Core Christianity

Episode 895 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I am witnessing to my coworkers and am beginning to read the Bible with them. They are asking me which book of the Bible they should start reading so that they might avoid being confused. Can you help? 2. I feel like I am withdrawing from my friends and my job and am be...

Episode 894 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. If a Muslim in another country converts to Christianity and has multiple wives, must he divorce all of his wives except for his first wife? 2. I have a desire to go into the Marines but am the only spiritual leader in my family. Is it selfish to leave my family to pursu...

Episode 893 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Is the grace of God only effective for those who have faith in Christ or can it influence non-Christians as well in their everyday lives? 2. Why did it take Jesus two tries to heal the blind man? 3. If God is all knowing and omnipotent, didn't he know what Adam and Eve...

Episode 892 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. How do I comfort those who have lost someone in from COVID-19? 2. I learned about the doctrines of grace a couple years ago, and have been struggling with great fear about not being one of God's elect. It has really made me scared, and question that maybe I can't approa...

Episode 891 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. What is your interpretation of the new wine skins in Luke 5? 2. In 2 Timothy 1:7, it says, "for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love." I know that. What I am struggling with is I don't know how this applies to COVID. I want to be cautious and not...

Episode 890 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Do our spirits go to heaven when we die, or do they fall asleep? 2. My wife is involved with conspiracy theories. Should I be concerned about this? I am praying about it every day. It has been going on for a year now and it is all she wants to look at on Facebook. I am...

Episode 889 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Did God or the angels destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? 2. If Jesus spoke to Paul on the road to Damascus, why would he not speak to us today? 3. A friend of mine has been performing baptisms for his friends on his own in his bathroom tub. He is not an elder of a church and t...

Episode 888 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I know that fornication is a sin. But I am wondering if Christians have to be married by the government or if we can just come to God and be married in his eyes? 2. What does 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 mean? Does it mean that there will be second class citizens in heaven? 3....

Episode 887 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I think that God and Jesus aren't the same entity, but I also have heard that Jesus was also God, even as he came down as man. I hope that is right. Can you explain this? 2. My youth group leader was talking about speaking in tongues and how these gifts are given to us....

Episode 886 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. The Bible says that God is light, but in Genesis it says that light was created after God. Is this contradictory? 2. I am a Messianic Jew and I pastor a church in a town that used to notably be white supremacist. Thank you so much for your ministry. 3. Recently I heard...

Episode 885 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. My roommates in college find it weird when I have quiet time and read the Bible. Sometimes I feel insecure about their remarks and some of their questions, which makes me think that the Bible can't really stand up to their scrutiny. I know that's not right, but I'm no...

Episode 884 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode Can we apply the verses about the promised land in Isaiah 43 to us today or were they exclusively about Israel? My question is about sin. If you stole money when you were younger, do you have to pay it back, or is it just the same if we ask God for forgiveness? What does P...

Episode 883 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I am a trustee at my church and the leaders here are encouraging me to get ordained, but that idea makes me uncomfortable. What should I do? 2. I have always felt that I have had a strong walk with God since childhood, but recently I find myself struggling with ideas of...

Episode 882 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Why is it that in Matthew Jesus is said to come from Joseph's genealogy? Shouldn't he be said to come from Mary's line since Joseph is only his adoptive father? 2. I am an Assistant Pastor and since 2020 our church has focused on topics of diversity and social issues in...

Episode 881 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. My brother and his wife are Jehovah's Witnesses. Is it actually a cult? 2. In Matthew chapter 5, Jesus seems to speak a lot about the Kingdom of Heaven, how important is it for us Christians to know what the Kingdom of Heaven is and is it here now? 3. I am wondering how...

Episode 880 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Why does God command the Israelites to invade Canaan, doesn't this contradict the command not to murder? 2. I have heard that anyone who adds or subtracts from the Word of God will be punished. I know that Mormons and Catholics have added to the Bible with other books,...

Episode 879 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. With so many well established pastors teaching different doctrines from the Bible, how am I to discern the truth from the many different pastors and sermons I listen to on the radio and podcasts? How do I know who is right? 2. I wonder if Jeremiah 17:9 contradicts Ezeki...

Episode 878 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. When the Pharisees questioned Jesus about a woman married to seven different men, Jesus told them no one would be married or given in marriage in the resurrection. If that is so, why does God make such a big issue about marriage to nullify it in the heaven? 2. How come...

Episode 877 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. If God can hear our prayers, can Satan also hear them? 2. Is the belief that human evolution occured a heresy? 3. My friend is having a hard time with the story of Jacob and Esau. How can Isaac and Jacob be counted in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11 when they are so awf...

Episode 876 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. I have not been too worried about the vaccine, but now that I am getting the vaccine I am beginning to be more concerned. I know you have said that it is not the Mark of the Beast, but can you give me Scripture as to why and how I am to know this for sure? 2. What does...

Episode 875 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Can I still take communion if I smoke cigarettes? 2. I have a question about Exodus 21:20-22. What do you think about what the Bible says about slaves being someone's property? 3. Does 1 Corinthians 15 teach that our bodies will be spiritual or natural at the resurrecti...

Episode 874 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Why don't I hear pastors preach on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John? Can Christians go to heaven if they are described as being prejudice? 2. Is there a pattern for worship or a set of laws for how we should carry out our worship services? 3. I've never been attracted to fasting,...

Episode 873 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Someone called in recently and said that they saw Jesus in person. But Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit upon his ascension. Why would he be here and make appearances to others if he has already sent us the Holy Spirit? 2. Starting in the pandemic I saw a lot of people watc...

Episode 872 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. There is a girl at church that I would like to approach and ask out. How do I go about doing this biblically? 2. Is it true that "God loves the sinner, but hates the sin"? I'm struggling to see this distinction in Scripture. For example, in the opening verses of Malachi...

Episode 871 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. How can God be good if he also created sin? 2. Do the Old Testament laws regarding remarriage apply to Gentiles in the church today? 3. Was the biblical canon decided at the Council of Nicaea? 4. When you say that you don't believe in the rapture, what resources do you...