Go to The Narrow Path Ministry Topic: Scripture |
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2024-03-08 |
Discrepancy in Years in Texts: Which number of years is correct in these verses? [1 Kings 6:1, 1 Kings 4:26-28, 2 Chronicles 9:25]. Latin Vulgate: Do you think that the Latin Vulgate is a better manuscript? |
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2024-01-18 |
Constantine & the Canon of Scripture (New Testament): Could you shed light on how the books of the New Testament were selected and if Constantine oversaw it? |
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2024-01-16 |
Book of Enoch: Can we trust the extrabiblical gospels, like "Book of Enoch" (Gospel of Mary, Philip, Thomas), etc.? |
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2024-01-08 |
No Food (or Stomachs) in Heaven: Caller thinks there will be no need for stomachs in heaven because the food will be so pure. [1 Corinthians 6:13]. Liberty for the Christian: When does one take "liberty" with scripture too far? Can we read too much into it? [Luke 17:10]. |
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2023-12-19 |
Atheist Caller: Bible or Church first?: Which came first, the Bible or the church? [Hebrews 11]. Atheist Caller: Defining the Bible: How would you define the Bible or the scriptures? Atheist Caller: Intertestamental Period: Doesn't it seem questionable to have nearly 400 years of things happening (between the writing of the Old & New Testaments) before the Bible is finalized? And what about the wars between the opposing sides? |
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2023-11-15 |
Extrabiblical Books: Why are some of the extrabiblical books not included in the Biblical Canon? [1 Chronicles 29:29, 1 Corinthians 10]. |
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2023-11-08 |
The Apostles Scripture: What version of the scriptures would Paul and the apostles have used? "Virgin" in the Septuagint: If the word "virgin" in Hebrew means "young woman" does the fact that the apostles used the Greek Septuagint (where the word is "parthenos," which means "virgin") tend to nullify the argument of liberal scholars that Mary may not have been a virgin? [Matthew 1:23, Isaiah 7:14]. |
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2023-10-19 |
The Value of Knowing the Word: Would you elaborate on the value of knowing the scriptures? [Psalm 1:1-3]. |
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2023-09-25 |
Do Not Add to Scripture: How do you reconcile the "do not add" phrases in both Deuteronomy and Revelation? [Deuteronomy 4:2, Revelation 22:18, Proverbs 30:5-6]. |
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2023-09-15 |
"Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth": How do we know when we are rightly dividing the Word of truth? [2 Timothy 2:15-19, Ephesians 2:8-9, John 17:17, 1 Corinthians 14:29, 1 John 4:1, 2 Peter 2:1, Acts 17:11]. |
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2023-09-13 |
"Sola Scriptura": Would you give me an argument to support "sola scripture" ("scripture alone")? Adultery & Pornography: Is viewing pornography the same as adultery (mental vs. physical)? |
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2023-06-20 |
Selection of Books for the Bible: How did they decide which books to keep in the Bible, like when they omitted "Nag Hammadi" (Gnostic Gospels)? Should I read these books or should I avoid them? Rec: Topical Lecture; "Authority of Scripture." [Ephesians 4:14]. |
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2023-05-08 |
Universal Reconciliation: Can you give the scriptures that support the view of hell called, Universal Reconcilation? |
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2023-04-28 |
"The Word": Discerning the difference between "The Word' as Jesus and as the written scripture? [1 John 1:1, Revelation 19:13. Psalm 33:6, James 1:21, Hebrews 4:12, John 1:14, Hebrews 1:1-3]. |
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2023-04-10 |
Medicines, Vitamins and Doctors: What do you think about going to doctors and using medicines and vitamins, etc.? [Luke 5:31-32, Mark 2:17]. Getting Back to Scripture: How do I get back to the peace and joy of being in and memorizing scripture? [John 14:27, John 16:33]. |
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2023-04-07 |
The Apocrypha: Why isn't the "Apocrypha" considered inspired text by Jews or Christians? |
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2023-04-05 |
The Bible's Formation: Could you talk about the Bible's development? |
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2023-04-05 |
Manuscripts Variants: How should we approach manuscript variants? Do you deal with this in your "Authority of Scripture?" [1 Corinthians 1:14-16, Matthew 27:9-10, Zechariah 11:13]. |
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2022-11-18 |
"Chiasms" (Chiastic Structure) in Scripture" Do you think that looking into "chiasms" in scripture is profitable? Difficult Passages in Scripture: If I run across a verse I don't like or don't understand, I tend to dig into it, to figure out why I am wrong. Is this how I should I be looking at this? |
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2022-11-17 |
Author of Hebrews: What if the transcribers altered the style or tone when writing Hebrews, and that would explain why the New Testament authors are not always consistent in style? [Romans 16:22] Those Who Arose with Jesus: When the graves were opened at Jesus' crucifixion, what did the others that rose from the dead do for the two days that Jesus was still in the grave? [Matthew 27:51-53]. |
