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Dr. Michael Easley answers your biblical and theological questions each week. Call or text us at 615-281-9694 or email us at question@michaelincontext.com with your question.

Latest Episodes:

How Do I Know if I Am Actually Growing? Oct 06, 2022

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Q: How Do I Know if I Am Actually Growing?

Resources Mentioned:

The Handbook To Prayer By Ken Boa

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What does it mean to "lift up your horn"? Sep 29, 2022

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What does it mean to “lift up your horn” like in 1 Samuel 2:1a: “Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is lifted up by the Lord.”?

Resources mentioned are all in our Show Notes.

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Can Women Be Deacons? Sep 22, 2022

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Q: After listening to your episode on women in pastoral leadership (which I completely agreed with), I was wondering if you could answer another question from the same passage…

Scripture seems a little unclear on the service position of a deacon, at least compared to the office of an overseer/elder. So, were deacons an actual “office" in the first church, or were they simply servants/volunteers as the word denotes? Does verse 11 actually mean “women“ instead of “their wives“? If it does mean “their wives," why would elders’ wives not have any parameters also?

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Will I Get My Dream Home in Heaven? Sep 15, 2022

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Q: I have a question about Heaven. I have a desire to have a home near water. It doesn’t matter if it is an ocean, river, or mountain lake. I would also like it to be big enough to host people for dinner or as a retreat. My dad had a desire to have a big home where the whole family could gather and we would have plenty of room for everyone. He went to Heaven before he was able to have that house.

My question is do you think our home in heaven will be our dream home? I know we’ll be completely satisfied with Jesus, but I just wonder if our longings on earth will be fulfilled in Heaven.

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Other reasoning aside, should Christian parents have their sons circumcised for theological reasons? Sep 07, 2022

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Today's question is a follow-up to our recent episode about infant baptism. Based on comments Hanna and Michael both made during that episode, the question:

Health, cultural or traditional reasons aside, should Christian parents have their sons circumcised for religious or theological reasons?

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Does the "good Shepherd" who goes after lost sheep refer to unbelievers or believers who have strayed? Sep 01, 2022

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Q: Regarding the "lost sheep" and our Good Shepherd Who goes after even one: is that referring to unbelievers, or to someone who has strayed from the flock, and do they both "know His voice"?

A great question! Do you have a biblical or theological question?

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Why are Censuses usually considered sin in the Old Testament? Aug 25, 2022

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Q: Why are censuses usually considered a sin in the OT? For example, 2 Samuel 24:9-10 says,

“Joab gave the king the total of the registration of the troops. There were eight hundred thousand valiant armed men from Israel and five hundred thousand men from Judah. David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, 'I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away your servant’s guilt.'"

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What's the context of Jesus' statement in Matthew 16:28? Aug 18, 2022

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“Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” Matthew 16:28

This week's question:

Can you please put into context the meaning of Jesus’s comment found in Matthew 16:28:

“Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

This is also found in Luke 9:27 and Mark 9:1, so must have been pretty significant to those that heard it.

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Wait a Minute, Was John the Baptist Elijah? Aug 11, 2022

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"And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come." Matthew 11:14

Q: Wait a minute, was John the Baptist Elijah?

A question more than a few careful students of scripture have pondered. Hear Dr. E's answer in this episode.

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Why did God create people who would reject Him? Aug 04, 2022

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Q: Why did God create people who would reject Him?

A complicated question with an answer that's perhaps simpler than you'd think.

"If we say that God created man to destroy him, we make God capricious and malevolent. If we say man has complete free will, we brush up against the doctrine of election/predestination..."

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