Steve Husting was interviewed on KWVE Christian Radio!

Posted on September 1, 2026 by Steve Husting

Do not miss this episode as Steve Husting opens up about his 40-year journey of hearing God’s voice. He shares personal stories of overcoming hearing disabilities and insights into his personal walk with God.

If you have ever asked, “why aren’t I healed”?—tune in to hear God’s heart-warming response to Steve. Have you ever bravely asked God, “Is there anything more you want me to give up?” Steve talks about specific, yet unexpected items the Lord told him to get rid of.

Don’t miss this fun, intense and heartfelt 26-minute conversation.

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Does “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness” (Mt 6:33) mean to pray first and foremost?

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Steve Husting

Matthew 6:33 is a conclusion drawn from the previous teachings in the chapter. Earlier in 6:25 Jesus said, “Therefore I say to you do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than clothing?” This leads the train of thought expressed in 6:26-31 that God’s family is well cared for by the Father, and when we don’t acknowledge this, then we worry about our earthly needs. Since these needs are the Father’s responsibility, we can be free of the burden of anxiety of getting them and instead focus on what’s spiritually important.

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What is meant by the “perfect work” of patience in James 1:4?

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Steve Husting

God’s work does not happen over a day or a week. He works in our lives over a lifetime. Unfortunately, according to the Parable of the Soils in Matthew 13, many will fall away too early and not bring forth fruit to perfection. Only the fourth soil does that, and it requires patience.

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What did Jesus mean by “be perfect” in the Sermon on the Mount?

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Steve Husting

In Matthew 5:48, the word “perfect” is teleios, and the Vines Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words defines it as “signifies having reached its end (telos), finished, complete, perfect.” For its use in this verse: “complete, conveying the idea of goodness without necessary reference to maturity…”

To get a fuller sense of Matt. 5:48, we must read the entire Sermon on the Mount (chapters 5-7), of which this verse is a part. But the gist of the matter is that the perfection God desires of us is to have a heart inclined toward God in surrender and humility, and toward people as a sympathetic helper, as one who shares in their frail humanity (that is, does not think himself as superior to others).

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Am I to always forgive people’s slights against me?

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Steve Husting

This mindset of the spiritually minded Christian is a humble mind that acknowledges that they have sinned much and have been forgiven much. They know the grace and mercy of God and can show it to others. If someone is too angry to show mercy, then the Spirit has more work to do on that person’s heart. Still, there’s another way to see this.

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What is the reason for John being in exile?

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Steve Husting

John wrote the book of Revelation. He wrote of himself, “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ” (Revelation 1:9).

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I have trouble praying because of my guilt and shame.

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Steve Husting

That’s because your mind and heart have not yet caught up the glory of the gospel that saves you. Your feelings have not caught up with the glorious truth. Here is what happened on the cross when Jesus died for you in love.

A holy God had wrath on us because of our sins. He poured out every last drop of that wrath that mankind deserves onto His Son, who bore it for you. His wrath has been spent on the Son and there is none left for you. Read Rom. 8:1.

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When does the Separation between the Sheep and the Goats in Matthew 25 occur?

Posted on July 24, 2026 by Steve Husting

There are several interpretations. This is my understanding. Matthew 25 follows 24 in logical sequence. At the end of Matt. 24, when Jesus talks about the events of the last days before His coming, He tells them to be ready. The end of chapter 24 gives an example of being ready and not being ready. This idea of readiness permeates the next sections of Matt. 25.

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Do the 10 Commandments still have the same meaning in the New Testament as they did in the Old Testament?

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Steve Husting

There are two approaches to answering this question. First, the books of Galatians and Romans affirm that God had always granted righteousness by faith and not by the deeds of the law. Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11 both quote the Old Testament (Habakkuk 2:4), which tells us that the “just shall live by faith.” Both Romans and Galatians are all about righteousness by faith apart from following Moses’ laws. We are saved by faith, not by laws.

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What is the reason for John being in exile?

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Steve Husting

John wrote the book of Revelation. He wrote of himself, “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ” (Revelation 1:9).

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How can every eye see Jesus at His coming if the Earth is a sphere?

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Steve Husting

The “every eye will see him” phrase is found in this part of the Bible:

Revelation 1:7
Behold, he [Jesus] is coming with the clouds, and ‘every eye will see him,’ even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

The reason why everyone around the world will see Him is found here:

Matthew 24:29-30
Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Observation #1: Note that the entire sky around the world will be dark.

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How do I find purpose in my sufferings?

