Jesus declared to Peter I will build My church and the gates of Hades will not overpower it Matthew That's a guarantee from the Son of God In fact the church is the only institution that Christ promises to build Not nation-states not political parties not para-church Christian ministries just the church The word church can be defined a few ways The building you drive by down the street where people gather to worshipThe visible body of professing Christians which contains wheat and tares the professing church Matthew The invisible body of genuine believers from every tribe and nation the [... more]

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Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Key questions answered in today's show I have a question about how do the Protestants handle confession as where Catholics do it with a priest in the confessional because they say that Jesus told Peter that Whose sins you forgive are forgiven the sins you retain are retained That's it basically how do the Protestants get around that part of Jesus's teaching When taken together do the Bible passages discussing hell and the second death point to a currently ongoing literal locality Also are hell and the [... more]