven See Us?: Can the departed see us? [Hebrews 12:1].
Ghosts: Are ghosts real? Or are they demons just masquerade as such?
Communication with the Dead: Can anyone communicate with the dead?

2021-06-18
Dying to Sin, Continuing to Sin, so Grace Abounds: How do I interpret this Romans verse about dying to sin, and continuing to sin, so grace abounds, and to whom is he speaking? [Romans 6:2, Romans 6:3-4, Romans 5:20-21].



2021-04-13
Animals Had to Die as Substitute: Do you think that the animals took a substitutionary role when Adam and Eve sinned? [Exodus 24:14].



2021-04-13
Spiritual Death: Could you help me sort out the full meaning of "spiritual death"? [Ephesians 2:1, Colossians 2:13-14, Hebrews 11:12-14, Romans 4:19, Genesis 2:17].



2021-03-22
Dead in Sin (Calvinism): I don't agree with R.C. Sproul's characterization of how one is saved, and that man is completely dead until the savor saves him, and has nothing to do with it? [Ephesians 2, Colossians 2, John 20:31].



2021-02-24
Sinning Unto Death & the Unpardonable Sin: Would you talk about the "unpardonable sin" and the "sin, not unto death"? [I John 5:15-16].



2021-02-17
Historic Premillennial View of the Resurrection In light of the Historic Premillennial view of the resurrection, how do you see them "coming back to life again" in Revelation 20? [Revelation 20:4, John 5: 28-29, I Corinthians 15:51-52, I Thessalonians 4:16-17].
Righteous & Unrighteous Resurrected Together: Is there any place in scripture where the righteous and unrighteous are specifically raised together, in contrast to there being two resurrections? [John 5:28-29, Acts 24:15].
Two Deaths & Two Resurrections: What do you think about the fact that there seems to be two deaths and two resurrections in scripture? [Revelation 20:5-6, Revelation 20:15].

2021-01-26
Adam & Eve's Death: Could you clear up whether Adam & Eve died spiritually or physically, on the day they ate of the tree? [Ephesians2:1-2, Colossians 2, Genesis 2:17, Romans 5:12].



2020-10-09
Total Depravity: Do you agree with the Calvinist position regarding "total depravity"? [Colossians 2, Ephesians 2, Luke 15:11-32].
Chosen in Christ: What do you say about the verses that say we are "chosen" in Christ? [Isaiah 42, Ephesians 1:4, John 15, Exodus 12, Isaiah 5].
Chosen Before the Foundation of the World: Were we not chosen before the foundation of the world? [Ephesians 1:4].

2020-10-06
Are the Dead Immediately with the Lord Upon Death: Where is your deceased wife? [2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1, I Corinthians 15, I Thessalonians 4:15].



2020-08-12
Hell in the Center of the Earth: Is it possible that hell or the Lake of Fire may be an actual physical place in the center of the earth?



2020-07-21
Satan Impersonates Dead People: Are these not verses that support the idea that Satan will come back and impersonate dead people? [2 Corinthians 11:14-15, I Samuel 28:13-29].
Soul Sleep: How do we differentiate between the way other religions talk about spirit life, if we, as Christians, believe that we go to heaven to live after death instead of into a soul sleep?


2020-06-25
Death Angel: Is death an angel, based on Hebrew mythology?
Catholic Church & Their Traditions: Has the Catholic Church changed many things in the faith in order to gain more control?
The Apocrypha: Should one read the Apocrypha?

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].



2020-04-30
Amillennial View of Intermediate State Before the Resurrection: In the amillennial view, do believers live with Christ, while the unbelievers are not conscious until the resurrection, as in soul sleep? [Revelation 20].



2020-04-24
Why Has Thou Forsaken Me: Was Jesus' statement rhetorical when He asked why God had forsaken Him? Did this statement come early in His sufferings? [Psalm 22:1, Matthew 27:46].
Jesus-Right After His Death: What happened to Jesus right after He died on the cross? Did He go to Hades? [1 Peter 3:20, Acts 2:27,31].
The Unbeliever's Separation Upon Death: Does the unbeliever sense the reality of actual separation upon their death, like Jesus did? Was not Jesus actually separated from God at that point?

2020-04-10
After Death Before Resurrection: What do you see as the peace between our death and our resurrection? What happens right after death when we are disembodied? [2 Corinthians 5:8].



2020-04-06
Upon Death - Asleep or With the Lord: Could you share your view on the contrast between "absent from the body, present with the Lord" and the idea that we sleep? [2 Corinthians 5:6,8, 12::2-3].



2018-07-11
Spiritual Suicide in College: Caller thinks Steve was right on when he said you are basically sending your children to a spiritual death when you send them to secular colleges.
Reincarnation: Is reincarnation is in the bible?


2018-06-12
Being Spiritually Dead: Being dead spiritually, how can they "resurrect" themselves? (Steve doesn't have time to answer.)



2018-04-25
Physical Death or Spiritual Death: Which is worse, dying physically or dying spiritually?



2017-10-13
Praying for the Souls of the Dead: Praying for the souls that dead? [1 John 5:16-17]



2017-09-19
Being Cast into Hell: When people are cast into hell are they burning forever & ever & ever?



