Should Christians make timelines for the end times?

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

Hi, it's 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.

You can call us right now with your question.

Our phone lines will be open for the next 25 minutes or so, and we would love to hear from you.

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you can always email us at questions at core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a voicemail

from one of our listeners. This is Carol. My question is, I believe people have to be called by God in order to respond because God gives us freedom of choice.

But does he call everybody?

Thank you.

Hey, Carol, thank you for that question.

God gives us choice.

And he calls all people everywhere to himself.

We sometimes refer to the free offer of the gospel.

That is, this free offer of the gospel that goes out promiscuously to all people.

We're called to proclaim the gospel to all creatures.

I mean, you think even of Jesus's commission there in the great

commission, Matthew chapter 28, go into all the world and make disciples, baptizing in the name

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