Episode 111 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. In the parable of the wheat and the tares are the tares the same as the seed of the serpent? 2. Throughout the Bible, we are told to fear God. I’m thinking of Ecclesiastes 12:13, “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” What does it mean to fear God? And how does that fit with the command to love God? 3. What do you think Christians should really know about God? 4. I have heard you talk about how preaching the gospel is essential to a faithful church? Is this different from a pastor just preaching the word of God? How do I know if a pastor is preaching the gospel? 5. What is the key difference between a job and a calling? How does a Christian know if they are living out their calling?

Episode 110 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. The Bible seems to talk about unbelievers as if they don’t do anything good, I’m thinking of Romans 3 for example. But I know people who are not Christians who are good people. They are good neighbors and seem to be overall kind people. How do you explain this? 2. How should the Gospel influence the way I treat my children? I’m worried that if I show too much grace they won’t learn discipline and self-control. Where is the balance? 3. Were people in the Old Testament saved by works? Or were they saved by grace too? Is this what the Bible means in the Gospel of John where it says, “The law came through Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ”? 4. I have heard it said that the holier you are the more you will feel like you fall short. If this is true how do you avoid falling into despair over sin? 5. When the Holy Spirit was poured out in Acts, what changed in history? How is this different from the Spirit coming upon Old Testament judges?

Episode 109 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. How do you know if you are called to ministry? 2. Do you believe that Christians can be filled with the Spirit? If so, what does that look like? 3. What are the signs of a person who is demon possessed? If we come across a person who is demon possessed, what do you think we should do about it? 4. Does God use suffering to make us holy? 5. When Paul in 1 Corinthians 12 says that he will show them a more excellent way, is he talking about love? How does this relate to spiritual gifts?

Episode 108 | 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 when he said that he was the Way? Is Jesus saying that there is no salvation without believing in him? 2. What is the difference between grace and peace? Paul often begins his epistles this way. What does this mean? 3. How should we understand church scandal? How do we respond without becoming cynical? 4. I’ve heard that the title “Christian” is used in a negative sense in the NT and a better title for believers is “Followers of Jesus.” What do you think of this? Should we reference ourselves as Jesus Followers or Apprentices of Jesus or Christians? 5. What are some good ways to be intentional about evangelism?

Episode 107 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Will Christians become holy by just focusing on the gospel or is there more to it than that? 2. What advice do you have for being faithful to Jesus in the little things, the sort of everyday grind of work, friendships, and family? 3. Does the Bible have a cold view of those suffering? 4. 2 Peter 3:8-9 the Bible talks about God delaying judgment in the coming of Christ, what does this mean? 5. How can you tell if you’re really bearing fruit?

Episode 106 | 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 to say that the Bible is the Word of God? 2. Does the head or the intellect ever get in the way of the heart? 3. When 1 Peter 3:1 is wrongly used as an example that Christianity has helped spread misogyny, how can we help set the record straight, in a sense? 4. What hope is there for church unity among the various denominations?

Episode 105 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Dr. Horton, I recently read a book about someone having a dream about them going to hell and being told about Jesus. Does God work through visions and dreams? What should I think about their account of hell? 2. I have a friend who stopped going to church because he thinks that Christians are too intolerant. At first, I tried to object to that stereotype, but his interactions with other Christians haven’t been models of Christ-likeness. Some Christian people have treated him in very sinful ways and have said horrible things about him that I know aren’t true. What should I do to help my friend see that Jesus is bigger than our sin?  3. In Isaiah chapter 11 he speaks about a wolf dwelling with a lamb and a leopard lying down with a young goat. Is Isaiah talking about heaven? And does this mean that there will be animals in heaven? 4. When Jesus prayed that the church would be one it didn’t seem like he had in mind that there would be multiple denominations. How do we reconcile this with that fact that it would seem like God would answer Jesus’ prayer for unity? What should we as Christians be doing to achieve unity? 5. Revelation 22:17 say, “And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” Does this mean that anyone could be saved? And if salvation is free why don’t more people accept Jesus as Lord? 6. In the opening of 1 Corinthians Paul says that they are sanctified and they are saints. But throughout the letter it doesn’t seem like they are saints at all but childish and sinful. Was Paul being sarcastic or was he speaking literally?

Episode 104 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Can we prove that God exists; or that the Bible is true? 2. What are the great and unsearchable things in Jeremiah 33:3? 3. How can I discover my spiritual gift? 4. How important do you think it is to have powerful experiences of God working in our lives? 5. What is the most significant thing you learned about prayer in the last few years that you think people really fail to grasp? 6. Is salvation really by grace alone?

Episode 103 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. What is Abraham’s bosom? 2. What did Paul mean about head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11? Does this apply to us today? 3. Was Peter a true Christian when he denied Jesus 3 times? 4. What does Paul mean in 1 Cor. 14 that speaking in tongues builds up the person who speaks with tongues? 5. Are the seeds of Abraham from Genesis 12 the same things spoken of in Galatians 3? 6. How do you understand Matthew 12:28 where Jesus says, “If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom has come”? 7. What is the sign of Jonah?

Episode 102 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Philippians 4 says that we should always rejoice in the Lord. How do we do this? 2. I grew up hearing a lot about the Antichrist. Some people think he is a world leader others think that the Antichrist still hasn’t revealed himself. Who do you think is the Antichrist; and where in the Bible should I look to understand what to expect? 3. I have heard it taught that all suffering comes our way because we lack faith and that this is what the book of Job teaches when Job was making offerings for his kids just in case they had sinned. Is this true? 4. If God desires all people to be saved, why doesn’t he save everyone? Is this where free will comes into play? 5. What does Jesus mean when he says that not an iota shall pass away from the law?