Core Christianity

Episode 944 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. What does God do in baptism? 2. Is there a difference between hades and hell mentioned in the Bible? 3. My husband and I strongly disagree on how to or how to not participate in the cultural traditions of Christmas and Easter as a family (i.e. Santa and the Easter bunny...

Episode 943 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. How should I pray for the elderly who are nearing the end of life? 2. How will we recognize the antichrist? My friend has bought into a lot of conspiracy theories about how Bill Gates is the antichrist, what can I say to him? 3. What should I do when my pastor loses foc...

Episode 942 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Does the Bible help us discuss the ethics surrounding organ donation after death? 2. My daughter was baptized and professed faith in Christ, but died from a drug overdose. Is there any hope that she is in heaven? 3. Is Job the oldest book in the Old Testament? 4. How do...

Episode 941 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. How should we think about the false prophecies about former President Trump's reelection? 2. Is God using the culture's current discussion on racism to correct the church? 3. What would you say is the greatest sin of America and the church today? 4. Why is Easter on Sun...

Episode 940 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. How do I share Christ with those in my family who are resistant to the gospel? 2. How does God view those who repent but still sin habitually? 3. Can pastors require their members to keep rules not listed in the Bible? For instance, can a church forbid its leaders and m...

Episode 939 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Who is it that is "taken" in Matthew 24? 2. Are the false teachers we see today a sign of the last days? 3. How do I honor my parents if 1 Corinthians 5 calls us to sever ties with certain people? 4. Why weren't the gnostic gospels included in the Bible? 5. I struggle w...

Episode 938 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. When is it helpful to express our views and opinions on non-core doctrines? 2. What will happen to those who are not Christians when Jesus returns? 3. Hebrews says that Jesus prays for us. In what sense does he pray for us? I pray to Jesus so how does he pray for us if...

Episode 937 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. How do I share the gospel with someone who is Jewish who just lost their loved one? My family friends are Jewish and their mother just passed away. 2. Is it worse to sin against the Holy Spirit than it is against the other persons of the Trinity? 3. If you're saved, why...

Episode 936 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Does God ever heal non-Christians? And if someone has unconfessed sin, does that hinder God from doing a miracle in their life? 2. How can I deal with grief? I lost my fiance last summer and I am still struggling with her death. 3. I have a question about the things hap...

Episode 935 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Are generational curses still occuring in families today? 2. If I rejected Jesus all of my life, can I still ask for forgiveness on my deathbed? 3. Does modern Christianity really teach the same things Jesus taught? 4. If the last days will be like the days of Noah, wil...

Episode 934 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Are Roman Catholic views of Mary based in Scripture? 2. Did the disciples receive the Holy Spirit twice? 3. My child claims to be transgender and is demanding that we use their preferred pronouns, what should I do? 4. Is cremation a desecration of God's image? 5. How ca...

Episode 933 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Does God depend on us to save other people? 2. What are your thoughts on replacement theology? What does the Bible say about if the church has replaced Israel? 3. If God doesn't depend on us to evangelize, are we obligated to do it at all? 4. Did Jesus commit suicide by...

Episode 932 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Who are the 24 Elders in Revelation? 2. Does going to church make me a Christian? 3. Are altar calls a mark of a true church? 4. My wife and I got married before we became Christians. Is our marriage valid in God's eyes? 5. Will we see our pets in heaven? Today's Offer...

Episode 931 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Can the mentally ill be saved? I have schizophrenia, bipolar, and PTSD. 2. I wanted to know what you consider to be the right eschatology. I lean amillennial and that Christ has fulfilled it all. What is your view? 3. My son is struggling with the idea that an all-knowi...

Episode 930 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. As a woman trying to choose a doctor, does my gynecologist have to be a woman? Is there a line, even if they are a really good doctor? 2. Matthew 5:21-22 says that anyone who is so much as "angry" is guilty of murder. I can't believe that I am interpreting that right. I...

Episode 929 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I think I want to believe in God, but I am not sure if I can believe in something I can't see. What do I do? 2. I was hurt by my church. Is it time to look elsewhere or should I go back to the same church? 3. Is it ever God's will for his people to be under spiritual at...

Episode 928 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do I have to tithe my inheritance? 2. I used to be a leader in a church, but my church dissolved. I have done some terrible things since then. Am I still saved or am I past that point? 3. If I attend church virtually, can I also take the Lord's Supper and be baptized vi...

Episode 927 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Is all sin equal in God's eyes? For example, is a white lie the same as a murder? 2. I am trying to decide which church I should start tithing to. We don't really have an established Christian church here. Things have not gone back to in person here yet it is still virt...

Episode 926 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Is the sinner's prayer biblical? 2. When the disciples cried out for comfort in the storm, Jesus was there. I have heard many preachers say that Jesus will comfort us when we cry out to him and others say that we won't get that comfort until heaven. Unfortunately I am g...

Episode 925 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. What do you think the gospel is? I hear the word used a lot without a definition and I am not sure if everyone who uses it is on the same page. 2. I came across the idea that angels look at humans in wonder and find us to be amusing to a degree. Do you know where this t...

Episode 924 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Recently in my Bible study we have been talking about how Jesus had fulfilled the law. But we are wondering about how in the Psalms we are to "meditate on the law day and night." What is the difference between what David is saying and what Jesus has said? 2. Do you have...

Episode 923 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Why don't we see God intervening and helping those in Ukraine? 2. I know the Bible says to "love your enemies," but when do we get to pray the Imprecatory Psalms? I am very angry with Putin for what he has done. I have prayed for his salvation, but I am not sure what to...

Episode 922 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I am almost 18 and I am wondering, how can I focus on growing and maturing into being a godly man? 2. When I sin, I feel guilty for a long time even after repenting from it. I know that that feeling is a selfish desire, as if I am able to take care of my own sin without...

Episode 921 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. My son was baptized this past summer. One of his friends is reaching out to him and trying to talk to him about the World Missions Society Religion and is persuading him about this new religion about "God the mother." I was doing bible study with my son and he invited h...

Episode 920 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. If Jesus is God, was his crucifixion a form of self-murder or suicide? 2. I am wondering how do I honor my parents when I have strong disagreements with my parents about their beliefs in conspiracy theories about the vaccine, political views that are more estreeme, as w...