Bible Q and A with John MacArthur
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The program seeks to answer an intriguing listener prompted question on the Bible and will also direct them to a website for more information on that topic/question drawn from the MacArthur New Testament Commentaries.
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Episodes
- 1
Conflict
- 2
What Does It Mean to be Born of Water and Spirit?
- 3
Was Phoebe a Deaconess?
- 4
Is a Temptation Also a Trial?
- 5
What Is the Helmet of Salvation?
- 6
What Is an Apostle?
- 7
Receiving the Grace of God in Vain
- 8
Is Faith a Gift?
- 9
Fleeing Persecution or Rejoicing Over It?
- 10
Is the Sabbath for Today?
- 11
Becoming All Things to All People
- 12
The Judgment Seat of Christ for Believers
- 13
Did God Reject Esau's Repentance?
- 14
Believers Judging Angels
- 15
If God Desires All Men to Be Saved, Why Aren't They?
- 16
From Saul to Paul
- 17
Is Civil Disobedience Biblical?
- 18
The Man of Lawlessness
- 19
Should Believers Forgive Themselves?
- 20
Judge Not, That You Be Not Judged
- 21
Who Are the 144,000?
- 22
Can You Really Do All Things?
- 23
Head Coverings For Women
- 24
Hearing the Voice of God
- 25
Should I Be a Pastor?
- 26
Discussing Sexual Immorality
- 27
Will Believers Remember Pain in Heaven?
- 28
Who Are God's People?
- 29
What Will Heaven Be Like?
- 30
Keep Yourself in the Love of God
- 31
Temptation and the Sovereignty of God
- 32
Angelic Conflict
- 33
The Sin unto Death
- 34
How to Be Saved
John MacArthur answers a listener's question about whether repentance is necessary for salvation, using Acts 16 as a case study.
- 35
How Should We Pray For Our Enemies?
- 36
Can a Christian Starve to Death?
- 37
What Rest Does Jesus Promise?
- 38
Hating One's Life
- 39
Inheriting Adam's Sin
- 40
The Apostle Paul Disqualified?
- 41
The Silence of Jesus
- 42
Paul's Thorn in the Flesh
- 43
Hell and the Name Caller
- 44
Will God Punish the Evil Deeds of Believers?
- 45
Do Believers Ever Doubt Their Salvation?
- 46
The Lamb's Book of Life and Praying for the Lost
- 47
Taking the Lord's Supper in an Unworthy Manner
- 48
Abraham's Bosom, Paradise, and Heaven
- 49
Is singleness better than marriage?
- 50
The Nature of Unbelief
- 51
Christians and Submitting to Government
- 52
Should sin frustrate Christians?
- 53
Can Faith Move Mountains?
- 54
The Sin Leading to Death
- 55
The Inspired Word of God
- 56
Seeing the Glory of Jesus
- 57
Traditions of Men
- 58
Talking to Non-Christians About What They Believe
- 59
Communion and the Body of Christ
- 60
Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Affliction
- 61
Prayer and the Will of God
- 62
Praying for the Salvation of the Lost
- 63
Revelation and God's Blessing
- 64
Can Believers Understand the Bible on Their Own?
- 65
Why Did Jesus Cry, "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?"
- 66
Who Was Melchizedek?
- 67
Praying for God's Kingdom to Come
- 68
Do We Have Authority to Forgive Sin?
- 69
No Work, No Eat
- 70
Violence in Heaven
- 71
Did Judas Repent?
- 72
Blotted Out of the Book of Life
- 73
The Hard Sayings of Jesus
- 74
Baptism for the Dead
- 75
Assurance and Sin
- 76
The Last Words of Jesus
- 77
Greater Works than Jesus?
- 78
Christian Liberty
- 79
Hands Off the Word of God
- 80
The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
- 81
Carnal Christians
- 82
Will All Israel Be Saved?
- 83
Should New Believers Be Baptized Immediately?
- 84
Mary's New Caregiver
- 85
The Lord's Supper: Symbolic or Literal?
- 86
The Ruler of Hell
- 87
Self-Control, Passion, and Marriage
- 88
Children, Obey Your Parents...But for How Long?
- 89
Girding Yourself with Truthfulness
- 90
Why Would Jesus Create Wine?
- 91
How Strong Is God's Grip?
- 92
Death and Christian Grief
- 93
A Weak Conscience
- 94
A Great Cloud of Witnesses
- 95
Does God Always Get What He Wants?
- 96
Can We Really Pray Without Ceasing?
