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Welcome to Susie Larson live. You don't have to know how to Ever since, ever since, me's got you live. Welcome to Susie Larson Live. I'm always so honored to get to spend this time with you. In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, the deep in your understanding of God's word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

Well, as a Christ's follower, would you say that you're confident about what you believe

and why?

For instance, how would you answer these questions?

Who is God?

Why am I here?

How should I live?

Well, Tom Rainer joins me today to talk about his new book, I believe, a concise guide to the essentials of the Christian faith. This is like this power pack little hardcover book that goes through line by line, the essentials of the Christian faith. And it's so powerful. And if you feel kind of a little scattered, maybe a little unsure about what you believe in why. This is a great resource for you.

We've got a handful of copies to give away today. You can text the word book to get in on the

drawing. 877-933-2484. A couple quick announcements before we hear from Tom Rainer. First of all,

if you're in the Twin Cities area, I know we've got listeners all over the world, but if you live

in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, Minneapolis, St. Paul, there's a conference coming up called Set Apart Women's Conference this weekend Friday to Saturday, and it's right across the street at our university, University Northwestern St. Paul. That's March 3rd and 4th. If you're in the Mancato area, two hours away, I'm speaking there at New Creation Outreach Church. So we'd love to see

at one of those conferences, but otherwise, let's get going on this conversation. It's an important one.

Let me tell you about my guest. We'll get him on the show. Tom Rainer is the founder and CEO of

Church Answers with nearly 40 years of ministry experience. He spent a lifetime committed to the

growth and the health of the local

church and its leaders. He's been a pastor of four churches, interim pastor of 10 churches,

wow, as well as best-selling author, popular speaker, professor, and dean. He's in 1977,

graduate at the University of Alabama. He earned his MDiv and PhD degrees from the Southern Baptist

Theological Seminary.

He and his wife live in Franklin, Tennessee. And like I told him, it's been a few years since we've had him on the show. Tom, welcome back. Well, thank you, Susie, and it is great to be back. And I am looking forward to discussing not only the content of this book, but the why behind the book. So thank you for having me. Oh, amen. Me too. Really, I told you off the air,

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