Can God Still Work Through Unbiblical Church Practices?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1068 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. How can I draw near to God while I am struggling with sexual sin?
2. Are practices like altar calls biblical?
3. How should we understand church history in light of Matthew 16:18?
4. Will I be able to recognize my wife in heaven?
5. Is the Spiritual Formation movement biblical?
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| 0:00.0 | Are church practices like altar calls biblical? That's just one of the questions we'll be |
| 0:10.6 | answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with |
| 0:15.6 | Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about |
| 0:20.5 | the Bible and the Christian |
| 0:21.7 | life every day. We'd love to hear from you and our phone lines are open right now. Here's the phone number |
| 0:26.8 | 833 The Core. 833 The Core. You can call us for the next 25 minutes or so. You can also post your |
| 0:34.1 | question on one of our social media sites. And of course you can watch Adriel Live right now on YouTube. We have a YouTube channel. You can send him your question that |
| 0:41.9 | way. And you're always welcome to email us at questions at core Christianity.com. Here's the number |
| 0:49.2 | one more time, 833, 843-243-2673. |
| 0:58.6 | And let's go to a voicemail that came in from one of our listeners named Sean. |
| 1:02.7 | I have a question, but I just want to say I really love what you guys do. |
| 1:04.5 | And I think it's awesome. |
| 1:07.5 | And me and my mom both listened to guys, your podcast. |
| 1:12.5 | But anyways, I just wanted to say, I got into a relationship and we're about a hit three years with my girlfriend. And the thing is, we had sex and we started having |
| 1:18.3 | sex and it became a regular thing in a relationship. I feel like God is like pulling me back. |
| 1:23.3 | Like, I don't want to keep living for this world. Like, I want to start living for him. |
| 1:27.4 | I don't know how to cut this sin out because every once in a while we keep doing it, |
| 1:31.6 | even though we've had to talk about I want to wait. |
| 1:34.9 | I just wonder like, how can I get close to Jesus if I'm in a relationship where we were |
| 1:41.4 | known to have sex. |
| 1:42.9 | The thoughts of insecurity kind of plays a role in it where it's |
| 1:46.2 | like, you know what? I don't know if I can wait because I want to be insecure that she's going to be |
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