Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Do people really have a choice if only the elect can believe Does Matthew mean that God guides our conversation when we gather Am I truly saved if I'm not leading people to Christ What does once saved always saved really mean and is it true Today's Offer FEARFULLY MADE Want to partner with us in our work here at Core Christianity Consider becoming a member of the Inner Core View our latest special offers here or call - -THE-CORE - - to request them by phone [... more]

During the days of the COVID- pandemic Dave and Carla spent months looking for a church home Following health guidelines which limited various in-person experiences made it even more difficult They longed for connection to a body of believers ldquo It rsquo s a hard time to find a church rdquo Carla emailed me Within me rose a realization from my own longing to be reunited with my church family ldquo It rsquo s a hard time to be the church rdquo I responded In that season our church had ldquo pivoted rdquo offering food in surrounding neighborhoods creating online [... more]

One day a sixth-grade student noticed a classmate cutting his arm with a small razor Trying to do the right thing she took it from him and threw it away Surprisingly instead of being commended for her act she received a ten-day school suspension Why She briefly had the razor in her possession mdash something not allowed at school Asked if she would do it again she replied ldquo Even if I got in trouble I would do it again rdquo Just as this girl rsquo s act of trying to do good got her into trouble at her school [... more]

You wouldn rsquo t think anyone would be excited about going to a place called Dismals Canyon to watch gnats Yet this forest in northwestern Alabama attracts a number of tourists each year many in May and June when the gnat larvae hatch and become glowworms At night these glowworms cast a brilliant blue luminescence and thousands of them together create a breathtaking light In a way the apostle Paul writes about believers in Christ as glowworms He explains that ldquo you were once darkness but now you are light in the Lord rdquo Ephesians But sometimes we wonder how [... more]

I received a phone call from an unknown number Often I let those calls go to voicemail but this time I picked up The random caller asked politely if I had just a minute for him to share a short Bible passage He quoted Revelation ndash about how God ldquo will wipe every tear from their eyes rdquo He talked about Jesus how he was our assurance and hope I told him I already know Jesus as my personal Savior But the caller wasn rsquo t aiming to ldquo witness rdquo to me Instead he simply asked if he could [... more]

Ever had a close encounter with a rattlesnake If so you might have noticed that the sound of the rattle seemed to get more intense as you moved nearer to the viper Research reported in in Current Biology reveals that the venomous reptiles do increase their rattling rate when they think a threat is approaching This ldquo high-frequency mode rdquo can cause us to think they rsquo re closer than they are As one researcher put it ldquo The misinterpretation of distance by the listener creates a distance safety margin rdquo People can sometimes use increasing volume with harsh words [... more]

When I was ten I brought home a tape from a friend at youth group that contained the music of a contemporary Christian band My dad who had been raised in a Hindu home but had received salvation in Jesus didn rsquo t approve He only wanted worship music played in our home I explained it was a Christian band but that didn rsquo t change his mind After a while he suggested that I listen to the songs for a week and then decide if they brought me closer to God or pushed me further away from Him There [... more]

When the roof of Paris rsquo Notre-Dame Cathedral caught fire in April its ancient wood beams and lead sheeting created a furnace so hot it couldn rsquo t be contained After the cathedral rsquo s spire dramatically fell attention turned to its bell towers If the giant steel bells rsquo wooden frames also burned their collapse would bring both towers down leaving the cathedral in ruins Pulling his firefighters back for safety General Gallet commander of Paris rsquo Fire Department pondered what to do next A firefighter named Remi nervously approached ldquo Respectfully General rdquo he said ldquo I propose [... more]

Life is full of peaks and valleys At times it feels like you don t know where you ll go In the message quot Safe and Sound quot from the series Playlist Skip shares how God guides you and how you can find security in Him This teaching is from the series Pastor Skip's Top Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]

Pastor J D lovingly shows us that what we need is a relationship with a constant guide who at every point can provide the next piece [... more]

Pastor J D explains that if we offer our desperation to God in prayer we will find him eager to listen eager to forgive eager to heal eager to step in and help [... more]

Clifford Williams was sentenced to die for a murder he didn rsquo t commit From death row he vainly filed motions to reconsider the evidence against him Each petition was denied mdash for forty-two years Then attorney Shelley Thibodeau learned of his case She found that not only was there no evidence to convict Williams but that another man had confessed to the crime At the age of seventy-six Williams was finally exonerated and released nbsp The prophets Jeremiah and Uriah were also in deep trouble They had told Judah that God promised to judge His people if they didn [... more]

Life is full of peaks and valleys calm streams and roaring rapids At times it feels like you don t know where to go In the message quot Safe and Sound quot Skip shares how God guides protects and provides for you and how you can find security in Him This teaching is from the series Playlist Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]