Episode 424 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Key questions answered in today’s show:
1. What do you do with Jesus’ call to take up our cross? It seems to me that Jesus is saying that a person should be willing to die for their faith. How would you encourage someone like me that still struggles with the same sins? I don’t feel like I can honestly say that I would be willing to take up my cross because I can’t even deal with the same sins I keep going back to.
2. Jesus taught that we should forgive a brother 70 times 7. But in the parable of the sower he also taught that people could fall away, and Hebrews 6 says that a person who has fallen away can’t come back because that would be the same as crucifying Christ twice. I need some clarification of this because I am one of those backsliders that failed the temptation and if I can’t repent and come back to the Lord, I’m in a heck of a mess.
3. I have a friend who believes in soul sleep I have tried to take him to certain passages like Philippians 1 and 2 Corinthians 4 and 5 but he keep telling me that these are talking about the resurrection and not the time between death and resurrection. I was wondering what your thoughts are on that.
4. How should I rightly understand the Sermon on The Mount?
5. I hear you talk about generational curses and how those don’t exist anymore I was just curious if there is a distinction for propensity for certain sins over a curse? For example, can a person have propensity for alcoholism that is maybe handed down even though it’s not a curse?
Resources
Aiden Peterson’s impromptu trumpet concert
Devoted to God: Blueprints for Sanctification by Sinclair B. Ferguson
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I’ve Been Hurt by the Church and I’m Afraid to Go Back. What Do I Do?
Episode 1184 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Questions in this Episode 1. In Numbers 14, did Moses persuade God to change his mind? 2. Did the coming of the Two Witnesses in Revelation already happen? 3. How can I combat the constant doubting of my faith? 4. I’ve been hurt by the church and I’m scared to go back. What should I do? Today’s Offer Inner Core Request our latest special offers here or call 1-833-THE-CORE (833-843-2673) to request them by phone. Want to partner with us in our work here at Core Christianity? Consider becoming a member of the Inner Core. Resources Core Question – Can I Lose My Salvation?
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How Do I Have a Better Prayer Life?
Episode 258 | 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 can really make the difference between continual failure and gaining victory over sin? 2. What is your view on people who are narcissistic? How do you deal with them, especially if they are a family member or your husband? 3. I’m struggling with my prayer life. I don’t really pray on any sort of regular basis and I’m thinking maybe it would be good to start writing out my prayers in a prayer journal. I have a friend who does this, and even though I’m worried about formalism, I think that this might at least help me to start praying. What do you think? 4. We have a church that is really into choruses. My family and I are more into hymns and classical songs. We do not feel worshipful when we have to sing the same phrase over and over. How do we approach people to try to get through what you are talking about, the meat of the music, the core of the doctrine, what psalms and hymns profess?
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What Makes for a Godly Marriage?
Episode 311 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions. Show Notes CoreChristianity.com Key questions answered in today’s show: 1. I have a question about Romans 11. In whom are what are the gentiles and Israel grafted into? And what is the nature of this engrafting since it seems Paul says that parts of Israel have been broken off and he warns the gentiles that they can be broken off? And lastly, what is the significance of this for the Christians life? 2. I’ve been taught my whole life that after the cross and resurrection, unbelievers are sitting in a prison with an open door and all they have to do is just walk out. This sounds a lot like universalism but am assured by those teaching it that is not because those that do not walk out are choosing to stay. Can you explain this idea? 3. What does it mean to “watch and pray” in the book of Matthew? 4. In Romans 9, Paul says he wished he could be accursed for the sake of his Jewish brothers. Is he saying this because he wants us to have a love for the Jewish people? 5. Why are there so many references about Jesus’ blood in our redemption, and not just that we are saved by Jesus himself? 6. What makes for a Godly Marriage?
