Episode 460 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. What biblical wisdom can you provide for tithing and giving during job loss or the loss of regular income? How can an individual honor the Lord with their finances where they are living off of savings for a time or receiving unemployment? 2. I have a question about communion. I’ve gone to a Catholic church and I’ve gone to a Christian church. I noticed that in the Catholic church, they take communion every day, but in the Christian church I went to, they only took it once a month. Is there really a big difference between that?  3. My question is regarding confession of sin. By God’s grace, for almost two years now I’ve died to pornography and other immoral actions and trying to hide my sins. I’ve repented to the Lord, and I confessed to my wife these sins, including many sinful thoughts I’ve had in the past as well as just the darkness I was in. However, in my heart I still feel unsettled and unforgiven because I continue to remember more bad thoughts I used to entertain or some I’ve had recently. I don’t know if I need to continue to confess these same things to my wife? I know it can be a burden because I’m living in the past, and we can never move forward because I feel the need to exhaustively confess every terrible thing I’ve thought or done in the past. I just need some guidance if my thinking is off in this or if I should be trying to exhaustively confess everything to my wife. Resources A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship by Michael Horton Request our latest special offers here or call 1-833-THE-CORE (833-843-2673) to request them by phone.

Episode 471 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. I have a dear friend who is a devout Mormon who believes she is a Christian. Now, I’m a Christian, and we were in a conversation the other day and she was talking about “the Prophet.” How do I witness to my friend? She believes in Jesus Christ and talks about how Jesus Christ is her savior, but I know that Mormonism is a cult.  2. What does Isaiah mean when in Isaiah 64:6 he says,  “All our righteous acts are as filthy rags”?  3. Why wasn’t Joseph at Jesus’ crucifixion? Any explanation will be of much help.  4. Why was one of Noah’s sons cursed and not the others?  5. Does God ever tell us that we’re with the wrong person, other than what is written in the Bible? Over a year ago, I walked into a lecture hall and I got the weirdest sense that I was supposed to be with someone I saw in the room. I dismissed the thought immediately. I’m happy with my partner. We are dating not married, and I don’t want things to change. But the feeling kept coming back, so I prayed for wisdom and read the Bible. I then prayed for the feeling to go away. Now, I just feel stressed. I can’t shake the sense that this isn’t the life I’m intended to live, and I’m with the wrong person. I thought this feeling would go away once the semester was over, but it’s been over a year. Does God ever do things like this? Resources Knowing God by J. I. Packer  Request our latest special offers here or call 1-833-THE-CORE (833-843-2673) to request them by phone.

Episode 1351 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes  CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode   1. Can we determine the year that Jesus will return? 2. Should pastors, elders, and deacons be exempt from tithing? 3. Does Eccl. 9:5 contradict 2 Cor. 5 about the consciousness of the dead? 4. Do we receive spiritual gifts the moment we become a believer?   Today’s Offer What Still Divides Us   Request our latest special offers here or call 1-833-THE-CORE (833-843-2673) to request them by phone.   Want to partner with us in our work here at Core Christianity? Consider becoming a member of the Inner Core.   Resources Book – Core Christianity: Finding Yourself in God’s Story by Michael Horton