Friday, November 16, 2018

Matt Slick Live 11-01-2018

Matt Slick Live 11-01-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: In what way does Old Testament circumcision carry over into the New Covenant?

2: Is there a difference between being included in the covenant, being a member of the covenant, and receiving the blessings of the covenant?

3: Is water baptism a work of the flesh? Is there now only the baptism of the Spirit?

4: How can I share the gospel with Hindus?

5: Do Matthew 27:3-5 and Acts 1:18-19 represent a contradiction in Scripture?

6: When Jesus says "before Abraham was, I am," why is it in small letters when the name of God is normally written in capital letters?

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-31-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-31-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: What is your view of the Rapture and the sequence of related events?

2: My friend is contemplating converting to Roman Catholicism due things in the church fathers. How do I get him back to Scripture?

3: Does the word Jew refer to the descendants of the Judah or with a religion?

4: I was divorced before becoming a believer and recently remarried as a believer. Am I disqualified from ministry?

5: How do we address the issue of slavery in the Bible?

6: When musicians and other popular figures use expressions like "if the stars align" or "if the universe allows it," is that occultic?

7: What is the "gospel" in Buddhism and how would you refute it?

8: What is going on with the Trinity on the cross when Jesus calls out "My God, My God why have you forsaken me?"

9: What can a say to a suffering friend who is angry at God for not healing him?

Matt Slick Live 10-30-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-30-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.

1: Is there evidence for the soul?

2: Was Jesus being sarcastic to the thief on the cross when He told him he would be in paradise?

3: In all your debates, has anyone ever said anything that changed your mind on anything?

4: Is it better to be Roman Catholic than to be an Atheist?

5: What is a good, simple book to give out that explains the gospel clearly?

6: What is the proper biblical understanding of John 20:23 "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them..."

7: How was the Day of Atonement performed after the Ark of the Covenant was lost?

8: When Jesus teaches in parables so that some people will not understand, is that part of God "hardening" those He judges?

9: The New Covenant supersedes the Old, but how do you respond to those who demean the Old Testament practices?

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-29-2018


Matt Slick Live 10-29-2018

Matt Slick of CARM.org answers your Bible questions.


1: Does Colossians 2:12 connect physical circumcision with baptism or only spiritual circumcision?

2: In Genesis, God rested on the seventh day. Is God still in that state of rest?

3: What is Jesus talking about in Matthew 25:24?

4: As a Calvinist, what do you think free will is?

5: Does God the father have some kind of form that appears in Daniel 7:9-14?

6: How can regeneration proceed faith in light of passages that speak of people believing and then afterward receiving the Holy Spirit?

7: When was Cornelius saved?

Monday, November 12, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-26-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-26-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Before taking calls, Matt did a segment on Islam and its damaging impact on societies

2: What is the difference between conceptual and imaginary? Since the laws of logic are conceptual, are they really just imaginary?

3: Are substances like tobacco or marijuana inherently sinful? Can they be enjoyed to the glory of God?

4: Did the founding father's intend religious freedom to allow religions like Islam to have equal influence on society with Christianity?

5: If Jesus was baptized by sprinkling, why does mark say that He "came up out of the water" and the Spirit descended on Him.

6: How can you say that America is a Christian nation when the constitution makes no mention of God and in early treaties the founding fathers stated that we are not a Christian nation?

Thursday, November 08, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-25-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-25-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Does Matthew 23:37 indicate that God, in some sense, wants to save the non-elect?

2: Why is God not 100% responsible for every person's actions.

3: Is baptism necessary for salvation? Would you debate the issue?

4: Who are the elect?

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-24-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-24-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Does Exodus 32:33 refute eternal security? How about Romans 11:22?

2: What is Apologetics? How do you apply it in life?

3: When in Jesus ministry did the New Covenant begin? Is there a difference between that and when the Kingdom of God began?

4: What can a point to prove that Jesus existed and that the Bible is true?

5: What is your perspective on patriarchal society?

6: Can demons physically attack Christians?

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-23-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-23-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: What are your thoughts on church discipline and barring the unrepentant from communion.

2: What Bible software do you use?

3: Biblically, is a husband accountable for his wife's actions?

4: What is your experience with a direct connection to God? How do you maintain that connection?

5: How do you decide which textual variant is the correct one?

6: Are there any internal logical contradictions within Buddhism?

Monday, November 05, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-22-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-22-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Should people who deny the "Economic Trinity" be considered outside of orthodoxy?

2: If Satan was bound in the time of Jesus, how was he also still prowling like a lion seeking who he can devour?

3: How can you show that Protestantism isn't a 16th-century heresy?

4: Is tithing something that the church today has manipulated for its own benefit or is it biblical?

5: Are angels both spiritual and physical beings?

Sunday, November 04, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-19-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-19-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Matt opened Show with a brief history of CARM

2: Is eating Halloween candy a modern equivalent of eating meat sacrificed to idols?

3: Are Christians afraid to preach to Jews? Should we reframe the gospel when we preach to Jews?

4: Can you tell me about the Concordia University system?

5: In the absence of calls, Matt discussed why Catholicism is apostate.

6: If God elects whom he wishes, why are the rich less likely to be chosen?

Friday, November 02, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-18-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-18-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: If I pray and read the Bible every day but never feel anything, is that a sign that I'm not saved?

2: Can you sell your soul to Satan?

3: Could God's thought processes be different than the words in which He reveals Himself?

4: Did you adjust your position after your debate with Robert Sungenis?

5: Who is speaking to whom in Psalm 110:1?

6: What does the name Judas mean?

7: Was water baptism replaced with baptism of the Holy Spirit? And what is baptism of the Holy Spirit?

