Core Christianity

Episode 197 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is it okay for Christians to use anti-depressants? When should we trust God for healing and when should we trust doctors? 2. Does God use challenges and trials to make us holy? 3. Did Jesus really descend into hell? Did Jesus need to suffer in hell...

Episode 196 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How do you understand  James 5 , where it says, "confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed"? 2. In  Ezekiel 28:13 , who is the King of Tyre? In the past, it was explained to me that it is Satan but now that i...

Episode 195 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is focusing on the gospel really enough to lead a godly life or do you think that Christians also need the law? 2. In the Gospel of Luke, why is the genealogy of any historical relevance when Joseph was not the father of Jesus Christ? 3. I have com...

Episode 194 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How are people saved who died before Christ came? 2. The Bible teaches that Jesus was the son of God but the Gospel's also seems to present Jesus as a prophet? How should I understand this? 3. Are hell and the lake of fire the same thing? Or does t...

Episode 193 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What are your thoughts about vacation Bible school and the cheesy themes that are often devoid of the gospel. Should we be sending our children to them? How do we talk to family about this? 2. I have a friend who believes that God speaks to him per...

Episode 192 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How do you understand  John 20:23 , where Jesus says, "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld"? 2. I was wondering why it's important to recite the Apostle's Creed and the Lord's...

Episode 191 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I have a friend who likes to curse and generally doesn't care about the movies or music he listens to. When I have confronted him on it he has appealed to Christian liberty, the idea that in Christ he is free to do these things.  What do you think?...

Episode 190 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Does  Colossians 2:20–22  mean we should not obey man made rules or laws? 2. I'm a new pastor who is frustrated after not seeing the fruit of his work in the congregation. Most of the people do not seem passionate about their faith. 3. My six-year-...

Episode 189 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When does going to the gym and wanting to look good become and idol? 2. If we truly are walking in the Spirit will we no longer sin? 3. Is it possible to be conservative and also agree with more liberal concerns for the environment?  4. In  John 14...

Episode 188 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In  first John 5:16 , it says that there is a sin that leads to death. What is that? 2. What does it mean to be a biblical man? Is there such a thing as biblical masculinity? What can the Bible teach us about being faithful men? 3. How precise does...

Episode 187 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Does learning too much theology or being too intellectual get in the way of the heart and a personal relationship with God? 2.  Do you think  Joel 2:12 , "'Even now,' declares the Lord, 'return to me with all your heart with fasting and weeping and...

Episode 186 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How should Christians respond to Old Testament laws that call us to stone people in the Old Testament? 2. Do you think it is helpful for Christians to take personality tests? And do you think that our Spiritual gifts are in any way tied to our pers...

Episode 185 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What do you think we lost or gained by this practice when we switched from using hymnals in church? 2. I have been celibate for 7 years and am praying for a wife. I have a problem with sexual frustration and pornography. What should I do? 3. I have...

Episode 184 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What is the difference between being obedient to earn salvation and being obedient as a Christian? For some reason I don't understand what the real difference is? 2. How often should we evangelize? Can we take part in anything and not evangelize? 3...

Episode 183 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. On an episode you said that prayer is just talking to God, but I know that you also think written prayers are a good thing. Can you explain how you hold these together? 2. Is it okay for Christians to date non-Christians? What about a person who is...

Episode 182 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1.  1 John 5:3  says that God's commandments are not burdensome, but most days it doesn't really feel that way. Why is pursuing holiness so hard? 2. How is the history of redemption related to actual history? Are they the same thing? 3. Are tattoos co...

Episode 181 | 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 that he was the way the truth and the life? And how should we think of other religions? 2. Is every false teacher an anti-Christ in a sense? 3. How can I utilize God's word to overcome my worry about the materialism, and sexuali...

Episode 180 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why would Jesus tell us to be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect when we struggle daily with sin? Isn't this an impossible command? 2. What do people mean when they say that the Kingdom of God is already and not yet? Isn't this a contradic...

Episode 179 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I have heard you talk about how you think kids should come to the adult worship service. What do you think is the practical way to deal with kids who will lose attention and likely act out during worship?   2. How do you talk to people? I have a fe...

Episode 178 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I have heard you talk about how you think kids should come to the adult worship service. What do you think is the practical way to deal with kids who will lose attention and likely act out during worship? 2. How do I talk to my atheist co-workers?...

Episode 177 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is it Biblical to have communion every Sunday? Does the Bible teach that we should have communion every Sunday that we get together? 2. I have heard you talk about disagreeing with people while being respectful. But what if someone is coming from a...

Episode 176 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why are certain groups like Mormons better at evangelism than certain protestant groups? 2. I recently read an article from the BBC about a 14 year old girl who committed suicide because of her fear that her church wouldn't accept her as a Gay Chri...

Episode 175 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In an article you wrote called What every Christian needs to Know about suffering you said, "There is no promise in Scripture that believers will be protected from the common evils that go with living in a fallen, sinful world." I was taught that a...

Episode 174 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What does the Bible mean when it talks about the gospel as a mystery? 2. What is the difference between being gracious and just letting people get away with sin? 3. When sharing the gospel, what do you think people most need to hear? 4. What does t...

Episode 173 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How do you maintain hope that the church will survive when there is so much false teaching today? 2. Why exactly is the Trinity important? There are others like Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses' who say they're Christians but do not believe in the T...