Bibliology (Bible)

Question 01006 The words "prophecy" and "prediction" are often used interchangeably in popular conversation, but they are not the same thing. Understanding the difference is important for reading the Bible ...

Question 01021 The book of Revelation has generated more confusion, more speculation, and more wildly divergent interpretations than perhaps any other book in the Bible. Yet it opens with a ...

Question 01003 The Bible is frequently described as a prophetic book, and with good reason. A substantial portion of its content involves prophecy in one form or another, whether foretelling ...

Question 01013 The term "apocalyptic literature" is frequently used in biblical studies, and understanding what it means is essential for reading significant portions of Scripture well. The word "apocalypse" comes ...

Question 06070 The Old Testament does not use a single word for sin. It uses a rich vocabulary of overlapping terms that together paint a more complete picture of what ...

Question 1035 This question has divided Christians for centuries. Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox argue that Scripture and tradition together form the authoritative basis for faith. Protestants insist on Scripture ...

Question 01119 The Old Testament prophets occupy a remarkable place in the history of divine communication. They were not merely gifted teachers or insightful moralists; they were men to whom ...

Question 01141 Popular culture has a habit of borrowing from Scripture without particularly caring about accuracy. The result is a collection of widely repeated phrases that bear some resemblance to ...

Question 01173 Few questions in biblical studies generate more heat in certain Christian circles than the debate between the Textus Receptus and the modern critical Greek New Testament. Some regard ...

Question 01176 For anyone who wants to understand how modern Bible translations are produced, or why a translation like the ESV sometimes differs from the King James Bible at particular ...

Question 01183 The name Esdras is the Greek and Latin form of Ezra, and two books bear this title in various versions of the Old Testament: 1 Esdras and 2 ...

Question 60087 The claim that Constantine created the Bible appears regularly in popular sceptical discussions, was given wide circulation by Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, and resurfaces periodically ...

Question 60094 The account of Noah and the flood in Genesis 6–9 is one of the most contested passages in all of Scripture. At stake is not merely a point ...

Question 60095 The word "firmament" appears in the King James Version of Genesis 1 and has generated considerable discussion ever since, particularly as critics of the biblical account have claimed ...

Question 01197 The letter to the Hebrews is anonymous. That is simply a fact. Unlike Paul's letters, which consistently identify their author in the opening verse, Hebrews begins without naming ...

Question 01200 Scripture is frequently quoted and frequently misunderstood, sometimes because a quotation has been removed from its context, sometimes because a popular rendering has hardened into assumed meaning that ...

Question 01205 Anyone who reads John's Gospel and then turns to Revelation notices something immediately. The Gospel and the epistles flow in relatively polished, elegant Greek. Revelation does not. Sentences ...

Question 1005 This is one of the most honest questions believers ask, especially when they're genuinely trying to understand God's Word but find themselves surrounded by conflicting interpretations. If the ...

Question 1009 General revelation is God's disclosure of Himself through the created order and human conscience—knowledge available to all people, everywhere, at all times. It's what Paul describes when he ...

Question 1008 The question of dreams, visions, and prophecy today generates considerable confusion and division in the church. Does God still speak through these means? Should Christians expect or seek ...

Question 1010 Special revelation is God's direct, personal communication of truth that we could never discover on our own. Whilst general revelation (what God shows us through creation) tells us ...

Question 1079 Walk into any Christian bookshop, and you will find shelves groaning with Bible translations. KJV, NIV, ESV, NASB, NLT, CSB—the alphabet soup can feel overwhelming. Which one is ...

Question 1080 The Bible itself mentions books that we do not possess: the Book of the Wars of the Lord, the Book of Jashar, letters Paul apparently wrote to Corinth ...

Question 1077 We do not possess the original manuscripts of any New Testament book. What we have are copies of copies. For some people, this raises an unsettling question: how ...

Question 1076 Every so often, a documentary or news headline will announce some "lost gospel" that supposedly reveals the "real" Jesus. The Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Judas, the ...

Question 1070 If the Bible is truly God's Word—inspired by Him in every part—then a natural question arises: does it contain errors? Can we trust everything it says? The doctrine ...

Question 1068 When Christians speak of the Bible as "inspired," they mean something quite specific—something far more than calling Shakespeare inspired or saying an artist had an inspired moment. Biblical ...

Question 1069 Among the various views Christians have held regarding biblical inspiration, "verbal plenary inspiration" represents the historic evangelical position. This technical phrase captures two essential truths about how God ...

