Episode 67 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. How can people who seem to accept the gospel later leave the faith? Does this mean the Holy Spirit failed to save them?

2. Jesus was baptized with the Holy Spirit prior to starting His public ministry. Why did that need to happen since he was the Son of God already? He was already fully God and fully man. Was there another reason for this public demonstration?

3. Is the Book of Genesis historically true? Is it possible for Christians to interpret Genesis as a myth or fable of what a faithful life devoted to God looks like?

4. Should we celebrate the Lord's supper with joy and thanksgiving or should it be a solemn and reverent event?

5. What are some of your favorite books about how to read the Bible in a Christ-centered way? I have some friends who are new to this way of thinking and would love to do a book study and then a Bible study to see if they can get a grasp on it. Do you have any advice?

6. How do you know if a person is called to be a missionary?

Episode 66 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Why did the Pharisees plan to kill Jesus in John 11 after he had performed such miraculous signs?

2. I have a question about 1 Corinthians 15:50. There it says, "I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable." It sounds like the Bible is teaching that to inherit the kingdom of God we have to not be "flesh and blood." Is this why we have to die so that our souls can enter heaven?

3. How should a Christian who struggles with anxiety overcome it?

4. What is the gospel? And what difference does this make in life?

5. In the Gospel's Jesus often took time to be alone to pray. Do you think that is important for us today? And if so, what do you think is a good way to do this?

6. If we are not saved by works, how do works fit into the Christian life?

Episode 65 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

Show Notes

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. What do you think about the pluralism of our current American context, the reality that we live among people of different religious beliefs? I tend to see it as an evangelistic opportunity. What do you think?​

2. Does God love everyone?​

3. If God has given us the Holy Spirit, why is pursuing holiness so hard?​

4. Is it possible to be saved and not believe in the Trinity?​

5. What do Christians really mean by the word sin? What is sin? Is everyone really a sinner?​

6. What is the difference between hope and blind optimism?

Episode 64 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Sometimes in worship, the Spirit seems to really be moving and other times it seems like God didn't show up to church that day? What do you think is the most important thing we can do as a church for God to show up and the Spirit to move?

2. How can Christians keep from getting so caught up in politics that they forget the gospel?

3. In Jeremiah 10:25, Jeremiah prays, "Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name." Is it okay for Christians to pray this way?

4. I don't understand the story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis. How should I understand it?

5. I heard that we should think of salvation as past, present, and future. I have been saved, being saved, and will be saved. How do you understand this?

6. What is your favorite passage in Isaiah?

7. Is there forgiveness for every sin?

Episode 63 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. How should we, as parents, be preparing our kids to evangelize in their schools? Is there anything we can teach or coach them in that would make them more confident in sharing the gospel with their friends?​

2. If Christians are expected to still keep the 10 Commandments, doesn't that mean we should keep a Saturday Sabbath as well?​

3. In John 15:7, Jesus says "ask and it will be given to you." How does this verse coincide with all of the unanswered prayers we have?​

4. I am wondering about the process of someone officially becoming a Christian. I understand we are to believe and have faith in Jesus, but when we see someone come to faith, how are we to know they're converted or born-again?​

5. Is there a reason why in the Bible Paul seems to talk about salvation by faith much more often than any of the other New Testament authors, or even Jesus in the gospels?​

6. Despite many of the problems and disagreements within the church, what gives you hope about the church? What makes it something we should still be excited about inviting others into?

Episode 62 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. Are there any sections of the Bible that you return to find encouragement?

2. I grew up in a church that talked about Christianity after the apostles until recently like it was all dark ages with superstition, confusion, and false teaching. Is this true?

3. I have a friend who has never been to church until just recently and now she has all sorts of questions that I don't know the answers to. What should I do?

4. What are some of the practical ways a church should strive to reach out to their community?

5. Does God use trials, illness, and tragedy draw us closer to him?

6. What does the Bible means in John 12:32–33 where it says, "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die"?

Episode 61 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. In Matthew 10:38 Jesus says, "whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." Does this mean that we have to be worthy to receive salvation?​

2. There seems to be a lot of different interpretations of the book of Revelation especially once you consider it in light of current events. How should we be thinking about Revelation in light of current events and should we change our interpretation to fit the times?​

3. What would you say to someone who has suffered a miscarriage? What hope do they have for their child being saved?​

4. Why does Jesus call his body a temple? What does that mean?​

5. I have a question about a 1 Corinthians 12:12–13. Can you explain what it means when the Bibles says made to drink of one Spirit?​

6. Psalm 82:6 says that we are gods, sons of the most high. Is this a mistranslation or does the Bible teach that we are gods?

Episode 60 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 says that the day of the Lord, that is, the day when Jesus returns to judge the nations and gather his people will come like a thief in the night. Yet, people are always reading the signs of the times, as Jesus said we should, and coming to conclusions that Jesus should return soon. How should we balance reading the signs of the times and knowing that Jesus will come when we least expect it?​

2. In Luke 4 Jesus says that he came to liberate the captives and preach good news to the poor and perform miracles. This sounds like a passage about salvation but I'm not sure what miracles and liberation have to do with salvation.​

3. Can you explain 1 Thessalonians 4:13 where it says, "we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope"? What is the difference between grieving with hope and grieving without hope?​

4. What do you think about prayer journals? Do they help? What do you use to keep up with morning devotions? What would you recommend?​

5. Romans 3 teaches that no one seeks God and that no one is righteous, but don't people seek out God all the time and don't unbelievers do all sorts of good things like love their children and not murder all the time?​

6. Mark 14 says that in the garden of Gethsemane, on the night Jesus would be captured by the Romans, Jesus' soul was sorrowful even to the point of death. Why would Jesus feel this way if he was God and knew that he would suffer and die?

Episode 59 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

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Key question answered in today's show:

1. What do you think of the idea that being a Christian is about the practice of love?

Episode 58 | Dr. Michael Horton and Adriel Sanchez answer caller questions.

Show Notes

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Key questions answered in today's show:

1. In the Gospel's Jesus preaches about the kingdom of God coming soon as if he expected the kingdom of God to come in his lifetime. And then when he died and rose the apostles also seemed to think that the kingdom of God would come with the return of Jesus at the end of the age. I don't understand why Jesus preached about the end of the age coming quickly when it still hasn't come. Can you explain this?

2. Can you explain to me the post-millennial view of end times? I have heard a person refer to this as a heresy. Is that true?

3. What do you think is really important for new Christians to know about the gospel?

4. What do you think is really important for new Christians to know about the gospel? What do you think we should really focus on?

5. In the story of Jonah God seemed to change his mind. He promised sure destruction but when they repented God spared them. This is different from what I grew up hearing, that God never changes his mind. Is there a contradiction here?

6. What do you think is really important about being a Christian man? What do you think is a weakness among Christian men today that we should address and how should we go about growing in these areas?