Core Christianity

Episode 372 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. It says in the Bible that we are going to be judged for our deeds in the body either good or bad. Does this mean we are going to lose our salvation? I don't know if I'm playing defensive but there is no condemnation in Christ. But I worry about the...

Episode 371 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When Jesus went to Jerusalem to be crucified, why didn't Jesus and the apostles bring something for a sacrifice? 2. I was just listening to you and heard you talk about Psalms in Hebrew in order to witness to Jehovah's Witness. It's funny because I...

Episode 370 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When a lot of Christians speak about suffering, they sound as if we should just accept suffering and not do anything to change it. I have heard people use first Peter 1  this way. In  first Peter 1 , does Peter want us to just accept suffering? 2. ...

Episode 369 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I'm really struggling to make sense of  Romans 11 , the part about the branches being cut off. How do you interpret this? Is Paul teaching that Christians can lose their salvation? How does this fit with  Romans 9 ? 2. We know that God doesn't hold...

Episode 368 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I'm struggling to fit in at my church. I love the people and enjoy the worship, but I wish that I could be of better service to others. For the past few years I have struggled on and off with depression. My church has been great, but I feel like so...

Episode 367 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How should we understand Jesus's healing miracles? If Jesus came just to die for our sins, then why does he spend so much time healing? 2. When it talks about the unpardonable sin, and it says that God will get to the point where repentance will no...

Episode 366 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Could you tell me how I can truly know if I have repented of my sins? 2. Thank you very much for being ambassadors for Christ and helping me understand the Bible more. My question is about corporal punishment. I am currently reading a book on leadi...

Episode 365 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Does God reveal himself in other religions or should we only expect God to reveal himself to Christians?2. I recently ran into the infamous verse of  Isaiah 45:7  where people often claim is where it says God purposefully created evil (as the King...

Episode 364 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. The church I attend uses gluten free crackers and grape juice for the Lord's Supper. I wonder if that is okay. 2. I recently ran into the infamous verse of  Isaiah 45:7  where people often claim is where it says God purposefully created evil (as th...

Episode 363 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Some people think that the greatest challenge facing the church is pluralism. They seem to worry about America changing and moving away from being a Christian nation. Should we be concerned? 2. I have been in a relationship for several years. Somet...

Episode 362 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I would like one of the gentlemen to explain  Hebrews 6:4-6 . 2. If there is no marriage in heaven, why is it, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh"? Why did God even crea...

Episode 361 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. "Christ our righteousness," I read this in the Bible many times. What does "Christ our righteousness" mean and how does it apply to us? 2. Many years ago a preacher said the devil cannot hear your thoughts only God can hear your thoughts. So, for m...

Episode 360 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I am really struggling with lust and feel that I might be one of the people that the Bible says will not inherit the kingdom of God. I have tried to remain celibate and bury my feelings and hope they go away, but they haven't. 2. In the first chapt...

Episode 359 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I have a brother in law who is a preacher and he heads up a ministry of healing. He is really into healing words and Scripture. He has gone through a major operation for his heart and he is a little depressed and wonders why he wasn't healed. I kno...

Episode 358 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What did Jesus mean in the sermon on the mount when he made statements, "you have heard it said, but I say to you..." Is Jesus doing away with the law? 2. As believers in this day in age when you die, do you go directly to heaven; or do you sleep u...

Episode 357 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In  Matthew 7:21–23 , where Jesus says to people "I never knew you" does this apply to lukewarm Christians? How do you know if this passage applies to you or not? 2. In  Psalm 51  David says, "Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spi...

Episode 356 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What's the difference between Christianity and other religions? Why can you say we don't worship the same God? 2. Would it be a bad idea to date this guy who has a past? He mentioned that before he became a Christian, he was having sex with other g...

Episode 355 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. This seems like a little thing but in the Lord's prayer it seems that some translations say, "they will be done in earth as it is in heaven," but the most services use the word "on." It seems like a big difference in meaning.  2. Is it hypocritical...

Episode 354 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Can you be a Christian if you have made Jesus your savior and you don't know if you repented or not? Is being saved just asking Jesus to save you? 2. I like apologetics, but sometimes I worry that it gives the impression that if a person doesn't ha...

Episode 353 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Can I take the sacrament only once or twice? How many times in one day? 2. Is it wrong to pray to Jesus? I know what He taught us in the Lord's Prayer, yet I admit that I feel closer to Jesus (because of His suffering and death on the cross, etc.)...

Episode 352 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. If you are saved why does the person that is saved have to go through a judgment? I thought being saved by the Lord's grace and blood you would be saved and live with him. 2. In the New Jerusalem, as described in Revelation, walls and gates are sur...

Episode 351 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. God told Moses that he hardened Pharaoh's heart to demonstrate his own power but it seemed pretty cold. It seems kind of cruel. 2.  1 Corinthians 10:31  says, "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God," My questi...

Episode 350 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is it true that Jesus when saying that the temple would be raised in three days was referring to his resurrection? If so, what does it mean that Jesus is a temple? 2. When he revealed the veil to Peter (in the book of Acts), did the Lord make all t...

Episode 349 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Do Muslims and Christians serve the same God? 2. It seems like the Son that Jesus was born because the plan of salvation? Why did Jesus need to exist as the Trinity? Did God always exist as the Trinity? 3. How best can I serve Christ as a single wo...

Episode 348 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. If God predestined everything as it teaches in  Romans 9  and  Ephesians 1  doesn't this mean that God also predestines sin and that God is the author of sin? How does this not turn God into something that resembles the devil rather than what we fi...