Episode 182 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. 1 John 5:3 says that God’s commandments are not burdensome, but most days it doesn’t really feel that way. Why is pursuing holiness so hard? 2. How is the history of redemption related to actual history? Are they the same thing? 3. Are tattoos consider a sin? If so, why? If not why not? 4. What is the biblical difference between righteousness and justice? Is righteousness personal and justice societal? 5. I’m a strong believer but I wonder what happens to people of the sikh faith or Buddhism who are nice, peaceful and gentle but don’t take Christ as their personal savior?

Episode 181 | 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 that he was the way the truth and the life? And how should we think of other religions? 2. Is every false teacher an anti-Christ in a sense? 3. How can I utilize God’s word to overcome my worry about the materialism, and sexuality that we are being exposed to on Social Media? 4. What is liberal theology in Christianity and is it good or bad? 5. Did Old Testament saints understand their Scriptures pointed to a coming Messiah?

Episode 180 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Why would Jesus tell us to be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect when we struggle daily with sin? Isn’t this an impossible command? 2. What do people mean when they say that the Kingdom of God is already and not yet? Isn’t this a contradiction? 3. If we shun people who are not connected to a church, is that not putting ourselves as judges? And didn’t Jesus say not to judge? 4. What did Jesus mean in John 3:14-15 when he says that he will be like the snake that Moses lifted up in the wilderness? 5. Are denominations biblical?

Episode 179 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. I have heard you talk about how you think kids should come to the adult worship service. What do you think is the practical way to deal with kids who will lose attention and likely act out during worship?   2. How do you talk to people? I have a few coworkers who are atheists and I have no idea how to talk to them.   3. How can we read the Bible without letting our political commitments blind our interpretation?  4. Ephesians 4:11 says God has called some as apostles. I always thought that this verse taught that the apostle role is still active. How do you understand this verse?

Episode 178 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. I have heard you talk about how you think kids should come to the adult worship service. What do you think is the practical way to deal with kids who will lose attention and likely act out during worship? 2. How do I talk to my atheist co-workers? 3. How can we read the Bible without letting our political commitments blind our interpretation?  4. Ephesians 4:11 says God has called some as apostles. I always thought that this verse taught that the apostle role is still active. How do you understand this verse?

Episode 177 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Is it Biblical to have communion every Sunday? Does the Bible teach that we should have communion every Sunday that we get together? 2. I have heard you talk about disagreeing with people while being respectful. But what if someone is coming from a heretical perspective? 3. What do you do with Psalm 137, the passage about dashing babies heads against rocks? I don’t know how to make sense of a God who would command this? 4. Does learning too much theology or being too intellectual get in the way of the heart and a personal relationship with God?

Episode 176 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Why are certain groups like Mormons better at evangelism than certain protestant groups? 2. I recently read an article from the BBC about a 14 year old girl who committed suicide because of her fear that her church wouldn’t accept her as a Gay Christian. Once that information came out, her former church has since changed their stance on Gay Marriage. They now profess to be an inclusive Church, “embracing everyone, regardless of gender, race, disability or sexuality”. Was this the right response of her church? 3. I am still struggling with some of the sins that I committed when I was a new Christian, and now after being a Christian for more than 15 years it feels like I haven’t made much progress at all. How can I get past some of these sins and continue to grow? 4. What does Paul mean in 1 Corinthians when he says that the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing? 5. Does being gospel-centered mean we shouldn’t care about non-essentials like the nature of the church or baptism?

Episode 175 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. In an article you wrote called What every Christian needs to Know about suffering you said, “There is no promise in Scripture that believers will be protected from the common evils that go with living in a fallen, sinful world.” I was taught that all suffering in this life is the result of sin. Do you disagree with that? 2. Should Christians accept or reject the idea of masculinity? 3. How do you understand 1 Corinthians 10:23 where Paul says, “‘All things are lawful,’ but not all things are “helpful”? 4. The beginning of 2nd Peter 1 puts a lot of emphasis on the need for a godly life and not just faith. Does this mean that unless we can’t be saved unless we are godly? 5. In Romans 11.26 what does it mean that all Israel will be saved?

Episode 174 | 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 talks about the gospel as a mystery? 2. What is the difference between being gracious and just letting people get away with sin? 3. When sharing the gospel, what do you think people most need to hear? 4. What does the Bible say about Homosexuality?

Episode 173 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. How do you maintain hope that the church will survive when there is so much false teaching today? 2. Why exactly is the Trinity important? There are others like Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses’ who say they’re Christians but do not believe in the Trinity, but say Jesus is their savior. Isn’t that good enough? 3. Are “boundaries” Biblical? I have set boundaries with people and have been accused of holding a grudge. 4. Where in Scripture does it tell us the day that Jesus was born? 5. First Timothy 2:5 says, “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” How does Jesus, being God, also act as our mediator to God? And why does this passage call Jesus a man? 6. What do you think about the unpardonable sin? Do you believe that some sins make restoration impossible? 7. Do you think that Jesus will return in our life-time?