Full Q: I’d like to visit a denominational church such as a PCA church or an Anglican Church - both Protestant churches. We go to a bible teaching church right now but for some reason I’m concerned about non-denominational churches not having oversight or connected to a larger church body for direction. I understand having elders but just feel having a mothership if you will church with layers may be better. If we go to a bible teaching church now, perhaps I should be grateful even with my doubts of non-denominational?

Further to my question about possibly leaving a non-denominational church (albeit scripture taught) and looking at a conservative Protestant church like the PCA or Anglican think institutional unity is important. Ultimately my unity lies in Jesus and his followers as a whole but is there something important scripturally about having an earthly unified church. Is there something scripturally important or pointed about being with believers in a unified earthly church setting? On one hand every few years there occurs a split and is self perpetuating when they don't agree then just split even though they yearn for unity.

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Full Question: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” What is the will of God??

Links Mentioned:

Decision Making and The Will of God by Garry Friesen

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Full Q: Hi Dr. E, you recently described reformed theology and I found that incredibly helpful! Can you talk about a biblical hermeneutic and some ways it might be at odds with dispensational theology?

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Full Q: If Someone Goes to Hell, Are They Still Made in The Image of God? Dr. Michael Easley explains the image of God.

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Full Question: What did Ananias and his wife Sapphira do in Acts 5:3-4 that would cause God to take their lives so quickly? I have always considered this to be blaspheming. Am I wrong? It couldn't be because they lied; I know we would all be dead. The Holy Spirit had led them to sell their property so that it could be shared by all and out of greed (representative of the acts of sin through Satan) they thought they knew better than God of where that money should be allocated. I believe they promised the whole amount to share among all and then reneged on that promise. Matthew 5:33-36 It is better not to promise anything and then if the spirit leads then to share or as Christ put it not letting your left hand know what your right hand is doing (not giving Satan a foothold into the decision) Matthew 6:3-4.

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Full Question: I follow most of your podcasts and have listened to almost all of your "Michael Easley Sermons". Somewhere along the way I heard you say you were more of a "5 Point Spurgeon than a Calvinist". Can you please possibly explain further on this statement? I believe I am a "5 pointer" but I am unsure exactly if Spurgeon believed along those lines as well or if he had a slightly different view.

Links Mentioned:

Michael Easley Sermons Podcast 

The Extent of the Atonement: Limited Atonement Versus Unlimited Atonement (Part One)

The Extent of the Atonement: Limited Atonement Versus Unlimited Atonement (Part Two)

Pocket Dictionary of The Reformed Tradition by Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt

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Full Q: I just learned that my little velty has a tumor in his bladder and I think I know what that means. I call him a velcro doggie. He's been my constant companion for 10 years and helped me through some really rough times including when my husband passed away 4 years ago. He's very bright and he follows me everywhere. Sometimes I look at him and I wonder if I could be as devoted as my doggy is to me. If I could be that devoted to God, I would be a better person. Anyway, some of my friends say we won't see our pets in heaven and some say we will. All I know is there's a phrase about the lion will lay down with the lamb, but I'm wondering what your thoughts are on this. It kind of gives me comfort to think that I'll see my Riley again in heaven, but I'm not sure that's right. 

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Full Q: A good friend of mine is wrestling with whether to close his business or not. He wants clarity from the Lord on what direction he should go but feels like he is getting silence. The topic came up in our discussion of "laying out a fleece" before the Lord as Gideon did in the book of Judges. We were both stumped, though, and also feeling like that was putting God to the test which we are warned not to do in Exodus 17 when the Israelites tested God at Massah. I tried reading both of these passages in context but still was met with some confusion.

Is it wrong to "lay out a fleece" or is testing God something completely different? God did honor Gideon's request after all. Also, if we feel like we're hearing silence from the Lord in a major life decision, what are we missing and what might be the next step in seeking His help? Thanks for your wisdom on this one.

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Full Question: Do you think there is anything more to the passage, Joshua 10:12-15? The NASB says “the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies… the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.” I’ve heard everything from this being a solar eclipse to scientists at NASA discovering a “lost day”.  Appreciate your thoughts!

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Bible.org

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Full Q: What does it mean to “take up your cross” as a person in Franklin, TN? In other words, a person who is relatively speaking “well off”, doesn’t experience persecution, etc? Perhaps a seemingly unrelated follow up– does this life somehow prepare us or allow us to practice for the next?

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