John MacArthur answers a listener's question about the meaning of 'pray without ceasing' from 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
- 97
Anointing the Sick with Oil
John MacArthur answers a listener's question about James 5:14, explaining the role of elders in praying for those struggling with sin.
- 98
Can Single People Be Pastors?
John MacArthur answers a listener's question about whether the qualification 'husband of one wife' disqualifies single people from being pastors or elders.
- 99
Do All People Die Only Once?
John MacArthur addresses a listener question about Hebrews 9:27, which states it is appointed for men to die once.
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Is Jesus Equal with the Father?
This episode of Bible Q&A with John MacArthur addresses a listener's question from Matthew 24:36 about Jesus' equality with God.
- 101
Will Earthly Memories Exist in Heaven?
Oct 17, 2024 - 102
The Doctrine of Divine Abandonment
Oct 16, 2024 - 103
The Healings of Jesus
Oct 15, 2024 - 104
Upon this Rock I Will Build My Church
Oct 14, 2024 - 105
Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
Oct 11, 2024 - 106
My Kingdom Is Not of This World
Oct 10, 2024 - 107
The Judgment of the Sheep and the Goats
Oct 9, 2024 - 108
God’s Strong Delusion
Oct 8, 2024 - 109
The Abomination of Desolation
Oct 7, 2024 - 110
A Thousand Years in God’s Perspective
Oct 4, 2024 - 111
Submission to Spiritual Leadership
Oct 3, 2024 - 112
Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen
Oct 2, 2024 - 113
Pray Without Ceasing . . . Really?
Oct 1, 2024 - 114
Caught Up to the Third Heaven
Sep 30, 2024 - 115
Who Are the Two Witnesses in Revelation 11?
Sep 27, 2024 - 116
The Prince of the Power of the Air
Sep 26, 2024 - 117
Satan's Role in the World System
Sep 25, 2024 - 118
The Pastor’s Priorities
Sep 24, 2024 - 119
How Will Christ Return?
Aug 30, 2024 - 120
Spotting False Teachers
Aug 29, 2024 - 121
The Apostle Paul and Slavery
Aug 28, 2024 - 122
Expensive Blessings
Aug 27, 2024 - 123
The Church, the Tribulation, and the Rapture
Aug 26, 2024 - 124
Forgiveness: Conditional or Unconditional?
Aug 23, 2024 - 125
Should Christians Keep the Sabbath?
Aug 22, 2024 - 126
Blessed Are the Poor . . . But Why?
Aug 21, 2024 - 127
God and Angels
Aug 20, 2024 - 128
Fear God with All Your Heart?
Aug 19, 2024 - 129
Why Did Jesus Weep?
Aug 16, 2024 - 130
Failed Pastors and Effective Ministry
Aug 15, 2024 - 131
Is Communism Biblical?
Aug 14, 2024 - 132
Skills for Pastoral Ministry
Aug 12, 2024 - 133
Moral Qualifications for Pastoral Ministry
Aug 9, 2024 - 134
Does Water Baptism Save?
Aug 8, 2024 - 135
Salvation, Sanctification, and Sin
Aug 7, 2024 - 136
Dealing with Personal Offenses
Aug 6, 2024 - 137
The Church List in Revelation
Aug 5, 2024 - 138
Who Should Confront Sin?
Aug 2, 2024 - 139
Dealing with Sin in the Church
Aug 1, 2024 - 140
I Stand at the Door and Knock
Jun 27, 2024 - 141
Bringing Up Children God’s Way
Jun 26, 2024 - 142
Living Worthy of the Gospel
Jun 25, 2024 - 143
Being Filled with the Spirit
Jun 24, 2024 - 144
Will People Who Never Hear the Gospel Be Held Accountable?
Jun 21, 2024 - 145
Was Jesus Polite to False Teachers?
Jun 20, 2024 - 146
Should Christians Be Hospitable to Cult Members?
Jun 18, 2024 - 147
Will Believers Be Judged When Christ Returns?
Jun 13, 2024 - 148
Judging Others: The Verse Pagans Love to Quote
Jun 12, 2024 - 149
A Warning to Not Skip Church, or Something More?
Jun 11, 2024 - 150
What Does It Mean to Be "Unequally Yoked?"
Jun 10, 2024 - 151
What Is the Purpose of the Lord's Prayer?
Jun 7, 2024 - 152
How Do Believers Resist the Devil?
Jun 6, 2024 - 153
Are We Saved by Faith or by Works?
Jun 5, 2024 - 154
Can Believers Forfeit Their Salvation?
