Practical guidance for following Christ daily—prayer, Bible reading, spiritual disciplines, and growing in godliness.
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 04021 Sanctification is not simply a matter of moral improvement or religious discipline. It is the Spirit’s work in the believer, transforming what we are from the inside out rather than merely adjusting behaviour on the surface. Understanding how the Spirit actually does this changes the way a Christian approaches the whole project of…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 04022 Paul’s instruction in Galatians 5:16 is not a vague encouragement to be more spiritual. “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh” is a precise description of a way of living that has practical content. The question of what it actually means to walk by the Spirit…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 04023 Every Christian has moments of genuine uncertainty about their own spiritual condition. Am I acting out of the Spirit’s leading, or am I following my own desires and calling it God’s will? This is not an abstract theological question; it touches something very practical about self-knowledge, discernment, and honesty before God. Scripture provides…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 04020 The Holy Spirit produces fruit in the believer and distributes gifts to the believer, and while both come from the same Spirit, they are doing entirely different things. Conflating them causes no end of confusion in the church, particularly when spiritual gifts are treated as evidence of spiritual maturity, or when character is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04045 There are few more striking statements in the New Testament than Paul’s declaration in 1 Corinthians 6:19: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?” That a human body — mortal, material, subject to hunger and tiredness and decay —…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04043 Galatians 5:16-25 contains one of the most practically important passages in Paul’s letters. In a single sustained argument, he sets out two contrasting ways of living: life driven by the flesh, and life shaped by the Spirit. The contrast is not between the irreligious and the religious. It runs through the middle of…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 09114 “Touch not my anointed” is quoted with surprising frequency in certain church circles as a warning against criticising or questioning Christian leaders, pastors, or prominent figures. The appeal is almost invariably a misuse of the text, and understanding what the passage actually says is important both for good biblical interpretation and for healthy…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11068 Few questions in Christian living carry more confusion than the one about anger. Some believers conclude that any experience of anger is a failure of sanctification, and they spend their lives suppressing it or feeling guilty about it. Others treat every surge of anger as righteous indignation that needs no scrutiny. Scripture is…
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 4063 Paul identifies three conditions for Spirit-filled living in Ephesians 4 and 5, and 1 Thessalonians 5: do not grieve the Spirit, do not quench the Spirit, walk by the Spirit. They are simple to list and genuinely demanding to live. Understanding why each one matters — and where each one is most likely…