Bridge Bible Talk

Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Brett, UT (2:59) - What is the right way of spending time with God? Is it wrong to read at different times of day and not first thing in the morning?
2. Jenny, NY (6:08) - Is it right for a pastor to only allow certain people to come up for prayer? How do you know when you need to move on to a different church?
3. Joseph, MD (11:22) - Based on John 16:11, could an unbeliever have been judged if the ruler of the world hadn’t been judged?
4. Lisa, SC (16:56) - Was Jesus ever considered a Nazirite? Did he take a Nazirite vow?
5. Pat, VA (21:36) - I recently discovered that my friend of ten years is an atheist, is it right for me to cut ties with this person?
6. Gail, NJ (27:37) - Why do some say “I’m not a Christian, I’m Catholic?”
7. Samell, GA (33:39) - Is infant baptism okay? What does the Bible say about infant baptism? Is baptism done by full immersion in the water or just a sprinkling?
8. Tate, TX (37:45) - I struggle with lust, can you pray for me and provide some Biblical advice or verses?
9. Matthew, Facebook (45:52) - Is Zechariah 12 about the end times or the crucifixion?
10. Yvonne, Facebook (49:46) - What does the Bible say about life after death experiences?
11. Rayann, Facebook (52:46) - Was Samson a Nazirite?
12. Stacey, Facebook (53:36) - Can you explain the difference between the rapture and the second coming?

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Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Nicole, NJ (1:28) - Is “deja vu” a spiritual gift?
2. Bart, PA (3:12) - Can I add water to my holy water so that the newly added water will be blessed? Can adding holy water to the ocean bless the whole ocean?
3. Howard, NJ (5:44) - What should I be getting out of the Old Testament outside of the prophecies about Jesus?
4. Julie, email (9:44) - When an unbeliever dies, do they immediately go to hell?
5. TJ, FL (13:12) - In the Old Testament, a person lived to be 800 to 900 years old, did animals live that long as well? Is it possible that some memories are passed on through DNA?
6. Stevens, MA (19:00) - Why hasn’t anyone put the apocryphal books back into the Bible? Is it okay to read the apocrypha?
7. Gail, NJ (26:37) - What does the Bible say about choosing cremation?
8. Mary, TN (33:44) - Is there anything I can fast from without abstaining from food?
9. Corey, NY (36:03) - Can you tell me how many years were between Adam and Eve and Mary and Joseph?
10. Orlando, NY (38:47) - Can you explain the importance of baptism? Is baptism required to go to heaven?
11. Christine, YouTube (44:07) - Who put the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden?
12. Ann, HI (46:03) - Can you explain Luke 11:25? If the house is clean, why would more demons come?
13. Rocio, Facebook (48:14) - How do you know when you are genuinely speaking in tongues?
14. Pam, NJ (52:04) - Does God allow demons or Satan to give you demonic dreams?
15. Mindy, SC (55:03) - Should women be younger than men when they get married Biblically?

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Host Rico Basso and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Justin, NC (5:57) - I have been struggling with lustful thoughts. How can I keep my mind on the right things according to scripture?
2. John, NJ (10:26) - Why did God place the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden along with the serpent? Did Adam and Eve stand a chance at not failing?
3. Pekin, YouTube (13:41) - Is it wrong for a believer to attend functions organized by unsaved family members?
4. Richard, email (16:01) - Is the Antichrist now in the world, or is he yet to appear? Why does the Bible say he is a “man of lawlessness?”
5. Renette, HI (18:24) - Why was Jesus in the Earth for three days and three nights, but when we are absent from the body we will be present with the Lord?
6. Theresa, email (20:58) - Can you explain Hebrews 9:22?
7. Rich, NJ (23:21) - Who decided what to include in the Bible? And who actually put the Bible together?
8. Deshaya, NJ (33:38) - Why are there so many religions?
9. Tim, NJ (38:27) - How did sin get into Lucifer?
10. John, KY (42:04) - Can you explain Hebrews 6:4-7? Do we know who wrote the book of Hebrews?
11. Natalie, ID (48:43) - What is the third heaven mentioned in 2 Corinthians 12:2?
12. Trisha, PA (50:18) - How did Noah know which animals were clean if they didn’t have the Law of Moses yet? Why did Noah curse his grandson?
13. Jason, NJ (54:13) - Why do you have to be born again to go to heaven? And what does it mean to be “born again?”

