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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:

Should Christians Be Concerned with Climate Change? Feb 26, 2020

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Episode 388 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Does Romans 4 teach that we are saved by faith? I'm struggling to make sense of this. I have a friend who is convinced that we need to do good works not to earn salvation exactly but that in some way is necessary to receive salvation and enter heaven. I think she is confused but I'm not sure where to point her.

2. When witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses John 14 where it says that the Father is greater and in Colossians where it says that Jesus is the first-born over-all creation, how can I witness to them about Jesus being God?

3. I have been listening to the show for a while and was wondering where you stand on contemporary music. I have heard some things that makes it sound like you are against it and other things that sounds like you think contemporary music in church is okay. Can you please clarify this?

4. Is climate change something we can pray for, or should we not concern ourselves with that because it ties in with God's plan for the end times? I'm kind of concerned about it.

5. My question is, in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 what does it mean God gave them a great delusion? And what does this say about Gods character?

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A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship by Michael Horton

Honest Evangelism by Rico Tice

What Should Be the Christian's Attitude Toward Homosexuality? Feb 25, 2020

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Episode 387 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. How do you understand John 20:23, "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld"? Is Jesus saying that the church can either deny people forgiveness or forgive in the place of God?

2. What should be the Christian's attitude towards homosexuality in general and particularly in positions of leadership in the church?

3. I have a friend who is a new believer and is attending Kabbalah classes. How does that line up with Scripture and Jesus' teachings?

4. I'm confused about the passage in the Bible that says, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." Does this really mean that I as a Christian cannot marry an unbeliever; or is this passage talking about something else?

5. My question is, in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 what does it mean God gave them a great delusion? And what does this say about Gods character?

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10 Things You Need to Know About the Bible and Homosexuality

The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller

Do People in Heaven Know What's Happening on Earth? Feb 24, 2020

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Episode 386 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Hi Mike and Adriel. I would like to know to what extent the Old Testament laws still apply to us today. Would you say that only the 10 commandments apply; or would you also say that other laws apply?

2. Hi Mike and Adriel. I have a question about how to navigate a mental health situation. For years I have struggled with anxiety and depression and was told that it was just a spiritual issue. But after being encouraged by a friend to see a psychologist I was diagnosed with PTSD and now my psychologist is recommending talk therapy to work though some trauma I experienced in college. What are your thoughts about this? Does my faith have anything to say about it?

3. Do people in heaven or hell know what people on earth are doing?

4. What would you say really helps in pursuing holiness? Does guilting help; or should we only use the gospel to motivate people?

5. In Ephesians 5 Paul says that Christians should be submitted to one another. What does that look like in practice? How do leaders in the church, for example, submit to the people they lead; or is Paul making a different point?

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9 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Depression

Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel by Michael Horton

Do Old Testament Promises to the Israelites Apply to Christians Today? Feb 21, 2020

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Episode 385 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Why did Jesus' ministry focus on the Jews? Why did he not go out to the gentiles if the gospel is for all people?

2. Hello, I want to thank you for your wonderful shows which have been so helpful to me in understanding the scriptures, could you explain what is meant in Leviticus 27:29 - did the LORD require human sacrifice?

3. I'm really confused when Paul says that no one seeks God in Romans 3 because we are the ones who have to have faith and seek God. Isn't seeking God required to be saved? Is it that Paul isn't being literal?

4. Certain Scriptures that we read we tend to personalize them such as Jeremiah 29:11. Now I love that verse and like to think about that verse in terms of my own life. However, that was said to specific people. And God was making a promise to that group of people. Now is it safe for me to take that verse out of its context and apply it to my own life?

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Journeys with Jesus: Every Path in the Bible Leads Us to Christ by Dennis Johnson

What's the Most Important Thing to Understand About Worship? Feb 20, 2020

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Episode 384 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. In 1 Corinthians 15:50 it says, "I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable." I'm really confused about this because it sounds like Paul is saying that sin is tied to our body.

