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**Core Christianity**

Core Christianity is dedicated to helping the body of Christ by answering the tough questions of our time.
Pastor Adriel Sanchez gives biblical answers that not only show why Christianity is true, but also why it’s good and beautiful. As an essential part of our multimedia effort to teach believers the core truths of historic Christianity, Core Christianity helps people experience the comfort of the gospel and gain confidence and wisdom.

Latest Episodes:

When the Church Gets Excommunication Wrong Oct 07, 2020

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Episode 548 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. What does Deuteronomy 29:29 mean when it says, "The secret things belong to the LORD our God"?

2. How do we harmonize John 19:14 when Jesus stood before Pilate at the sixth hour and the timing of Christ's crucifixion commencing at the third hour in the synoptic gospels?

3. If someone is being excommunicated from a church, is it a problem if the other members of the church are not allowed to know why that person is being excommunicated?

4. Romans 14 admonishes us not to cause our weaker brother to stumble in matters of food. Yet, during Lent, should I eat fish when I eat with my Roman Catholic friends on Fridays or Ash Wednesday? Should I follow my conscience that tells me I can eat all of what the Lord provides no matter what time of year?

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The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb: Searching for Jesus' Path of Power in a Church that Has Abandoned Itby Jamin Goggin

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Does the God of the Bible Support The Subjugation of Women? Oct 06, 2020

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Episode 547 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. How do I deal with a Christian friend who has fallen for a lot of false teaching and who is not teachable and gets offended if I don't agree with them?

2. If God will blot out our sins, why do we have to give an account for every word that we speak?

3. What is the biblical distinction between the spirit and the soul? What role do the heart and mind play in this relationship or distinction?

4. My daughter told me about a lecture she heard in her college class where the professor said that God the Father in Christianity functions as a way to maintain patriarchal structures in society, which causes harm to women. Is there a way to encourage her and affirm that God being a good Father doesn't have to mean what the professor seems to be saying?

Resources

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller

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How Can God Be Sovereign Over Suicide? Oct 05, 2020

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Episode 546 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. In Mark 9, after Jesus freed a boy from a demon that his disciples couldn't command, he tells them that it would only come out through prayer and fasting. Can Christians really get rid of demons through prayer and fasting?

2. If God is sovereign over all things, how can we not also say he is sovereign over the circumstances that push someone to suicide?

3. If God is love, why do so many of his prophets warn about his fierce judgment and fiery wrath? Did they not speak for him?

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A Place for Weakness: Preparing Yourself for Sufferingby Michael Horton

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

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How Should My Family Choose a New Church? Oct 02, 2020

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Episode 545 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. I have many good Christian friends who say that the mark of the beast is an actual physical mark of your body. My view is that it's simply a figurative way of speaking about the devil's ownership, much like being sealed with the Spirit refers to our security in belonging to Jesus. I tried to explain my view to a friend recently and her angry response was: "Well, I believe what the Bible says." I wanted to retort, "Well, so do I." How can I lovingly present a balanced Biblical view on this matter?

2. Can you explain John 6:65?

3. I am currently moved and I'm looking for a new church. I really don't like the term "church-shopping" because our family in Christ isn't something we buy for ourselves, but I also wonder if I don't reflect this idea when I compare the different churches I visit. I like this one's preaching, that one's music, that one's location, or the people in this other one. How can I wisely choose a church without feeling like I'm shopping for a new car?

4. Recently I have been struggling with some doubts about the bible, particularly with the historicity of Noah's ark. The Bible paints this event as an event that happened in real space-time history, but what do we do when it seems like modern science says that this has been "proved false"? Is our faith in vain if Noah's ark didn't actually happen?

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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Communityby Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Why Is Sunday Morning So Segregated? Oct 01, 2020

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Episode 544 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. Could you explain to me what it means to pray in the Holy Spirit?

