Practical guidance for following Christ daily—prayer, Bible reading, spiritual disciplines, and growing in godliness.
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 4066 Someone approaches you after a church meeting, or perhaps contacts you privately, with a message they believe is from God for your life. They may have used the language of prophecy, or they may have phrased it more tentatively as something they felt they should share with you. How do you respond? The…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10109 How does a believer grow in holiness? The question sounds simple and turns out to be one of the most contested in Christian thought. On one side stands the quietist: “Let go and let God” — spiritual growth is entirely His work, and the believer’s task is to get out of the way….
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 4065 Every believer in Christ has received at least one spiritual gift. This is not an aspiration or a target to aim for — it is a statement of fact grounded in the plain teaching of the New Testament. “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good” (1 Corinthians…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1091 The language of “claiming” Bible verses in prayer is common in many Christian circles. We hear phrases like “I’m claiming Jeremiah 29:11 over my situation” or “Claim the promise and it will be yours.” But is this biblical? Does God want us to grab hold of verses and declare them over our circumstances?…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1087 Worship and Scripture are inseparably linked in the Christian life. The Bible is not merely a book we study privately; it is meant to be read, sung, prayed, preached, and celebrated when God’s people gather. Understanding how Scripture functions in worship helps us structure our services rightly and experience the transforming encounter with…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1090 Prayer and Scripture are inseparable companions in the Christian life. Just as a conversation requires both speaking and listening, so our relationship with God involves both prayer (our speaking to Him) and Scripture (His speaking to us). Understanding how these two essential disciplines relate to one another transforms both our Bible reading and…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1092 The word “meditation” can make some Christians nervous. In our culture, it’s often associated with Eastern religions—emptying the mind, achieving altered states of consciousness, or connecting with some impersonal spiritual force. But biblical meditation is something entirely different. Far from emptying the mind, it involves filling the mind with God’s Word and chewing…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1093 Artificial intelligence has rapidly become part of everyday life, and Christians are increasingly asking whether these tools have a place in Bible study. Can ChatGPT help me understand a difficult passage? Should I use AI to prepare a Sunday school lesson? Is there something spiritually problematic about asking a computer to help me…
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: 4 minutesQuestion 01150 The claim that personal experience overrides biblical teaching is one of the most pastoral challenges the church faces today, precisely because it is often made by sincere believers who have genuinely experienced something real and who interpret Scripture’s silence or apparent tension as permission to place their experience in the driving seat. Understanding…