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 policy or politics? 3. Can you be a Christian and actively practice homosexuality? 4. Is there any historical evidence for Jesus as a person to know if he actually existed or not?

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 talked about their sin over and over. It has become a burden to confess the same sins every week. Is this what an accountability group is supposed to do?  4. What do you think people really fail to understand about who Jesus is? 5. Why has the church moved away from spiritual discipline in recent years under the guise of fear of legalism? 6. Should we expect to see signs, wonders, and miracles today?

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 body physical? is it located in one place?   3. My cousin says that God is a female. How would I go about challenging those views? What evidence is there in the Bible?   4. My questions are about God’s sovereignty and free will. In John 6:44, Jesus says, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.” and in Rev. 22:17, it says “And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” One verse makes it seem like God draws us and the other sounds like anyone can freely come. How do we make sense of this?   5. Can you explain how Christians should view culture?   6. How can we live in the world and not be of the world?   7. What does Paul mean by, “being raised with spiritual bodies” in 1 Corinthians 15?

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 mean that we are in the image of God?  4. What is our faith supposed to be in? 5. What does it mean to, “Conquer” in the book of Revelation? 6. Is the Kingdom of God a future reality, or is it present? 7. Is it okay to go to church even if your heart isn’t in it?

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 this fit with hell?   3. My wife and I have tried to do family devotions with our kids. They are two and 3 and a half. We tried to read a Bible passage and pray but so far it hasn’t been too successful since they are easily distracted and want to play. Are we doing this wrong? What should we be doing at this age with our kids?   4. In Colossians 1:24 Paul says that his suffering is filling up what is lacking in Christ’s affliction. What does this mean?   5. Did Peter lose his salvation when he denied Christ? 6. How is being “in Christ” different from New Age spirituality?   7. How should we as Christians deal with stubborn sin in our lives?

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 look like when you have young children? 5. I have a cousin who doesn’t believe the Bible is true and is always looking to debate me. I always feel like I don’t give him a very good answer when he asks, “How you really know the Bible is true?” Can you help me answer this better?

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 holy, for I am holy.” Is God commanding us to do something that is impossible in this life? 5. When a person dies does he or she immediately stand before Christ or does that happen after the resurrection?

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 Christians can suffer loss when judged by Christ? 4. Is our worship unacceptable and our prayers not heard if a person is holding something against us and we have not made an attempt at reconciliation? 5. Is a Christian required to tithe 10 percent?

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 Christians to drink alcohol in moderation or is it better not to drink at all? 5. How should we think about hostility and persecution in the American Church?

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 can do for my adult children who have strayed from the faith besides pray for them?