Question 1066 This is perhaps the most fundamental question anyone can ask about Christianity. If the Bible is not truly God's Word, then our faith rests on nothing more than ...

Question 1067 Claiming that the Bible is God's Word is one thing; demonstrating that it speaks truth is another. In an age of scepticism, many ask: "How can you trust ...

Question 1071 When we talk about the Bible being infallible, we're making a statement about its trustworthiness and reliability. This isn't just academic theology—it touches on whether we can actually ...

Question 1072 This is one of the most common challenges thrown at Christians. Sceptics claim the Bible is full of contradictions, which supposedly proves it cannot be the inspired Word ...

Question 1074 Why does our Bible contain exactly 66 books—39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New? Why not more? Why not fewer? Some people suggest that important ...

Question 1073 How did we get our Bible? Who decided which books should be included? These are fair questions, and the answers reveal something wonderful about God's providence in preserving ...

Question 1075 If you've ever looked at a Roman Catholic Bible, you'll have noticed it contains more books than a Protestant Bible. These additional books—and portions of books—are known as ...

Question 1081 One of the most compelling evidences for the divine origin of Scripture is fulfilled prophecy. No other religious text contains anything comparable to the Bible's track record of ...

Question 1091 The language of "claiming" Bible verses in prayer is common in many Christian circles. We hear phrases like "I'm claiming Jeremiah 29:11 over my situation" or "Claim the ...

Question 1082 For centuries, sceptics dismissed much of the Bible as myth and legend. They claimed that people groups mentioned in Scripture never existed, that cities described were fictional, and ...

Question 1083 Critics often claim the Bible contains scientific errors—that it reflects the primitive understanding of ancient peoples and cannot be trusted as God's Word. They point to passages about ...

Question 1084 Biblical genealogies can seem tedious to modern readers—long lists of unpronounceable names that we're tempted to skip. Yet these genealogies serve significant purposes in Scripture and have been ...

Question 1085 Numbers appear throughout Scripture—forty days of flood, seven churches, 144,000 sealed servants, 666 as the number of the beast. Are these figures meant literally, symbolically, or both? Understanding ...

Question 1087 Worship and Scripture are inseparably linked in the Christian life. The Bible is not merely a book we study privately; it is meant to be read, sung, prayed, ...

Question 1086 Some claim to have discovered elaborate numerical patterns hidden in the biblical text—patterns they say prove divine authorship beyond doubt. Others dismiss all such claims as misguided numerology ...

Question 1089 People face profound struggles—depression, anxiety, broken relationships, addictions, grief, guilt, and confusion about life's direction. Where should they turn for help? The modern world offers secular psychology, pharmaceutical ...

Question 1090 Prayer and Scripture are inseparable companions in the Christian life. Just as a conversation requires both speaking and listening, so our relationship with God involves both prayer (our ...

Question 1092 The word "meditation" can make some Christians nervous. In our culture, it's often associated with Eastern religions—emptying the mind, achieving altered states of consciousness, or connecting with some ...

Question 1093 Artificial intelligence has rapidly become part of everyday life, and Christians are increasingly asking whether these tools have a place in Bible study. Can ChatGPT help me understand ...

Question 1094 Walk into any church today and you'll see a mixture: some people holding leather-bound Bibles, others scrolling on their phones. This has sparked considerable debate among Christians. Is ...

Question 1096 From Cecil B. DeMille's epic "The Ten Commandments" to the recent "The Chosen" series, dramatisations of Scripture have captured popular imagination. Churches use movie clips in sermons, families ...

Question 1095 The rise of audiobooks has reached the Bible, with professionally produced audio Bibles now readily available through apps, websites, and streaming services. Many Christians have embraced them enthusiastically, ...

Question 1102 If Scripture is the Word of God, how can it also be the work of human authors? Does the human element compromise its divine authority? Or does the ...

Question 1103 When we say every word of Scripture is inspired, does that include the chapter and verse numbers? Were they part of the original text, or were they added ...

Question 1104 When New Testament writers quote the Old Testament, the wording sometimes differs from what we find in our Old Testament. Does this mean there are errors in Scripture? ...

Question 1106 If God inspired the Scriptures, did He also promise to preserve them perfectly? Can we be confident that what we have today accurately represents what the original authors ...

Question 1037 How should we read the Bible? This question lies at the heart of everything we do as Christians. Get interpretation wrong and everything else goes wrong with it ...

