Answers to Your Questions!

The FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED IN 2007

Dr. Couch, help me out on the issue of Lordship salvation. Can you refute my thinking on the subject? Read More

Dr. Couch, I have noticed in the past you mentioned that "big" (buh-ig) seminary in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. They clearly have taken a swipe at support for Israel, and, they have moved into an aberrant view of dispensationalism. on their website is posted the article where they seem to be turning against the nation of Israel. What do the "younger-smarter" faculty there think of the great blessed giants of the past who taught so faithfully Bible prophecy? Read More

Dr. Couch, you write about the "key" people in heaven (the church’s destiny) and the "key" people on earth during the kingdom, the Jews. It seems that the seven years that the church is in heaven is small compared to the thousand year kingdom period, in which the church will be serving with Christ on earth. How do you answer? Read More

Dr. Couch, I am still confused about the issue of the "heavenly destiny" of the church vs. the "earthly destiny" of the nation of Israel in the kingdom period. Can you help? Read More

Dr. Couch, what are the "seven spirits" of Revelation 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6? Read More

Dr. Couch, I am teaching a Sunday school class on Eschatology from the biblical perspective, which of course means biblical dispensationalism. I am using as a base Dr. Pentecost’s Things to Come, but I would like some kind of workbook that would have questions to facilitate discussion. Do you have any ideas? Read More

Dr. Couch, it is good to know that there is at least one good dispensational "Bible Answer Man." My question, is the antichrist brought back to life or just appears to have died, but really did not (Rev. 13:3). Read More

Dr Couch,I have always been told that the Reformed theologians took the Bible in a literal, grammatical, historical sense. They even claim they do in the areas of Bible prophecy. Is this true? Read More

Dr. Couch, the Southern Baptist Convention a few years years ago added to their doctrinal requirement for missionaries, that they agree that wives should submit to their husbands' leadership in the home. Is this true? And what do you think about this? Read More

Dr. Couch, it would seem that 1 John 5:8 has a grammatical problem. The words "Spirit, water, and blood" are neuter in gender, yet the pronoun and numeral "these three" is masculine. Is there a problem? Also I notice that the verse is not in the Textus Receptus. Read More

Dr. Couch, Acts 2:30-35 does not put Christ on His throne ruling today, does it? Is it incorrect to say that He is spiritually on the throne? Does Christ appear on His throne prior to Revelation 20:11? I am trying to get an amil friend to see the light and understand premillennialism. Read More

Dr. Couch, how would you interpret 2 John 10 about not receiving into your house, and greeting one who does not hold to "the teaching"? And, should Evangelical Christians do door to door witnessing? Is this today seen as "pressure" tactics? Read More

Dr. Couch, what is your view of Genesis 6:2? Do the "sons of God" refer to the fallen angels who cohabited with earthly women? And, can demons, fallen angels, take on human form? Read More

Dr. Couch, does the "all things in common" passage of Acts 2:44 support the Communist idea of community sharing of goods? Read More

Dr. Couch, does yom (day) in Genesis 1 really imply a day, a twenty-four hour day, as we now understand it? Read More

Dr. Couch, who are the two witnesses in Revelation 11:3-12? I have heard Elijah, Moses, Enoch, or simply two contemporaries at that time. What do you think? Read More

Dr. Couch, was Graham W. Scroggie a dispensationalist? Read More

Dr. Couch, was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn a Christian? Read More

Dr. Couch, what is the issue behind the King James Only controversy? I often use the NASB yet the KJO crowd says this is not good. What do you think? Read More

Dr. Couch Is Hebrews 9:28 about Christ appearing a second time discussing the rapture of the church or His coming to reign? I am having trouble with this passage. Read More

Dr. Couch, what is your view of Mother Teresa? Read More

Dr. Couch, did Christ inherit any physical characteristics from Mary? Is the sin nature passed on through the man, but not the mother? Read More

Dr. Couch, does the Reformed doctrine of predestination differ from the Islamic view of predestination? And what about Islamic fatalism? Read More

Dr. Couch, what is the difference between a Pentecostal and a Charismatic? Read More

Dr. Couch, Are the Arabs descendants of Ishmael? Read More

Dr. Couch, I saw on this website comments about homosexuality and wondered if you consider all things 'same sex' a sin, even same sex romantic love? Read More

