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Core Christianity is dedicated to helping the body of Christ by answering the tough questions of our time. Pastor Adriel Sanchez gives biblical answers that not only show why Christianity is true, but also why it’s good and beautiful. As an essential part of our multimedia effort to teach believers the core truths of historic Christianity, Core Christianity helps people experience the comfort of the gospel and gain confidence and wisdom.
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Walking and communion with God are not automatic. How then do you experience the reality of a personal relationship with God, or read your Bible and experience God’s presence? Put simply, how do you know God? These are huge questions that need serious discussion. Every Tuesday, Michael Durham of Real Truth Matters Ministries will lead in such a conversation. This podcast tackles the experiential side of Christianity with teaching, interviews, and question and answer episodes. If you want to ...
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The Risen Jesus podcast with Dr. Mike Licona equips people to have a deeper understanding of the Gospel, history, and New Testament studies.
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Enjoy our unique weekly podcasts as we provide supplementary material for this year's Come Follow Me 2021 lessons. Our gospel scholars help you study the Doctrine and Covenants, Church History, and take and in-depth look at the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith. This podcast channel hosted on BuzzSprout is produced by Michael & Nancy James of Latter-Day Media and Latter-Day Network.
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Real and intriguing conversations about the Black community and how we can move forward into biblical human flourishing. Hosted by: Monique Duson and Kevin Briggins. Sponsored by the Center for Biblical Unity.
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This is the First Church West Podcast Blog. we will try to put a new sermon up every Monday. You can listen to the sermons off the blog or you can subscribe on Itunes. First Church West is a community of Christian Faith. Our purpose is to seek the transformation of hearts and homes through the experience of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We aim at giving honest answers to honest questions, teaching sound biblical doctrine, encouraging the experience of true spirituality, and striving for health ...
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How Should Parents Pray for Prodigal Children?
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Pastor Adriel shares the story of St. Augustine as an amazing example for parents to never stop praying for prodigal children. ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our miss…
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DISCERNING THE LIFE OF CHRIST IN YOU Part 2
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Send us a text Christ is in every believer. This is the greatest reality of the Christian faith. To be joined in a union with Jesus Christ makes you and He one in purpose, identity, and destiny. This is such an incredible fact that many struggle to believe it. Nevertheless, it is true whether you believe it or not. Not even your lack of faith chang…
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Is the Bible trustworthy or divine? Pastor Adriel helps answer these questions and shows why we can be confident that the Bible is God's word. ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo …
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Send us a text If Christ is living in the believer, how can we discern who is living? The Apostle Paul said, ". . . it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh . . ." He says he doesn't live but then turns around and says he lives. Which is it? And how can both Christ and Paul live in the same pers…
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The Growing Influence of the Prosperity Gospel in Africa | Episode 41 | Off Code
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Kevin and Monique discuss the prosperity gospel and what Monique saw on her recent mission trip to Uganda where she noticed its ideas having a strong influence on some churches there.By Monique Duson & Kevin Briggins
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Pastor Adriel engages the idea if there are two classes of Christian between those who are born again and justified by faith and those who are "baptized with the Holy Spirit." ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christiani…
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Send us a text How does the law of the Spirit of life in Christ work? It is the principle that Christ lives in us by the person of the Holy Spirit. This dynamic becomes a law, meaning Christ is always in us because the Holy Spirit is always in us. His life is a constant. The life of the Spirit becomes, to the Christian, a governing principle or law…
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Pastor Adriel discusses why the idea of "all sin is equal in God's eyes" may or may not be true. ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global…
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Send us a text What is spiritual maturity, and how do we achieve it? We hear this term in church and among Christians, but have you ever wondered what it is? How would you define spiritual maturity? This is so important because we are commanded to "grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ." We are exhorted not to remain babes but to…
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We Answer YOUR Questions | Episode 40 | Off Code
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Monique and Kevin answer your questions!By Monique Duson & Kevin Briggins
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Pastor Adriel shares four things God is doing after we have sinned to bring us back to him. ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global chur…
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Pastor Adriel shares how Mark 6 and three other Old Testament passages reveal the divinity of Jesus Christ. ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve tod…
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What are compositional devices? How do they affect our view of inerrancy? What does the Bible say about inspiration and inerrancy? In this episode, Dr. Mike Licona discusses his contention that the common evangelical definition of inerrancy, as outlined in the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, may be based on an incorrect concept of inspirat…
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Send us a text What is spiritual maturity, and how do we achieve it? We hear this term in church and among Christians, but have you ever wondered what it is? How would you define spiritual maturity? This is so important because we are commanded to "grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ." We are exhorted not to remain babes but to…
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Pastor Adriel explains the doctrine of the incarnation and answers the question of how Jesus Christ can be divine and human. ——— Download our free resource What Is the Trinity? ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christian…
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Pastor Adriel shares how we can fight lust and sexual temptation. Get Pastor Adriel's book, Praying with Jesus: Getting to the Heart of the Lord’s Prayer ——— Download our free resource, 7 Things You Need to Know About Marriage and Sex? ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— W…
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A Fresh Look at the Doctrine of Inerrancy
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What are compositional devices? How do they affect our view of inerrancy? What does the Bible say about inspiration and inerrancy? In this episode, Dr. Mike Licona discusses his contention that the common evangelical definition of inerrancy, as outlined in the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, may be based on an incorrect concept of inspirat…
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Send us a text This is the second of two very special episodes. RTM director Michael Durham is joined in the studio with his two adult sons. They will discuss growing up as PKs (preacher's kids) and their conversion. You will discover biblical parenting insights, whether you are a pastor or not. Also, this will be a behind-the-scenes look at the hi…
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What Can Be Learned From Contemporary, Non-Scriptural Greco-Roman writings?