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2022-11-17 |
"The Five Solas": What do you think of "The Five "Solas"? |
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2022-11-10 |
Stephen is Mistaken-Christianity Fails: If Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit, but was mistaken in his speech, for example, how does he come up with where the bodies are buried Shechem, instead of Hebron? And how does he come up with the 70, instead of 75 bodies? Only the Masoretic text is infallible. |
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2022-11-08 |
Canon of Scripture & Prophecy: Why is the canon of scripture closed if the gift of prophecy is so valued as a gift? [I Corinthians 14:1, I Thessalonians 5:20, I Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 2:20, Ephesians 4:11, Acts 21:9, John 13:20, I Corinthians 14:29, Acts 21:11, I Corinthians 14:3]. |
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2022-11-02 |
"Not Peace, but a Sword": Why would there be this passage about not coming to bring peace, "but a sword", when it is so frightening? [Matthew 10:34-36, Micah 7:6]. The Bible's is Incomplete: Was there more that could have been included in the Bible that was not written? [John 21:25]. |
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2022-09-20 |
Atheist; Creation: Atheist caller: Is there not a contradiction in the chronology of the stars in the creation story in Genesis. [Genesis 1:16]. Atheist; God Deceives Us: Atheist; Why does God decieve us with His creation story and scripture has to be explained? Atheist; Consistency in Naturalism & Science: Atheist; Does not naturalism and science prove more consistency and supports naturalism over the supernatural? [Luke 9:54]. |
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2022-08-08 |
Manela Effect: Could you talk about the "Mandela Effect?" [Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 21:1-4, Isaiah 65:25]. |
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2022-07-13 |
Jewish Caller Objections: Didn't Jesus add to the scriptures in contrast to what the Torah allowes in Deuteronomy? [Deuteronomy 4:2, Job 31:1]. |
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2022-07-01 |
Taking Away from Scripture: Regarding the scriptures that say something about "not adding to or taking away" from scripture, what are we to make of that today? [Revelation 22:18-19, Deuteronomy 4:2, Proverbs 30:6]. |
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2022-06-15 |
Atheist-Following Jesus & Hearing His Disciples: Atheist-Why are not the teaching of Jesus alone enough for us to follow Him, instead of all the writings of the disciples? [I Corinthians 7]. Atheist-Sermon on the Mount: Atheist-Would not the Sermon on the Mount alone be enough to follow Christ? Atheist -God's Word: Atheist-Are you saying that the words of God are not sufficient? |
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2022-05-10 |
Psalms Direct Obedience: Are these verses about wanting to live a holy and hiding the word in one's heart, prescriptive, or only descriptive? [Psalm 119:9-11]. Memorizing Scripture: Should we not be memorizing scripture to help us ovecome disobedience and sin? [John 8:31, Psalm 119:9-11]. |
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2022-04-12 |
Bible Translation-King James Only: What do you think about those that think that only the King James Translation is a good translation? |
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2022-04-06 |
Records of Converstations in the Bible: How did they record the specific words of Jesus in scripture, like in the conversation of the woman at the well, and Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane? Souls That Preceded the Coming of Jesus: What happened to the souls that preceded the coming of Jesus? [Genesis 15:6, Psalms 32:2, Hebrews 11]. |
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2022-04-01 |
New Living Translation: How should I convince someone that they should probably no longer use New Living Translation because of the omitted verses? [Matthew 17:21, Matthew 10:15, Matthew 11:24]. |
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2022-03-30 |
Atheist; Why Does Steve Gregg Think He's Right: Athesist Inquiry: Where do you get off claiming you have the right information about what is Christianity, especially since the Greek Orthodox and Catholic Churches seem to have more authority? why is the Catholic "Apocrypha" not included in the Protestant Bible? Atheist; Steve Gregg is Wrong: Atheist inquiry: How can we know when Steve Gregg is wrong and doing the interpreting, and when it is the Holy Spirit? How does Steve know he will have eternal life? [John 3:15-16, John 10:27-28]. Atheist; Jesus Said He Was Not God: Wasn't Jesus claiming that He was not God? [Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19]. |
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2022-03-30 |
Translation Variation: Why would part of the verse, specifically, "Dumb" be omitted in some translations? [Exodus 4:11]. Original Manuscripts of the Bible: Where do we get "the orginals" of the Bible texts from which translations are made? |
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2022-03-22 |
Moses' Source for Genesis: How did Moses know what to write in Genesis about the creation and the events in the Garden of Eden? The Kingdom of God: How do I learn about "The Kingdom of God"? Recommended topical lecture, "The Kingdom of God" or download free book, "Empire of the Risen Son, Vol 1", at the website. |
