Episode 299 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.
Key questions answered in today’s show:
1. Why do Christians still die if we have eternal life? I don’t understand how the promise of John 3:16 fits with Christians dying? If we have eternal life shouldn’t that mean that we live forever, and if we live forever why do we have to first die?
2. How should we understand forgiveness in the Bible?
3. I’m having a hard time understand what Jesus meant that his yoke is easy and his burden light in Matthew 11:28. I don’t consider the Christian life to be easy and I was hoping that you could shed some light on it.
4. It seems we are suffering a generational curse in our family. How do we get out of it if it is true? Any spiritual solution?
5. If you don’t go to church you don’t receive God’s gifts. I have some friends that seem like true believers that don’t really go to church. Are you saying they are not saved?
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Should Churches Use Wine or Grape Juice in Communion?
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 the King James Version uses the word “evil” where other translations, notably the ESV, use the word calamity). There’s no real context I can see on this statement in surrounding text. What am I supposed to make of this verse? 3. Why does Paul so often begin his letters with “grace and peace”? What does that mean? 4. How should we respond when scandals happen within the church? 5. I’ve heard that the term “Christian” was originally given to believers with a negative connotation attached to it. If this is true, would it be better if we identified ourselves as “followers of Jesus” instead?
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Are the Spiritual Gifts in 1 Corinthians 14 for the Church Today?
Episode 887 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com
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How Do I Know if I am a Lukewarm Christian?
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 Spirit from me.” Does this mean that David was worried that he would lose his salvation? Is this how we should respond to our sin? 3. Can an unmarried Christian live with their significant other? 4. Does being spiritually mature mean that I will no longer struggle with my sin? Not that I’ll be perfect, but that it won’t be as hard to fight against my sin? 5. Is the Gospel truly for everyone? 6. What will heaven be like?
