Episode 243 | 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 calls Jesus the mediator? 2. Is there a rise of liberalism in the church? If so, how should we be dealing with that? 3. How do we reconcile Matthew, Mark, and Luke, with John? I know that there are skeptics who use this as a way to say that the Gospels are just made up accounts. 4. How has God used the church to be a blessing in your life? Do you think the blessing of the church is a good reason to be part of a church? 5. Is it selfish to pray for yourself? Should our prayer life be focused on others or is it okay to pray that God would bless us?

Episode 242 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. The thief on the cross who ended up dying, in Scripture it says that one needs to be baptized in order to be born again. If he was not born of water and Spirit, how would he be saved? 2. Is pluralism a bad thing? I know that some Christians are set on making America a Christian nation, but shouldn’t we want America to be open to all religions, and isn’t this better for the advancement of the gospel if a mission field comes to us? 3. I go to a seminary and we are supposed to celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday. Is that correct? Does it still apply to us or was God just talking to the Israelites the Sabbath that supposed to be on Saturday? 4. There are passages that teach that God is sovereign and others that teach we are responsible and active. My question is, how does God’s providence and human responsibility work together in our lives? 5. Can fear of hell be used as a good motivation to holiness or should we only be motivated by grace?

Episode 241 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Does grace mean that we have to forgive everyone even if they sin against us in the same way over and over? At what point do we say that a person needs to repent? 2. Is the law of God and the law of Moses the same thing? Or are these unique? Is there a difference in the two or are they synonymous? 3. Why did God reject Saul as Israel’s king and accept David when David turned out to be almost as bad morally? Was the difference David’s heart and is that why God accepts some of us today and will reject others in the judgment? 4. If I was counting days between good Friday and resurrection Sunday, I’m only counting 2 days instead of 3. Am I missing something here about how Jews would have counted days or am I overthinking this here? 5. Does the Old Covenant offer a different way of salvation from the New Covenant? Are Jews today supposed to keep the Old Covenant while Christians are to keep the New Covenant? 6. The Old Testament says no one has ever seen God at any time. How can it also be true that to have seen Jesus is to see the Father? I’m struggling with apologetically explaining how both can be true.

Episode 240 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Can God save people who have never heard the gospel but are obedient to the light that they have received either through God revealing himself in nature or another religion? 2. In John 3, what does Jesus mean when he talks about the wind related to the Spirit and being born again? 3. In the beginning, Jesus was with Adam and Eve and then he was born as a child. That confuses me right there. 4. Should Christians seek to be tolerant? I know that there is a difference between being respectful and capitulating to the culture and some people are against the idea of tolerance. What do you think? 5. Jesus tells us that we must be born again? Can you get this little by little or is it like a real birth that happens all at once? 6. Genesis 1:26 says that Adam was to “have dominion over creation.” Is this still true today?

Episode 239 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Will we ever reach perfection in this life? 2. What have you seen to be one of the more important parts of helping kids to understand the gospel? 3. When Jesus rose, he asked for food. Why would he be hungry?

Episode 238 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. How was Jesus tempted, yet also incapable of sinning? 2. There seems to be Scripture that teaches we can lose our salvation. Can you give me your take on this? 3. Does being spiritually mature mean not sinning or sinning less?

Episode 237 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. It seems like you teach a “once saved always saved” idea of salvation. How does this motivate us to grow in holiness? 2. When I read of Paul ‘doing what he shouldn’t and not doing what he should,’ it doesn’t sound like 100% repentance. I’m sure this isn’t really the case, but the thought comes to mind. 3. In 1 Corinthians 15, what are the consequences if Jesus was not raised from the dead? What does this mean for you guys personally? 4. I have wanted to get married for a few years now, and I’m trying to be open to the possibility that God has called me to singleness. My question is, how can I know God’s will in this area?

Episode 236 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. How should think about the latest generation who is influenced by everything except scripture and the church? 2. What is the difference between the rules regarding the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good, the manna of the wilderness, and the “hidden manna” in Revelation? 3. What is the difference between having our sins forgiven and being made righteous? 4. What does it mean to be in God’s will?

Episode 235 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. When is it okay to change churches? What we should look for in a healthy church? 2. Is it okay for Christians to be in debt? Should we only spend money within our means? 3.  A friend attended a liberal divinity school at a well-respected secular university. He suggested that I attend a world religions class so that I could gain a better understanding of world religions and that while he is a Christian, if someone practices another religion that shouldn’t make a difference, that basically, it’s going to be okay because that is the religion they know and it’s how they relate to God. I mentioned the calling of the great commission, and he said that the call to share the gospel with others was misunderstood on my part and that Jesus would respect different faith traditions. I would love some feedback for future conversations with this good friend. 4. What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? 5. How can youth ministers encourage our youth to read the Bible? What do you think youth need to know that might inspire them to read it?

Episode 234 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. What does first John 2 mean when it says not to be attached by the things of this world? How does this fit with being appreciative and thankful for God’s creation? 2. I believe churches should format their liturgies to a regulative form and scripture-based worship. For this is Gods prerogative on how to approach him. Now, my question is, how can we reconcile this to the dancing of David? Others justify this saying that church worship must be like David’s, without limits. 3. When the creeds talk about Jesus descending into hell, what exactly does that mean? How should we understand this? 4. Isaiah 6:9 cannot be referring to Jesus when it says, ‘Everlasting Father.’ I’m confused why Isaiah is applying being the Father to Jesus? If Jesus and the Father are distinct persons how does this fit? 5. Is it fair to say that Israel was the Old Testament church? I have heard you say something like this before, but shouldn’t we keep Judaism and Christianity separate?​