Episode 435 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. I have a question about how do the Protestants handle confession, as where Catholics do it with a priest in the confessional because they say that Jesus told Peter that “Whose sins you forgive are forgiven, the sins you retain are retained.” That’s it, basically, how do the Protestants get around that part of Jesus’s teaching? 2. When taken together, do the Bible passages discussing hell and the second death point to a currently ongoing literal locality? Also, are hell and the second death referring to the same thing? Thank you for your continued ministry! May God continue to provide you with wisdom and grace to address people’s questions relating to his word. 3. After sharing that we had two miscarriages a woman told my me that she felt like God was telling her that he was going to give us another baby. That never happened. So my question is, when ordinary people prophesied like that, are they being deceived? Are they doing it for malicious purpose? Or they just wrong? 4. Is it possible to be a genuine believer in Jesus Christ without being a genuine disciple? Resources Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Request our latest special offers here or call 1-833-THE-CORE (833-843-2673) to request them by phone.

Episode 299 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. Why do Christians still die if we have eternal life? I don’t understand how the promise of John 3:16 fits with Christians dying? If we have eternal life shouldn’t that mean that we live forever, and if we live forever why do we have to first die? 2. How should we understand forgiveness in the Bible? 3. I’m having a hard time understand what Jesus meant that his yoke is easy and his burden light in Matthew 11:28.  I don’t consider the Christian life to be easy and I was hoping that you could shed some light on it. 4. It seems we are suffering a generational curse in our family. How do we get out of it if it is true? Any spiritual solution? 5. If you don’t go to church you don’t receive God’s gifts. I have some friends that seem like true believers that don’t really go to church. Are you saying they are not saved?

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?