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Host Rico Basso and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Lisa, NY (5:51) - I met a woman who is part of the World Mission Society church. Are they correct about the Passover and other things?
2. Diane, ID (11:30) - Are there any Christian based credit cards that you would recommend?
3. Brayden, TX (16:50) - Are my girlfriend and I living in sin by living together but not sleeping together?
4. Robert, PA (22:30) - Is it true that Martin Luther added the word “alone” to the phrase “by faith alone?” Does that come into conflict with the verses that forbid adding to the Bible?
5. Robert, NJ (28:37) - Where did the Israelites get their first weapons of war upon leaving Egypt?
6. Jessinka, MA (33:55) - Is it a good idea to invest in AI?
7. Casey, GA (38:10) - Is a checking account a good analogy for the trinity?
8. Harold, NY (42:10) - In John 9, the Pharisees say that Jesus wasn’t guarding the Sabbath, why did they say that?
9. Mindy, SC (47:10) - Rehab lied to the men of Jericho about the spies, was it wrong for her to lie?
10. Richard, MA (51:06) - Is there a Sabbath Day now? Is there a special time now like in the Old Testament?
11. Terry, NJ (53:46) - What are your thoughts on yoga classes or hot yoga? What are your thoughts on Christian men taking yoga classes or hot yoga?

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Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Calvary Chapel Old Bridge Member (1:37) - What is meant by the “supremacy of love?”
2. Thomas, NJ (3:12) - Is baptism as a baby the same thing as baptism as an adult as a born again Christian? What authority do the priests and pope have? What Bible verses speak about that?
3. Molly, MA (8:34) - Can you explain what happened to people in the Old Testament that couldn’t accept Jesus because he didn’t exist yet?
4. Josh, TX (14:45) - When does a Christian receive the Holy Spirit?
5. Robert, NY (19:11) - What is the difference between the cherubim and seraphim? Was Satan higher than an archangel?
6. Rita, NY (23:28) - How is it that Mary bore the son of God when she had original sin?
7. Joshua, FL (25:37, continued after break at 33:27) - Was there an interpreter in the upper room in Acts?
8. Asher, KY (33:45) - What verses would you show to a transgender friend to give them guidance and help them on their way?
9. Lloyd, NJ (41:57) - Do people in the last judgment have a last opportunity to accept Christ?
10. Pascal, NY (44:13) - Was Jesus born without original sin?
11. Email (45:46) - My friend lives with a woman that is not his wife, they both became believers and now he feels he needs to move out but the woman doesn’t, what verses can I use to help him in this situation?
12. Stella, NY (48:35) - In heaven, will Jesus still have the physical signs of the crucifixion? Will we have the scars from our lives in eternity?

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Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Email (1:41) - Why doesn’t Calvary Chapel have more church plants in New York City?
2. Email (3:50) - Why is some prayer not heard or considered?
3. Calvary Chapel Old Bridge Member (6:40) - Is it still a command to tithe ten percent? Is it okay to consider my giving to a specific ministry as my tithe?
4. Jacklyn, NJ (9:29) - Was Melchizedek the Christ?
5. YouTube (12:19) - What does the Bible say about predestination and the sovereignty of God?
6. Avery, NJ (16:27) - Why is God going to judge the Earth with fire?
7. Email (18:49) - Does someone who is a good person their whole life, but isn’t religious, go to hell when they die?
8. Email (21:27) - Does God choose where and when you are born, or is it random?
9. John, NJ (23:19) - Is voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties consistent with a Biblical worldview?
10. Lolbit, YouTube (33:38) - When we are born again, do we stop sinning?
11. Carmen, FL (36:51) - Is my sister’s infant son that died still and infant in heaven?
12. John, NJ (40:06) - Why are some disobedient angels in captivity, while Satan and his crew roam free?
13. Thomas, YouTube (42:11) - You mentioned it takes 30 days to start a habit, will the 30 days restart if we fail in the middle?
14. Alyssa, NJ (44:50) - What are some ways you can remain consistent in your faith while you are in a season of waiting?
15. Roxanne, email (46:02) - My friend believes the Bible is full of allegories and not true stories, what can I say to her?
16. Email (50:25) - How easily does God forgive you?
17. Anna, Facebook (52:36) - Can you please explain John 20:23?
18. Massiel, FL (55:06) - If God is love, why is he against homosexual love?

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Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Chrisanthy, YouTube (4:26) - Would a couple, one Catholic and one Protestant, be considered unequally yoked?
2. Edison, NJ (6:36) - What is a real manifestation of the Holy Spirit in our lives?
3. Carlos, NJ (11:09) - Is it true that we are all children of God, when 1 John 3:9 says that you aren’t a child of God if you sin?
4. Miguel, email (18:24) - Why did God bury Moses in an unknown place?
5. Winston, NJ (22:13) - What if Pontius Pilate didn’t crucify Jesus, what would have been the outcome for mankind?
6. Jim, NY (24:43) - Can you explain Hebrews 10:26?
7. Email (28:06) - When I talk to God, why don’t I hear him talk back to me?
8. David, YouTube (33:47) - Can you explain Philippians 2:12?
9. Billy, HI (37:30) - What do you think about healing today?
10. Christine, NY (40:04) - Will there be a partial rapture, where only some believers go and some stay?
11. Mark, CA (44:46) - Where do you get that people will die during the thousand year reign?
12. Stacy, NY (47:10) - Can you explain Genesis 6?
13. Walter, YouTube (52:24) - What’s the difference between believing and faith? Where did the people in the land of Nod come from?