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2022-03-15 |
Churches & Fellowship Groups on Matthew713.com: The fellowship/ church list at Matthew713.com has a new area listed for Vancouver, Washington. Inerrancy & Inspiration of Scripture: Would you talk about the inerrancy or infallibility of the Bible and the inspiration of scripture? |
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2022-03-02 |
The Essenes: Why do the gospels not mention the Essenes? |
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2022-02-24 |
Bible as the Word of God: What is the difference between believing that the Bible "being" the Word of God, or it "contains" the Word of God? |
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2022-02-21 |
Jewish Old Testament Scriptures Compared to Ours: Why do the Jews have the Old Testament scripture different than ours, and with fewer books? |
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2022-02-10 |
Eastern Orthodoxy vs Protestantism and Church Fathers: Are Protestants inconsistent to say they only go by the Bible when church tradition is what gave them the canon of scripture? Trusting the Church Fathers for the Books & the Doctrines: Is it inconsistent to accept the church father's view of authorship of the books, while rejecting the church father's theological interpretations and doctrines such as, transubstantiation, etc.? |
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2022-01-12 |
Proof of God from an Atheist View: Atheist Caller in dialogue about the proof of God. Atheist Doubting the Gospel Books: Atheist presents the collection of the canon (books for the Bible) being questionable. [Mark 16:8]. |
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2022-01-10 |
Infallibility of the Bible: If the words of scripture in the Bible are true, but not infallible, is the Bible not in danger of becoming untrue? Preservation of His Word: Do you believe that God has preserved His Word? [I Corinthians 7:25, I Corinthians 7:40, Galatians 2:11]. |
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2021-12-29 |
"The Lord's Day" in Revelation: Can we say that "The Lord's Day" is Sunday in Revelation 1? [Revelation 1:10]. Scribal Errors in Scripture: Could you talk about the possible scribal error in Luke 11? Do these errors happen often? [Luke 11:51, Matthew 23:35]. |
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2021-12-29 |
Book of Remembrance Is the "Book of Remembrance" a reference to the New Testament? [Malachi 3:16]. The Writing of the New Testament: Is there anything in the Old Testament that promises the writing of the New Testament? Paul Writing Own Letters: Is there a contradiction about Paul writing his letters with his own hand? [Romans 16:32, 2 Thessalonians 3:17]. |
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2021-12-23 |
Steve Gregg's View of "Inspiration": Could you clarify your position on "inspiration" regarding scripture? [Ephesians 3:1-6, 2 Corinthians 5:20, I Corinthians 7:40, John 13:20, Romans 15:28, Galatians 2:11-21, 2 Timothy 3:16, I Corinthians 1:14-17, I Corinthians 14:37]. |
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2021-12-21 |
Learning the Bible Like Steve Gregg: Can other people learn to refer to Bible scripture as quickly as you do, or is it just a special gift of yours? Feeling Sorry for the Pharisees: Do you ever feel sorry for the Pharisees? [John 10:37, John 17:6, John 5:42, Acts 15:5]. |
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2021-12-14 |
Arguments Against Trinity & More in the Nicaean Creed: What are the arguments against the Nicaean Creed, besides the idea that Jesus is God (Trinity)? [I Corinthians 8:6]. Canon of Scripture Finalized: Which council was the canon of scripture finalized? Was it at the Nicaean Council? |
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2021-12-09 |
Development of the Bible: Why did it take so long and with such complexity for the Bible to be put together? [Hebrews 10:4, Ephesians 1:10, Galatians 4:4-7, Romans 7:24, Galatians 4:19-25, Mark 1:15]. |
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2021-12-03 |
King James Version Only Acceptable Translation: As a "King James Only" person, I think that God only wants one "Word of God", and I don't understand why we don't just take it on faith that the Word we have in KJV is correct? |
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2021-11-12 |
Method of Bible Study (Origen's): Why do you not talk about Origen's 4-fold method of reading & studying scripture? [2 Samuel 7:5]. Calvinism's Predestination, Grace & Justice: Regarding Predestination, don't you think that it is reasonable for God to give grace only to the saved, but then deliver justice to all? [Matthew 5:44-45, 2 Peters 3:9]. |
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2021-11-05 |
Reading & Studying the Bible: Which is most valuable to just read The Word, or to study The Word? What is the best way to study the Bible? [2 Timothy 2:15, Psalm 1:2]. |
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2021-11-02 |
Scripture in Paul's Day: What scripture was Paul referring to in I Corinthians? [I Corinthians 14:3-4, 2 Timothy 3:15-16, Isaiah 53]. |
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2021-10-18 |
Joseph-Biological Father of Jesus: Have you considered the possibility that Joseph was the biological father of Jesus? Bible Contradictions: What about unbelievers who think that the Bible is full of contradictions? Trinitarian Verses That Don't Belong in Scripture: Didn't you say that these Trinitarian verses didn't belong in scripture? [I John 5:7]. |