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Steve Husting

We suffer for many reasons. I suppose you are suffering because of physical or mental ailments. But there are worthy ways we can suffer:

How much do you love your neighbor as yourself? Learning this will require we suffer by forgetting about ourselves and thinking of others.

How thankful are you? We will suffer as we learn to see the way the Lord does, and learn a new way of speaking that includes words of thanksgiving more often.

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I’ve read a lot and learned a lot, but I don’t see much change in my life. Why not?

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Steve Husting

The New Testament book of Hebrews addresses this problem. Paul wanted to teach them some hard truths, but they were still too spiritually immature to receive them. Verses 13-14 get to the heart of the matter: “For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

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Why do some Christians believe that when something bad happens, it’s the devil’s fault?

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Steve Husting

When something bad happens, whose fault is it? It depends, of course.

When Paul was preaching the gospel in several places, he was attacked by the nearby population for his message. Whose fault was it? The attackers’ fault (Acts 16:16-24).

When Jesus was betrayed by Judas, whose fault was it? Judas, though he was influenced by Satan (Luke 22:3; John 13:2).

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Does Satan know the future?

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Steve Husting

Yes, all the demons know, in the same sense as an informed reader of the Bible knows. They don’t know in the same way God knows: with perfect understanding and infallible sight.

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Why did Israel forget the Lord and serve other gods?

Posted on May 29, 2026 by Steve Husting

God told Joshua to meditate on the Book of the law of Moses day and night (Joshua 1:8). The rest of the population did not do this. Most people in church probably don’t read the Bible.

Instead of paying attention to the Book of the law, “everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). In the same way, many people in church prefer to figure things out on their own or follow the crowd rather than read the Bible.

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Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?

Posted on May 22, 2026 by Steve Husting

Sometimes Jesus’ actions seem pointless but actually have a spiritual meaning behind them. Over and over, Jesus speaks against the empty religious outlook of the people, that their religion does not serve any purpose, and the Pharisees are upset hear Him talking like this.

Jesus and the fig tree: The Old Testament speaks of Israel when likening it to a fig tree. Jesus may be using the fig tree as a picture of Israel, that He came down hoping to find the fruit of faith and godliness among the Jews, but did not find any. You may remember His amazement at the Gentile Centurion soldier who had more faith than any Jew that He had come across. The Jews were clueless as to Jesus’ identity, even though He was fulfilling the OT Scriptures again and again before their eyes. Jesus cursing the fig tree was a picture of what was about to happen, that unbelieving Israel will receive judgment soon (in AD 70) for their lack of faith.

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Does our disagreement with God’s laws prove that our conscience, judgement, and moral intuition are not reliable?

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Steve Husting

The short answer is yes. Here’s why.

The Bible tells us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). This sin has affected (corrupted) all of our body’s and soul’s faculties. For instance, “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” (Jer. 16:9). “Who can know it?” means that the deceit is so great that it is hidden from us. For instance, we may do a very good deed, but don’t realize that we are doing it to gain attention.

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Can the dead can hear us?

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Steve Husting

One passage that appears that a dead man is talking to the living is in the story of Saul at En-Dor (1 Samuel 28:8-19). Is Samuel really talking to Saul, or is the witch using suggestive language and mimicking to make it appear Samuel is speaking? Probably the latter. Or worse, a deceptive demon is speaking. There are several examples in the gospels and Acts of demons speaking through the bodies they inhabit.

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Who are the people to which Jesus is saying “I never knew you” in Matthew 7:23?

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Steve Husting

Matthew chapters 5–7 are a unit; they are treated as one long speech called the Sermon on the Mount. I believe the end of the speech is a unit consisting of 7:13-29. We’ll understand the question after we consider the flow of the chapter, and thus the flow of thought and how the 7:23 quote above fits in.

After everything Jesus said in His Sermon on the Mount, He urges His hearers to enter the kingdom of heaven (the subject of the Sermon and of the gospel of Matthew) through the narrow way that is hard (vv. 13-14) and not the broad way that is popular. Then He tells them to beware of false prophets, which can be known by their fruit, whether of good or bad fruit (vv. 15-20). Then He tells them, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (vv. 21-23).

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Is sickness caused by the sins we have committed?

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Steve Husting

We become sick of many reasons, not for just one reason. The medical journals are full of examples. But can a spiritual issue make us sick? Let’s look at Scripture.

“No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities” (1 Timothy 5:23). In this case, local water seemed to be the issue, so Timothy was encouraged to drink wine instead. Sin had nothing to do with it.

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Are the people in Hell hating God?

