Core Christianity

Episode 72 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Does God require our obedience for salvation? 2. How are we supposed to pray for our enemies? What should we be praying for? 3. What does Paul mean when he says that we will be raised with spiritual bodies? 4. How can we live in the power of the Hol...

Episode 71 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What would you say to someone who feels like life is meaningless especially when there is justification in Ecclesiastes for feeling this way? 2. Should I teach my children to pray even if they might not yet be believers? 3. Can those with anxiety ha...

Episode 70 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How can we tell the difference between what Jesus taught and what reflects the faith of the early church? 2. What is the difference between showing grace and excusing sin? 3. In Jeremiah 11:14 why does God tell Jeremiah, "Do not pray for this people...

Episode 69 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. What is worse, bad theology or church divisions? 2. Does God use trials and pain to discipline us? And does God discipline us for past sins or only present sins? 3. Can true believers be deceived and led astray?  4. What is the difference between ha...

Episode 68 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. When Jesus says that believers should "turn the other cheek" when someone strikes them, is this applicable in every scenario? I'm a police officer, so depending on what call I receive sometimes it's my job not to turn the other cheek. How should I a...

Episode 67 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1.  How can people who seem to accept the gospel later leave the faith? Does this mean the Holy Spirit failed to save them? 2. Jesus was baptized with the Holy Spirit prior to starting His public ministry. Why did that need to happen since he was the S...

Episode 66 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why did the Pharisees plan to kill Jesus in John 11 after he had performed such miraculous signs? 2. I have a question about 1 Corinthians 15:50. There it says, "I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does...

Episode 65 | 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 about the pluralism of our current American context, the reality that we live among people of different religious beliefs? I tend to see it as an evangelistic opportunity. What do you think?​ 2. Does God love everyone?​ 3. If God...

Episode 64 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Sometimes in worship, the Spirit seems to really be moving and other times it seems like God didn't show up to church that day? What do you think is the most important thing we can do as a church for God to show up and the Spirit to move? 2. How can...

Episode 63 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. How should we, as parents, be preparing our kids to evangelize in their schools? Is there anything we can teach or coach them in that would make them more confident in sharing the gospel with their friends?​ 2. If Christians are expected to still ke...

Episode 62 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Are there any sections of the Bible that you return to find encouragement? 2. I grew up in a church that talked about Christianity after the apostles until recently like it was all dark ages with superstition, confusion, and false teaching. Is this...

Episode 61 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In Matthew 10:38 Jesus says, "whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." Does this mean that we have to be worthy to receive salvation?​ 2.  There seems to be a lot of different interpretations of the book of Revelation espe...

Episode 60 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1.  1 Thessalonians 5:2 says that the day of the Lord, that is, the day when Jesus returns to judge the nations and gather his people will come like a thief in the night. Yet, people are always reading the signs of the times, as Jesus said we should, a...

Episode 59 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key question answered in today's show: 1. What do you think of the idea that being a Christian is about the practice of love?

Episode 58 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. In the Gospel's Jesus preaches about the kingdom of God coming soon as if he expected the kingdom of God to come in his lifetime. And then when he died and rose the apostles also seemed to think that the kingdom of God would come with the return of...

Episode 57 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Hebrews 12 says, "For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." How can you tell the difference between the Lord's discipline and the Lord's punishment? Is there is a difference?​ 2. In 1 Peter the Bible says...

Episode 56 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today's show: 1. I'm interested in learning apologetics but as I look at the material it seems overwhelming. Where should I start? 2. How can we keep the church welcoming and free from the sort of outrage we see every day? 3. What do you think about reading mystics?...

Episode 55 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.   Show Notes   CoreChristianity.com   Key questions answered in today's show:   1. What are some ways that you have seen women serve that has been a blessing to them and the church as a whole? 2. What do you think about Matthew 26:41? What are some practical ways we should watch and pray to avoid temptation? 3. In Romans 9...

Episode 54 | 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 in Revelation 12:11: "And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death"? 2. Can doubting our salvation motivate us to holiness? 3...

Episode 53 | 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 are some potential blind spots of the church today? 2. Does God really work all things together for good? 3. Why did God allow men to have multiple wives in the Old Testament when Paul makes it a requirement of an elder for...

Episode 52 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.   Show Notes   CoreChristianity.com   Key questions answered in today's show:   1. Does God sometimes distance himself from us to increase our faith? 2. If Paul says we are saved by grace in Ephesians, what does he means when he says that we are destined to perform good works? 3. What should the church do about living in a...

Episode 51 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.   Show Notes   CoreChristianity.com   Key questions answered in today's show:   1. How best can I serve the church while being single? 2. In Romans 16, Paul mentions Prisca and Aquila as "fellow workers in Christ." What can women do to be fellow workers in the church today? 3. How can we make Jesus relevant to people who d...

Episode 50 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.   Show Notes   CoreChristianity.com   Key questions answered in today's show:   1. Is it ok to work on the Sabbath if the only job I can get requires me to work on Sundays? 2. How should we pray for people to return to the Lord after falling away? 3. How can we know which Old Testament Laws still apply today?

Episode 49 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.   Show Notes   CoreChristianity.com   Key questions answered in today's show:   1. In First Timothy 1:5, Paul says, "The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith." How do you think that we can keep love the focus when studying the Bible so that we don't get too caugh...

Episode 48 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.   Show Notes   CoreChristianity.com   Key questions answered in today's show: 1. Why do you think it's important for ordinary Christians to understand the Trinity? 2. 1 Peter 1:5 says that we, "by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." If we are being guarded for...