Core Christianity

Episode 147 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When Christ was crucified on the cross, he said, "My God, why have You forsaken Me?" How could Jesus who is God be separated from the Father who is also God? 2. How can we call God 'Abba' or 'Daddy' and not profane God's holiness or righteousness?...

Episode 146 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Should Cain have known that his sacrifice would not be accepted? 2. How do we go about fighting repetitive sins? 3. What does John mean when he talks about a "sin leading to death" in 1 John? Is this the same thing as the Blasphemy of the Holy Spir...

Episode 145 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What is the fear of the Lord? 2. How should I understand the Trinity? Are the three persons really just different ways of talking about the same God? 3. As believers should we practice celebration of life services? 4. Should we pray imprecatory psa...

Episode 144 | 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' temptation if he was incapable of sin? 2. When a Christian dies, does he go to heaven or paradise? 3. What is the extent of a Christians involvement in Politics? Are there lines that should not be crossed? 4. How do...

Episode 143 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In  Luke 9 , Jesus warns that those who put their hand to the plow are not fit for the kingdom of God. How do you understand this warning? 2. How do you best explain the process of redemption to new believers? 3. How is God going to keep the church...

Episode 142 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why does the Bible seem to have so little written record of the 40 days between Jesus' resurrection and ascension? 2. What does Paul mean when he says that we should seek to live quiet lives? Does this mean that we shouldn't get involved in public...

Episode 141 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Do you have any practical suggestions to get in the word daily? 2. The Lord stopped technological advances in the past, why isn't he stopping it now? 3. I was recently part of an accountability group that turned out to be a time where people just t...

Episode 140 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. With so much concern about politics in the church today. It seems easy for our Bible reading to be caught up with concerns in one party or another, potentially blinding us to what god sees as most important. How can we avoid this?   2. Is Christ's...

Episode 139 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Can the devil read my mind? 2. What does the Bible means in John 12:32–33 where it says, "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die"? 3. What does it m...

Episode 138 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I talked with a Jehovah's Witness recently who said that God created Jesus in heaven as the very first creation. Is this true?   2. In Ephesians 1:10 promises that God will "unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth." How does t...

Episode 137 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What does it mean when Jesus wept? 2. I know that the Bible teaches that God is loving, but how can I have a better sense that God actually loves me? 3. Do you have any advice to help me deal with my guilt? 4. What should friendships and community...

Episode 136 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When we pray, are we supposed to pray to Jesus, or to God? 2. How should I expect God to reveal to me whom I should marry? 3. How do we deal with crying babies in the worship service or kids who can't sit still? 4. The Bible says, "You shall be hol...

Episode 135 | 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 when he says that a person's faith has made them well?  2. In  1 Samuel 16:14  it says that the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul. Does that mean that the Holy Spirit can leave us? 3. What does it mean that Christ...

Episode 134 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What hope is there for people who think that God has given them more than they can handle? 2. How often should we take the Lord's Supper? 3. What place do the courts have in telling the church whom we can marry or not marry? 4. Is it okay for Chris...

Episode 133 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What are spiritual sacrifices? And if we are supposed to be offering them, how can we do that?    2. What does it mean that we are created in the image of God?    3. If we fail to share the gospel, will Jesus deny me?   4. Is there anything else I...

Episode 132 | 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 say something like, "hold onto your baptism," if we are saved by faith, what do you mean by this? 2. In  Mark 7:26-28 , what did Jesus mean in the interchange with the woman? 3. What does a life that is pleasing to God look like? 4...

Episode 131 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What are specific ways a pastor can watch over the 'souls of the flock'? 2. What does 'lead us not into temptation' mean? 3. Do you believe that anyone who falls away from Christ can be restored? 4. How do we look forward to the coming of Christ wi...

Episode 130 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1.  I have been a Christian for a while but I tend to worry about heaven. I'm worried that I won't really like it. What am I missing? 2.  Why was Paul a real Apostle? Shouldn't the number of Apostles always to be 12?  3.  What does biblical community...

Episode 129 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1.  How important is it for church to be exciting? I know that sometimes the most important things in life can be boring, but if the gospel is really about amazing grace how can we allow this to become boring? What do you think? 2.  Why do you think s...

Episode 128 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How should we encourage others to be more edifying in their speech? 2. What should we focus on when we take the Lord's Supper? 3. Is God responsible for sin? 4. How do we deal with apparent contradictions in the Bible 5. How can I have victory over...

Episode 127 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1.  Are there such things as guardian angels? 2.  I really believe in striving to lead a holy life but the more I strive the more I realize that I can't do what I want to do. I have heard people say that we need to rely on the Holy Spirit. How do we d...

Episode 126 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. As a single mother I have a lot of stress in raising kids. At the church I attend there is a lot of pressure to send your kids to a Christian school or to home-school. I can't afford to do either. Is it a sin to send your kids to public school? Wil...

Episode 125 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Is there a place for self-defense as a Christian, or must we always turn the other cheek? 2. Is obedience necessary for salvation? 3. In Ephesians 2:19, Paul says that we are no longer "strangers and aliens," but in 1 Peter 2:11, Peter writes to Ch...

Episode 124 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In Matthew 11:30 Jesus says, "for my yoke is easy and my burden is light." What happens when the Christian life does not seem easy and light? 2. How much does someone need to know about doctrine to officially become a Christian? 3. If God is loving...

Episode 123 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Since Jesus was without sin and incapable of sin, how was his temptation real and genuine? 2. I would really like to take my faith more seriously and study the Bible, but I have no idea where to begin. What do you recommend? 3. How do you understan...