Question 1036 Walk into almost any church and you will find some statement of faith, whether ancient creeds recited in liturgy or modern doctrinal statements printed in the back of ...

Question 1038 Throughout church history, Christians have debated how to read the Bible. One approach that has attracted both devoted followers and sharp critics is allegorical interpretation. What exactly is ...

Question 1039 One of the most fascinating aspects of Bible study is discovering how the Old Testament points forward to Jesus and the New Covenant. This is not something we ...

Question 1040 Open your Bible to any page and you will find yourself reading a particular kind of literature. The book of Psalms does not read like the book of ...

Question 1031 When we talk about the sufficiency of Scripture, we're asking a profoundly practical question: Is the Bible enough? Does it give us everything we need for faith and ...

Question 1032 This question gets to the heart of how we make decisions about faith and practice. When Christians disagree—and we do—what settles the matter? Is Scripture the only voice ...

Question 1033 You've probably heard the phrase: "Scripture interprets Scripture." It sounds like a good principle—and it is—but what does it actually mean when you sit down with your Bible? ...

Question 1034 If God is all-powerful, couldn't He reveal Himself without a book? Couldn't He speak directly to each person, write His truth on the sky, or simply implant knowledge ...

Question 1041 When we open our Bibles, what should we be looking for? Some read Scripture as a collection of moral lessons. Others approach it as ancient literature or a ...

Question 1043 Have you ever heard someone quote a Bible verse to support an idea that seemed completely unrelated to its original context? Perhaps you have seen a preacher build ...

Question 1044 When Paul wrote to the Corinthians about head coverings, was he addressing a timeless principle or a local custom? When Jesus told the rich young ruler to sell ...

Question 1045 In 1868, a German missionary named Frederick Klein discovered a black basalt stone in Jordan bearing an inscription from Mesha, king of Moab. That inscription mentions "the house ...

Question 1051 When you start digging into biblical manuscripts, you'll eventually come across something called the Samaritan Pentateuch. It sounds exotic and perhaps a bit intimidating, but understanding what it ...

Question 1052 Walk into any Christian bookshop or browse online, and you'll find hundreds of commentaries on every book of the Bible. Some are slim paperbacks, others are multi-volume sets ...

Question 1054 You want to study the Bible seriously. You know that reading devotionally is good, but you want to go deeper—to understand what passages really mean, to trace themes ...

Question 1055 Some Christians treat their Bibles like museum artefacts—handling them with great care, keeping them pristine, never dreaming of writing in them. Others have Bibles so marked up with ...

Question 1046 When we open our Old Testament, we are reading a translation of ancient Hebrew manuscripts. But which Hebrew manuscripts? And what about the Greek translation that Jesus and ...

Question 1047 If you have ever compared an Old Testament quotation in the New Testament with the Old Testament passage itself, you may have noticed that sometimes the wording does ...

Question 1049 Few passages in the Gospels are as beloved as the story of the woman caught in adultery. Jesus' words, "Let him who is without sin among you be ...

Question 1050 If you read 1 John 5:7-8 in the King James Version, you will find the most explicit statement of the Trinity in all of Scripture: "For there are ...

Question 1048 If you open your Bible to the end of Mark's Gospel, you will likely find a note indicating that Mark 16:9-20 does not appear in the earliest manuscripts ...

Question 1056 Scripture memorisation is one of those spiritual disciplines that Christians often feel guilty about neglecting. We know we probably should do it, but life gets busy, memory feels ...

Question 1059 Walk into any Christian bookshop, and you will find shelves of children's Bibles—colourful, illustrated retellings of Scripture aimed at young readers. Parents and grandparents buy them with the ...

Question 1060 Form criticism is one of those terms that seminarians encounter and ordinary Christians rarely hear—yet its influence on biblical scholarship over the past century has been profound. Understanding ...

Question 1061 If you've ever dipped into academic biblical studies, you'll have come across something called "source criticism." It sounds very scholarly and impressive, but what exactly is it? And ...

Question 1062 Following on from source criticism, another method you'll encounter in academic biblical studies is "redaction criticism." If source criticism asks "what sources did the author use?", redaction criticism ...

Question 1063 If you've studied the Old Testament at any academic level, you've almost certainly encountered something called the "JEDP theory" or the "Documentary Hypothesis." This theory claims that the ...

Question 1064 When studying the Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke—you'll quickly encounter discussions about how these three Gospels relate to each other. They share so much material, often in nearly ...