Dr. Couch, what do you think is the greatest evidence for the inerrancy of the Bible? Read More

Dr. Couch, how should we respond to those who ask, "What about those who have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ?" Read More

Dr. Couch, our church belongs to the Association Of Churches in our town. They are holding a Day of Prayer, with all the churches, that sounds very liberal. Do you know about this? Read More

Dr. Couch, thank you for some clarification about faith being a gift of God. It seems as if the best of theologians agree, right? Read More

Dr. Couch, what is posttribulationalism? Read More

Dr. Couch, I have been reading your book The Fundamentals for the 21st Century and my heart has been warmed. What other systematic theologies do you recommend? Read More

Dr. Couch, would you recommend George N. H. Peters’ "The Theocratic Kingdom"? Read More

Dr. Couch, Do the lost go directly to hell or is there an intermediate place of waiting until the final judgment? Read More

Dr. Couch, is the figure of "two hundred million" horses and horsemen of Revelation 9:16 literal or figurative? Read More

Dr. Couch, we know the kingdom of God is promised to Israel, and since the church is not the "new Israel" nor the kingdom, what is the meaning of Matthew 21:43 that reads: "I say to you (the Pharisees), the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to another nation (ethnos) producing the fruit of it"? Read More

Dr. Couch, what is the difference between humanism and liberalism? Read More

Dr. Couch, how does one determine which elements of a previous dispensation are still applicable in a subsequent dispensation? For example, Paul says that the dietary laws are no longer applicable in the age of grace. But the laws ordaining capital punishment from the OT are still in effect. Is there a systematic way of determining these differences? Read More

Dr. Couch, I understand that a well-known seminary, that was premillennial, caved in to the Reformed position and became Covenant in its theological orientation. Is this so, and do you know anything about this? I am not in the covenant camp. Read More

Dr. Couch, what do you think is the main mission of the church? Many “preachers” say it is evangelism, which is important, yet they tend to neglect the teaching of the Word of God. What do you think? Read More

Dr. Couch, what do you think of the Wycliffe Bible Commentary? Read More

Dr. Couch, do you have any articles on the "Mid-Acts" position of some dispensationalists? Several of my good friends are into this. They are aligned with Stam and Bullinger. Need I be concerned with this? Read More

Dr. Couch, does dispensationalism require one to believe that the Ten Commandments were given to the Jewish people alone? How would you answer the charge of antinomianism that is often thrown at dispensationalists? Read More

Dr. Couch, what is theology? Read More

Dr. Couch, Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum points out that in some contexts, the word "eternal" may not mean "forever," such as the service of a slave to his master (Exod. 21:6), the Levitical priesthood (28:43), or the sacrificial system (29:28). How then do we know that the spiritual life is "eternal life"? Read More

Dr. Couch, you referred to Philippians 1:29 as a verse that argues that faith is a gift of God. Would you explain? Read More

Dr. Couch, it seems that on his radio program, Hank Hanegraaff continually attacks dispensationalism from a partial preterist-covenant point of view. What do you think? Read More

Dr. Couch, how does dispensationalism differ with the Reformed folks on infant baptism? And is baptism replacing circumcision? Read More

Dr. Couch, you have had some interesting answers to Progressive Dispensationalism in the past that I really appreciated. Any new thoughts about it? Read More

Dr. Couch, I understand that the Bible says that faith is a gift of God. Some of my friends do not believe this. What do you say? Read More

Dr. Couch, what do you think of Dave Hunt’s book on Calvinism? Many Bible teachers endorsed it. Read More

Dr. Couch, how can the Covenant and Reformed guys be so off base in regard to their “non-literal” view of the rapture of the church, the tribulation, and the return of Christ? Read More

Dr. Couch, I understand that Jeconiah (Coniah) was cursed and that none of his descendants could prosper sitting on the throne of David (Jer. 22:24, 28; 37:1). And yet he is found in Joseph’s lineage in Matthew 1:11. How do we explain this? Read More

Dr. Couch, what do the words holocaust and pogrom mean? Read More

Dr. Couch, what are your views on the new covenant? Is it the same as Miles Stanford? Read More

Do believers have power over sin? Read More

I hear you talking about Dispensational Apologetics. Dr. Couch, what is that? Read More