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The FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED IN 2009
Dr. Couch, there is no passage in the OT that says Israel is adopted as a child of God, though there are verses that speak of the church saints being adopted unto the Lord. What about this issue?
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Dr. Couch, how should 1 Timothy 6:10 read? Some translations say "Money is the root of all sorts of evil," and some say "Money is the root of evil."
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Dr. Couch, I have heard some say that the seven year tribulation is the final period of judgment of the Jews and a final judgment that ends the dispensation of the Law. Is this so?
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Dr. Couch, who is Aristarchus?
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Dr. Couch, when does the millennial reign of the Lord begin?
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Dr. Couch, what are some other verses that show the preexistence of Christ?
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Dr. Couch, thank you for the information on the Trinity. We need more teaching on this!
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Dr. Couch, what does “abundant life” mean in John 10:10?
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Dr. Couch, I attend a church that only has deacons and no elders. What's the difference?
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Dr. Couch, I appreciate your comments on the book of Hebrews but many commentaries don't seem to have it right in understanding the book. How do you answer?
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Dr. Couch, I have a man in my Bible class who believes one is not supposed to take the time to interpret the Bible, all one has to do is "renew" the mind and it'll all come to you in understanding. How do you answer this?
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Dr. Couch, does John the Baptist "replace" the coming of Elijah? Elijah is supposed to come before the arrival of the Messiah to establish the earthly Davidic Kingdom. The amillennialists say that John fulfills the prediction of Elijah, and therefore, the Kingdom has come already!
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Dr. Couch, should churches borrow money for building during these tight times? And should they ever borrow for various projects?
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Dr. Couch, will the earth be restored to its sinless state, as it was before the fall? Will the new earth and new heaven also be blown apart by fire as mentioned by Peter?
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Dr. Couch, who are the Barack Hussein Obama Czars and what is there purpose in the new Washington D.C.?
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Dr. Couch, some folks say we do not have to study the Scriptures because after all, Jesus fulfilled the OT, so we do not have to go back and study the Bible passages because Christ has fulfilled many of the prophecies of the Word of God! We just look at Him, because this is sufficient for us today. How do you answer?
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Dr. Couch, I believe the Bible is clear that the Mosaic Law ended with Christ's death, but Matthew 5:17-18 troubles me. Is the Law still in force?
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Dr. Couch, I have heard some say that Christians should not fear God. Is this true?
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Dr. Couch, where I live we have no Bible churches, so my family is attending a SBC! Our pastors all come from SBC seminaries where they have only been taught how to run a church and "preach." The preaching we receive from them is simply oration containing baby-step advice on how to live, some of it biblical and some of it not so biblical! It is certainly not exegetical. The SS is even worse. Each quarter when I open the new SS book (put out by Lifeway), I shudder to see what lightweight material they are putting out. More often than not it is written by women with no theological training at all—they have for the most part simply been SS teachers. Is this a sign of the apostasy?
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Dr. Couch, what is going on in Romans 3:25 where Paul speaks of God "passing over the sins previously committed"?
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Dr. Couch, I'm told by some legalistic Christians that believers no longer can sin. This does not seem correct from the biblical standpoint or from experience. How do you answer?
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Dr. Couch, the 360 days calendar seems to be used in Genesis, Daniel, and Revelation. How does this fit in the length of days in the story of the Flood?
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Dr. Couch, I heard the other day of a fellow who believes God speaks with him, and told him to travel the earth and go about praying over everything. He leaves his wife and children and just travels! What do you think?
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Dr. Couch, is the Lord's Prayer for us today?
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Dr. Couch, what is going to happen in terms of the Middle East and all that our President is now doing?
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Dr. Couch, do you see an "unholy" trinity with Satan and the antichrist in Revelation 13?
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Dr. Couch, with all the confusion going on in the world today, do you think the church knows what its main task is all about?
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Dr. Couch, do you think there is a difference between saving faith and the sanctifying faith of the "renewal of your mind" (Rom. 12:2)?
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Dr. Couch, what does Paul mean in Romans 7:9 when he said, "I was alive apart from the law once; but when the commandments came, sin revived, and I died"?
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Dr. Couch, since the church is gone in the rapture, how could the lost say "peace and safety" in 1 Thessalonians 5:3?
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Dr. Couch, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit in Matthew 12:22-32 is confusing. Would you clear this up for me?
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Dr. Couch, is The Emerging Church dangerous to orthodox Christianity?
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Dr. Couch, I understand that Christ’s name in Isaiah 9:6 is one long name. Since you know and have taught Hebrew, is this true?
