Core Christianity

Episode 860 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. If people found reasonable evidence for UFO's, would that somehow undermine Christianity and the Bible? 2. What is the correct view toward books about fantasy and science-fiction like The Lord of The Rings, Game of Thrones, and Harry Potter? I am struggling with knowing...

Episode 859 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. What does Psalm 85 mean when it talks about mercy and peace meeting and righteousness and peace kissing? 2. How do you love and treasure Jesus more than anything in the world? I feel like my love for him is cold. 3. Should we break fellowship with those who hold heretic...

Episode 858 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Should I concerned if my daughter becomes a Jehovah's Witness? 2. Is it possible to over-preach to someone? My sister is trying to share the faith with our parents and at times it comes across being too pushy. 3. What is the law of Christ? 4. How do I learn to be conten...

Episode 857 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Why is the label, "the Word" used for so many different things? I've always understood John 1:1 as referring to Jesus. But I'm curious why we also refer to the Bible as "the Word." 2. I was raised as a Roman Catholic, but I am learning a lot more about what I believe th...

Episode 856 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Why aren't we writing new books of the Bible, why did it's books and writings have to cease? 2. What does it mean to be a man after God's own heart? 3. In Matthew 24:40-41, what is this referring to regarding the End Times? 4. My nephew is in a gay relationship. My husb...

Episode 855 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. In Isaiah 65:17, it says that the God will create the new heavens and earth. I have heard that we will remember our lives on earth and I find this disheartening because there are things that I don't want to remember. What do you think? 2. I would like to know, what is G...

Episode 854 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Does Pastor Sanchez believe that this married same-sex couples should divorce? Isn't divorce also a sin, except in very specific circumstances? 2. What is the significance of the apostles in Acts 8 going to Samaria to bring the Spirit to the people there? 3. My husband...

Episode 853 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Why doesn't forgiveness equate to reconciliation? 2. I am from Southern California and we've been hearing a lot of pastors telling people that they should leave the state and let it be judged by God. They say that the church is the one thing preserving the state from to...

Episode 852 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Did God create evil? Isaiah 45:7 seems to say that he did. 2. What is Eternal Sonship? Was Christ always the Son or did he become the Son in the incarnation? According to the creeds he was always the Son. So what does it mean that he is eternally begotten but not made?...

Episode 851 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. When I consider the sovereignty of God in salvation, it feels presumptuous to claim to be a Christian. And when I read of the evidences of a person saved by grace, I feel like I never measure up. How can I cultivate trusting in Christ rather than myself? 2. I believe I...

Episode 850 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. Does the Bible say anything about UFOs? 2. In 1 Kings 17, Elijah prays for a boy who had died and he rises from the dead. Elijah does a few things leading up to the boy's healing that are strange. What do you make of this passage? 3. How do I know that I am really fil...

Episode 849 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do you think that people who celebrate Christmas are practicing a kind of idolatry? 2. If there are same-sex couples who are married and they start going to church, how should congregations and pastors respond to them? 3. Is it biblical to tithe and give to charity if w...

Episode 849 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do you think that people who celebrate Christmas are practicing a kind of idolatry? 2. If there are same-sex couples who are married and they start going to church, how should congregations and pastors respond to them? 3. Is it biblical to tithe and give to charity if w...

Episode 849 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do you think that people who celebrate Christmas are practicing a kind of idolatry? 2. If there are same-sex couples who are married and they start going to church, how should congregations and pastors respond to them? 3. Is it biblical to tithe and give to charity if w...

Episode 849 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do you think that people who celebrate Christmas are practicing a kind of idolatry? 2. If there are same-sex couples who are married and they start going to church, how should congregations and pastors respond to them? 3. Is it biblical to tithe and give to charity if w...

Episode 849 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do you think that people who celebrate Christmas are practicing a kind of idolatry? 2. If there are same-sex couples who are married and they start going to church, how should congregations and pastors respond to them? 3. Is it biblical to tithe and give to charity if w...

Episode 849 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do you think that people who celebrate Christmas are practicing a kind of idolatry? 2. If there are same-sex couples who are married and they start going to church, how should congregations and pastors respond to them? 3. Is it biblical to tithe and give to charity if w...

Episode 848 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. In 1 Samuel 28:12, it says that Saul had someone conjure up Samuel's spirit from the dead. Did this actually happen? 2. Should I prevent going to yoga and working out in public if it might cause someone to stumble? 3. Some folks think that because we shouldn't be afraid...

Episode 847 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. It seems as though every time I try to get my life together and commit my life to God again, things in my life begin to fall apart. How do I know God's plan in these seasons of life? 2. I am trying to wrap my mind around the views about the millennial kingdom and Satan'...

Episode 846 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. How do you reconcile the Christus Victor and Substitutionary Atonement views? 2. I've heard that when helping to hold believers accountable, or help others heal and walk through personal struggles, we should be "calling in" as opposed to "calling out." What are some bib...

Episode 845 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes Questions in this Episode 1. I want to exercise through yoga but I know that some people think any practice of yoga is an act of worship to other gods. What do you think? 2. I feel completely condemned and that God has given up on me. What should I do, how do I know that I have surrendered my life to the Lord? 3. I kno...

Episode 844 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. If Adam and Eve sinned by eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge and Good and Evil, is it a sin to pray about knowledge, to gain knowledge? I know there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. 2. The church I grew up in was extremely aggressive in the way it ta...

Episode 843 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. What is your opinion on in-person seminary vs. online? What is a good reason for a seminary student to move to campus rather than go online, is the time with the professors and classmates worth it? 2. My 18yo son studies a lot, and he is adamant about not doing Thanksgi...

Episode 842 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. My coworker listens to demonic heavy metal music, to the extent that the bands are encouraging listeners to go to hell and embrace it. He said that he accepts and is content with the fact that he is going to hell. How would you recommend talking to this guy? 2. How impo...

Episode 841 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I've heard that the Bible says that the rapture would come soon, but why hasn't it happened yet? 2. If one of the 10 commandments is to not murder, how do we reconcile this with those in the military, and what is the difference, as Christians, in how we apply this comma...