Biblical teaching on human nature—created in God’s image, fallen into sin, and redeemable through Christ.
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 06074 The doctrine of original sin addresses one of the most basic questions in human experience: why do all people sin, and why is the world in the condition it is? The biblical answer traces everything back to a historical event in a real garden, with real consequences that have shaped every human life…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05035 The question of whether human beings are born sinners goes to the heart of what we are and what we need. It is not an abstract theological puzzle; the answer shapes everything about how we understand the gospel, the necessity of conversion, and the nature of God’s saving work. What Scripture Says David’s…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05037 The question of free will is one of the oldest and most contested in both philosophy and theology. It matters enormously, because the answer shapes how we understand human responsibility, how we read the gospel’s commands to repent and believe, and how we think about the character of God Himself. What “Free Will”…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05038 No question matters more than this one. Every person, at some point, has looked at their own existence and wondered what it is for. Philosophy, religion, popular culture, and personal experience all offer answers – and they differ wildly. Scripture addresses the question with both directness and depth. The Question Every Person Asks…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05013 When a baby or young child dies, the grief is unlike any other. Parents, grandparents, and those who love them carry questions that do not resolve easily, and the most pressing of those questions is also the most theological: where is my child now? Scripture does not provide a systematic treatment of infant…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05017 Genesis 1:26 contains one of the most theologically loaded sentences in all of Scripture: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” The presence of two terms has generated centuries of theological reflection. Do they refer to the same thing? Do they describe distinct aspects of what it means to be…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05012 The phrase “age of accountability” does not appear in Scripture, and yet the question it represents is one of the most pastorally urgent a minister ever faces. What happens to children who die before they are old enough to understand the gospel and respond to it? Is there a point before which a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05018 Psalm 8:5 contains one of Scripture’s most arresting descriptions of the human condition: “Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honour.” The phrase reappears in Hebrews 2, where the writer applies it to Jesus with a precision that opens the text in…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05019 The question of whether animals have souls is one that comes up more often in pastoral contexts than in academic ones. It tends to surface when someone has lost a beloved pet, or when a child asks whether their dog will be in heaven. But it is also a question with genuine theological…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05020 Angels and human beings are both creatures made by God, and both appear throughout Scripture as conscious, personal beings who respond to him. But the differences between them go considerably deeper than the obvious observation that one is usually visible and the other is not. Understanding what sets human beings apart from angels…