Posted on April 24, 2026 by Steve Husting

I think the answer to this question is found in Romans  3:19, “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”

Those who are in Hell are not angry with God. Why not? Because they know the crush of their guilt. The weight of their conscience bears them down. If you look at Isaiah 6, where Isaiah gets his commission as a prophet, he sees the holiness of the Lord and collapses in fear and shame because he sees himself a vile person in comparison. 

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Whose fault is it when things go wrong? God or Satan?

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Steve Husting

It depends, of course.

When Paul was preaching the gospel in several places, he was attacked by the nearby population for his message. Whose fault was it? The attackers’ fault. (Acts 16:16-24).

When Jesus was betrayed by Judas, whose fault was it? Judas, though he was influenced by Satan (Luke 22:3; John 13:2).

When people raided Job’s house and took his stuff, whose fault was it? The raiders, though they were influenced by Satan. (Read Job 1-2.)

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Are there parts of the Bible only believers will understand?

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Steve Husting

Many people can read the Bible and get a surface or superficial understanding of the text. But the true knowledge of the text comes to the believer who confesses Jesus as Lord, receives the Holy Spirit, and lives as though Jesus was in charge of his life. See 1 Corinthians 2:6-16.

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Why do other religions also find peace after praying if there is only one true God?

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Steve Husting

Because they really believe that their faith will give them peace.

Jesus offers peace, too–to His followers. But it isn’t the peace the world gives, like the other world religions. His peace is from a relationship with Him who died for them and rose again. It’s a peace with sins forgiven. A peace of no condemnation. A peace that comes from trusting the God who cannot lie, and who keeps His promises. Where no matter what happens, the Creator of all things is with you and has your back. You can trust in His grace. He will lift you up. This peace comes from reading the Bible and knowing who you are praying to. Over time, the relationship gets stronger and the peace deeper.

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What was wrong with the Jewish leaders in their role in Jesus’ crucifixion?

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Steve Husting

The leaders did not adhere to God’s law in the manner of sentencing Jesus to death: the trial was held at night; the witness’ stories did not corroborate so it should have been halted right there; the top official challenged Jesus Himself, which was illegal; and they abused Him during the trial. The charge they brought before Pilate was not the charge they brought against Him to bring Him to trial.

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Why were the Israelites defeated by the Philistines and the ark taken away from them?

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Steve Husting

After Joshua and Caleb passed away, Israel passed away from God. After much of the promised land was conquered through the leading of Joshua and Caleb, the Israelites failed to trust God’s promises to give it to them if they continued fighting. Instead, they settled down. Judges 21:25 gives us the reason for their wayward heart: “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” They did not do what was right in God’s eyes, as taught through the example of Joshua and the words of Moses.

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Why did God command the city of Jericho and everything in it to be killed and destroyed?

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Steve Husting

God brought the Israelites into Canaan to drive out the inhabitants of the land (Numbers 33:52). In Deuteronomy 7:1-11, we learn that the Jews were God’s chosen people, and they were not to mix with the inhabitants lest they stray from God.

There is nothing special about the people of Jericho being destroyed more than all the other Canaanites. God repeatedly told Joshua, who led the people against the Canaanite cities, to thoroughly kill all who were alive, to completely eradicate the cultures there (Joshua 10:39). Archaeological digs in Israel for the Canaanite period has reveal extremely repulsive practices by the inhabitants, and many carved idols everywhere. They were to be destroyed lest the inhabitants turn the Jews to their practices and turn them away from God.

Our own culture has been doing this to God’s people, hasn’t it?

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Bible Study Methods—5 W’s

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Steve Husting

This Bible study method is ideal for narrative (or story) segments, such as the history portions of the Old Testament, the gospels, and Acts. It is centered on the story, which may be a whole chapter in the Old Testament stories, or smaller segments in the gospels and Acts. You would read the story, then ask the five “W” questions: who, what, where, when, and why.

This practice helps gather details of the story passage so it becomes more memorable than a quick read could give you. You’ll discover hidden details you would normally miss with a casual reading. Let’s see how these words can help you get more meaning out of the Bible passage.

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What does it mean by giving up all for the sake of Christ?

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Steve Husting

There are different ways to explain this.

  1. Jesus said (Matthew 22:34-40) that the laws of Moses are summed up as to love the Lord with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. It will take time to be brought to that place because we have learned to love other things or hold onto cultural traditions, or learned biases, that prevent us from loving God as we ought to. So giving up all for the sake of Christ will mean giving up whatever keeps us from loving God supremely.
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