Core Christianity

Episode 212 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. There is this famous quote that we should preach the gospel always and if necessary use words to point out that Christian's lives should so demonstrate love, that people would almost be able to see something of the gospel in how we live. Do you thi...

Episode 211 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Where did the Bible come from? 2. I'm a Father and my daughter is now 3. We go to church regularly, but I'm not sure how my wife and I can take on a more active role in teaching our daughter about Jesus and the gospel. Do you have any suggestions?...

Episode 210 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Should Christians evangelize even if they don't fully understand the gospel or important doctrines or should they wait until they are taught first? 2. Why did the apostles say, "Jesus is Lord" and not "Jesus is God"? 3.  Psalm 101  begins, "I will...

Episode 209 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why is it so hard to make progress in holiness? What do you think a new Christian should know about this topic? 2. What does it mean to say that Christians will judge the nations with Jesus? 3. I have a friend who is suffering from depression. She...

Episode 208 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I want to be married to someone who I have loved for 15 years. But she does not believe in Christ? Can I still marry this person? 2. How can you tell if you are really bearing fruit and growing as a Christian? 3. With the law-gospel distinctive in...

Episode 207 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How do you understand the Bible verse where it says that we are saved by faith "working through love"? 2. I'm fighting an addiction to smoking. I'm down to a half a cigarette in the morning. Am I going to hell because of it? 3. What is grace define...

Episode 206 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Does God hear or answer the prayers of unbelievers?  2.  Hebrews 12  speaks of God disciplining His children. What does that look like? 3. My teenage son and daughter have been asking really hard questions about the Bible. I don't always have the a...

Episode 205 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When did God create the angels? Was it before man or after man? Where does it talk about this in the Bible? 2. What does it mean to be a good witness to my non-Christians co-workers at my job? Should I strive to share the gospel with them? Do you h...

Episode 204 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How do you understand  John 20:23 , where Jesus says, "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld"? 2. I was wondering why it's important to recite the Apostle's Creed and the Lord's...

Episode 203 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Can you pray to Jesus and God? Or just God in Jesus' name? What about praying to Mary? I thought you could only pray to the Lord. 2. How can you tell if someone is preaching a false gospel? What is the main thing to pay attention to? 3. What pastor...

Episode 202 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In the Bible Jesus often hung out with sinner yet the Bible tells us in other places that we shouldn't associate with the sexually immoral or drunkards.  Is Jesus an exception to this because he is God? 2. How does someone become saved? 3. Is there...

Episode 201 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1.  Philippians 4  says that we should always rejoice in the Lord. How do we do this? What advice do you have for believers who struggle to rejoice? 2. What exactly did Paul mean, or what exactly happened in  1st Corinthians 5:5 , when he sent the sin...

Episode 200 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Can Christians be demon possessed? How do you know if someone is demon possessed and if they are what should we do about it? 2. Is it okay for a Christian to celebrate the Jewish Feasts of the Old Testament? 3. The letters to the 7 churches in Reve...

Episode 199 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Some believe that if you worship on any other day than Saturday that we will not be holding true to God's commandments. How are we supposed to interpret the Sabbath? 2. I have been asked to consider being an elder in my church.  Titus 1:6  lists th...

Episode 198 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I grew up hearing that God's church is supposed to be holy, but in our culture today, the church doesn't look holy and it seems to have fallen for much of the same controversies that I see in the world. What does the Bible have to say about this? 2...

Episode 197 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is it okay for Christians to use anti-depressants? When should we trust God for healing and when should we trust doctors? 2. Does God use challenges and trials to make us holy? 3. Did Jesus really descend into hell? Did Jesus need to suffer in hell...

Episode 196 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How do you understand  James 5 , where it says, "confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed"? 2. In  Ezekiel 28:13 , who is the King of Tyre? In the past, it was explained to me that it is Satan but now that i...

Episode 195 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is focusing on the gospel really enough to lead a godly life or do you think that Christians also need the law? 2. In the Gospel of Luke, why is the genealogy of any historical relevance when Joseph was not the father of Jesus Christ? 3. I have com...

Episode 194 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How are people saved who died before Christ came? 2. The Bible teaches that Jesus was the son of God but the Gospel's also seems to present Jesus as a prophet? How should I understand this? 3. Are hell and the lake of fire the same thing? Or does t...

Episode 193 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What are your thoughts about vacation Bible school and the cheesy themes that are often devoid of the gospel. Should we be sending our children to them? How do we talk to family about this? 2. I have a friend who believes that God speaks to him per...

Episode 192 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How do you understand  John 20:23 , where Jesus says, "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld"? 2. I was wondering why it's important to recite the Apostle's Creed and the Lord's...

Episode 191 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I have a friend who likes to curse and generally doesn't care about the movies or music he listens to. When I have confronted him on it he has appealed to Christian liberty, the idea that in Christ he is free to do these things.  What do you think?...

Episode 190 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Does  Colossians 2:20–22  mean we should not obey man made rules or laws? 2. I'm a new pastor who is frustrated after not seeing the fruit of his work in the congregation. Most of the people do not seem passionate about their faith. 3. My six-year-...

Episode 189 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When does going to the gym and wanting to look good become and idol? 2. If we truly are walking in the Spirit will we no longer sin? 3. Is it possible to be conservative and also agree with more liberal concerns for the environment?  4. In  John 14...

Episode 188 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In  first John 5:16 , it says that there is a sin that leads to death. What is that? 2. What does it mean to be a biblical man? Is there such a thing as biblical masculinity? What can the Bible teach us about being faithful men? 3. How precise does...