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

Episode 618 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. I know that it has been said on the program before that Christianity isn’t about us living our best life, but does that mean that it does not help us live a better life at all? I know you are trying to avoid teachings like the prosperity gospel, but the book of Proverbs, for instance, seems to tell us how to live better lives in certain ways. Would you still say that Christianity is only about our place in heaven? 2. How do I know the warning passages in Hebrews 6 and 10 are not talking about me? I have been in a bad spiritual place for about a month now and don’t know what to do. How do I know that these are not talking about me? 3. Jude seems like a very strange epistle in the New Testament. What is its significance in the canon, and why do you think it touches on topics of angels and things that Paul and others don’t normally focus on? 4. During the protests against the election results, there were many flags being waved by the protestors with Jesus’s name on them, at one point even a cross was raised outside the capitol building, all while people were pushing themselves through police barricades and breaking into the building. Why do you think the name of Jesus is being invoked in these acts? Today’s Offer Inner Core 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 Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World by Michael Horton