What does the Bible say about appropriate places to pray?

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

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Questions at Core Christianity.com.

First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners named Ray.

My question is, is there any evidence of where Christ went at the age of 12 to 13 when he seems to

have disappeared from the Bible to the time when he came back for his ministry

and was crucified and went to heaven.

I heard that there was a Buddhist monastery that he could have gone to that was not far from

where he was.

I heard that there is a possibility that he went to the School for Prophets that is mentioned

in the Old Testament.

I was just wondering if you could elaborate on that,

if there's any evidence at all. Thank you. God bless.

Right, that's a great question. And there's a ton of speculation. I think we could definitely

rule out the Jesus went to a Buddhist monastery. That sounds like an idea that, you know, maybe people who have

Buddhist convictions or want to try to draw, you know, lines of correlation between Jesus and

Buddhist teaching or something like that would want to say. But there's just zero evidence

for that. I mean, it's totally speculative. Similar, you know,

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