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In this episode, Dr. Mike Licona walks the listener through some of the discoveries revealed in his new book Jesus, Contradicted. By examining Greco-Roman writings contemporary with the gospels, Dr. Licona has identified common writing techniques of the times that shed light on what we read apparently conflicting gospel accounts. He also discusses …
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Black Spaces | Episode 39 | Off Code
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Kevin and Monique discuss the tension between the call for BIPOC-only spaces with the call for racial integration in nearly every space. What is the principle here?By Monique Duson & Kevin Briggins
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What Is the One Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls?
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Today, Pastor Adriel discusses the doctrine that the Protestant Reformers said is "the article upon which the church stands or falls." ——— Download our free resource, What's the Difference between Justification and Sanctification? ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE…
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3 Passages That Jehovah's Witnesses Can't Deal With
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Today, Pastor Adriel discusses three different passages in Scripture that reveal the divinity of Christ. ——— Download our free resource, What Is the Trinity? ——— JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER - https://solamedia.org/newsletter/ ——— FOLLOW US - Instagram - X/Twitter - Facebook ——— WHO WE ARE - Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reforma…
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Send us a text This is the first part of two very special episodes. RTM director Michael Durham is joined in the studio with his two adult sons. They will discuss growing up as PKs (preacher's kids) and their conversion. You will discover insights into biblical parenting, whether you are a pastor or not. Also, this will be a behind-the-scenes look …
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Send us a text In this final episode on the subject, Killing Sin, Michael Durham explores and explains the final principle: how to be violent toward sin. We are commanded to do this, but we cannot do it without the Holy Spirit's help and power. You can learn what it takes to fight and kill your sin in a very practical and biblical way. If, by chanc…
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Send us a text If we are to obey the Scriptures and fight our sin, we must supply the heart with a greater fascination and obsession than the sin we are fighting. The heart cannot equally pursue two opposing desires. The key is to expel a lesser longing with a greater, more pleasure-offering desire. When the heart is offered a superior affection, t…
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Send us a text We have thus far shared two necessary principles or biblical strategies for fighting sin. Principle one is an intense desire to be free from the sin. Without this, why would you fight against your sin? Principle two is an intense hatred for the sin in question despite the fact that it has an attraction to the flesh. You not only want…
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Ancient Greco-Roman Story-Telling and the Gospels
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Do apparent contradictions in the gospels mean we can’t trust them as reliable sources of information about the person and life of Christ? Dr. Mike Licona tackles this important question by examining ancient Greco-Roman biography, the genre to which the gospels belong, and the conventions used by authors of the time when writing them. He explains t…
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Why Did Jesus's Death Have to Be So Brutal?
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Episode 1541 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Are Easter egg hunts okay for churches to host? 2. Does our view of the end times affect our understanding of God's kingdom? 3. What's the difference between Calvinists and Lutherans? 4. Was it necessary for Jesus to die in such a brutal way? Wa…
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Is Ezekiel 38 a Prophecy of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine?
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Episode 1540 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Would I be perpetually sinning if I married an unbeliever? 2. Is Gog and Magog rightly interpreted as Russia in Ezekiel 38? 3. What is true repentance? Want to partner with us in our work here at Core Christianity? Consider becoming a member of …
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Are We Given Spiritual Gifts When We Become Believers?
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Episode 1539 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Can we determine the year that Jesus will return? 2. Should pastors, elders, and deacons be exempt from tithing? 3. Does Ecclesiastes 9:5 contradict 2 Corinthians 5 about the consciousness of the dead? 4. Do we receive spiritual gifts the moment…
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Is It Okay To Pray to a Loved One That Has Passed Away?
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Episode 1538 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Is my struggle with addiction a sign that I need stronger willpower? 2. How should I approach mandatory trauma training as a Christian? 3. Is it okay to pray to a deceased loved one? Want to partner with us in our work here at Core Christianity?…
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Send us a text In this series, we explore how we can put to death sin. As the Apostle Paul defined it, "the deeds of the body," that is, the remaining impulses of sin that use the natural desires of the mind and body to act contrary to the Holy Spirit. In this episode, Michael Durham states the first two principles of how we can, through the Holy S…
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Will We Still Be Viewed as Sinners in Heaven?
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Episode 1537 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. How could Acts 16 apply to a whole household if not everyone believes? 2. Is it okay for Christians to play Dungeons and Dragons? 3. Who gets the final say when there are disagreements—elders or the pastor? 4. Why do my past sins keep coming to …
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How Can God Be Wrathful and Loving at the Same Time?
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Episode 1536 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Did Satan have the authority to give the kingdoms to Jesus in Matthew 4? 2. Do black people suffer because of a biblical curse? 3. How can I help my brother who is doubting his salvation? 4. How can a loving God be wrathful? Want to partner with…
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