8: Were there other people before Jesus named "Jesus"?

9: Where does the Catachism of the Catholic Church say that people can become gods?

10: Jesus had to leave to send us the Holy Spirit. Does that mean that when Jesus returned the Holy Spirit will depart?

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-16-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-16-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: How should we respond to the serpent seed doctrine?

2: How do we answer those who say that the Bible is not literal and does not describe historical events but is simply an allegory?

3: Did John the Baptist ever lose the Holy Spirit?

4: Does 1 Corinthians 12:13 rule out the Pentecostal teaching about Baptism of the Spirit as a later experience distinct from conversion?

5: Why is the Jehovah's Witness translation of Hebrews 1:8 and Psalm 45:6 is incorrect and the Christian translation is right?

6: Why are so many Christians against people getting tattoos?

7: What are the differences between Covenant Theology and New Covenant Theology? What are the differences between the covenants?

8: If Satan asked God for forgiveness, would God forgive Him?

9: What is the difference between agreeing to baptize a practicing homosexual versus someone who still struggles with lying?

10: When a believing loved one dies, how do you balance joy in their being with Christ and sorrow at our loss?

11: Challenge to Matt's presentation of the Transcendental Argument, focused on the issue of "true dichotomy."

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-15-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-15-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: What did Jesus mean when He said that He would come back quickly?

2: What does Paul mean when he mentions speaking in tongues of angels?

3: Why do Protestants believe in Sola Scriptura?

4: How does Matthew 5:25 relate to a situation where a spouse is taking you to court for a divorce?

5: How can blasphemy of the Holy Spirit be unforgivable if Christians are guaranteed forgiveness of all sins?

Monday, October 29, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-12-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-12-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Matt took some time before the first call to discuss Word of Faith teachers

2: Did the early church believe in purgatory?

3: How do you determine what is a false doctrine? (called said they had left Christianity. After answering the question, a lengthy conversation about faith followed)

4: At what point does the government have a right to investigate a church or religious group?

5: Should a Christian celebrate Halloween? How should parents approach this with our kids?

6: Do Revelation 5:8 and 1 Corinthians 2:9 prove that Mary and the saints can hear our prayers?

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-11-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-11-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: If God is so holy and men die if they enter into His presence, how can the Holy Spirit dwell in men or Jesus walk among men?

2: Does Scripture teach that Satan is an angel?

3: Several Questions on "Flat Earth"

     - Satan took Jesus up on a high mountain to show Him "all the kingdoms of the world." Does that indicate a flat Earth?

     - Why does the Bible discribe the earth as being held up by pillars?

     - When Jesus returns, the whole world is said to be able to see him. Doesn't that imply a flat earth?

4: How can I convince someone that we do not have to be baptized to be saved?

5: What does Isaiah 45:7 mean? Does God really create evil?

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-10-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-10-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Why do some people of the Jewish faith see Isaiah 53 as a forbidden chapter?

2: How do you convince a Mormon of the true, biblical gospel?

3: What is the mark of the beast in Revelation?

4: What does Luke 14:25-35 mean? How would you explain it?

5: Does a worldview have to account for the laws of logic to be true?

6: Is the age of accountability biblical? How does reformed theology address the eternal state of infants?

7: How can both Roman Catholicism and Reformed Christianity both positively cite Augustine for their position? Is Augustine just self-contradictory?

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-09-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-09-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Do you need to be an ordained pastor to baptize? If not, can a paedobaptist who attends a credobaptist church baptize his own children?

2: Why does Zech. 14:21 say there will be no Canaanite in the hous of the Lord?

3: Why do many western Christians celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday rather than Saturday?

4: What is the purpose of baptism?

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-08-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-08-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Why are we justified by faith alone? How can we defend that claim to Roman Catholics?

2: What is morally wrong with incestuous relationships?

3: What does Paul mean in 1 Corinthians 7 when he says things like "remain as you are" and "remain in the condition in which you were called."

4: In Hebrews 1:6, Christian Bibles speak of angels "worshipping" the Son while Jehovah's Witnesses say "obeisance." How can I know who is right?

5: What is your view of biblical cosmology?

6: What versions of the Bible should I read?

7: Can pastors forgive sins?

Monday, October 22, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-03-2018

Matt Slick Live 10-03-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.


1: Is Lutheran theology within orthodoxy? (especially in reference to baptismal regeneration and consubstantiation).

2: Thoughts on the Book of Enoch

3: What is the difference between blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and denying Christ?

4: Are women permitted to teach Sunday School?

5: Does the doctrine of election negate the preaching of redeption?

6: Under what aspect of the Law did tithing fall? (Moral, Civil, or Ceremonial?).

7: [In absence of a caller, Matt further discussed the doctrine of election, human freedom, and the attributes of God]

8: Does Deuteronomy 21:10-14's allowance of marrying foreign women represent a contradiction in the Bible?

9: Does God ordain miscarriages?

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Matt Slick Live 10-02-2018


Matt Slick Live 10-02-2018

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE, in the studio with open questions.

1: Is Lutheran theology within orthodoxy? (especially in reference to baptismal regeneration and consubstantiation).

2: Thoughts on the Book of Enoch

3: What is the difference between blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and denying Christ?

4: Are women permitted to teach Sunday School?

5: Does the doctrine of election negate the preaching of redemption?

6: Under what aspect of the Law did tithing fall? (Moral, Civil, or Ceremonial?).

7: [In absence of a caller, Matt further discussed the doctrine of election, human freedom, and the attributes of God]

8: Does Deuteronomy 21:10-14's allowance of marrying foreign women represent a contradiction in the Bible?

9: Does God ordain miscarriages?