Question 1065 In the 1980s and 1990s, a group of scholars calling themselves the "Jesus Seminar" made headlines by voting on which sayings of Jesus in the Gospels were authentic ...

Question 1110 When we pick up our English Bibles, we trust that the words we read faithfully represent what the apostles and prophets originally wrote. But behind every translation lies ...

Question 1111 When people learn that we possess over 5,800 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, they often wonder why so many of these early witnesses survive only as fragments ...

Question 1114 Anyone who has read the Bible seriously has encountered passages that puzzle, trouble, or even disturb. Genealogies that seem pointless, prophecies that remain obscure, apparent contradictions between accounts, ...

Question 1115 Every honest reader of Scripture encounters passages that make us uncomfortable. Commands that seem severe, judgements that appear disproportionate, language that strikes modern ears as offensive. Whether it ...

Question 1112 If you could visit a first-century synagogue or a wealthy Roman's library, you would see something quite different from our modern books. Scrolls dominated the ancient world, rolled ...

Question 1113 The eternal Word of God came to us through very earthly materials. When prophets recorded divine revelation and apostles penned their letters, they used whatever writing surfaces were ...

Question 1134 We live in a religiously diverse world. Many religions claim to possess sacred scriptures: Islam has the Quran, Hinduism has the Vedas and Bhagavad Gita, Buddhism has the ...

Question 1136 Critics of Scripture have long claimed it contains contradictions, errors, and inconsistencies. Lists circulate online cataloguing hundreds of alleged problems. How should believers respond? Are these objections fatal ...

Question 1131 We live in strange times. "Post-truth" was named the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year back in 2016, and things have not improved since then. It describes ...

Question 1132 Critics of Bible-believing Christianity sometimes accuse us of "wooden literalism," suggesting we interpret every passage without any recognition of figures of speech, literary genre, or context. This is ...

Question 1130 A common misconception about dispensationalism is that it supposedly uses different interpretive rules depending on which biblical era is being studied. Critics sometimes claim that dispensationalists read Old ...

Question 1125 Let's be honest: when you hit one of those long lists of names in the Bible, "And so-and-so begat so-and-so, who begat so-and-so," your eyes may start to ...

Question 1129 This question gets at something important: when we say we take the Bible literally, does that commit us to a particular view of science? And when scientists speak ...

Question 1120 This is a question that comes up regularly, and it's worth thinking through carefully. If we say we believe in a literal interpretation of Scripture, does that commit ...

Question 1124 You're reading your Bible and you hit a passage that makes no sense. You read it twice, maybe three times, and you're still confused. What do you do? ...

Question 10020 Understanding the difference between conditional and unconditional covenants is essential for grasping God's purposes throughout Scripture. This distinction affects how we read the Old Testament promises, how we ...

Question 1001 Few debates within evangelical Christianity generate as much heat as the question of Bible translations. Some believers insist that the King James Version represents the only reliable English ...

Question 1002 When comparing different Bible translations, readers sometimes discover that verses present in one translation appear in footnotes or brackets in another—or are absent entirely. These differences can unsettle ...

Question 1007 Some Christians approach the Bible with trepidation, feeling they need academic credentials or scholarly expertise to understand God's Word properly. Others swing to the opposite extreme, dismissing any ...

Question 1151 The accusation lands regularly in apologetic discussions: "You can't use the Bible to prove the Bible—that's circular reasoning!" On the surface, this seems like a devastating objection to ...

Question 1053 Study Bibles are everywhere. Walk into any Christian bookshop and you'll find shelves of them—leather-bound, colour-coded, themed for men, women, teenagers, and every niche you can imagine. They ...

Question 1014 Whether God revealed Himself and His purposes all at once or incrementally across time is not a minor academic question. It shapes how we read the whole Bible, ...

Question 1016 The Bible was written across roughly fifteen centuries, in three languages, by more than forty human authors in widely different circumstances — kings, shepherds, fishermen, priests, prisoners, and ...

Question 1019 Higher criticism has generated strong reactions in the church for more than two centuries, and those reactions are largely warranted. It is worth understanding precisely what the discipline ...

Question 1015 The Old Testament prescribes animal sacrifices; the New Testament says Christ has rendered such offerings obsolete. The Old Testament records God commanding the destruction of entire peoples; the ...

Question 1017 Whether an unbeliever can understand the Bible has direct implications for evangelism, for how we engage with non-Christian friends around Scripture, and for how we understand the Holy ...

