Examining the doctrine of Scripture—its inspiration, inerrancy, authority, canon, and interpretation.
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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 translation, while others embrace modern versions like the ESV, NASB, or NIV. Understanding this controversy requires examining both the historical development of the KJV and…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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 believers who wonder whether something has been “removed” from Scripture. Understanding how textual variations arise and how scholars handle them actually strengthens confidence in the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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 need for teachers and insisting that the Holy Spirit alone suffices for interpretation. Neither position quite captures the biblical balance. Scripture is genuinely accessible to…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 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 Christian epistemology. If we establish the Bible as our ultimate authority by appealing to the Bible itself, haven’t we fallen into a logical fallacy? This…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 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 promise to make the Bible accessible, to answer your questions as you read, to bring clarity to difficult passages. But are they actually helpful? And…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 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, how we understand the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, and why certain things were clear to some believers that were opaque to others….
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 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 prime ministers. It encompasses poetry, history, law, prophecy, wisdom literature, personal correspondence, and apocalyptic vision. No human editor assembled these sixty-six books according to a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 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 New Testament commands love of enemies. The Old Testament permits divorce in certain circumstances; the New Testament tightens the standard. If the same God inspired…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 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 is, where it came from, what conclusions it has reached, and why those conclusions deserve the scrutiny they have received, since the issues it raises…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 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 Spirit’s work. The answer is more nuanced than a simple yes or no, and getting the nuance right matters both theologically and practically. What an…