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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.

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Finding Jesus In the Psalms with Special Guest Nancy Guthrie Oct 23, 2019

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Episode 298 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Colossians 3:16 says: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." How do we do this?

2. How have the Psalms help you through difficult times in your walk with God?

3. As much as the psalms have value for teaching us to pray and giving words to our experiences. One of the things you have stressed is that the psalms teach us about Jesus, that the Psalms are messianic. Can you explain that?

4. One of the most famous Psalms about Jesus is Psalm 22. What does this Psalm teach us about Jesus?

How Can I Get Right With God Once I've Backslidden? Oct 22, 2019

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Episode 297 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. As a Christian and person called to ministry, after you have backslidden, how do you get right with God? I feel like the prodigal who has come home but isn't completely right with God and, I worry about this on a daily basis.

2. I was wondering, what's the difference between having spiritual gifts and just having a general gifting at something in particular? Why isn't there a larger list of gifts mentioned in the New Testament?

3. The Bible says that there are different acts that will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. Is this referring to the rewards one gets or do certain acts remove one from going to heaven?

4. Is it really possible to have assurance of salvation in this life?

5. How can we read the Bible in a more Christ-centered way?

Should Christians Trust or Reject Science? Oct 21, 2019

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Episode 296 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. I have a brother who is an atheist. He saw this pastor on television that Adam being 6,000 years old. But there is archeological evidence that some Stonehenge in Turkey is something is over 10,000 years old. I don't know how to answer this.

2. I'm so confused on hearing the Holy Spirit or feeling his leading. when people say ask the holy spirit to help you, I don't understand because to me, I don't know when its him. Am I focusing too much on it or should I just not worry about it?

3. Me and my wife are parents of two young children, and we live in a neighborhood with a few gay couples. We're navigating how to share the love of Christ with them, but also trying not to take sin lightly. If we invite this gay couple over for dinner, do we send the message to our kids that we condone this kind of lifestyle, even if we say otherwise? Do you have suggestions on how to balance loving our neighbors and teaching our children about the seriousness of sin and depravity in this context?

4. I have been reading Judges 11, the judge Jephthah. He promised to sacrifice the first thing that came out of his house. It looks like he scarified his daughter to God. I would appreciate clarification on that.

What Are Your Thoughts on Homosexuality and the Church? Oct 18, 2019

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Episode 295 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. It seems like the Bible has a progressive revelation about the afterlife. It seems like there is more in the New Testament. At what point did people of God begin to give a fuller picture of heaven, hell, intermediate state, and resurrection?

2. What are your thoughts on homosexuality?

3. How do you understand Matthew 7:14, "Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few there be who find it." Does this mean only a few people will be saved?

Reaching Out in a Secular Age with Special Guest Derek Rishmawy Oct 17, 2019

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Episode 294 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. How are you understanding the new spirituality where people may identify as atheists or agnostics but below the surface, they are interested in astrology and crystals?

2. How do you reach the younger generations when their habits have changed, when it's hard to get people together in a room?

3. In the past you have pointed out the dangers of despair and nostalgia. What are the dangers of despair and nostalgia, and how should we address this in our churches?

4. When you come meet Jesus after deciding to come out of your hell, will Jesus' energy (or him or it) absorb you and draw you into the light?

5. Why is it that some Christian believe that only Christians are moral? It seems like there are lots of good people who aren't Christians and even practice other religions.

Does the Bible Teach That All Creation Will Be Saved? Oct 16, 2019

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Episode 293 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. What does Paul mean in Romans 8:19–21 it sounds like he is saying that all creation will be saved but that can't be right, can it?

2. We've recently had a handful of people show up to church that have recently been released from prison. I want to be sensitive to anything that could be triggering to them and really want to make sure they feel welcomed, but I know nothing about prison life or what inmates go through. I would love some general advice in this area.

3. In Romans 5:14, who are the people who did not sin? Who did not break the commands? Who is that referencing?

4.How do we take what we are learning in the Bible and keep it from becoming mere head knowledge?

Finding the Gospel in the Book of Isaiah with Special Guest Nancy Guthrie Oct 15, 2019

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Episode 292 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. How important is it that when we read Isaiah that we think in terms of double fulfillment?

2. Who was Isaiah, and what is a prophet?

3. How does Jesus apply the servant passages in Isaiah to himself?

Can Christians Learn from Non-Biblical Literature? Oct 14, 2019

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Episode 291 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Is there wisdom in reading other theologians who are outside of the Biblical view just for the sake of learning from them or should we be really hesitant or cautions to read people who are outside of the biblical view of the faith in certain things? I'm not sure if we should read to learn or generally just study what we know to be true.

2. Psalm 101 says, "Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy." Does this apply to gossip? What exactly is slander?

3. I have heard you talk about preaching through books of the Bible like Leviticus and Hebrews. What does it mean to preach through a book? I come from a tradition that emphasizes law-gospel preaching with set readings throughout the church year. How is preaching through a book different from what I have experienced?

4. What do you think makes for good worship music? What do you think worship leaders should think about when choosing songs?

5. Romans 3:11 says no one seeks God. Should this be taken literally? If so, how should I understand people who seem to be seeking God?

My Best Friend Has Left the Faith, What Can I Do to Help? Oct 11, 2019

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Episode 290 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. I heard you talk about grace and about laws too. I'm wondering why you both didn't talk about them in the same way. One of you landed more on grace. One of you landed on, "it's the law too."

2. My best friend has been one of the strongest Christians I've known for the past decade. She has really been through some extremely tough times and has always remained faithful. That is until now. She doesn't curse God or anything, but she's decided that his guidelines will no longer run her life. When I spoke with her about all of this, she had this to say: "I know Jesus promises trials for his church, I know it rains on the just and the unjust alike and I've accepted that long ago. But I wasn't prepared for him to not be with me while I was in the thick of it. In the hardest season of my life, I cried out to him and prayed faithfully for what seemed like forever, and he had nothing to say in return. I feel completely abandoned and I'm done." How do I help my friend?

3. Why are ministers the only people allowed to administer communion in certain churches?

4. How does the soul get out of the body? It doesn't really say anything about it in the Bible. I was just wondering if you can explain that to me.

How Does the Gospel Guide Parenting? Oct 10, 2019

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Episode 289 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. I'm confused about the way the gospel should guide parenting. I know that I'm supposed to show grace, but I also worry about how to go about teaching my kids discipline. We have two boys, 6 and 8. My Dad was really firm, and I don't think I want to be as firm as he was. He rarely hugged us or said that he cared. Thanks.

2. Is it normal to have a powerful conversion experience? What would you say to someone who grow up in church and can't remember every being born again?

3. I'm really confused. How does God's wrath fit with judgment, especially if he can save everyone? If God is loving, I don't see how he can also have wrath. Please help.

4. In the book of Philippians Paul says that he came to consider everything as a loss for the sake of Christ. What about Christ did Paul see to come to this conclusion?

5. Sometimes people who love doctrine seem to have very little patience for people. And then there are Christians who seem to love people but don't seem to care much about doctrine? Where is the balance? How should we think about loving doctrine and people?

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