2017-09-01
The Eagles & the Carcasses: Where are the eagles? What is the meaning of this verse, this saying? [Matthew 24:28]



2017-05-15
Sin, Righteousness, Judgment, Death, Burial & Resurrection: These are main constructs of the gospel, but is there anything else that needs to be preached? [John 16:8, 1 Corinthians 15:4, 1 Corinthians 2:2]



2017-01-05
Jesus' Resurrection: Why did Jesus have to be resurrected? To conquer both spiritual & physical death?
Jews & Isaiah 53: If Jews don't believe that Jesus was Messiah, how do they interpret scriptures like Isaiah 53? [Isaiah 53]
Saved by Animal Sacrifice in the OT: Were the Jews saved by Animal Sacrifice in the Old Testament?

2016-10-19
Never Die: Can Steve explain this passage of Scripture in John about never dying? [John 11:25-26]?



2016-09-19
Michael the Archangel & Satan Disputing: Is it POSSIBLE that instead of disputing over Moses specifically they are disputing over Israel? [Jude 9, 1 Corinthians 10:2]
Sin Unto Death: What does this verse mean, "sinning unto death"? [1 John 5:16]


2016-06-09
Spiritual Death Discussion: On a recent program a little while back you said, "the result of sin is death, not hell", can you explain what "death" is?



2016-05-30
Wages of Sin: If the wages of sin is death how could Christ pay for all sin after only being dead for 3 days? [Romans 6:23]



2016-02-15
Sin Unto Death: What are your thoughts on this? [1 John 5:16-17]



2015-12-16
Fair warning before death: Will God give us fair warning before we die or before He comes back?



2015-10-30
Jesus' Death: The Death that Jesus had to die, was it both physical, spiritual & eternal?



2015-04-28
Becoming Spiritually Dead: If you become a born-again, having gone through the new birth experience, how can you become unborn again? How can you lose your salvation?
Battle of Gog & Magog in Ezekiel: What is or was the fulfillment of the Battle of Gog & Magog in Ezekiel 38-39? [Ezekiel 38 - 39]


2015-03-31
Seeking the Face of God: What does "Seeking the Face of God" mean?
Prodigal Son: A born again Christian can be spiritually dead again, is that reasonable to think? Although it is true that the prodigal son story was before the born again experience happened after the cross. [Luke 15:11-32]


2015-03-05
Calvinism: Would it be unjust for God to make a group of people who had no possibility of salvation, & throw them in hell? Isn't that the same think as you saying that God just created the devil to be a tempter & then God punish him for it? Isn't that the exact same thing?



2015-01-05
Calvinist-Regeneration: How can a person who is dead in trespasses & sins repent to God, if God didn't call them?



2014-12-16
Dead in Sins & Trespasses: Caller contends that only the act of God can make a sinner become alive & not spiritually dead in their trespasses, but Steve contends that ANYONE can repent & come to God & become alive. [Ephesians 2:1, Genesis 20, Luke 15:11-32]



2014-11-17
Spiritually Dead: Does it say anywhere that the spirit dies? People actually think their spirit is dead. Isn't that metaphor wrong? Paul say that we are "dead in trespasses & sins". [James 2;28, Ephesians 1:1-2, Romans 7:9]
Regeneration & Reconciliation: Does Regeneration mean that we are being Reconciled?


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?


2013-12-30
The Second Death: What is the "second death" referring to in Revelation 20? [Revelation 20:6]



2013-09-11
Spiritually Dead, Sick or Well: Would Steve say that a man is born spiritually dead, spiritually sick or spiritually well?



2013-03-21
"Made in the Image of God": Could you talk about the creation and humans being "made in the image of God"? [Genesis 1:27, Genesis 3:5].
Calvinism-Dead in Sin: Are there other points that support the idea that when scripture indicates that we are "dead in sin" is not about physical death, but spiritual-as in Prodigal Son? [Luke 15:24, Mark 2:17].


2013-02-27
Speaking Against (Blaspheme) the Holy Spirit: What is your take on "speaking against" or "blaspheming" the Holy Spirit?
Unpardonable Sin (Blasphemy) & "Sin that Leads to Death": Do you think that the unpardonable sin is actually refusing God until the very end, and relates to the sin that leads to death in I John? [Matthew 12:32, Matthew 15:18, Matthew 7:17-20, I John 5:17].
Pharisees Blaspheme: Do you think that the Pharisees blasphemed the Holy Spirit?

2013-02-13
Remarks about Calvinism: Caller makes a few short comments on Calvinism as a result of the previous call.
Adam Understanding Concept of Death: Was there already forms of death in the Garden of Eden before the Fall that Adam could relate to so he knew what God was talking about when He said he'd die if he ate from the Tree of Knowledge? [Genesis 2:17]


2013-02-08
Eternal Punishment verses Eternal Punishing: Don't Annihilationists have a problem with this passage of Scripture, because whatever you are applying to the term, "aiōnios", when you apply it to the righteous, don't you have to apply it to the wicked? [Matthew 25:46]
Death a Punisment: Is death a punishment or a penalty, consequence of sin, the curse of sin? [Genesis 2, Romans 8:18-22]

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