Why did Jesus need to die in such a brutal way?

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 as we head into the Easter weekend,

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First up today, here's a question that came in from one of our listeners named Jimmy in Texas,

and a good one, because it's so practical for this weekend, he says, is there anything that's

in scripture that says it's okay or not okay to do egg hunts at church?

Wow.

Great question, Jimmy, and totally a relevant one.

I know that there are many churches this upcoming Lord's Day, this upcoming Sunday, that, you know,

will do some kind of a fun Easter egg hunt maybe after the service or have a bounce house for the kids.

Is there anything in scripture says, you know, well, you can't do that. Well, here's what I would say.

One, I think that worship, you know, when we're talking about what's taking place on Sunday morning in the context of the service, I think that that's, that's prescribed for us by

scripture. In other words, we should focus on those things that are outlined in the Bible,

the preaching of God's word, the singing of Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, the prayers,

you know, devotion to the apostolic doctrine, an offering, you know, giving for the work of the ministry,

for the care of the poor. Those are the things that are, the elements of worship. And it's not

for us to say, well, now in the liturgy, we're going to have the Easter egg hunt or whatever.

You know, it's not for us to change worship. Now, if after the service, you know, families are getting together and enjoying a barbecue and doing something like an Easter egg hunt, I have no problem with that. I think that's, that's cool. I think that's great, there's nothing wrong with, maybe an opportunity for fellowship. If you have the eggs outside in the sun and there's chocolate inside, you've got

to be careful because you don't want the chocolate to melt. But otherwise, I would say,

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