Jun 4, 2024 - 155
Should Women Teach in Church?
Jun 3, 2024 - 156
Can Women Be Pastors?
Apr 30, 2024 - 157
Women Preserved Through Child Bearing
Apr 29, 2024 - 158
Is There Such a Thing as a Former Christian?
Apr 26, 2024 - 159
Baptism and Salvation
Apr 24, 2024 - 160
What Does It Mean to Blaspheme the Holy Spirit?
Apr 23, 2024 - 161
Jesus, the Firstborn Among Many Brethren
Apr 22, 2024 - 162
Should a Christian Hate His Family?
Apr 18, 2024 - 163
The Believer's Reward
Apr 17, 2024 - 164
Why Did Jesus Call Himself, I Am?
Apr 16, 2024 - 165
Is God's Gift of Salvation Permanent?
Apr 15, 2024 - 166
You Will Know Them by Their Fruit
Mar 6, 2024 - 167
A Mother's Legacy
Mar 5, 2024 - 168
The True Demands of Discipleship
Mar 4, 2024 - 169
Does Hell Last Forever?
Mar 1, 2024 - 170
Doing What I Hate To Do
Feb 29, 2024 - 171
Bearing Burdens
Feb 28, 2024 - 172
Abundant Life
Feb 26, 2024 - 173
No One Comes to Christ…Unless
Feb 23, 2024 - 174
Turning Back a Sinner
Feb 22, 2024 - 175
The Fate of the Filthy
Feb 21, 2024 - 176
Killing Your Sin
Feb 20, 2024 - 177
Hope for Homosexuals
Feb 19, 2024 - 178
Leaving and Cleaving
Feb 16, 2024 - 179
Woe to the Wealthy
Feb 15, 2024 - 180
The Golden Rule
Feb 14, 2024 - 181
A Sanctified Spouse
Feb 13, 2024 - 182
The Accuser
Feb 12, 2024 - 183
Christ's Holiness and Our Sinfulness
Feb 9, 2024 - 184
Are You the Coming One?
Feb 8, 2024 - 185
The Man Who Amazed Jesus
Feb 7, 2024 - 186
Why Do You Call Me Lord?
Feb 6, 2024 - 187
Twelve Ordinary Men
Feb 5, 2024 - 188
Women and Work Outside the Home
Feb 2, 2024 - 189
What Is the Mark of the Beast?
Jan 31, 2024 - 190
A Walled City in Heaven?
Jan 30, 2024 - 191
Clinging to Jesus
Jan 26, 2024 - 192
Let No One Judge You
Jan 25, 2024 - 193
Ambition
Jan 24, 2024 - 194
Miracles and Accountability
Jan 23, 2024 - 195
Pentecost…Every Sunday?
Jan 22, 2024 - 196
Ashamed of the Gospel
Jan 19, 2024 - 197
God Gave Them Over
Jan 18, 2024 - 198
The Right Kind of Evangelistic Strategy
Jan 17, 2024 - 199
The Law: Abolished or Fulfilled?
Jan 16, 2024 - 200
Sexual Immorality and Your Sanctification
Jan 15, 2024 - 201
What Is the Kingdom of Heaven?
Jan 12, 2024 - 202
Seeker-Sensitive or Saint-Sensitive?
Jan 11, 2024 - 203
Does God Cause Christians to Suffer?
Jan 10, 2024 - 204
Last Day Deception
Jan 9, 2024 - 205
Conversions of the Rich and Famous
Jan 8, 2024 - 206
Is Salvation Easy?
Jan 5, 2024 - 207
Help from the Holy Spirit
Jan 4, 2024 - 208
Fruitless Branches
Jan 2, 2024 - 209
Always Ready
Jan 1, 2024 - 210
Redeeming the Time
Dec 29, 2023 - 211
What Does It Mean to Be Sealed With the Holy Spirit?
Dec 28, 2023 - 212
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your Wrath
Dec 27, 2023 - 213
Mary’s Humble Response
Dec 25, 2023 - 214
Why the Genealogies?
Dec 22, 2023 - 215
Gifts Fit for a Baby
Dec 21, 2023 - 216
An Unsavory Lineage
Dec 19, 2023 - 217
Between Death and the Resurrection
Sep 29, 2023 - 218
The Power of Antichrist
Sep 28, 2023 - 219
Ever Met an Angel?
Sep 27, 2023 - 220
Does the Bible Contain Errors?
