What does it mean that many are called, but few are chosen?

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

Well, hi, 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.

You can call us right now with your question. Here's our phone number. It's 833-the-core. That's 1, 833-843-243-2673.

You can also post your question on one of our social media sites, and of course, you can always email us at Questions at Core Christianity.com.

And first up today, Adra, we have a kind of a serious email, actually very serious email from one of our listeners named Rhonda.

And she says, my previous pastor, who was in his late 40s, committed suicide last Thursday.

We had stayed in touch, although not close, but my daughter is a very good friend of his wife.

He had ongoing struggles, but this came as a shock. He had a small church, and they are rallying

around the family, but we are concerned about when there is no one there. Does the Bible

condemn a person who takes their life? And also, do you have any ideas for helping his wife?

Wow. What a, what a tragedy. And Bill, I don't know if you've heard, just over the last

few years, it seems like this is happening more and more. I don't know if it's just

we're hearing about it more and more, but people who are in ministry, many of them who have

a battle with depression and suicidal ideations and some who have taken their own lives

with, you know, young children, even families. And so it just is such a tragic thing.

And Ron, I'll say to you that suicide is not the unpardonable sin.

It is the unlawful taking of one's own life.

But it's not the unpardonable sin.

We believe that when a person is united to Jesus Christ by faith, that our sins, and even

when we, you know, the last act that you do in your life is a sinful act, that that

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