Question 1018 The phrase "textual criticism" can sound alarming, as though it describes scholars sitting in judgement on the Bible and finding it wanting. The reality is almost the opposite ...

Question 01204 There is a phrase tucked into the brief letter of Jude that has echoed through two thousand years of church history with remarkable power. In just a few ...

Question 01203 These two terms describe two distinct works of the Holy Spirit in relation to Scripture, and confusing them leads to serious theological error. Getting this right matters because ...

Question 10020 People who have never opened a Bible often assume it is a collection of religious rules, ancient legends, or moral advice gathered across the centuries. Those who have ...

Question 07042 The question of how Christians should apply Old Testament law sits at the heart of Christian discipleship and has divided sincere believers for centuries. Some argue the moral ...

Question 10024 Nobody alive has ever seen the original manuscripts of the Bible — the actual papyrus or parchment on which Moses wrote, or Paul dictated his letters, or John ...

Question 60088 The assumption that science and the Bible are locked in fundamental conflict is one of the most widely held in contemporary culture. It surfaces in popular journalism, in ...

Question 10030 Before assessing what the Bible is, it is worth listening to what it claims to be. This is not circular reasoning — it is the same approach you ...

Question 10027 By almost every external measure, the Bible should not hold together as a single coherent work. Sixty-six books. More than forty human authors. Three languages. A composition period ...

Question 10028 Most Bible readers have had the experience of a passage opening up with a clarity and personal directness it had never carried before — something has changed, though ...

Question 10025 The Bible is a large, complex, ancient document. It contains poetry, prophecy, law, history, biography, letters, and apocalyptic vision. It was written across fifteen hundred years in three ...

Question 10026 Many Christians treat the Old Testament as a kind of backstory — useful for context, but not particularly necessary once you have the New Testament in hand. Others ...

Question 01142 God has not left Himself without witness. From the intricacy of a living cell to the voice of conscience that will not be entirely silenced, something of God ...

Question 60089 The claim that all truth is relative has moved from university philosophy departments into everyday conversation, social media, and church life. "That may be true for you but ...

Question 60090 The assumption that faith and reason are opposed to each other is deeply embedded in popular culture, and it has done significant damage to Christian witness. The image ...

Question 01148 One of the most practically significant questions in contemporary Christianity concerns the difference between the Holy Spirit opening a person's mind to understand what Scripture already says, and ...

Question 01149 There is a beautiful coherence to the doctrine of Scripture that is sometimes missed in debates about inspiration and interpretation. The same Holy Spirit who oversaw the production ...

Question 01150 The claim that personal experience overrides biblical teaching is one of the most pastoral challenges the church faces today, precisely because it is often made by sincere believers ...

Question 01146 The claim that the Bible has been corrupted through centuries of copying and translation is perhaps one of the most commonly heard objections to biblical authority. It sounds ...

Question 01147 The doctrine of Scripture's sufficiency touches something that matters deeply in practice. It is the difference between the church that looks to the Bible as its final word ...

Question 01154 The wisdom books of the Old Testament — Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes — sit at an oblique angle to the great redemptive events of Scripture. There is no ...

Question 01153 The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran, beginning in 1947, was one of the most significant archaeological finds of the twentieth century for anyone who cares ...

Question 01159 Progressive revelation and dispensationalism are not merely compatible positions that can be held alongside each other without difficulty. Progressive revelation is the exegetical foundation on which the dispensational ...

Question 01156 The imprecatory psalms are those passages in the Psalter that call down divine destruction on enemies — "Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow" (Psalm ...

Question 01157 The relationship between scholarly consensus and the plain reading of a biblical text is not a straightforward hierarchy in either direction. Neither blanket deference to scholarship nor reflexive ...

Question 01163 The Documentary Hypothesis, also known as the JEDP theory, was the dominant critical framework for understanding the origin of the Pentateuch throughout the nineteenth and much of the ...

Question 01165 KJV-Onlyism is the conviction that the King James Version of the Bible, published in 1611, is the uniquely preserved and authoritative Word of God in English, and that ...

Question 01166 If the Mosaic Law has ended for the believer as a covenant, the question naturally follows: in what sense does it still speak? Christians do not ignore Leviticus ...

Question 01167 One of the most instructive parallels in the history of biblical translation is the parallel between the authority claimed for the Latin Vulgate by the mediaeval and Counter-Reformation ...

Question 01168 The Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus are two of the oldest and most important manuscripts of the Christian Bible in existence. Both date from the fourth century ...

