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Full Question: What does the Bible say about death and dying, and how it applies Do Not Resuscitate orders? I am an ICU nurse and I deal with death on a regular basis, and lately I've been having conversations with God about it and wanted to see your thoughts. 

I was thinking and praying about families who hold on to their loved ones with very poor prognosis and they want aggressive treatment, and how it's almost "un-Christian" to be a DNR, akin to even murder. 

I was talking to God and I thought about how in the Bible, it talks a lot about dying and how it can happen at any moment, and that it is finishing the race, fighting the good fight, and not to cling to our life on this earth. But it’s really heartbreaking for me to see families that profess the faith and go through this dilemma and I wanted some more Godly insight on the subject.

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Bible.org

Bio Basics: Suicide and Euthenasia

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Full Question: I have been attending a church with my family for several years now, and they teach that you are not truly saved unless you have been baptized by the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. I was raised in church, and have been a member of multiple denominations and hadn’t heard this before. I don’t doubt my own salvation having the foundation I have, but I do struggle with inviting unbelieving friends to church when I disagree with this belief, and my family doesn’t understand why. 

I attend my church out of respect and obligation to my family, and because we do have friends we adore there, and I drink up all of your sermons, teachings, and series, and am also enjoying Warren Weirsbe’s books of the Bible series, but am also wondering if that’s enough or if I should consider finding a church home elsewhere.

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Michael Easley inContext Youtube

Books of The Bible Commentaries by Warren Wiersbe

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Full Q: How did we come by 66 books instead of 73? I know you said it is written through man by God so why do we not follow and read all 73 books? Love your podcasts, all 3 of them. They have helped me learn and come closer to God. They have also helped me figure out what I like to hear in a church.

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Michael Easley inContext Youtube

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Full Question: Is God’s presence in hell? Revelation 20:10 says, “and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” Who torments the devil and the beasts forever?… God? I would love to be enlightened but I always thought hell was the total absence of God. 

Links Mentioned:

Revelation of Jesus Christ by John Walvoord 

Tom Constable’s Notes

Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem

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Full question: We tend to evangelize only to those who don't know Jesus at all. I think I am just curious how important it is to evangelize to Catholics, or those who aren't exactly believing everything theologically "correct". I understand Mormons believe very different things about God and Jesus and can see why we would need to spread the gospel to them. But what about people who are believing Mary was sinless or that we have to work for our faith? How do we go about this?

Reasoning From The Scriptures With The Catholics by Ron Rhodes

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Full Question: I wanted to see what you thought about the perpetual virginity and sinlessness of Mary. I grew up never having talked about this but a friend of mine has been explaining this church doctrine to me. In my research, I found that apostles and church leaders, including ones that evangelicals look up to like Martin Luther and Zwingili, believed and didn’t question this doctrine. I’m torn on the issue but want to know your thoughts and the implications of believing or not this doctrine and whether it is sound theology.

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Full Q: How do you know Christ is in you? I look back on my words and don't see a very nice person. I have asked Him to change me, and I keep repeating the same things.

Links Mentioned:

The Testimony of The Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf

Keep in Step With The Spirit by J. I. Packer 

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Full question: I’m curious about Exodus 7:10-11, and really this whole part of the Exodus story, where pharaoh’s magicians were repeatedly able to duplicate the miracles Moses and Aaron performed. How were they able to do this, and does this mean that there’s more to the idea of magic than we think?

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Full Question: Is there any Biblical support that there will be chips and queso in heaven? I’ve heard some say the streets of gold might actually be cheese. Do you think there is any validity here?

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Full Question: My Fiancé and I are getting married in December and are moving to Bowling Green, Kentucky. We’ve both gone to the same church our entire lives and will be starting the process of looking for a church home. I just wanted to ask you for some guidance in how to find the right church and how to separate necessities (non-negotiables) from preference? As well as overcoming pride and the expectations of what we’ve already experienced in a church our whole lives and being disappointed when a church isn’t exactly that?

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