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Dr. Couch, what is going on in Hebrew 6:1-9? I have had people say it is teaching the loss of salvation. Please explain.
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Dr. Couch, can believers be seduced by idolatry?
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Dr. Couch, I understand that some believe Solomon was not saved, that he was so deep in sin with all his wives that he was not a child of God. How do you answer?
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Dr. Couch, I really appreciate your teaching on the Trinity. How can we get more material from you on the subject?
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Dr. Couch, thank you for emphasizing the doctrine of the Trinity. I've noticed in the past that you explain the doctrine clearly. You need to write a book on the subject!
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Dr. Couch, I understand the Contemplative Prayer people use Psalm 46:10 and Matthew 6:6-7 to advocate that we should go into the lotus position, tune out all thoughts, and contemplate God. Is that what these verses are all about?
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Dr. Couch, it seems as if the book of Romans is written to believers, but then chapter 2 appears to be addressing the unbelievers. Is this true?
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Dr. Couch, is Satan cast out of heaven two times? We have his fall given in Isaiah 14:12-16, and in Ezekiel 28:11-17.
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Dr. Couch, you speak often about deception that will come in the last days. What does the word mean?
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Dr. Couch, is Acts 2:38 saying that baptism produces salvation?
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Dr. Couch, the charismatics, who are generally ignorant about the Greek text, in 1 Corinthians 13:10, take the "perfect" to by the coming of Christ. Thus they say that tongues will not disappear until Christ returns. I understand that you take the perfect to be referring to the completion of the NT canon. Can you explain?
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Dr. Couch, you often write about the absolute sovereignty of God found in Scripture. Is John 12:39-41 also a sovereignty passage?
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Dr. Couch, what is going on in our country?
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Dr. Couch, I appreciate the passages of Scripture you give that show America is very much like Israel who turned against the Lord in the OT. Do you have some other like-passages to share?
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Dr. Couch, with all the evil that is now taking place in our government is it still appropriate to pledge allegiance to our flag?
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Dr. Couch, what is going on in Ephesians 5:26? What baptism is this? Some hyper-dispensationalists say that immersion was only during the period of John the Baptist and is not now applicable during the church age.
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Dr. Couch, we have a man in our church who claims to be a prophet. This is a very conservative church. What do we do? And, what is a NT prophet?
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Dr. Couch, who or what is the Destroyer of Exodus 12:23?
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Dr. Couch, I've been studying the plans and blueprint the Lord gave to Ezekiel for the millennial temple in chapters 40-48. In Genesis 15:18 God told Abraham in the covenant He made with him that the extent of the kingdom would be from "the river Egypt (possibly the Nile or the Wadi el Arish) to the great river Euphrates." This would include the areas of other pagan tribal peoples as mentioned in verses 19-21. Is there a conflict?
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Dr. Couch, how could the amil guys think that the Kingdom of God in Luke 19:11 could be the church?
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Dr. Couch, John 14:17 says that the Holy Spirit resides in each believer. My question is from John 16:8-11. Does the Spirit exclusively use believers to convict the world, or does He also work outside of the Church to convict the lost?
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Dr. Couch, I know of no time in history when things changed so quickly morally, spiritually, socially, and economically, in our world. What's happening?
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Dr. Couch, how should the leaders handle spiritual problems in our churches today? Specifically, our church lacks spiritual feeding that appears to be stemming from the pastor's inability to know and dig the deeper things of the Word of God. What should we do? Thank you and may the Lord continue to bless your ministry.
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Dr. Couch, what did Christ mean in Luke 22:37 when He quoted Isaiah 53:12?
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Dr. Couch, I've read Robert Heidler's book "Experiencing the Spirit." I knew from first hand experience that the book was full of false teaching. The reason: I was previously a flaming charismatic but one day, it just dawned on me that this teaching was absolutely dead wrong! I found out that I, and all who were in this movement, were simply egotistical fakes! We were putting on a show to impress others, and even ourselves with this false "power." However, the teaching is controlling because it feeds the flesh. Thank you for your role in teaching the truth from the Scripture.
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Dr. Couch, in the tribulation, will those who take the mark of the beast be unable then to come to Christ as their Savior? Can they recant and turn to Him and deny the works of the antichrist?
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Dr. Couch, it does not seem that Martha deals with the resurrection of the church in the resurrection story about Lazarus in John 11. What do we say about that?
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Dr. Couch, what's happening in churches? It seems to be getting worse all the time.
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Dr. Couch, is guilt bad?