Question 60081 A Christian student entering a university biblical studies department for the first time can find the experience genuinely disorienting. Lecturers who have devoted their academic careers to the ...

Question 01169 The New Testament has been transmitted in over 5,800 Greek manuscripts, along with thousands more in Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Gothic, and other ancient languages. This remarkable abundance ...

Question 0046 There is a scene that plays out in churches, conferences, and online platforms with alarming regularity. A preacher stands before a crowd and delivers a message that makes ...

Question 0037 This question helps us appreciate both the remarkable providence of God in preserving His truth and the reality of how the early Church actually functioned. It also reminds ...

Question 0040 The short answer is: you can't. And this isn't a criticism—it's simply the reality of how human beings engage with any text, including Scripture. Everyone Has Theology The ...

Question 0020 This might seem a strange question at first. Doctrine often gets a bad reputation—it's seen as dry, academic, divisive, the province of theologians arguing about angels on pinheads ...

Question 0025 The book of Acts gives us a snapshot of the earliest Christian community in Jerusalem, immediately after the Day of Pentecost. Three thousand people had just been baptised ...

Question 0041 When we elevate experience above doctrine, we step onto dangerous ground. This isn't merely an academic concern for theologians to debate in ivory towers—it strikes at the very ...

Question 0023 Anyone who has spent time reading Paul's letters will notice a consistent pattern. Take Romans: the first eleven chapters are dense theological exposition—the righteousness of God, justification by ...

Question 0039 This question reflects a misunderstanding that some sincere Christians hold; the idea that because we have the indwelling Spirit, we can bypass careful study and simply rely on ...

Question 1000 Let's start where we always should - with what Scripture says about itself. When Jesus was being tempted by Satan in the wilderness, He responded with a statement ...

Question 1004 This is one of those questions that really matters because if the answer is yes, then we have a serious problem with the authority and reliability of Scripture ...

Question 1139 Paul's second letter to Timothy stands as one of the most personal and urgent letters in the New Testament. Written from a Roman prison cell, likely during Nero's ...

Question 1137 See my sermon on the Introduction to Bibliology here: The Word of God: Our Growing Guide. Whenever Christians study the doctrines of the faith systematically, they use certain ...

Question 1138 This phrase comes from 2 Timothy 2:15, one of the most important verses for understanding how to handle Scripture properly. Paul writes: "Do your best to present yourself ...

Question 1097 The term "woke" has become widespread in cultural discourse, describing a progressive worldview that emphasises systemic oppression, identity politics, and social justice as understood through contemporary leftist frameworks ...

Question 1107 What if archaeologists discover an ancient manuscript that contradicts what we believe? Could a new find overturn Christian doctrine? Should we be nervous about what might turn up ...

Question 1101 When we say the Bible is the Word of God, does that mean God dictated every word like a boss to a secretary? Did Moses, Paul, and the ...

Question 1140 For as long as I can remember, Isaiah 64:6 has been the go-to text in evangelistic preaching for showing that even our best efforts before salvation are worthless ...

Question 1108 The Hebrew text of the Old Testament has dots and dashes beneath and above the consonants, vowel points that tell us how to pronounce the words. When were ...

Question 1105 Scholars sometimes point to grammatical irregularities in the Greek New Testament. Does this mean the Bible contains errors? If Scripture is God's Word, should not the grammar be ...

Question 1109 You sometimes hear people talk about the "Textus Receptus" as the authentic Greek New Testament. What is it, where did it come from, and should we consider it ...

Question 0024 The Bereans have become something of a byword in Christian circles for careful biblical discernment, and rightly so. Whenever someone encourages us to check teaching against Scripture, the ...

Question 0007 Not all doctrines carry the same weight. This is not to say that any part of Scripture is unimportant, every word of God matters, and we should strive ...

Question 0006 This question comes up more often than you might think, and it usually comes from a sincere place. Someone genuinely loves the Lord, feels close to Him in ...

Question 0004 When Paul instructs Titus to "teach what accords with sound doctrine" (Titus 2:1), he uses a word that might surprise us. The Greek term translated "sound" is ὑγιαίνω ...

Question 0003 Few verses in Scripture carry more weight for understanding the nature of the Bible than 2 Timothy 3:16. Paul writes: "All Scripture is breathed out by God and ...

Question 0000 This is actually a foundational question that gets to the heart of everything at BibleProclaimer.com. Why do we insist on going to Scripture first when the world has ...