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Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Tom, NJ (1:41) - Does a judge have the power to end the marriage covenant with God?
2. Dale, TX (8:54) - Can you be forgiven for committing suicide?
3. Chris, NY (15:05) - Is Matthew 24 aimed at the believers in general or more specifically to the Jewish people?
4. Paul, DE (17:14) - Does Satan have to get permission from God every time he tests us?
5. Evelyn, NY (20:50) - Could you explain 1 Timothy 6:16?
6. William, MA (24:47, continued after break at 33:27) - Why did God create the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, when he knew the outcome?
7. Nev, FL (36:20) - My faith has been shaken by recent events in the news, why do such awful things happen?
8. Peggy, GA (40:55) - Jesus was supposed to be in the tomb for three days and three nights, but if he was in the tomb from Friday to Sunday that isn’t three days and three nights, can you explain this?
9. John, NJ (45:19) - How can people in heaven be happy if some of their family doesn’t get to heaven with them?
10. Leonard, GA (47:40) - What do you think about the apocrypha? Why doesn’t the church talk about the apocrypha?
11. Briana, NJ (53:11) - How do you keep a right heart when you have to deal with an abuser daily?

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Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Debbie, NY (2:15) - What should I do this voting season?
2. EJ, NJ (8:03) - How do I forgive myself and my husband after he committed adultery? 
3. Anna, Facebook (13:58) - Can you explain John 20:30?
4. Malachi, MA (15:55) - How do I handle depression? What is a Biblical response to depression?
5. Silvana, FL (22:29) - Why did Satan fight for Moses’s bones? Does this have anything to do with the two witnesses in Revelation?
6. Valerie, NY (25:13) - Is there a spiritual meaning to the number 111?
7. Wendy, email (27:43) - What happened to the demons that Jesus cast into the herd of pigs?
8. Dave, OH (33:37) - Why don’t the Jewish people have sacrifices anymore? What do they do about sin? When they build the new temple will they still have the Levitical priesthood?
9. Arnold, MA (37:06) - I’m a Messianic Jew, will I see my parents in heaven?
10. Carlos, NJ (41:02) - Is there any relation between Satan’s title as the “prince of the air” and Jesus coming back to meet us in the air? Will there be a battle in the air when Jesus returns?
11. Christian, Facebook (45:34) - What are your thoughts on someone losing their salvation?
12. Ruben, YouTube (47:42) - What are the dynamics of fighting sin? How much of it is will power, and how much is from the Holy Spirit?
13. Anthony, NJ (50:35) - Did the Israelites that died in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land go to heaven?
14. Daniel, Facebook (55:19) - How does one examine themselves to see they are in the faith?

Questions? 888-712-7434 [email protected]

Pastor Robert Baltodano and Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Question Timestamps:

1. Edison, NJ (2:31) - Based on Exodus 8, should we keep the Sabbath holy?
2. Mary Jo, NJ (6:35) - Does God only forgive us if we repent? Why should we forgive others that don’t repent?
3. Rocio, Facebook (15:40) - Can you explain why this eclipse is not a prophetic sign?
4. Anne, NJ (18:18) - I was told that Jesus was stripped naked at the cross, is this true?
5. Mark, IL (19:46) - Some pastors say that immediately after the rapture there will be the biggest revival in history, is that true?
6. Beverly, NY (24:13) - Should we be carrying out the Old Testament feasts and sacrifices?
7. Susan, UT (27:43) - Was Elijah John the Baptist based on Matthew 17?
8. Veronica, HI (33:36) - Why do we pray to Jesus when the Father is greater than he, as stated in John 14:28? What is the Battle of Armageddon and when is it supposed to happen?
9. John, NJ (40:34) - Is loyalty to God more important than how good you are?
10. Anonymous, caller (43:07) - Can a Christian sue a non-Christian in certain situations?
11. Stacy, Greece (45:33) - Who were the earliest church fathers that believed in a pre-millennial, pre-tribulation rapture?
12. Email (49:03) - When Jesus died and the world turned dark, was that an eclipse? Was the date April 8th?
13. Rocio, Facebook (52:01) - What do you say to the people who say the Battle of Armageddon is not a literal battle?
14. John, NY (54:02) - Why do people blame the death of Jesus on the people involved when Jesus came to Earth to do just that?

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