Sep 25, 2023 - 221
Women, Prophecy, and Head Coverings
Sep 22, 2023 - 222
Discovering Your Spiritual Gift
Sep 21, 2023 - 223
How Will Christ Return?
Sep 20, 2023 - 224
Spotting False Teachers
Sep 19, 2023 - 225
Expensive Blessings
Sep 15, 2023 - 226
The Church, the Tribulation, and the Rapture
Sep 14, 2023 - 227
Forgiveness: Conditional or Unconditional?
Sep 13, 2023 - 228
Should Christians Keep the Sabbath?
Sep 12, 2023 - 229
Blessed Are the Poor . . . But Why?
Sep 11, 2023 - 230
God and Angels
Sep 8, 2023 - 231
Fear God with All Your Heart?
Sep 7, 2023 - 232
Why Did Jesus Weep?
Sep 6, 2023 - 233
Binding and Loosing Satan, Sin, or Sinners?
Sep 5, 2023 - 234
Is Communism Biblical?
Sep 4, 2023 - 235
Jesus and Social Ministry
Sep 1, 2023 - 236
Skills for Pastoral Ministry
Aug 31, 2023 - 237
Moral Qualifications for Pastoral Ministry
Aug 30, 2023 - 238
Does Water Baptism Save?
Aug 29, 2023 - 239
Salvation, Sanctification, and Sin
Aug 28, 2023 - 240
Dealing with Personal Offenses
Aug 25, 2023 - 241
The Church List in Revelation
Aug 24, 2023 - 242
Who Should Confront Sin?
Aug 23, 2023 - 243
Dealing with Sin in the Church
Aug 22, 2023 - 244
The Church and Widows
Aug 21, 2023 - 245
Does Church Membership Matter?
Aug 18, 2023 - 246
Be All Things to All Men
Aug 17, 2023 - 247
Is Spirit Baptism a One-Time Event?
Aug 16, 2023 - 248
Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord
Aug 15, 2023 - 249
Sow Sparingly; Reap Sparingly
Aug 14, 2023 - 250
Streets of Gold
Aug 11, 2023 - 251
Bad Company Corrupts Good Character
Aug 10, 2023 - 252
Turn the Other Cheek
Aug 9, 2023 - 253
What Is “The Prayer of Faith?”
Aug 8, 2023 - 254
Marital Harmony
Aug 7, 2023 - 255
Do Not Provoke Your Children
Aug 4, 2023 - 256
Binding and Loosing Satan, Sin, or Sinners?
Aug 3, 2023 - 257
What Does It Mean to Be Baptized with the Holy Spirit?
Aug 2, 2023 - 258
What Jesus Didn’t Know
Aug 1, 2023 - 259
Casting Pearls before Swine
Jul 31, 2023 - 260
Speech Seasoned with Salt
Jul 28, 2023 - 261
Avoiding Empty Philosophies; Tearing Down Strongholds
Jul 27, 2023 - 262
How to Give Thanks in Everything
Jul 26, 2023 - 263
How Do Believers Resist the Devil?
Jun 30, 2023 - 264
Are We Saved by Faith or by Works?
Jun 29, 2023 - 265
Can Believers Forfeit Their Salvation?
Jun 28, 2023 - 266
Should Women Teach in Church?
Jun 27, 2023 - 267
A "Prayer-Meeting Promise" or Something More?
Jun 26, 2023 - 268
Joseph's Dying Wish
Jun 23, 2023 - 269
Commending Ourselves to Men's Conscience
Jun 22, 2023 - 270
A Voice From Heaven
Jun 21, 2023 - 271
A Punishment Worse Than Sodom and Gomorrah
Jun 20, 2023 - 272
Jesus: Lord of the Sabbath
Jun 19, 2023 - 273
Paul Wishes a Curse on Himself
Jun 16, 2023 - 274
How Often Should Communion Be Held?
Jun 15, 2023 - 275
An Ungrateful Response to Jesus
Jun 14, 2023 - 276
Bound Together With Nonbelievers
Jun 13, 2023 - 277
Where Is The Kingdom of God?
Jun 12, 2023 - 278
Paul's Revelation of Jesus Christ
Jun 9, 2023 - 279
Why Did God Choose Abraham?
Jun 8, 2023 - 280
Is Generosity Required for Salvation?
Jun 7, 2023 - 281
Modest Dress for Women
Jun 6, 2023 - 282
Why Is Love the Greatest?
Jun 5, 2023 - 283
God, Greater Than Our Hearts
Jun 2, 2023 - 284
False Teachers Bought By God
Jun 1, 2023 - 285
Revelation's Last Warning
May 31, 2023 - 286
A Mystery Manifested
May 29, 2023 - 287
Is Salvation Ongoing?
