How Do We Know Which Christian Denominations Are Biblical?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1136 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. In the teaching of the rapture, who exactly will be taken up?
2. How do you know what religious belief is right? The Protestant bible has 66 books but Catholics have more. Which is correct?
3. What study Bibles and Bible translations would you recommend?
4. In 1 John 2:29, it says, "If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him." So are those who are doing right things the ones who are truly saved?
5. Does the Apostle's Creed teach that Jesus literally descended into hell?
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| 0:00.0 | How do we know which Christian denominations are actually biblical? |
| 0:10.0 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:14.9 | Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program |
| 0:19.1 | where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. We'd love to hear from you. Our phone lines will be open for the next 25 minutes or so, so now's the time to call. Here's the number. It's 833-the-core-court. That's 1-833-843-2673. You can also watch Adriel right now live on YouTube and send him a message |
| 0:40.8 | through our YouTube channel. And of course, you can always email us your question at |
| 0:44.7 | Questions at CoreChristianity.com. Now, a little behind the scene secret for you, due to the |
| 0:52.3 | wonders of modern technology, Adriel and I actually are able to do this program from separate cities. |
| 0:57.5 | So he's in beautiful San Diego, and I'm in very cold Minneapolis. |
| 1:01.5 | I thought I would check in with just to find out what the weather's like right now in |
| 1:05.8 | your city there, Adriel. |
| 1:07.9 | I mean, you said it already, Bill. |
| 1:09.5 | It's beautiful. |
| 1:10.7 | Come out here to San Diego if you want, just warm weather, you know, 365 days of the year. |
| 1:16.5 | I will say yesterday, though, Bill, as I was driving around, it's the afternoon. |
| 1:21.1 | And there was a light drizzle. |
| 1:23.3 | I think it was about 57, 58 degrees. |
| 1:25.3 | There was a light drizzle. |
| 1:26.1 | And I saw one of those electronic signs on the freeway that said, |
| 1:29.4 | extreme weather, don't drive until Thursday night. |
| 1:32.9 | And I just thought, man, I love San Diego. |
| 1:35.2 | I love San Diego. |
| 1:37.6 | So it was actually Christmas Day was like 78 degrees out here. |
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