Ask Dr. E

Full Q: To expand on the question “Can our loved ones see us from heaven” will we see our loved ones when we get to heaven? Will the relationships still be the same? Will we remember our lives on earth with each other? Will we still love them or will all our love be redirected to only Christ?

I have breast cancer and my grandmother died of breast cancer when I was two. I have no memory of her but I know she was a Christian. I really want to meet her and find out what her life was like. From your answer to the other question she probably has no idea what my life has been like since we can’t see down from heaven. But does the light dim so much she won’t know who I am?

Links Mentioned:

Can Our Loved Ones See us From Heaven?

Heaven by Randy Alcorn

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Full Q: Why does Jesus tell the man to do something (wash the mud off his eyes) when in other places like Matthew 9:30, He just heals people without them doing anything? 

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Q: My husband and I were driving and passed by a church where the sign said the church was led by "Apostle So-and-so." It made us wonder, are there still apostles today?

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Q: When we are faced with decisions and seeking the Lord through prayer and His word, how often should something be prayed about? 

Resources Mentioned:

Barbara Brand inContext episode 

Cindy Easley inContext episode

Robert Morgan inContext episode 

Kenneth Boa - Handbook to Prayer

Kenneth Boa inContext episode 

Arthur G. Bennett - The Valley of Vision

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 I have a question specifically about the verse Proverbs 13:22 which reads a good man leaves his inheritance for his children’s children. This verse is haunting to us as we are in the middle of restructuring our living will here in Tennessee and our grown son is not wise with money and has no wherewithal or interest. Basically, we are leaving our legacy to the church. How do we grapple with this verse? Our son is not married and has no inclination toward getting married anytime soon with the way his lifestyle is. Help!

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Question: I’ve always been fascinated with biblical archaeology. Is it a waste of time to speculate over such things?

Resources Mentioned

J. Randall Price and H. Wayne House - Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology

The Bible and Spade Magazine

Biblical Archaeologist

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Q: If Satan was cast out of Heaven, can we (being believers after death and during our eternal lives in heaven) also be cast out of Heaven? If we struggle with pride, selfishness, and greed now, what’s to say we are or aren’t going to be capable of falling like Satan?

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Q: Could you explain the concept of "testing God with your offerings"? Does God "return favors" to us? Where is the line with the prosperity gospel in regards to offerings?

Resources Mentioned:

Joyce Baldwin- Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

Lewis Sperry Chafer- Systematic Theology

Craig A. Blaising, “Malachi,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

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I’ve often heard churches and pastors tell believers that the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) is binding on all believers. It is often the explicit or functional mission statement of churches. That all seems good. But I have wondered…

If this is the case, why is it so difficult to find any Epistles clearly repeating this command or commanding Christians to evangelize and baptize disciples directly?

We see passages like 1 Peter 3:15 calling for a life of faithfulness that provokes outsiders - and to be prepared to defend our hope. But in my reading, it is difficult to find one verse from Paul or Peter compelling people to evangelize to make disciples actively. Instead, most of what I read focuses the believers on loving one another and living and suffering well in the world.

Maybe I’m missing something, but I’ve wondered if the Great Commission is incumbent upon all believers in every local church - why didn’t Paul and the other writers clearly command us?

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Q: I don’t see anywhere in the Bible where after the description of Jesus sharing bread and wine during the Passover meals that it says that this should become a ritual… As in something that you do in church or at a gathering. I’ve often wondered why we don’t just do this at home every day. It’s like when we break bread at suppertime and have our drink why don’t we just say it and remember that Christ died for us broke his body and shed his blood for us. Does it have to be something that we do in church? When did communion and church become a thing? And how do the Scriptures support what we do? 

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