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2021-10-18 |
Obscure Passages in Scripture: What do we do about those passages we don't really understand? What are we to groom from those? [I Corinthians 15:29]. |
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2021-10-13 |
Identifying The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved (The Beloved Disciple): Are you inconsistent with your position disregarding scripture as the only way to prove one's point, particularly as to who the unnamed disciple is identified (the disciple whom Jesus loved)? [Acts 4:13, Mark 16:14, John 13:23]. |
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2021-10-12 |
Authority Given to Some: Did you say that there is no authority stated in scripture? [Hebrews 13:7, Hebrews 13:17, Hebrews 13:24, Mark 10:42-43, Matthew 20:25-27, Acts 16:4, Acts 20:29, Titus 1:5-9]. |
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2021-10-05 |
Catholicism: What is the best argument against Catholicism? (Ref: Debate with Jimmy Aiken). [I Corinthians 11:3, Matthew 20:25, Luke 22:25]. |
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2021-09-07 |
Bible or Holy Spirit: Should we follow the Bible or the Holy Spirit? [I Thessalonians 5:21]. |
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2021-08-31 |
Catholic Tradition plus the Scripture: Catholic caller disagrees with Steve about the importance of tradition in our Christian faith in addition to scripture. [2 Thessalonians 2:15]. |
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2021-08-30 |
Reliance on Catholic Tradition: How do I refute the Catholic idea that we need to rely on tradition in addition to scripture? |
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2021-08-25 |
Nestorius & Hyposstatic Union (Jesus' Humanity): Could you talk about Nestorius (hypostatic union)? Debate Over Essentials: Caller posits: Protestants can't even agree on what is essential in order to debate, therefore "Sola Scriptura" (scripture alone) is impossible. |
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2021-08-20 |
The Word of God (Scriptures) in Jesus' Time: What was considered "the Bible" (the scriptures) before the New Testament was written, during Jesus' ministry & the apostles thereafter? [2 Timothy 3:16, John 8:31, John 13:20]. |
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2021-01-14 |
Various Translations of the Bible: What are the differences between the various translations and which do you think the best for beginners? |
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2021-01-13 |
How to Study the Bible: What is the best way to get familiar with and study the Bible (rec: go through the Bible at TheNarrowPath.com)? Responsibility of the Overseers: What does Acts 20:28 mean regarding the responsibility of the overseers for the church? [Acts 20:28, Matthew 20:25-27, Matthew 23:8-9]. |
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2021-01-13 |
Founding Fathers-Deists: Caller shares a resource from David Barton, "Building on the American Heritage", that denies that the founding fathers were Deists. Liberty Bell Scripture: What was the scripture on the liberty bell? [Leviticus 25:10]. |
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2021-01-13 |
Can't Recall Scripture: As a mixed martial arts competitor, I suffered some head injury and cannot remember scripture, what should I do? [Psalm 119:11, Matthew 6:21]. |
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2020-12-28 |
The Bible as the Word of God: What are some good arguments to convince unbelievers that the Bible is the Word of God? |
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2020-11-11 |
Support for the Greeks in the New Testament: Since the Philistines were Greeks and constantly attacking Israel, why does the New Testament seem to support the Greeks? [Jeremiah 47:4]. The Greek Language of the New Testament: Why was the New Testament written in Greek instead of Latin? Was that prophesied? |
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2020-11-05 |
Various Bible Manuscripts Compared: Is there a good book that consolidates all the various manuscripts to help sort out the differences? Better Evidence Should Have Been Left to Confirm the Bible's Reliability: Does it not seem like Jesus should have left better evidence that the Bible is true? |
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2020-11-04 |
Bible Reliability Questioned by Atheist: A long-time Atheist friend of mine has challenged the reliability of the Bible because it has been translated so many times. How would you respond to him? Testing Prophets Today: Since someone prophesied that Trump would win this election, should we test those that give prophecies? If so, how would you go about testing it before it evidences itself? |
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2020-10-05 |
Paul's Travelogue for Our Instruction: What are we supposed to learn from Paul's travelogue in Acts 27, especially in light of the verse that all scripture is for our instruction? [Acts 27, 2 Timothy 3:15-16]. |
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2020-09-22 |
The Writing's of Josephus & Philo: Why were not Josephus and Philo's writings not included in the Bible? Hollywood Bible Movies: Are the movies such as, "The Robe", "Quo Vadis", and "Ben Hur" historically accurate? |
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2020-09-21 |
