Core Christianity

Episode 750 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. Does Revelation 3:5 indicate that Jesus does blot some names out of the Book of Life? 2. My brother is in a church that says we shouldn't celebrate birthdays or holidays. What do you think of this? 3. We know that God is all knowing but how God could create so many pe...

Episode 749 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. In a previous episode someone asked about Isaiah 53 as it relates to sickness and healing. But how do we understand Matthew 8:15-16 in regards to our physical health because in that passage Jesus is quoting from Isaiah 53? 2. My wife and I were praying so that we coul...

Episode 748 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. Should Christians have pictures of the Nativity and Jesus throughout their homes? 2. Is the Equality Act a sign that the church has now entered the period of persecution? 3. I have a hard time believing the stories in the Old Testament, like Jonah and the Whale. Did t...

Episode 747 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. Before I was baptized I had to take a 6 week course to make sure I knew what I was doing. Where I go to church now they do baptisms through alter calls only. Which way is right or wrong? 2. How can I convince someone that God cares about the intimate details of our live...

Episode 746 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. How do you admonish those in the church who are adopting unbiblical ideas about sexuality and other things? 2. How can I pursue reconciling my relationship with my adult son? 3. Outside of the qualifications for eldership in 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1, which qualities are mo...

Episode 745 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. Is 'Homosexual' mistranslated in the Bible? 2. Does the 2nd Commandment apply to depictions of other biblical figures other than Jesus? 3. I saw recently that well known pastors are using other pastors' sermons without crediting them. Should a pastor just use his own...

Episode 744 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. I have heard a preacher say that people who are in politically correct churches may not be able to enter the kingdom of heaven. What do you think? 2. I started attending a Seventh-Day Adventist church, what do you think of the church's claim that they alone are the re...

Episode 743 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. Must I attend the same church as my spouse? 2. Do all dogs go to heaven? 3. Must I abandon earthly possessions to truly follow Christ? 4. Should Christians give approval to political candidates? 5. How can I strengthen my prayer life? Today's Offer 7 Things Children T...

Episode 742 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com   Questions in this Episode 1. Why do pastors so often neglect Jesus's command to get baptized in their preaching? 2. I have always been told that America is a Christian nation built on Judeo Christian teachings. But I recently heard a pastor say that America isn't a Christian nation and that we sh...

Episode 741 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. What does Paul mean in Romans 10:6-7 when he talks about Jesus's ascending and descending? 2. Should our national flag have a place in the church sanctuary? 3. Where did John the Baptist get the idea of baptism from? Was it in the Old Testament? 4. If the COVID vaccine somehow changes DNA, would...

Episode 740 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. I heard your question about if a protestant should marry a Catholic, but I'm going to a Nazarene church and am wondering about my relationship with a woman who is a Seventh-Day Adventist. Is this wise or unwise? 2. In Colossians 2:15, it says Jesus disarmed the rulers and authorities and put the...

Episode 739 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Does God will all people to be saved? 2. How do we correct our friends who believe in a bad theology with love and respect? 3. I want to walk in God's will for my life, but I don't want to wait around to figure out what it is before doing something with my life. What should I do? 4. Can a Protes...

Episode 738 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. I heard that you are preaching through Genesis. Because of that I thought that you might help me answer a question in Genesis chapter 6. My husband and I are reading Genesis and in verse 2, it says, "the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive," who are the "sons of God" in the...

Episode 737 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Is it important to remember when you are born again? 2. Has Satan already been bound? 3. Can you truly be saved if you struggle with addiction? I know you can't lose your salvation, but can you lead a double life where you go to bible study and church and yet still struggle with certain addictio...

Episode 736 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Does God only hear prayers prayed in the name of Jesus? Would a Jew or Muslim prayer be heard or not since its not in the name of Jesus? 2. Will Jews be saved purely based on their ethnicity? 3. A biblical counselor told me that anyone who disagrees with us is our enemy? I thought Satan, sin, an...

Episode 735 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. If someone receives the Mark of the Beast, can they repent of that or is it unpardonable? 2. I am reading a Christian book where the author says that Christians experience heaven differently based on their good works. What do you think about this? 3. What do you think about astrology, should Chr...

Episode 734 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. If God cannot be in the presence of sin, why is Satan allowed to stand in God's presence in the book of Job? 2. Do you know anything about the supposed letters about Jesus's childhood? These stories are from other Gospels not in the Bible, and in them, Jesus's father, Joseph, tells Jesus to stop...

Episode 733 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. I have heard a pastor say that Christians should not take offense to things they see in the culture. Is this right? It seemed that Jesus was offended in the temple where he turned over the tables. 2. My coworker is not a Christian and yesterday his son passed away from cancer. His son wasn't eve...

Episode 732 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. I have heard an explanation that, in Mark 8, Jesus was telling his disciples not to ask for signs and miracles like the Pharisees, but I fail to see how that is the case because no matter how many signs Jesus performed, the Pharisees still never accepted him. So what is Jesus really telling his...

Episode 731 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Every time I make the conscious decision to get right with God it seems like everything in my life slowly begins to fall apart and I'm really confused by that. Is there a lesson God is trying to teach me here? 2. Is it ok for a Christian to be hypnotized? 3. What is the Abomination of the Desola...

Episode 730 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. I work with first responders and sometimes they have to respond to tragic calls. There is not always a chaplain to help the community members, so what passages in scripture would you recommend first responders to share with people in those scenarios? 2. In John 6:52-53, Jesus says talks about ea...

Episode 729 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Why is it that Jesus commands us in Matthew 28 to baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but in Acts 8, 10, and elsewhere, the early church is shown to baptize in the name of Jesus? 2. What is prevenient grace and is it biblical? I have heard this said from the pulpit but am no...

Episode 728 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. What was God doing before he created the universe? 2. I am wondering, what does the Bible say about suicide? 3. In 2 Peter 2:20, it seems like Peter is saying people can lose their salvation, but in John 6 and 10 it seems like Jesus says we can't lose our salvation. How do we make sense of these...

Episode 727 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. I know in the Bible that it says that marriage is supposed to be one man and one woman, but where does it say we have to have a written document to legitimize a marriage? 2. If we promote or condone stories that use sorcery, aren't we encouraging the practice of sorcery and suggesting that one s...

Episode 726 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com 1. Lots of people talk about the topic of God's sovereignty as it relates to if we choose God or if God chooses us, but I am wondering if this truth is good news to those who are suffering or does it add to their pain, knowing that God allowed it to happen? Should we not mention it at all to those...