Should Churches Be Aggressive Towards the World?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 23 November 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1104 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. If Adam and Eve sinned by eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge and Good and Evil, is it a sin to pray about knowledge, to gain knowledge? I know there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom.
2. The church I grew up in was extremely aggressive in the way it talked about judgment and the truth of the Bible as opposed to the ways of the world. I left the church for a time mainly because of this but am plugged into a church now and the teaching is very different. They still teach the Bible but things just aren't as strict or demanding. I'm just wondering which form of Christianity is true, and do you have to be aggressive towards the world in order to prove that you are really a Christian?
3. My son is asking me if God created evil and if he used it for his own purposes?
4. What does the Bible say about conspiracy theories?
5. How can I bring someone to God who is afraid of him without pushing them away?
6. My son is incredibly smart and while he agrees that there is a God, he is having a hard time figuring out Jesus. How do I share the truth of the gospel with him when he seems too smart for his own good?
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| 0:00.0 | Do you have to be a fundamentalist to be a Christian? |
| 0:08.9 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:13.9 | Well, hi there, and happy Thanksgiving a day in advance. |
| 0:16.9 | This is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, |
| 0:19.8 | and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. |
| 0:25.6 | We would love to hear from you, and we are live in the studio right now. |
| 0:29.3 | You can call us with your question at 833-the-core. |
| 0:32.9 | That's 1-833-843-2673. |
| 0:37.3 | Now, you can also post your question on one of our social media sites. |
| 0:42.3 | You can watch Adrile live on YouTube right now and message us through our YouTube channel. |
| 0:47.7 | And, of course, you can always email us your question at questions at core Christianity.com. |
| 0:53.8 | First up today, here's a question from one of our listeners |
| 0:56.2 | named Michael. If Adam and Eve extend by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge, |
| 1:03.1 | is it a sense to pray about knowledge, to gain knowledge? I understand that there's a difference |
| 1:10.5 | between wisdom and knowledge, but knowledge |
| 1:12.9 | self, is it a sin to pray for that? |
| 1:17.1 | Thank you for that question. Absolutely not. It's not a sin to pray for knowledge to pursue |
| 1:21.9 | knowledge and wisdom. I think the book of Proverbs talks a lot about this. In particular, |
| 1:28.0 | when we're talking about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis chapter two, I'm just going to read |
| 1:31.5 | verse 9. Out of the ground, the Lord made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight |
| 1:37.2 | and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge |
| 1:42.4 | of good and evil. |
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