Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0017 This question gets to the very heart of how the Christian life actually works. There’s a connection between what we believe and how we live, and understanding that connection transforms how we approach both theology and ethics. Scripture never separates doctrine from practice—they’re two sides of the same coin. The Biblical Pattern: Indicative…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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 while the real work of loving people goes neglected. But this is a terrible misunderstanding. Rightly understood, studying doctrine is one of the most loving…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 0019 This is one of those questions that’s painful to ask but necessary. Walk into many churches and you’ll find people who’ve been Christians for twenty, thirty, even forty years—and yet they couldn’t explain basic doctrine, don’t read their Bibles regularly, and are easily swept along by whatever teaching sounds appealing. The rebuke in…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0018 The letter to the Hebrews contains one of the New Testament’s most direct discussions of spiritual maturity, and it comes with a sharp rebuke that still stings today. The author isn’t gentle about it—he tells his readers they ought to be teachers by now but instead need someone to teach them the basics…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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. The church had suddenly grown from a small band of disciples to a substantial movement. And Luke tells us how they lived: “And they devoted…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 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 faith, the place of Israel, the sovereignty of God in salvation. Then chapter 12 begins: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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 heart of how we know God, how we discern truth from error, and how we navigate the Christian life with confidence. The Apostle Paul warned…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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 direct spiritual insight. It sounds humble and spiritual, but it actually contradicts what Scripture itself teaches. The Spirit-Led Life and the Word Yes, every believer…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3073 The virgin birth is not just a miracle to wonder at; it is theologically essential for our salvation. Without it, the entire Gospel falls apart. Some try to dismiss it as a later addition to the Christian story or as borrowed mythology, but Scripture presents it as foundational to who Jesus is and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3052 You may have heard the phrase ‘the historical Jesus’ and wondered what it means. Is it different from the Jesus we read about in the Gospels? The term comes from academic scholarship and refers to attempts to reconstruct who Jesus was using historical-critical methods. For Bible-believing Christians, there is only one Jesus, the…