Episode 192 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. How do you understand John 20:23, where Jesus says, “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld”? 2. I was wondering why it’s important to recite the Apostle’s Creed and the Lord’s Prayer during a worship service? I know some worship services do not do this and I was wondering what the reason for that was. 3. Does Jesus really expect Christians to turn the other cheek? Where is the line? At what point should a Christians stand up for themselves or their family and defend themselves against persecution? 4. How do you understand 1 Corinthians 10:23 where Paul says, “‘All things are lawful,’ but not all things are helpful. ‘All things are lawful,’ but not all things build up”? 5. I was raised believing that we are supposed to get baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I have been reading my Bible about that and in Hebrews it says that we are supposed to be baptized in Jesus’s name. Can you clarify this?

Episode 191 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. I have a friend who likes to curse and generally doesn’t care about the movies or music he listens to. When I have confronted him on it he has appealed to Christian liberty, the idea that in Christ he is free to do these things.  What do you think? Is this how we should understand Christian liberty? 2.  I’m at a new church where they recite the Lord’s prayer in the service. Do you think it’s good to do this? I’m used to churches where all prayers are said from the heart. 3. I was reading about the transfiguration in the Gideon Bible and it says that Moses and Elijah appeared. I looked it up in the King James Version it doesn’t says Elijah; it says Elias. Now I’m confused. 4. What does he mean by glorified? And is this part of our salvation now or is it future? 5. I get a lot of opportunities to witness. I have witnessed sharing the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, and have been laughed at. I wonder if I do more harm than good. Is there a right way to share the gospel? 6. My brother-in-law was recently married into the Greek Orthodox Church. I’m confused by this form of orthodoxy. Can you help with this?

Episode 190 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Does Colossians 2:20–22 mean we should not obey man made rules or laws? 2. I’m a new pastor who is frustrated after not seeing the fruit of his work in the congregation. Most of the people do not seem passionate about their faith. 3. My six-year-old daughter has had seizers all her life. I recently talked to a couple about their faith healing experiences. I know that there are healings in the Bible but I also know that there are many faith-healings that have been fake. How should I think about faith-healings? Is this something that I should pursue for my daughter?

Episode 189 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. When does going to the gym and wanting to look good become and idol? 2. If we truly are walking in the Spirit will we no longer sin? 3. Is it possible to be conservative and also agree with more liberal concerns for the environment?  4. In John 14:2-3 it seems like Jesus talks about heaven in other sphere of dimension but in Romans 8:22 Paul seems to talk about heaven as the restoration of this present creation. How do these fit? 5. I understand that we are no longer under the Mosaic Law but are the ten commandments part of the Mosaic law and are Christians still obligated to follow them today?

Episode 188 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. In first John 5:16, it says that there is a sin that leads to death. What is that? 2. What does it mean to be a biblical man? Is there such a thing as biblical masculinity? What can the Bible teach us about being faithful men? 3. How precise does our theology have to be for a person to have true faith? 4. What is the extent of a Christians Involvement in Politics? Are there lines that should not be crossed?

Episode 187 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Does learning too much theology or being too intellectual get in the way of the heart and a personal relationship with God? 2.  Do you think Joel 2:12, “‘Even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart with fasting and weeping and mouring,'” has to do with someone who left the faith and came back? 3. Is Peter the rock that Jesus laid the foundation of the church upon? What do you guys think about apostolic succession? 4. In James 2:21-24, James implies that Abraham was justified by works while Paul in Romans 4 says that Abraham was justified by faith. How do you understand this?

Episode 186 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. How should Christians respond to Old Testament laws that call us to stone people in the Old Testament? 2. Do you think it is helpful for Christians to take personality tests? And do you think that our Spiritual gifts are in any way tied to our personalities? 3. How much power does Satan have? 4. I live in a constant state of lust over my girlfriend. What can you tell us to save us from eternal damnation? 5. What would you say to someone who struggles to believe the gospel? I have been going to church most of my life and I grew up hearing the gospel but I have never believed it?

Episode 185 | 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 we lost or gained by this practice when we switched from using hymnals in church? 2. I have been celibate for 7 years and am praying for a wife. I have a problem with sexual frustration and pornography. What should I do? 3. I have heard you talk before about how we Christians are all sinners. Doesn’t the Bible call us saints? How do you square that with calling Christians sinners? 4. What does it mean to love God with our minds? What are some practical ways Christians do this?

Episode 184 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. What is the difference between being obedient to earn salvation and being obedient as a Christian? For some reason I don’t understand what the real difference is? 2. How often should we evangelize? Can we take part in anything and not evangelize? 3. What do you mean by the Word creates the church? How does the Bible create the church? Didn’t the church pick which books went into the Bible? 4. What is the difference between giving the reason for our hope and being argumentative? 5. How can I enjoy life and life happily without being attached to the things of this world? 6. Is it wrong for Christians to use birth control? 7. When people say that being a member of a church is necessary for salvation, it confuses me because I thought we were saved by faith?

Episode 183 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. On an episode you said that prayer is just talking to God, but I know that you also think written prayers are a good thing. Can you explain how you hold these together? 2. Is it okay for Christians to date non-Christians? What about a person who is open to coming to church? 3. In a few places Jesus teaches that Christians should expect to suffer persecution. In your understanding how does that make sense of most of us in America who hardly seem to suffer any real persecution for their faith? 4. Should we teach our children to pray to God when they haven’t yet professed faith? Or should we wait until we are confident that they are really Christians? 5. What does it mean to have a personal relationship with God? What am I supposed to experience?