East White Oak Bible Church Podcast

Ep. 73 "Ask Scott" Podcast | Was Moses calling for social justice?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message "On the Verge of Something Good." Questions include: • How can we be sure that we are not living in the Matrix? • How influential should the Bible be in our nation’s geopolitics? • Is the modern state of Israel within the biblical boundaries established by God as the Promised Land? • Is God a genocidal maniac? • What is the Christian position on whether illegal immigrants should receive the benefits of citizenship?

Ep. 72 “Ask Scott” Podcast | Can we be certain about anything related to the Bible?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message "The False Wisdom of Private Interpretation." Questions include: • Can East White Oak trace its origin to the apostles? • How can we be certain about anything that we think that we know about the Bible? • What is the role of the Holy Spirit in interpreting scripture? • Are all new interpretations of scripture wrong? • How do you interpret the Song of Solomon? • What does James 1:5 mean?

Ep. 71 "Ask Scott" Podcast | Is God always responsible for natural disasters?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message "The Misuse of the Bible to Advance World Religion." Questions include: • Is God always responsible for natural disasters? • How would you define Eastern Mysticism? • How should a Christian practice being still? • Is it right for a Christian to desire a direct personal spiritual experience with God?

Ep. 70 “Ask Scott” Podcast | Questions About Christianity and Sports

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message "The Bible and Sports.” Questions include: • What scripture would you include with your autograph? • Do Christians have a stewardship responsibility to make the most of their athletic ability?  • What would you recommend to those who regularly miss Sunday worship because of work? • What should you do if you can’t stop betting on sports? 
 

Ep. 69 “Ask Scott” Podcast | Must Jews believe in Jesus to be saved?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message "Finding Ancient Israel in the Modern State of Israel?” Questions include: • Is Paul’s metaphor of an olive tree in Romans 11 talking about the church? • Are there “branches” of the tree saved people? • Do Jews have to believe in Jesus to be saved? • Aren’t saved Jews enfolded into the church? • Can you define dispensationalism? • Were any church fathers dispensationalists?

Ep. 68 "Ask Scott" Podcast | Are angels extraterrestrials?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message “Don't Build your Doctrine on an Obscure Text” Questions include: • Would alien life somehow jeopardize Christianity? • What makes a Bible text obscure? • Is Acts 15:29 an obscure text on which doctrine should be built? • Does Matthew 16 teach that Peter was the first Pope?

Ep. 67 "Ask Scott" Podcast | Food, Diets, Gluttony, and More

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message “Does the Bible Tell Us What to Eat?” Questions include: • Isn’t food simply fuel? • Should a Christian’s diet be distinct from his non-Christian friends? • Is there a biblical principle about wastefulness? • Are there types of “sinful” eating? • Should you avoid eating meat if it would offend a vegetarian brother in Christ? • What should Christians do about feeding the hungry?

Ep. 66 “Ask Scott” Podcast | Should we push for Christian values in government?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message “Finding the United States in the Bible?” Questions include: • Are Christians “God’s people who are called by God’s name” or is that exclusively Israel? • Is the problem with the U.S. the wickedness of unbelievers or the unrepentance of Christians? • Do you believe that it would be improper for a country to establish a religion even if that religion were Christianity?

Ep. 65 “Ask Scott” Podcast | Should Christians remove their kids from public school?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message “The Need to See the Whole Bible.” Questions include: • Shouldn’t our judgement be reserved for those who profess Christ? • When we judge aren’t we stepping into something reserved for “the” judge? • Could what you said embolden “judgy” Christians? • Isn’t the one true gospel a gospel of non-condemnation?

Ep. 64 “Ask Scott” Podcast | Do numbers in the Bible have hidden meaning?

Pastor Scott answers questions about his message “The Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Numbers in the Bible.” Questions include: Aren’t there number contradictions in the Bible which make it unreliable? What does it mean that the Bible is a supernatural book? When we see a number used over and over again and are we to conclude, “no big deal”  “nothing to see here”? Is 666 a particularly suited number for the antichrist?