Episodes

  • What Is Relational Theology?

    What Is Relational Theology?
    Nov 14 2024
    What is relational sovereignty? Christians wrestle with how to understand how God’s sovereignty works. On the one hand, the Bible clearly presents God as sovereign over all the universe. But, at the same time, it also presents God’s will and activity as being flexible and even acted upon by His creation. We read the Bible […]
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    5 mins
  • Does God’s Sovereignty Cancel Out Free Will?

    Does God’s Sovereignty Cancel Out Free Will?
    Jul 2 2024
    Does the Biblical illustration of the potter and the clay prove that God’s sovereignty cancels out human free will? Does God create some humans for salvation and others for damnation? What are we to make of this word picture when we read passages like Romans 9? You may be surprised to learn that every instance […]
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    5 mins
  • Did Jesus Do Miracles As A Child?

    Did Jesus Do Miracles As A Child?
    Jun 11 2024
    There are extra-Biblical stories about Jesus performing miracles as a young child. Are these stories true? If not, what was Jesus doing for 30 years? Pastor Gene Pensiero shares some thoughts on this issue in a study from Isaiah 61 Find many more Q&A’s and send in your own question at https://calvaryhanford.com/questions Find dozens of […]
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    Less than 1 minute
  • What Is My Calling?

    What Is My Calling?
    Apr 30 2024
    Christians talk about our “calling.” What does that really mean? Is it just for professional missionaries or people who work at a church? In Ephesians we learn that calling is for everyone and that it comes to us in three ways: General calling, categorical calling, and personal calling. Gene Pensiero Jr shares some thoughts on […]
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    4 mins
  • Do Shepherds Break The Legs Of Their Wandering Sheep?

    Do Shepherds Break The Legs Of Their Wandering Sheep?
    Mar 26 2024
    A famous sermon illustration says that shepherds will sometimes break the legs of a wandering sheep and carry it on his shoulders. Is this a true practice or have we misunderstood what actually happens? Gene Pensiero Jr shares some thoughts on this issue in a study on Nahum 1:9-15. Find many more Q&A’s and send […]
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    3 mins
  • Doesn’t God Promise To Heal Us?

    Doesn’t God Promise To Heal Us?
    Mar 12 2024
    In Isaiah 53 we read: “By His stripes, we are healed.” Is that a promise that God will always heal His people? We see Jesus frequently healing afflictions of every kind in the Gospels. Why is it that we see so few miraculous healings in the Church age? Pastor Gene shares some thoughts on the […]
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    5 mins
  • What Is Demand Prayer?

    What Is Demand Prayer?
    Feb 20 2024
    The question is: What is “Demand Prayer,” and is it Biblical? Should we be demanding things of God? Pastor Gene Pensiero offers some thoughts on this issue in a study of Isaiah 52. Find many more Q&A’s and send in your own question at https://calvaryhanford.com/questions Find dozens of podcasts and thousands of studies through the […]
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    4 mins
  • No Church Fathers Taught A Pre-Trib Rapture?

    No Church Fathers Taught A Pre-Trib Rapture?
    Feb 6 2024
    The question is: Is it true that “no church fathers” taught a pre-tribulation rapture? Post-tribulation teachers can be particularly antagonistic toward the pre-trib view, but what about writings like Irenaeus’ Against Heresies? Pastor Gene Pensiero offers some thoughts on this issue in a study of Isaiah 51. Find many more Q&A’s and send in your […]
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    2 mins