Do Not Take Away From the Scriptures: Would you put a finer point on the passages about the Bible about "not adding or taking away from scripture"? [Revelation 22:18, Deuteronomy 4:2 & 12:32, Proverbs 30:6, Colossians 2:21, Genesis 3:3]. |
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2020-09-01 |
The Creation & Earth's Age in Genesis & the Disciples: Could you help me sort the age of the earth, creation, and the knowledge and task of the disciples? [Genesis 1:1-2, John 21:25]. |
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2020-08-28 |
"Inspiration" of Scripture: Would you talk about your view of the "inspiration" of scripture? [Luke 1:77, Ephesians 3:19, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Jeremiah 36:32]. The Incarnation: What is your view of the incarnation (Kenosis Theory)? [Philippians 2:7, Luke 4:14] |
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2020-08-04 |
Being Critical of the Faith One Has been Taught & Determining the Non-negotiables: Would you offer some guidance about how to be critical of the faith views one has been taught, and have confidence to explore truth and know what is essential to keep? Critically Cross-examining the Scriptures: How does one remain spiritually safe, and avoid offending God, when critically cross-examining the scriptures? Nonsensical Scripture Resolved: If you run across some scriptures that seem nonsensical, how do you process through that? |
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2020-07-06 |
Bible-The Word of God: Caller comments on verses about the Bible coming by the hand of God. |
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2020-07-06 |
The Bible-The Word of God: How do I respond to someone who wants to know where the Bible says that it is the word of God? |
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2020-06-16 |
Eschatology: Can you tell me the cornerstone passages about eschatology? Christology: What about Christology? Most Referenced Verse: What is the most referenced verse in the Bible? [Matthew 7:1]. |
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2020-06-11 |
Gift of Prophecy Today: If the canon of scripture is complete, then how can there be a gift of prophecy today? If so, what does it look like? [Acts 21]. Gift of Prophecy Defined: Is the gift of prophecy about making predictions? [I Corinthians 14:29, I Thessalonians 5:20-21, I John 4:4]. |
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2020-05-15 |
Comforting Scriptures: Would you suggest some comforting scripture for these challenging times? [Psalms 1, 2, 19, 34, 37, 91]. |
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2020-05-08 |
Jesus Humor: I can think of only one verse that might refer to Jesus having a sense of humor. [John 21:25] Numerology & the Bible: After Isaiah chapter 40, there appears more alignment with the New Testament message, & there may also be a relationship between the 39 chapters of Isaiah to the 39 books of the Old Testament. Do you think that numerology has anything to do with this? [Lamentations, Psalm 119]. |
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2020-05-04 |
Memorizing the Bible: Should I re-memorize books of the Bible in a newer translation? Bible Restrictions in the Future: Do you think that one day we will need to know the scripture by heart, as we may no longer have access? |
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2020-04-30 |
Dangerous Bible Translation Differences: Would you comment on the excluded passages in some of the translations which I maintain indicate dangerous doctrines. [Luke 4:4, Deuteronomy 8, I John 5:7-8]. |
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2019-08-09 |
Translation obscurities: Why do we not have more direct translations of what the Biblical words actually meant, rather than these more obscured translations? [Matthew 24, 2 Peter 3]. |
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2019-07-24 |
"Trembling at the Word of God": Is there a verse about trembling at the word of God? Has that happened to you? [Isaiah 66:2, 57:15]. |
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2019-07-11 |
Disciples Taking Notes: Do you think that the disciples took notes while Jesus was speaking? Holy Spirit Teaching Truth: Why do people seem to disagree on some points of scripture even though the Holy Spirit is intended to bring us into all truth? [I Corinthians 13:9, John 16:13]. |
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2019-06-27 |
Inerrancy & Authority of Scripture: Would you clarify the concept of "inerrancy of scripture"? What does this mean in terms of human fallibility and the authority of scripture? [Numbers 25:9 & I Corinthians 10:8, I Corinthians 1:14-16]. Variation in Manuscripts: What about the parts of the Bible that are not in some manuscripts? [John 7:53-8:12, Job 42:7-17]." |
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2019-02-28 |
Church Discipline, Judging, Rebuking: Church discipline, if I see my brother sinning, should I just ignore it or what? [Matthew 18] |
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2019-02-19 |
Best Place to Start in New Christian Experience studying the Bible: Where to begin in the word, for a new believer? |
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2019-02-06 |
Repentance for Salvation: Isn't it a false doctrine to teach that we have to repent from our sins in order to be saved? Paul & Modern Translations: What's that verse about all Scripture being inspired? Is Paul talking about the New Testament? New Translations of the Bible? [2 Timothy 3:16] |
