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July 08, 2025

I've Always Been a Christian

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme, "Debunking Myths, and we discussed the statement, "I've always been a Christian."  We are not born Christians...we are born with our backs to God.  True salvation is personal and life-changing, not hereditary.  Special guests included Dr. Jed Coppenger, who is the lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Cumming, Georgia.  He wrote the book "Fake Christianity: 10 Traps of an Inauthentic Faith and How to Avoid Them".   Phil Zielke also joined us.  He is the Founder and Executive Director of Phil's Friends, which is a ministry and outreach offering Christ-like hope and support to those going through cancer.  Phil had Stage 4 cancer twice, and he shared his powerful testimony of coming to faith through that journey.  His book is titled "Seeing the Good in It."  Another guest was author, evangelist, speaker, and ministry leader Jay Lowder. He founded Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries, an organization dedicated to reaching diverse groups of people with the Gospel. You can listen to his full testimony on the Snapshot Testimony podcast with Ally Domercant, and you can hear the highlights of today's program on the Karl and Crew Showcast.