About this episode

In this Mailbag Friday episode, Todd Friel answers listener questions on various topics including deaconesses, church practices, and the interaction between the living and the dead.

It’s Mailbag Friday! You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. Segment 1 • When preaching expositionally, Is it normal for a pastor to spend 5 years in a book (John) and only get to chapter 11? - Luke Segment 2 • What are your thoughts on American flags in a church sanctuary? - Peter • Our church has two deaconesses. One is over the children's ministry, which includes the nursery, and the other is over the women's ministry. Is this biblical? - Karen • When I'm staying in a hotel, and I find a Book of Mormon in the bedside drawer, would it be wrong for me to take it with me to throw away? - Josh • Are dead people able to interact with the living? - Cary Segment 3 • Recently, I went through the Christian music I listen to and, in digging deeper, found a shocking number of them were actually from a Mormon background! The songs sound like normal Christian lyrics to me… Is there anything I should be looking out for? Or should I not be listening to them at all? - Joyce • I was baptized in a solid Baptist church at 19 after growing up in a Christian home and making a conscious choice of obedience. A year later, I made the emotional decision to get back with my non-Christian boyfriend…

People in this episode

Host: Todd Friel

Topics covered

• deaconesses
• Christian music
• baptism
• American flags in church
• interaction with the dead
• expository preaching
• faith and obedience

Keywords

• Mailbag Friday
• deaconesses
• Christian music
• baptism
• American flags
• expository preaching
• faith

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