2. Will people in an ongoing homosexual relationship go to heaven, even if they confess that they are Christians?

3. Why are churches still separated by race? We all say we are Christians, so why don't we go to church together?

4. I like the book of Acts for its history of the early church, but I don't really know why Luke wrote it. It seems like a loose collection of stories to me, especially with its abrupt ending. Do you think Luke had a bigger goal than just recording history? If so, why do you think he wrote Acts?

Resources

The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive by Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop

Bill's Good News Story: Dog Surfing Competition

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Who are the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation? Sep 30, 2020

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Episode 543 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. I have a coworker who is an atheist. I invited her to church, but she said that she had bad experiences as a child because she is also lesbian. She said Christians told her God hates gay people and gay people aren't welcome in church. How do I continue to show Jesus to her without seeming too pushy or turning her off to God even more?

2. I struggle with my salvation and the fruits of obedience. I used to think it was as simple as just trusting in Jesus, but it doesn't seem that way anymore. How do I know that I have the right fruit or enough evidence to prove that I'm saved?

3. Who are the 144,000 in the book of Revelation?

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How Do I Respond to People Who Say God Isn't Real? Sep 29, 2020

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Episode 542 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. I find myself struggling with the balance between being dedicated to growing in my faith and recognizing that I cannot fix myself. I'm wondering, how can I find peace in that tension that I am still growing?

2. I go to a church where a lot of people speak in tongues. I don't understand it, and because I don't, it makes me feel like I'm not a good a Christian. Why would God give a gift to some people and not to others?

3. Everywhere I look, there's always a solid argument against the existence of God, or the reliability of the Bible, whether it's logical or scientific. How can I combat these as a believer?

4. Where did Paul go to church, since he was always moving back and forth so much?

Resources

The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between by Gregory Koukl

Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical by Timothy Keller

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller

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Has God Turned Me Over to My Sin? Sep 28, 2020

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Episode 541 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. I grew up in a church that would go into a lot of details about the book of Revelation, trying to discern if we were living in the last days and what it all meant, but I never understood the point or the big picture of what the book is about. What is the main thing I should get from reading Revelation?

2. What role do good works play in a Christian's life as it relates to the final judgment?

3. Does God sometimes leave us to struggle in our own sin?

4. If we find ourselves breaking the 10 Commandments, does that mean we need to try harder to put our trust in Christ and repenting?

Resources

Triumph of The Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation by Dennis Johnson

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Will People With Mental Illness Be Judged Differently for Their Actions? Sep 25, 2020

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Episode 540 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. I was wondering why it is that I always feel unsaved? How do I rely on the promise that I have been redeemed? I also struggle with sin very much. How do I find a good balance between resting on the idea that I'm already saved but I still live in the flesh and to fight sin to death?

2. Where does the doctrine of the Trinity come from? I don't see the word, "Trinity" anywhere in scripture.

3. If Christians all have the same Holy Spirit, why do we have so many disagreements and interpretations on doctrine?

4. Will people with mental illness be judged differently for their actions since they are not in their right minds?

Resources

Rediscovering the Holy Spirit: God's Perfecting Presence in Creation, Redemption, and Everyday Lifeby Michael Horton

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Does A Political Candidate's Religious Beliefs Determine If I Should Vote For Them? Sep 24, 2020

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Episode 539 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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1. I've noticed a lot of books in the Bible are named after people who supposedly wrote them even if the books never claims that. The gospels are an example of this. I'm wondering why this wouldn't affect our trust in Biblical inerrancy?

2. How do we respond to movies that are promoted as Christian and Biblical, but contain things that are obviously not Biblical?

3. In Genesis 11 we are told that God confused the language of the peoples who were trying to build the Tower of Babel up to heaven. Does this mean that cultural and ethnic diversity resulted from God's curse? What would this mean for heaven when God sets everything right again?

4. Should my vote change depending on what a candidate's religious beliefs are?

5. I've heard a lot about salvation by grace that excludes our good works, but if God didn't want our good works, why did he give us the law? In Leviticus 18:5 we read, "I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord." Doesn't this mean that life comes through fulfilling the law?

Resources

The Historical Reliability of the Gospelsby Craig Blomberg

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