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Q: I’m stuck in Leviticus chapters 10 and 11: what should my takeaway be? Resource cited: Holiness to the Lord, Allen Ross. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

What do you think about Jephthah's vow to sacrifice whatever came out of his house in return for his victory in battle that resulted in the sacrificing of his daughter? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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Q: I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE ISRAEL TRIPS. ONE OF MY HESITATIONS IS THAT I FEEL LIKE I’M STILL SO IGNORANT ABOUT THE CONFLICT AND THE SITUATION OVER THERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, SIMPLIFY IT, AND DISCUSS THAT OR SHARE BOOKS YOU’D RECOMMEND BEFORE SOMEONE DOES THAT TRIP. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Jesus says I am with you always. So why, in dire situations, doesn't He show up corporally? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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Q: Jesus forgave two people in the Bible before He went to the Cross – what gave Him the power to forgive sin before He went to the Cross? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Why does God seem so different in the Old Testament compared to the New Testament? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Was God at work throughout history among ancient people groups other than the Israelites? If He was—do their ancient writings line up with ours?

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Q: Can prayer change God's mind or His plans for you? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Will the church be going through the tribulation?Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

What can I do to get the Holy Spirit back? Have I messed up so badly that God won't forgive me? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: What are Dr. Michael Easley's top book recommendations? To see all of Michael's recommendations with links: https://michaelincontext.com/ask-dr-e-episode-10/ Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON CALVINISM? IS THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH BECOMING MORE CALVINIST? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

In the Old Testament, they drew lots to determine God’s will… why don’t we do that now? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: WHAT WAS CHRIST’S PURPOSE IN GOING AND PROCLAIMING TO THE SAINTS IN PRISON? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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Q: How do I get started reading the Bible? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: What is dispensationalism, and is there accuracy to this approach?

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Q: Did God the Father turn His face away from Christ when He was on the cross? I've heard He did this in quoting Psalm 22, to fulfill its prophecies, but I've seen entire theologies built around this "cosmic abandonment" around this idea that Christ was separated from God while He was on the cross, but I don't know where that claim is substantiated in Scripture. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Since I heard you teach on Moody Radio as President of Moody Bible, I have been studying mostly from NASB. I preferred it to all other versions before I heard you, but when I heard your reasons for preferring it over others I was even more convinced it was the best. Even when the ESV seemed to be the “chosen” one by our beloved Dr. Lutzer I stuck with my NASB. The past few weeks I have been studying Romans 7:14 thru chapter 8. I like how the ESV Is written for these verses. Do you still think the NASB is the closest to the original text? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Article: Has Homosexuality Always Been in the Bible A friend sent me this article and I’m VERY interested in Dr. Easley’s thoughts as I am raising my girls and want to educate them appropriately on this topic. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Does the Bible say that to raise my children biblically, under God's design, I have to spank my child?Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: I've been studying the different dispensations for a while and seem to get caught up in Ephesians 1:10 where the KJV renders the word "dispensation" but in the NASB it's "administration." what is the correct rendering in this word and does dispensationalism have a place for study and application here in 2020?

Q: According to an article in Christianity Today, polyamory is the next pastoral sexual frontier. My son and daughter-in-law are polyamorous. They have been married 9 years and have two kids, they each have significant others, and these individuals are part of their family unit. They spend time with the kids and are with the family much of the time, including overnight. My daughter-in-law's parents, like me, have a huge issue with this lifestyle choice. If we host a family event, we do not include the "extras," we've also let them know that we choose not to interface with these individuals at events hosted by others, as we can't see how to do that without condoning or appearing to condone this choice. While both were raised in Christian homes, neither claim belief in God and are both adamantly opposed to religion, specifically Christianity. Dr. Christopher Yuan joins Dr. E to answer this question. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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Q: The Bible talks about having faith when you pray, what if you don't believe God will answer you when you pray?

​​When we are secure [in our salvation], can we walk out of the hand of God volitionally or are we in His hand securely once we belong to Him?

