Ask Pastor Steve

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.

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!

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: How to Assess if Your Child Has Faith | Q2: Who to Pray to When We Pray? | Q3: What About Mercy Suicide? — APS Ep. 51

November 5th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  8 mins 43 secs

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Today, Steve answers the following questions:

• How can you Realistically Assess if Your Child Has Faith?

• Which of the Godhead Should we Direct our Prayers Towards?

• What Should we Think About When Believers are Desiring a "Mercy Suicide"?

What does the Bible say with regard to Self-Defense? Speaking in tongues? Gap theory? — Ask Pastor Steve Ep. 49

October 8th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  11 mins 25 secs

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Steve questions an important question regarding self-defense as well as:

• Is it Biblical to speak in tongues?

• What about Gap theory?

Homosexuality's Usage in the Bible, How Should we Think About our Enemies and the Right Kind of Compassion — Ask Pastor Steve Ep. 48

October 1st, 2025  |  Season 2  |  10 mins 6 secs

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On today's episode, Steve deals with some difficult questions that are important for us to know the answers to, as Christians in this day and age:

• Was the word Homosexual always in the Bible?

• How do we reconcile what the Bible tells us to do in regard to our enemies?

• How can we balance having compassion for others, but not being untethered in our compassion?

Heavenly Bodies? Col. 1:23? Was Jesus Defiled? — Ask Pastor Steve Ep. 47

September 2nd, 2025  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 53 secs

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• What will our bodies be like when we are glorified and in heaven?

• Colossians 1:23 is confusing, it seems as though the Apostle Paul is saying the Gospel has gone global?

• When Jesus did the healing miracles... wouldn't that have made him unclean as he touched Lepers and other diseased individuals, thus becoming unclean himself?

When can we Know it's God? Some Encouragement for Those Outside Gender Norms. What About Formal Counseling? - Ask Pastor Steve Ep. 45

July 30th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  9 mins 4 secs

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Today, Steve answers several questions: 1) Are we listening to the voice of God, or is it all in our heads? 2) What if I'm Some Outside the "Gender Norm"? and what about getting formal counseling outside of Church?

Douglas Wilson and the Cultural Mandate — Ask Pastor Steve Ep. 42

June 18th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  10 mins 5 secs

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Steve addresses the Moscow Mood lingering in the room, as well as the biblical importance of what is known as the "Cultural Mandate."