The Truth // Gateway Church Podcast Episode 147

Release Date: March 7,  2023

Preciousness of Christ https://gracetothenation.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/the-preciousness-of-christ-to-his-people-above-everything/ (3:05)

3 Benefits of Writing Your Prayers https://aaronarmstrong.co/3-benefits-of-writing-your-prayers/ (6:00) 

Book Recommendation: Love, Dad and Me https://www.instagram.com/p/CnwW9u1OZv-/ (6:55) 

Questions

Question from last week’s sermon…Our life group had some great conversation about generosity. One follow up question that came up was wondering what constitutes giving to the local church? Is it considered tithing to give to a missionary (a church plant, directly supporting someone doing campus outreach or another similar) or even a small Bible preaching church that you don’t regularly attend but who needs support to stay open? Is splitting our tithe between the church we regularly attend and these examples displeasing to God? (9:45)

You were talking about in the sermon how we are all liars and how we bare false witness constantly against God and one of the main arguments I’ve heard when we are defending the bible is authenticity and the reason why we can trust it is that there are so many eye witnesses that we rely on to write what they saw down. How do we reconcile knowing that we are all liars but still say the bible is true? (17:10)

At the end of the sermon you said we are the worst of the worst, the bottom of all the liars and we have to trust Jesus to see us through that and our honesty, what is some real life application to trust in Jesus to tell the truth and be a reliable witness. (22:40)

If lying is simply the absence of truth, then is it sin for Christian parents to do Santa Claus with their kids? (29:20)

Is suicide considered a sin? If so, where does it discuss this topic in the Bible? (31:35)