Q: WOULD LOVE YOU TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO DENOUNCE THEIR FAITH AND WALK AWAY LIKE JOSHUA HARRIS AND NOW, SADLY, MARTY SAMPSON. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: Should Christians practice yoga? Yoga's origin in pagan hinduism, yet many Christians practice it everyday. Is yoga a form of pagan worship that should be avoided, or is it personal preference? Is this comparable to Daniel's refusal to be defiled when he avoided the king's meat, is it 'legalism' to denounce yoga? Many churches offers yoga within their walls and this continues to grow. Are we headed down a dangerous path?Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: We mentor and are friends with many young adults that say they abstain from (premarital) sex but will spend the night at each other’s homes or go on vacation together and share a hotel room. I would love to hear a theological point of view of why you should not live with your spouse before marriage, spend the night at each other’s places, and/or share a hotel room while on vacation together if you are abstaining from sexual relations. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: My brother’s attending a church where they are using a Bible called The Mirror Bible. I was just wondering if you had any ideas about this Bible, what you know about it. I have some concerns about it and wondered if you did, or if you’ve looked into that, I’d appreciate your help.

Q: I would think there are certain beliefs you have to have to truly be a genuine believer in Christ. One has come up recently that some of my dear Christian friends seem to be taken with and that is that they don’t believe there is a literal hell. I’m glad to be in Christ and saved from hell and I can’t understand not believing in that, and I think that would change a few things in life – maybe how you look at sin – so I just wanted your thoughts. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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Why does it seem that church leaders are often so silent in regards to abortion laws and pro-life issues?

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Short of heresy, is it ever okay, and if so when, to leave my church and look elsewhere to worship? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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A local pastor named Josh wrote in and shared a man in his community he's been meeting with, who is an atheist. They've been getting coffee and having lots of "lively discussions." This man pointed the pastor to a series of articles he wrote, called "the false prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel." In these writings, he points to some of the more obscure prophecies and posits that history nowhere mentions the fulfillment thereof. He, therefore, comes to the conclusion that all Old Testament prophets are proven false, Jesus is a fraud, and Christianity has been exposed as a sham. Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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Q: My husband and a trusted spiritual advisor had arrived at different view of the trinity - instead of three separate persons as one God, they believed there are three aspects of the one God. I was not taught that growing up and I can't understand how they arrived at this conclusion. My husband died in 2019 and I asked the spiritual advisor, who is a very intelligent man, who Jesus was praying to in the Garden before being crucified and he replied, "Himself." I can't wrap my head around this. Could you explain? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

My question is about hearing from God. It seems to be a trend among popular bible studies and teachers today–hearing from God–quite a bit. Even my Sunday school class at church is doing a video series from a very popular christian author who talked about how God still speaks the same today as He did in the Old Testament through dreams, through burning bushes, etc, and I found that to be unbiblical. My understanding through studying the word is that God spoke in the Old Testament because we didn’t have the scripture yet, the inspired Word of God, and we didn’t have the Holy Spirit yet. And that, yes, today the Holy Spirit can speak to us but our primary means of hearing from God is through His word, the Bible. I just want to make sure I have a correct understanding of that, and I was hoping you could Biblically walk me through that to make sure I understand about “hearing from God.” Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: I recently came across a study called “breaking the bonds of familiar spirits” and I wanted to see what your knowledge is on this. It seems a lot of scripture that I’ve found speaks about sorcery, divination, etc. or people talking about experiences where there could be curses in their family or generational addictions, a few different things there, at first I hadn’t heard this term before so I wanted to figure out what scripture actually says about this? Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: How do Ephesians 2:8-9 and 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 go together? This states that our works will be revealed when we stand before the judgment seat - specifically what we have done in the body whether good or evil. Are we to "receive what is due"? That's a daunting thought.As believers, if our sins are as far as the east is from the west, is it only our good works that will be revealed at the judgment seat? How can the peace of God guard our hearts and minds in Christ when we know that the judgment seat is coming and still live in the Romans 7 tension of knowing what we ought to do but being unable to do so?Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

Q: How do you reconcile Luke 6:29 and have healthy boundaries with those who use you for their own personal gain and hurt you because they just can? How do you reconcile obeying God in denying oneself and taking up your cross daily, and protecting oneself from those who use this passage of scripture against you; once again for personal gain? "Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either." Luke 6:29 Call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at [email protected].

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