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2018-12-06 |
Mandela Effect: Does the "mandela effect" really happen, verses changing? |
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2018-09-20 |
All Scripture Given By Inspiration: All the word of God is inspired, does that mean they were told word for word what to write, "auto-writing"? [2 Timothy 3:16] |
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2018-08-22 |
Blessing Them Which Bless You: God told Abraham, "I will Bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you", can you comment on what this means? [Genesis 12:3]
Tradition & Scripture: Is tradition in the church as important as scripture like the Catholic Church seems to suggest? [1 Thessalonians 2:15] |
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2018-08-21 |
Blessing Them Which Bless You: God told Abraham, "I will Bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you", can you comment on what this means? [Genesis 12:3] Tradition & Scripture: Is tradition in the church as important as scripture like the Catholic Church seems to suggest? [1 Thessalonians 2:15] |
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2018-06-08 |
Curse as a result of Adam & Eve's sin: Is there a curse as a result of adam's sin? [Genesis 3:17] Learning about God: Is the best way to learn about God & become spiritual is to read about Him in the Bible? Read & read & read? [Romans 1, 2 Timothy 3:16] |
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2018-04-16 |
Taking Bible Stories Literal-Noah & Jonah: Do you take the stories of the Bible literal or figurative, especially Noah & the flood & Jonah? Catholic Confirmation: Does catholic confirmation count as being saved? What about Infant Baptism? |
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2018-04-13 |
"He Led Captivity Captive": What is the meaning of Ephesians 4:8, "led the Captive captive"? [Ephesian 4:8, Psalm 68:18] |
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2018-04-02 |
Bible Incomplete: People say that the Bible is incomplete. Do you have anything I can listen to about that? |
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2018-03-16 |
Studying the Bible & Smoking Marijuana Simultaneously: Is there anything with reading the Bible & smoking marijuana at the same time? |
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2018-02-28 |
Sola Scripture: Is sola scriptura wrong because the Bible was compiled according to tradition? |
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2018-02-02 |
Disbelief: Is disbelief in Christianity indefensible? Compilation of Bible: Was the Bible miraculously compiled? |
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2018-01-30 |
Studying the Bible: Should we read the Bible every day? |
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2018-01-30 |
Scripture Applying to Us: Knowing when a scripture might be meant especially for us, especially one of healing, [Jeremiah 30:17] |
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2017-12-19 |
Doubting the Bible: Listener is doubting his faith, doubting the reliability of the Bible, & he needs assurance about the authority and integrity of it. |
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2017-12-15 |
Doubts the Inerrancy of Scripture: Can a person who doubts the inerrancy Word of God be considered a Christian? |
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2017-11-29 |
Understanding the Scriptures: Understanding the scriptures, having the Holy Spirit to teach us, the Holy Spirit opened the understanding of the apostles |
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2017-11-01 |
Celebrating Christmas: Should Christians be celebrating Christmas? [Jeremiah 10:2-5] Missing Books of the Bible: Are there books not in the Bible that should be? |
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2017-08-31 |
Not Add or Subtract to the Bible & the Letter "J": Is it adding or subtracting to scripture by using a J, such as in jesus' name? [Revelation 22:18-19, Proverbs 30:5-6, Deuteronomy 12:29-32] |
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2017-08-30 |
Adding Additional Apostolic Book of the Bible: Could we add more apostolic writings, if genuine ones were located? |
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2017-08-18 |
Canon of Scripture: So the canon of scripture was organized by the catholic church? |
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2017-06-28 |
SOLAS & Sola Scriptura: Have you ever heard of the acronym SOLAS? Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria. |
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2017-01-13 |
Infallibility of the Bible: Can you explain again how you know the Bible is the infallible, inerrant Word of God? |
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2016-11-01 |
Sola Scriptura: There's the Bible but then there's Tradition, so where does tradition play a role? Traditions: Are there some actual traditions in the Bible that we are supposed to follow? Division in the Church: All this division in the church seems to have a lot to do with Paul. Is there any reason it seems that way? Did Paul teach a different gospel than Christ? |
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2016-08-18 |
Taking the Bible Literally: Is it best to take the Bible literally? (In a wooden, literal sense.) |
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2016-07-21 |
Remedy Paraphrase Bible: What is Steve's opinion on the new "Remedy" paraphrased Bible?
