Should I tithe 10% of my net income or my gross income?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi there.

Happy Friday.

This is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

Our phone lines are open right now, and we'll be taking your calls for the next 25 minutes or so.

Here's the phone number. It's 833 The Core. That's 1833-843-2673.

Just a reminder, we have a YouTube channel.

You can watch Adriel right now live on YouTube and send him your question that way, or email us at Questions at Core Christianity.com.

First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners named Neil.

What would you be looking for if you were hiring a new pastor?

What qualifications in a pastor?

Well, Neil, in the New Testament, the Apostle Paul makes it very clear that there are certain

qualifications that we need to be looking for

for any pastor you know somebody's maybe transitioning out of one church and going to another

or maybe it's the first time they're being ordained to the ministry of the word and he highlights

those in 1st timothy chapter 3 he says this saying is trustworthy If anyone aspires to the office of overseer,

he desires a noble task. Therefore, an overseer must be above approach, the husband of one wife,

sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent,

but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his

own household well with all dignity, keeping his children submissive. And if someone does not know how to,

for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

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