May 26, 2023 - 288
Embracing Another Gospel
May 25, 2023 - 289
Romans 7 and Divorce
May 24, 2023 - 290
Did Jesus Need Perfecting?
May 23, 2023 - 291
How to Take Up Your Cross?
May 22, 2023 - 292
Simon Peter, Do You Love Me?
May 19, 2023 - 293
How Is Abraham the Father of Us All?
May 18, 2023 - 294
Are There Prophets Today?
Mar 16, 2023 - 295
The Apostle Paul and Slavery
Mar 15, 2023 - 296
The Resurrection of Judgment
Mar 14, 2023 - 297
The Righteous Anger of Jesus
Mar 10, 2023 - 298
Can Believers Forgive Sins?
Mar 9, 2023 - 299
Are There Degrees of Sin?
Mar 8, 2023 - 300
The Signs of Pentecost
Mar 6, 2023 - 301
Peter, the Rock of the Church
Mar 3, 2023 - 302
Can Women Be Pastors?
Mar 2, 2023 - 303
Women Preserved Through Child Bearing
Mar 1, 2023 - 304
Is There Such a Thing as a Former Christian?
Feb 28, 2023 - 305
What Role Do Works Have In Salvation?
Feb 27, 2023 - 306
Baptism and Salvation
Feb 24, 2023 - 307
What Does It Mean to Blaspheme the Holy Spirit?
Feb 23, 2023 - 308
Jesus, the Firstborn Among Many Brethren
Feb 22, 2023 - 309
Do All Christians Have Only One Spiritual Gift?
Feb 21, 2023 - 310
Should a Christian Hate His Family?
Feb 20, 2023 - 311
The Believer's Reward
Feb 17, 2023 - 312
Why Did Jesus Call Himself, I Am?
Feb 16, 2023 - 313
Is God's Gift of Salvation Permanent?
Feb 15, 2023 - 314
You Will Know Them by Their Fruit
Jan 6, 2023 - 315
A Mother's Legacy
Jan 5, 2023 - 316
The True Demands of Discipleship
Jan 4, 2023 - 317
Does Hell Last Forever?
Jan 3, 2023 - 318
Doing What I Hate To Do
Dec 30, 2022 - 319
Eternal Rewards and Motivation
Dec 29, 2022 - 320
Bearing Burdens
Dec 28, 2022 - 321
Abundant Life
Dec 27, 2022 - 322
No One Comes to Christ…Unless
Dec 26, 2022 - 323
Turning Back a Sinner
Dec 23, 2022 - 324
Why a Virgin Birth?
Dec 22, 2022 - 325
Why Does the Gospel of Matthew Emphasize the Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy?
Dec 21, 2022 - 326
God with Us
Dec 20, 2022 - 327
Who Were the Magi?
Dec 19, 2022 - 328
Where Are the Wise Men?
Dec 16, 2022 - 329
The Fate of the Filthy
Dec 15, 2022 - 330
Killing Your Sin
Dec 14, 2022 - 331
Hope for Homosexuals
Dec 13, 2022 - 332
Leaving and Cleaving
Dec 12, 2022 - 333
Woe to the Wealthy
Dec 9, 2022 - 334
The Golden Rule
Dec 8, 2022 - 335
A Sanctified Spouse
Dec 7, 2022 - 336
The Accuser
Dec 6, 2022 - 337
Christ's Holiness and Our Sinfulness
Dec 5, 2022 - 338
Are You the Coming One?
Dec 2, 2022 - 339
The Man Who Amazed Jesus
Dec 1, 2022 - 340
Why Do You Call Me Lord?
Nov 30, 2022 - 341
Twelve Ordinary Men
Nov 29, 2022 - 342
Women and Work Outside the Home
Nov 28, 2022 - 343
What Does It Mean to Be "Led By the Spirit"?
Nov 25, 2022 - 344
What Is the Mark of the Beast?
Nov 24, 2022 - 345
A Walled City in Heaven?
Nov 23, 2022 - 346
Willful Sinning
Nov 22, 2022 - 347
Clinging to Jesus
Nov 21, 2022 - 348
Let No One Judge You
Nov 18, 2022 - 349
Miracles and Accountability
Nov 16, 2022 - 350
Pentecost…Every Sunday?
Nov 15, 2022 - 351
Ashamed of the Gospel
Nov 14, 2022 - 352
God Gave Them Over
Nov 11, 2022