Sola Scriptura What is Steve's opinion on "sola scriptura"? |
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2016-07-14 |
Doubting the Inerrancy of Scripture: Can a person who doubts the inerrancy of Scripture be a true Christian? |
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2016-07-13 |
Studying the Bible for Yourself: You talked the other day about studying the Bible for yuorself, self-study, but do you have any suggestions on how i should go about that? |
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2016-06-20 |
Problems with Audio FIles: When listening to some of your lectures, they seem to speed up & slow down. Do you know why that is? Unknown Authors of Books of the Bible: If they didn't know the author of a book of the Bible, did that impede if the book was inspired or not & added to the canon of Scripture? |
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2016-06-03 |
Bible Written by God or Man: was the bible written by God or only by people who had a relationship w/ God? Pastor cites different creation accounts? All or Parts of Bible Inspired: How we know if all of the Bible is inspired or only parts? Mosaic Law Harshness: Do we have to believe in the harness of mosaic law, all the capital punishment & so on? did they end when Jesus died on the cross then because we don't do those things anymore. |
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2016-06-01 |
Doubting the Inerrancy of God: Can a person who doubts the inerrancy of the Bible be a true Christian? |
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2016-04-04 |
Olivet Discourse with Book of Revelation: Can we compare Matthew 24 with Revelation 6? What about Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 also? Studying the Bible: Does the Bible tell you how to study the Bible? Memorizing or Meditating on the Scripture: Are we supposed to meditate &/or memorize the Bible? |
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2016-03-21 |
Not being Confused: Comment about not being confused. |
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2016-03-10 |
Reading the Bible: How should we read the Bible? What mindset? A Systematic Theology or a story-like narrative? |
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2015-12-28 |
Reading the Bible: What is the best way to read the Bible? |
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2015-11-10 |
"Throw it all out": Doesn't it say somewhere in the Bible that if a portion of the Bible is bad to throw it all out? Mormonism & Fallacy of the Bible: That's what the Mormons say, that some of the Bible is wrong, because, for example, it says "repented" of the evil He was going to do to the Israelites for worshipping other gods. [Exodus 32:14] |
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2015-10-26 |
The Inspiration of Scripture: Paul was only talking about the OT Scriptures when he said 1 Timothy 3:16, about all the Scripture is given by inspiration, but did he have foresight & knew that the NT would be Scripture too? [2 Timothy 3:16] |
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2015-10-26 |
Encouraging Scripture: i'd like some Scripture to encourage a niece who is a very weak Christian who's going to be alone. |
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2015-10-16 |
Reading & Understanding the Bible: What is the best way to read the Bible? |
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2015-09-24 |
Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage Situation: Caller has anxiety, worry about the new situation he has found himself in as he's about to get a divorce, it sometimes getting the best of him & wants some Scripture to lean on, or some advice listen to. |
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2015-09-11 |
Disagreement about Canon of Bible: Little convoluted in what his actual disagreement w/ Steve was on the Canon of Scripture....slavery, & other stuff. |
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2015-08-19 |
James Authorship: Who wrote the book of James, & when was it added to the Canon of Scirpture? |
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2015-03-26 |
Bible interpretation in James: "Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?" James 4:5 What does it mean? [James 4:5] |
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2015-03-24 |
Divorce & Remarriage Concern: Caller is concerned if his 2nd marriage is valid or not. Canonization of Scripture: "All Scripture is God-breathed", does that include the books of the Apocrypha? [2 Timothy 3:16] |
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2015-03-13 |
Scripture & Inspiration: What are the meaning of the words, "Scripture & Inspiration" in 2 Timothy? [2 Timothy 3:16-17] |
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2015-03-11 |
Conservative & Liberal Christians: Caller has trouble w/ both Conservative & Liberal Christians, because conservative tend to be legalistic, while liberal Christians, anything goes. Inspiration of Scripture: What exactly does "inspiration", "inspired" mean when we are referring to the Holy Scriptures? [2 Timothy 3:16] |
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2015-03-06 |
The Book of Nehemiah & Joy: How do you apply "the Joy of Lord is my strength", we get strength from His joy? [Nehemiah 8:10] Manasseh killed Isaiah: Is it true Manasseh killed Isaiah? [Isaiah 9:21, 2 Chronicles 33:13] Not Loving Jesus Most: Where is it in the Bible where Jesus says if people love their mother or father more than Him, they are not worthy of Him? [Matthew 10:34-38] |
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2015-03-06 |
Sola Scriptura: What does Sola Scriptura mean, a Catholic asks a Protestant, because all the problems, divisions that the Protestants are having stems from that. Catholic Church the only way: Anyone who is not under the umbrella of the pope or in the Catholic church are not saved, caller's Catholic friend says. |
