Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11018 Every Christian has been entrusted with the most important message in the history of the world. The gospel is not the exclusive property of pastors or evangelists. It belongs to every believer, and the responsibility to share it is woven into the fabric of what it means to follow Jesus. But many Christians…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11020 Jesus did not command His followers to make converts. He commanded them to make disciples. The distinction matters enormously, because it shapes how we understand the church’s mission and what success looks like. A convert has made a decision. A disciple is being transformed. The Great Commission calls us to the longer, harder,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11062 Singleness in the church can be a profoundly isolating experience. Much of church culture is oriented around couples and families, and single Christians often feel marginalised, pitied, or treated as though something is incomplete about their lives. For those who desire marriage, the longing is real and the waiting is hard. Scripture does…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11061 If Christians should not marry non-Christians, the natural follow-up question is whether they should date them. After all, dating is not marriage. It carries no covenant commitment and no permanence. Surely there is nothing wrong with spending time with someone, getting to know them, and seeing where things go? The logic sounds reasonable…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11055 The idea of “soul ties” has gained significant traction in certain Christian circles, particularly within charismatic and deliverance ministry contexts. The claim is that intimate relationships, whether sexual, emotional, or spiritual, create a binding connection between two souls that must be formally broken through prayer or deliverance if the relationship ends or was…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11049 Few questions cause more distress to sincere believers than the experience of unanswered prayer. A child prays for a sick parent who dies. A couple prays for years for a child who never comes. A believer cries out for deliverance from a situation that only worsens. The pain is real, and it deserves…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 11073 When suffering comes—and it will come—what we believe about God, about His purposes, and about His promises becomes either an anchor or an afterthought. Doctrine is not abstract theology for comfortable times; it is the solid ground beneath our feet when everything else gives way. Job understood this. After losing his children, his…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 11074 It is one of the most difficult balancing acts in the Christian life. On the one hand, we are called to contend for the faith, to hold fast to sound doctrine, to stand firm on the truth of God’s Word. On the other hand, we are called to clothe ourselves with humility, to…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11075 Walk into almost any Christian bookshop or open a church website and you will find no shortage of Bible reading plans on offer. Chronological plans, canonical plans, thematic plans, plans that pair Old and New Testaments, plans that take you through in a year, plans that take you through in ninety days. The…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11076 It sounds like a simple question, but it carries a pastoral complication: depending on how it is answered, it is very likely to produce more guilt than growth. Whatever number is given, someone will feel they are already failing. So before giving any kind of practical answer, it is worth beginning not with…