Why Does the Bible Tell Us to Give Thanks When We Are Sorrowful?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1105 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. What does thanksgiving to God look like when we are suffering?
2. How can I lovingly engage family members who believe in conspiracy theories?
3. How can I understand John 17:3 regarding the divinity of Jesus?
4. Did God plan for Adam and Eve to fall?
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| 0:00.0 | Why does the Bible tell us to give thanks when we're sorrowful? |
| 0:09.2 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:13.9 | Well, happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at the Corps. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible, the Christian life, and how to make a perfect turkey. You can call us right now with your question. Here's our phone number. It's 8333-the-core. That's 1.833-843-243-2673. We really don't know how to make a perfect turkey. No. I actually, I have some thoughts about this, so I hope you give me an opportunity. |
| 0:39.9 | All right. Later on, we'll gift your butterball recipe. By the way, you can also email us your |
| 0:44.3 | question. Here's our email address. It's Questions at CoreChristianity.com. First up today, |
| 0:50.5 | let's go to Alexandra, calling in from Chicago. Alexander, what's your question for |
| 0:55.1 | Adrile? Hey, Bill and Adrile, happy Thanksgiving. I just want to say how thankful I am for both of you |
| 1:01.4 | and the show. I've learned so much about my faith, and I love hearing both of you guys go back and |
| 1:07.1 | forth. I have a question, a couple questions for you, actually, and I want to hear |
| 1:11.2 | from both of you. The first one is, what is a favorite family tradition you celebrate every |
| 1:16.2 | Thanksgiving? And the second one is, what is your favorite thing to make or cook for Thanksgiving |
| 1:21.9 | dinner? |
| 1:22.9 | I'm going to go first. You go first, Bill. |
| 1:24.9 | Okay. Well, our tradition is we turn the Christmas lights on on Thanksgiving night. So that's the first night. They go on. So you already have them set up. We do. Yeah. We live in a pretty cold climate where I live, so we have to do that before the ice and the snow hit. So we get them all ready to go. Thanksgiving, after dinner, they're on, and now it's officially Christmas season. I love it. |
| 1:44.9 | And the other one, the other question? |
| 1:47.1 | Favorite thing to make. |
| 1:48.0 | Do you cook anything on Thanksgiving? |
| 1:49.3 | Yeah, we do this casserole, which is kind of like mashed potatoes plus sweet potatoes and a little bit of bacon on top. |
| 1:58.2 | It's really good. |
| 1:59.5 | That sounds good, Bill. |
| 2:02.0 | Okay, so our Thanksgiving tradition as a family, you know, we have some Christmas ones. |
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