Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com What's the main difference between protestants and Roman Catholics Is it wrong to workout on Sundays How can I know if I am called to pastoral ministry What's the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation Are there certain sins that can make me lose my salvation 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]

What influences tend to weaken the local church How can our own consciences become tender again if they have grown hardened by sin Today the Ligonier Teaching Fellows answer questions related to standing firm in the faith Get R C Sproul's book 'Everyone's a Theologian' for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org everyones-a-theologian Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

GUEST JOEL BEEKE host PURITAN documentaryIn years of church history the two most prominent eras for the propagation of sound doctrine were in the first century when the apostles of Christ took the gospel across the Roman Empire and then in the s and s when the Protestant Reformation took place But as always Satan along with those who knowingly or unknowingly are used by him attack and undermine anything that accurately represents God and His word In the mid- s in England just or so years after Roman Catholic monk Martin Luther nailed his Theses for church reform on [... more]

During a promotional event in two seventy-three-year-old former Canadian Football League players got into a fistfight on stage They had a ldquo beef rdquo grudges and feuds between friends family members or enemies dating back to a controversial championship football game in After one man knocked the other off the stage the crowd called out to him to ldquo let it go rdquo They were telling him to ldquo squash the beef rdquo The Bible contains many examples of people ldquo beefing rdquo Cain held a grudge against his brother Abel because God accepted Abel rsquo s offering over his [... more]

We called ourselves ldquo sisters in Christ rdquo But my white friend and I had begun to act like enemies Over a caf eacute breakfast one morning we argued unkindly over our differing racial views Then we parted with me vowing not to see her again One year later however we were hired by the same ministry mdash working in the same department unable not to reconnect Awkwardly at first we talked over conflicts Then over time God helped us to apologize to each other and to heal but also give the ministry our best God also healed the bitter [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Do Christians have authority over demons I have heard you speak about forgiveness and reconciliation but I as a former criminal I have caused an immense amount of harm to others It would not be wise for me to go to the people I have hurt in the past because my mere presence would these people How should people like me seek forgiveness How should we discipline our children when they sin Does God still speak to us in our dreams Are Christians required to keep the [... more]

During her ministry to men incarcerated in South Africa rsquo s most violent prison Joanna Flanders-Thomas witnessed the power of Christ to transform hearts In Vanishing Grace Philip Yancey describes her experience ldquo Joanna started visiting prisoners daily bringing them a simple gospel message of forgiveness and reconciliation She earned their trust got them to talk about their abusive childhoods and showed them a better way of resolving conflicts The year before her visits began the prison recorded acts of violence against inmates and guards the next year there were two rdquo The apostle Paul wrote ldquo If anyone is [... more]

Open calls questions and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE in the studio Questions include--- - Why do the angels cry out -holy holy holy- rather than any of God's other attributes--- - When Jesus says -if you love me keep my commandments - does that mean the disciples have to keep the Mosaic Law--- - I have a friend who is Catholic whose husband is dying what should I do to love and serve her in a gospel-centered way--- - What is the right Bible for a seven-year-old to read--- - Do you take everything in the Bible literally--- - [... more]

This program's jam-packed with answers to your questions on a range of topics Family conflict ongoing disfunction what's a Christian's biblical response Is there a difference between forgiveness and reconciliation How do you know when to set boundaries In-laws how to handle dangerous toxic relationships and how to stop past relationship insecurities from ruining a new relationship [... more]

Open calls questions and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE in the studio Questions include--- - Can you explain limited atonement-- - Regarding Luke - and Luke - if Jesus could forgive sins why did he ask the Father to forgive those who crucified him- Was it because they had not repented-- - Which is first belief or regeneration-- - Why did Jesus have to physically die for sins-- - If there was no ark in the new testament where was the blood sprinkled at the day of atonement-- - What are your thoughts on eastern orthodoxy-- - How does Matthew [... more]