If millions of people are reading a Christian book or watching a Christian television series God must be at work right If tens of thousands of people are attending a mega-church with multisite locations God must be being honored correct If bigger is evidence of God's favor Jesus must not have been very favored by God By the end of His ministry He had few followers was falsely convicted and died a bloody death on the cross By today's Evangelical definition of success Jesus was a failure Jesus' leading disciple Peter actually rebuked Jesus for saying He was going to [... more]

It was just a fun game at youth group but it held a lesson for us rather than switching neighbors learn to love the ones you have Everyone is seated in a large circle except for one person who stands in the middle of the circle The standing person asks someone sitting down ldquo Do you love your neighbor rdquo The seated person can answer the question in two ways yes or no He gets to decide if he would like to swap his neighbor with someone else nbsp Don rsquo t we wish we could choose our ldquo neighbors [... more]

A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced legislation that would make it a crime to invite a child to a Bible study or youth group Agree or disagree Liz Peek Jeff Berk Gov Mike Huckabee and Coach Mark Richt join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... 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]

Bonus audio from John Foubert discussing the harm of porn and advice how to overcome an addiction [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Questions in this Episode I think that God and Jesus aren't the same entity but I also have heard that Jesus was also God even as he came down as man I hope that is right Can you explain this My youth group leader was talking about speaking in tongues and how these gifts are given to us I saw that she was using the Passion Translation and referring to Corinthians Who were the Corinthians and how do I explain their context to my youth leader My [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Questions in this Episode Our middle-schooler was going to our church's youth group until I found out that the entire group time is only spent playing games and entertaining I expressed my concern to the youth pastor that I wished they would talk about spiritual things as well and he encouraged me to have our child go to a different church's group instead my questions is should we as a family split our time between various church events or should we be all-in and invested in one [... more]

We stared at the piles of donated shoes as we entered a local homeless shelter The director had invited our youth group to help sort through the heaps of used footwear We spent the morning searching for matches and lining them up in rows across the concrete floor At the end of the day we threw away more than half of the shoes because they were too damaged to give to people Though the shelter couldn rsquo t stop people from giving poor quality items they refused to distribute shoes that were in bad condition The Israelites struggled with giving [... more]

Open calls questions and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE in the studio Questions include--- - Matt discusses the importance of the issue of God being the ultimate cause of all things and how this relates to discussions with LDS Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics -- - What is the correct day on which to worship--- - Where did the worship of Mary in Catholicism come from--- - Does Chronicles - apply to Christians today--- - Is the Greek Orthodox a branch off of the Catholic Church--- - What is a good resource for understanding the Trinity--- - How can I [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com What book of the Bible should I introduce to the youth group that I am a leader in I know as a Christian we should read the bible ourselves but what do you do when you're scared that you will interpret it wrong What do you do when you have trouble navigating your bible for answers as well Did Jesus mean for us to repeat the words of the Lord's Prayer or is the Lord's Prayer merely a guideline for the things we ought to pray about [... more]