My Friend Says That Christmas Is a Pagan Holiday. Is He Right?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1119 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. I have heard it said that because Eve was deceived in Eden and not Adam, men should be pastors and not women. Is that right?
2. Someone brought to my attention that Christmas is a pagan holiday. Are we as Christians adhering to pagan practices when we celebrate Christmas?
3. What is the relationship between repentance and confession?
4. Does Isaiah 30:21 confirm that we should hearing from God audibly?
5. I am really struggling with understanding how to deal with a particular situation, would love some help. A bunch of friends and I are planning on going on a trip this next summer and we are renting a house for a week. Most of us are Christians but there is one girl and her boyfriend who aren't. They are most likely wanting a room for themselves and as a Christian I am struggling with whether or not we should let that happen. On one note, yes I can't force them to do what I believe as a Christian is wrong since they aren't a married couple, but on the other hand I do wanna minister to them well. How can we as Christians walk biblically and wisely in this situation?
6. What does it mean that Jesus is the "only begotten Son of God"?
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| 0:00.0 | This new episode of Core Christianity was pre-recorded. |
| 0:05.7 | My friend says that Christmas is a pagan holiday. Is he right? That's just one of the questions |
| 0:11.5 | we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with |
| 0:16.9 | Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about |
| 0:21.4 | the Bible and the Christian life every day. You can call us with your question at 8333-3-833-843-2673. You can also |
| 0:31.9 | post your question on one of our social media sites, and you can always email us a question at |
| 0:36.9 | Questions at Core Christianity.com. First step today, let's go. social media sites, and you can always email us a question at questions at core |
| 0:38.4 | Christianity.com. First up today, let's go to Scott in Fort Smith, Oklahoma. Scott, |
| 0:44.7 | what's your question for Pastor Adriel? Oh, yes, sir. It's a little town right next to Fort Smith. |
| 0:50.9 | I'm sorry. It's an Oklahoma border with Arkansas. My question is, your thoughts on how in the |
| 0:59.0 | church over the years, I have heard it said and preached that in the Garden of Eden, it was the woman |
| 1:04.7 | who was deceived and not the man, and that's why men should be pastors and not women too. |
| 1:11.6 | And the second part is what would have happened if Adam had not sinned in the garden after Eve did. |
| 1:18.6 | Thank you all, listen off the air. Have a blessed day. |
| 1:21.6 | Hey, Scott, thank you for that question. Let me answer the second part of your question first. |
| 1:26.6 | So Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden during this what we might call probationary period. It's not yet this state of confirmed righteousness where they're experiencing the fullness of God's blessing in their lives. They're undergoing a test there in the garden, this, as I said, probationary period. |
| 1:47.7 | And had they obeyed the Lord, they would have, I think, entered into this state of confirmed |
| 1:54.0 | righteousness, the new creation, if you will. |
| 1:57.1 | But they didn't. |
| 1:58.3 | Sin entered into the world. |
| 1:59.6 | And ever since sin entered into the world, we've been suffering under it's, it's, it's, you know, what it brings to us. And, and one of the things it brings is, you know, all sorts of issues with, with regard to society, with regard to family, and the only hope we have |
| 2:19.3 | is the redemption that's given to us in Jesus Christ. Now, with regard to the first part of your |
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