Core Christianity

Episode 522 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Do we have to confess our sin to the person we sinned against to be forgiven, even if we have confessed it to God repeatedly and asked for forgiveness? 2. I have a question about  Matthew 7:13–14 . It talks about "the way that is broad leads to destruction...

Episode 521 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I have a really close friend who I have been sharing my faith with for years. He is very open-minded when I share with him but every time we get into a deep conversation about this, he always gets stuck on all the war and violence that has been attached to...

Episode 520 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What does Jesus mean in  John 3:5  when he says that "unless one is born of water  and  the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God," or Peter when he says baptism "now saves us" in  1 Peter 3:21 ? It sounds like Jesus is saying water baptism is necessa...

Episode 519 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Do you have a guide on how to discuss salvation for Grandparents to use with Grandchildren various ages 4 to 16? I want to present to them on their level so I don't blow my opportunity. 2. I wonder why God let certain things happen in my life that make me...

Episode 518 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. The Bible mentions that God is our Shepherd, Refuge, Fortress, etc. In  Psalm 28:1 , it says, "O Lord my Rock." Why is a "rock" that significant? I don't know Palestine, but I would think that there are rocks all over the land. 2. What was the good news of...

Episode 517 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What book I can recommend to a friend of mine who is a Christian but all over the place in their beliefs? I would like to share the gospel with her, and where she can understand the truth of God's Word and His Gospel. 2. In a recent program, you explained...

Episode 516 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is it God's will for His saints to be poor, or to live paycheck to paycheck? I felt God lead me to go back to school since I lost my job during the COVID shutdown. I don't feel that God wants me to work and go to school full-time on top of caring for my fa...

Episode 515 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How is a person really saved? I hear preachers tell others to say a prayer, receive Christ into your heart, and then God will save you, and I don't find any of that in the Scriptures. Could you help me out and show me where they get that from? When God sav...

Episode 514 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Should Christians practice the Passover Seder? If we do, do we go back under the law? 2. In Bart Ehrman's recent book,  Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife , he claims that the Old Testament does not reference Hell at all, and in the New Testament,...

Episode 513 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Since the start of this COVID pandemic, my husband and I have not attended church. He has health issues which makes him high-risk, and I don't want to bring this disease home to him. I still support my church with my tithes and offerings, and I'm listening...

Episode 512 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why do Christians argue about the gift of speaking in tongues, saying that you don't have to speak in tongues to have the Spirit? Scripture clearly teaches that we cry, "Abba Father" when we have the gift of the Spirit. Can you explain that? 2. I heard Adr...

Episode 511 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is it possible to have sins unpaid for? In other words, when Jesus said from the cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do," were those people forgiven, or did Jesus die for those sins? Should we assume that all of the people in the crow...

Episode 510 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How come God hasn't destroyed Satan already? 2. I've been with the Lord for almost 30 years. When I was younger, I committed adultery. I did repent, but to this day I hurt so much. Yes, for the things I have done, but mostly because I was already a born ag...

Episode 509 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why are the four beasts in Daniel's dream different than what is explained in Revelation? 2. Since God is all-knowing, and since He also sent His Son for us, for whom or for what, precisely, is Jesus interceding? 3. If I had spiritual mentors who led me th...

Episode 508 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Are God's promises conditional on our actions? If we don't forgive others, will he not forgive us? Do I fall out of God's favor every time I sin? 2. Does God control governments, history, and policies in order to fulfill all that he promises to do? 3. Can...

Episode 507 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When Christ died on the cross was he in hell for 3 days? 2. Should we pray for healing to escape our suffering, or strength to endure it? 3. Did God write the law to save us? Did Jesus break the law when he healed on the sabbath, or his disciples when they...

Episode 506 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How should I pray for immediate healing? 2. Are we sinful because we're evil, or are we evil because we're sinful? 3. I have a question about  1 John 4:18 . "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment...

Episode 505 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Can a Christian get their faith back after losing it? 2. Truthfulness is an important matter. No one wants to believe in something that is not true. How can we defend and proclaim the truthfulness of our Christian faith and the Bible? 3. In  1 Corinthians...

Episode 504 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I have a couple of friends who say that Jesus has come to them and spoken to them in their dreams. Most recently, they said that Jesus came to them and said UFO's were real and angel's chariots. I kind of cringe any time I hear that. I wanted to know, what...

Episode 503 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What book do you recommend to best start a study on the book of Revelation? 2. If God forgives all our sins when we put our faith in him, what about our future sins? Are they also forgiven? 3. My question is from  Matthew 11:19 . It says the Pharisees call...

Episode 502 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Did Old Testament believers experience the new birth? I mean, were they born again? 2. I've dealt with pornography since I was probably 7 years old, and I can't let it go. I want to. How can I? I've gone to God and asked for forgiveness more times than not...

Episode 501 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In Matthew 12, Jesus said that an evil and unfaithful generation asked for signs. But in the previous chapter, when John the Baptist doubted if Jesus was the Christ, why did Jesus point to his miraculous works? And why would he perform so many miracles if...

Episode 500 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What would you say is at the core of the answers you give us? What is the heart of your show? 2. I've been a life-long Christian, and I believe that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I know that He sustains me, but there's one place in my life right now that I'...

Episode 499 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Getting to church with our children is often stressful. This last Sunday I said some harsh words to my kids, threatening them with discipline. In the moment I felt justified, but I also know I spoke out of anger, not love. I really want our family to be at...

Episode 498 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Can we pray for repentance? 2. I know Hebrews 6 comes up regularly on your show. I have a slightly different question, I think. I'm wondering, how can someone who isn't saved be said to "partake" of the Holy Spirit? 3. I am a nurse in a nursing home. In ev...