2. Are good works part of salvation; and what are good works exactly?

3. What is the most important thing New believers need to understand about worship?

4. My question relates to the end of 1 Corinthians 14 were it says, "let him who is spiritual acknowledge that what I'm writing to you is a command of the Lord." What do you see here that is being commanded?

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Devoted to God: Blueprints for Sanctification by Sinclair B. Ferguson

A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship by Michael HortonOffers

Should Christians Give Money to Panhandlers? Feb 19, 2020

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Episode 383 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. How should Christians handle panhandlers? Are there Biblical principles for giving to people who come to us and look down and out?

2. I'm really confused about predestination in Ephesians 1. Is Paul saying that everyone who is saved is predestined?

3. I was raised in a Christian family, but I have only been actively following Jesus for the last couple of years, since I started college. What I have discovered is that it seems really hard to make progress as a Christian. Is it normal for Christians to struggle with the same sins over and over?

4. Where was Jesus for the 3 days after he died on the cross. I happen to believe that he went to hell to pay the full price for our sins. I would love to know what you guys think. I have a few Scriptures in mind when I think about my answer. In Luke, Jesus said he had not yet ascended to his Father after his resurrection and thus he did not go to heaven? He also said that as Jonah was in the belly in the whale so shall the son of man be. Paul said that he who ascended first descended. And cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree. I'm under the perspective that he paid the full price, which was hell.

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Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel by Michael Horton

The God Who Gives: How the Trinity Shapes the Christian Story by Kelly M. Kapic

What's the Most Effective Way to Present the Gospel? Feb 18, 2020

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Episode 382 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. What do you think is the best resource or direction to talk to someone who is a non-believer who is unable to wrap their mind around the Bible and the tenants of Christianity? What do you think the best approach is?

2. Does God show grace to everyone and do people just reject it?

3. What do you think is the most important thing people need to know about prayer?

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Core Christianity: Finding Yourself in God's Story by Micahel Horton

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl

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

How Does a Loving God Justify the Holy Wars of the Old Testament? Feb 17, 2020

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Episode 381 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. I have been reading the Old Testament and I see where the Ishmaelites have the crescent moon. What is that all about, and does this have anything to do with Muslims today?

2. Is it wrong for a Christian to do good works to prove to themselves that they are saved and have Christ? Or should they obey because they have Christ already?

3. I know that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but I struggle with the way God is portrayed in the Old Testament. I have a hard time making sense of God using Israel judging nations through wars where women and children were killed.

4. Who are the spirits in prison in 1 Peter 3:19? Is this a kind of purgatory?

5. How do you understand the passage in Romans 8 where it says that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us with groans too deep for words?

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Knowing God by J. I. Packer

Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel by Michael Horton

Understanding the Transfiguration of Jesus Feb 14, 2020

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Episode 380 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. How do you discover the best place you can serve in a church? And how do I know if I am gifted to serve in a particular church ministry?

2. In regards the transfiguration, when the glow came onto Jesus and Moses and Elijah appeared, I was wondering how did they know that it was Moses and Elijah?

3. Do Old Testament judgments about God's people not upholding justice still apply to us today or was it specific to the people of Israel?

4. What is the most important thing we need to know about the end times?

5. Is there anything we as Christians can learn from our Jewish brothers & sisters?

6. What does it mean to be baptized by the Holy Spirit and fire?

7. What is the most important thing non-Christians need to know about the Gospel?

Was Jesus Saved by Faith? Feb 13, 2020

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Episode 379 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. I believe that in every age, Christians have had blind spots. What do you think are some potential blind spots in our age?

2. Can a person reject God's grace or walk away after receiving God's grace?

3. I had a theology professor say that it can't be disputed the way someone interprets Scripture specifically when the Bible speaks about man to man relationships and how God abhors those and how some people interpret that to mean pedophilia rather than homosexuality. Are we supposed to correct our brothers on that note?

4. Does God really work all things together for good? I know that the bible says that, and maybe I just need some reassurance but there are things I have experienced that I can't imagine God using for good.

5. I heard a Sunday School teacher make the point that Jesus saved by faith. This sounds wrong to me but I'm not sure why. Can you please give me your thoughts?

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