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Dr. Couch, you do a great job keeping us informed about Israel and the Middle East, and the end times. What other ministries have websites doing similar reporting?
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Dr. Couch, does 2 Chronicles 7:14 fit us today? I have heard some say that it does not.
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Dr. Couch, does Proverbs 11:10-11 fit us today?
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Dr. Couch, the Gentile nations are in a terrible mess. The Jews were told not to go the way of the Gentiles. What do you say?
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Dr. Couch, I was driving through South Texas and caught your Sunday morning radio program from Waco. You were dealing with Bible prophecy and how such passages of Scripture were believed and understood by premillennial Christians and the orthodox Jews...
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Dr. Couch, in Romans 11:13-25, is the church, the Gentiles, being placed into the natural branches, Israel? I hear confusing things about this passage.
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Dr. Couch, what is going on in Exodus 23:20-21? Is this about Christ?
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Dr. Couch: I understand there is a different translation on the word "Friend" in Matthew 26:50. What does the word mean?
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Dr. Couch, there seems to be a difference in the land promised to the Jews for the Kingdom, from Genesis 15:18 and Ezekiel 47:18. In Genesis, the extent of the land goes "from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates." But in Ezekiel, it only mentions "the land of Israel, shall be [to] the Jordan. … This is the east side." Why the difference?
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Dr. Couch, what is your understanding of 1 Timothy 4:10, where Paul says that God is the Savior of all men, especially of believers?
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Dr. Couch, if the Jews were expecting the Messiah based on Daniel's Seventy-Week timeline found in Daniel 9, how could they reject Jesus?
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Dr. Couch, I agree with you as to what is happening today in our world. It is indeed growing more evil and deceitful. Can you give some additional verses of Scripture?
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Dr. Couch, I know you've been doing a series on awards. What about 2 Timothy 4:8?
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Dr. Couch, thank you for your most excellent and in-depth answers to Bible questions. I need to have things compute. A thorough knowledge of Scripture combined with original language skills, enables you to clear up any confusions. Your resources should be a part of every Bible student's toolbox.
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Dr. Couch, is Psalm 83 about the end times? It seems to be prophetic concerning the nations that are near her and who come against Israel in the latter days. What do you think?
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Dr. Couch, what is going on in Matthew 19:28 where Christ says that He would be with the believers in the "regeneration"?
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Dr. Couch, what is the lie that people will believe in the end times?
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Dr. Couch, what is the "new" nation that Christ is speaking about in Matthew 21:43? Some say it is the church, and that the Kingdom of God has been taken away from the Jews and given to the "church," which is that new nation.
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Dr. Couch, I have friends who foolishly say the church is in the OT. They say that the Greek Septuagint, for example, translates the Hebrew word "congregation" from the Greek word "ecclesia" which can be "church." Thus, the doctrine of the church is in the OT. How do you answer?
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Dr. Couch, some say that John 10:14-16 shows that the church is now part of Israel. Is this so?
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Dr. Couch, what does the word "power" mean, and what is going on in Matthew 26:64?
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Dr. Couch, what do we do with Galatians 2:20? Have you noticed the similarity with Romans 6:6?
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Dr. Couch, what happened in the last election? Why did so many young people vote for the wrong party and wrong president?
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Dr. Couch, what is a good model for a home Bible study class?
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Dr. Couch, what is presuppositional apologetics?
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Dr. Couch, I heard someone say that if believers are not faithful, they will not reign with Christ in the millennium. They use 2 Timothy 2:11-13 for their reasoning. What do you say?
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Dr. Couch, I have been fascinated with so many verses on the sovereignty of God in the book of Acts. I didn't realize how prevalent that subject was throughout the Bible.
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Dr. Couch, I appreciate your observations about where our nation is going. Where are some other verses that describe the state of our country?
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Dr. Couch, which denominations hold to baptism of infants? And why do they do this?
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Dr. Couch, why did Christ heal and do miracles so often on the Sabbath?
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Dr. Couch, where do you start the antichrist in Daniel 11? Most seem to say that he is first mentioned in verse 36 and on.
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Dr. Couch, what is going on in Luke 16:8-9?
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Dr. Couch, is Isaiah 48:16-17 about the Trinity?
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Dr. Couch, I understand your views on the book of Hebrews are the same as the great scholar of the last century, Kenneth Wuest. Correct?
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Dr. Couch, what does the word authority mean when it is speaking of women not using such and teaching over men in 1 Timothy 2:12?
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Dr. Couch, the story of the destruction of Tyre seems to really explain the sovereignty of God that you hold so strongly to. Right?
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