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2015-02-13 |
Calvinism: You said that God wonders why people do bad instead of following Him, so, people can decide to do good or bad. What verses do you have that debunks Calvinism? |
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2014-06-03 |
Dispensationalism (last call): Dispensationalism seems to go against Scripture so much. Isn't there a danger to doing that? Tithing: Is there ANYWHERE in the NT that says we MUST tithe? [Matthew 23:23] Steve's Ministry: Your ministry, especially your website, is very informative, has a vast amount of knowledge on it. |
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2014-05-01 |
Jesus' Birthplace: Did I hear that there was a discrepancy of where Jesus was born? Bart Ehrman: I've been getting my information from Bart Ehrman & was told he was a scholar. What do you think of him? Scripture is God-breathed: I know there are 2 Scripture that says the Bible is inspired or God-breathed. Can you point me to them? [2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:19-21] |
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2014-04-01 |
KJV & NIV: The NIV makes things clearer than the KJV sometimes (in reference to another call). Spiritualizing Scripture: When's it okay or not okay to Spiritualize or Allegorize Scripture? |
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2013-12-26 |
Perfecting of the New Testament: Caller is reading John MaCArthur's book, "Strange Fire", & has got to the part where he talks about 1 Corinthians & the supposed perfecting of the canon of Scripture. What are Steve's thoughts. [1 Corinthians 13:10] |
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2013-05-09 |
When Babies Die: Do babies go to heaven, and what would their lives be like in heaven? Do they remain babies there, or grow up there? Missing Books of the Bible Are there missing books of the Bible? [I Corinthians 5:9, Colossians 4:16]. |
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2013-04-15 |
Inspiration of Scripture: Comment about the different way that Paul received his information in contrast to the other apostles. |
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2013-04-15 |
Inspiration of Scripture: How do you see the scriptures, Old & New Testaments, as the "inspired" Word of God? Inspiration of the New Testament: I have heard from some that you, Steve Gregg, do not believe in the inspiration of the New Testament, however, I disagree. Can you clarify? [Luke 1:1-4]. |
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2013-04-08 |
King James Version of the Bible: Were there 80 books, instead of the current 66, in the original King James Bible? |
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2013-03-05 |
Distortion of Grace Scripture: Was there something specific being distorted in 2 Peter, and also applied to today's distortions? [2 Peter 3:15, Romans 6:15, Titus 2:11-12, Jude 1:4]. "Other" Scriptures: What are the "other" scriptures being referred to in 2 Peter 3? [2 Peter 3}. |
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2013-03-01 |
Satan Knows the Authority of Scripture: Isn't Satan actually affirming the authority of the Bible by his using it when he tempted Christ? [Acts 19:15]. Jesus Being Called, "Master": Could you talk about Jesus allowing the disciples to call Him, "Master"? [Matthew 23:9, Mark 9:35, Mark 10:44]. |
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2013-02-22 |
Old & New Testament's Inspiration vs Authority: Could you do a synopsis of the difference of the kind of authority (and inspiration) of the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments? [2 Peter 1:19, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18, I Corinthians 7:12, I Timothy 4:1, Matthew 28:18]. |
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2013-02-21 |
Understanding to Whom Scripture Applies: How does one determine whether a certain scripture applies to a specific person or group, or whether it is more universally to be understood? [Jeremiah 13:23, Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 17:9, Genesis 6:5]. |
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2013-02-05 |
Applying same Scripture Different Ways: There really is no universal way to apply the same passage of Scripture for everyone....it might mean something else to someone else. Do you think that might be true? (Spiritualizing Scripture) God Speaking to us: Can God speak to us apart from the what He says in the Scripture? Is it possible He might ever tell us something CONTRARY to what the Scripture said? |
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2013-01-18 |
Once Saved, Always Saved: Why is the Bible so ambiguous about whether someone has eternal security once they become saved? |
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2013-01-16 |
No Bible Anywhere in America: It's kind've hypocritical of the American government to say we can not preach or teach the Bible, but accommodate any other religion that is not Christian such as Buddhism & Islam. Trinity: Can you explain the Trinity? |
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2013-01-16 |
Put Bibles Back in Schools: People are saying how we need to get rid of guns, but how come we never hear anything about putting the Bible back in school? |
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2013-01-03 |
Inerrant Scripture: People say we shouldn't say Scripture isn't inerrant? Is that true? [2 Timothy 3:16] |
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2012-01-06 |
Bible Translations: Which Bible translation is more accurate than others and why do you think so? Rec: Young's Literal Translation, King James Versions, ESV, NASV, etc. [Matthew 24:35]. Inerrancy of Scripture: If we allow that some mistakes may have been made in some of the manuscripts, are we opening the door to a great error? |