Steve Hartland

Can Too Much Church Be Unhealthy? — APS Ep. 68

July 1st, 2026  |  Season 2  |  3 mins 27 secs

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Pastor Steve answers an interesting question, can someone be too much about Church?

Why Aren't The Gnostic Gospels Part of the Bible? — APS Ep. 67

June 24th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  2 mins 28 secs

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What about the Gnostic Gospels? How should Christians think about these ancient works?

Is Forgiveness a Two-Way Street? — APS Ep. 65

June 24th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  3 mins 16 secs

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Steve answers an interesting question about administering forgiveness. How does repentance factor into the equation? Hear what the Bible has to say on this matter.

Why Don't We Have Unleavened Bread? — Ask Pastor Steve Ep. 66

June 17th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  2 mins 17 secs

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Why is it that Christians no longer concern themselves with what type of bread, leavened or unleavened bread, is used for Communion?

Can We Save Too Much For Our Retirement? — APS Episode 64

May 20th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  3 mins 2 secs

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Is there a point where you've saved too much money for retirement? How much of the wealth we accrue in life should go elsewhere? Pastor Steve backs up his answer with the Bible, you won't want to miss his response!

Which One-Volume Bible Commentary Should You Have in Your Home? — APS Episode 63

May 13th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  2 mins 43 secs

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We have a couple changes for APS, and Steve answers a question about which Bible Commentaries (and Bibles) every Christian household should consider.

Q1: How Should Christians Approach Dreams? Q2: A Healthy Fear of Hell? Q3: Preterism? — APS Ep. 62

April 22nd, 2026  |  Season 2  |  9 mins 6 secs

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Steve discusses the following questions he got sent in from you!

Q1: How should Christians respond to dreams that have sinful content and acts? - Q2: Is it ok for a healthy fear of Hell to be a motivator to believe the Gospel? - Q3: Can you tell us more about Preterism and its strengths and weaknesses.

Q1: Mediums? Q2: How Do You Approach Jehovah's Witnesses? Q3: Would You Parent Differently? — APS EP. 61

April 8th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  9 mins 1 sec

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Q1: What does the Bible have to say about trying to contact spirits through a Medium?

Q2: How Do You Best Approach Jehovah's Witnesses That Come to Your Door?

Q3: Would You Parent Differently, if Given the Chance?

Q1: Retain our gender roles? — Q2: Confessing public sins? — Q3: Our prayers & God's will? — Ep. 60

March 11th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  6 mins 55 secs

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Here's today's questions:

Q1) Do we still retain our gender roles in heaven?

Q2) Can we confess public sins? Or are we only meant to confess our personal sins?

Q3) Do our prayers affect God's sovereign will, and if so, how?

Q1: Is it Sinful to Watch Programs With Swearing? Q2: AI's Implications on the Church Q3: "Soul-Ties" — APS Ep. 59

February 25th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  11 mins 3 secs

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Steve discusses the following questions he got sent in from you! (Q1) How Should Christians Approach Programs with Foul Language? (Q2) What Limits and Usages Should Churches Have for AI?

Q1: Did God Ever Love the Devil? — Q2: Christians that Refuse to Attend Church? — Q3: Elihu's Counsel to Job? — APS Ep. 58

February 11th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  7 mins

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Steve discusses the following questions he got sent in from you!

Timestamps:

00:07 - (Q1) Did God Ever Love the Devil?
01:50 - (Q2) Christians that Refuse to Attend Church?
05:23 - (Q3) Elihu's Counsel to Job?

(Q1) How Should We Interpret Revelation? — (Q2) Where Did The Wives For Cain & Abel Come From? — APS Ep. 57

January 28th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  6 mins 59 secs

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Steve has two questions for us today (the first is rather a long answer).

1. What is the best way to interpret the Book of Revelation in the Bible?
2. What is the best explanation for the origin of the Wives for Cain and Abel?

Q1 Pastors Get Things Wrong and Double Deaths in the Bible — Q2 Are There Yet Undiscovered Holy Scriptures? and Q3 Fasting for Health Reasons and Taking Communion? — APS Ep. 56

January 14th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  8 mins 56 secs

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Here are the questions that Steve will answer for us today:

1. How should a congregation handle when their Pastor gets something wrong in the pulput + Lazarus was raised twice?
2. Are there yet undiscovered parts of Holy Scripture, and if found, what to do with them?
3. Fasting for health reasons and taking communion?

1) Affirm Sola Scriptura & Extrabiblical Resources — 2) We are Inheritors? — 3) Present Their Wives?

December 31st, 2025  |  Season 2  |  9 mins 7 secs

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Here are the questions that Steve will answer for us today:

1. Can We Affirm Sola Scriptura as Well as Extrabiblical Resrouces
2. If God is not Dead, How Can we be an Inheritor?
3. How do Husbands "Present Their Wives", like in Ephesians 5?

Q1) Christianity and Stoicism? — Q2) How to Know what is Milk? — Q3) How to get into Systematic Theology? — APS Ep. 54

December 17th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  6 mins 22 secs

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Steve answers your following questions!

Q1) Are Christianity and Stoicism Compatible?

Q2) How to Know what is Milk and What is Meat?

Q3) How to get into Systematic Theology for a Time-Constrained Believer?

Q1) Formal Counseling Ministries in Churches — Q2) Head-coverings for Women — Q3) How is There Only One Resurrection? (Rev 20:4-5)

December 3rd, 2025  |  Season 2  |  8 mins 27 secs

Steve answers the following questions on today's episode:

1) What do I think of formal counseling ministries in churches?

2) Head-coverings for women in church?

3) How is there only one resurrection? (Rev 20:4-5)