Was Samson a hero or a villain in the Bible?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez.

This is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

Our phone lines are open right now, and you can call us at 833-the-core with your question.

Again, that's 833-84-3-2673.

And we're also open to questions about doctrine or theology or maybe even some doubts you have about the Christian faith.

We'd love to hear from you.

So give us a buzz right now, 833, The Core.

First up today, let's go to Reed calling in from Minnesota.

Reed, what's your question for Pastor Adriel?

I've read the Bible for since 79, completely through every year, and I can never find where God uses his right hand.

He always uses his right hand.

He never uses his left hand, always uses the right hand. He never uses his left hand. No, he uses his right hand.

Mm-hmm.

Thanks, Reed, for that question. Well, God must be right-handed. He's, I'm just joking. I mean,

this symbol that we have in scripture. You see this language all over the place in the Old Testament

and in the New Testament. The right hand of power. You think about God's deliverance in the book of

Exodus, for example, the song of Moses. In Exodus chapter 15, verse 6, your right hand, oh Lord,

glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. Jesus talks

about seeing the son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming with the clouds of heaven.

So it's a symbol, this image of power, authority, God's strength to save, to redeem, to judge. And that's how we're to understand it.

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