Practical guidance for following Christ daily—prayer, Bible reading, spiritual disciplines, and growing in godliness.
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 0030 Walk into any theological seminary and you will encounter rigorous study of systematic theology, historical theology, biblical languages, and philosophical argumentation. Walk into most local churches and you will find people trying to figure out how to raise their children in the faith, how to make ethical decisions at work, and whether they…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0029 Every believer who takes both truth and relationships seriously will eventually face this question. You find yourself at odds with someone over a matter of faith or practice. The disagreement feels significant. But is it significant enough to break fellowship? This is not an abstract theological question but a deeply practical one that…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0049 It is one of the most sobering realities in the Christian life, and one that every serious believer must confront: it is entirely possible to have impeccable theology and a dead heart. It is possible to know all the right answers, to affirm all the right creeds, to defend all the right doctrines,…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 0034 The good news is that we live in an age of unprecedented access to theological resources. Books that were once available only in seminary libraries are now accessible with a few clicks. Sermons from gifted teachers around the world can be downloaded to your phone. Study aids that previous generations could only dream…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0032 It is one of the great tragedies of the modern church that the study of God—which is what the word “theology” means—has become associated with dusty books, academic jargon, and irrelevant speculation. How did we get to the point where knowing God is considered boring? How did understanding the Creator of the universe…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 0033 The question itself is encouraging. Anyone asking how to develop an appetite for doctrine already possesses something precious—the recognition that such an appetite is desirable. Not everyone reaches that point. Many Christians coast through their lives on spiritual junk food, never realising they are malnourished. The fact that you want to grow in…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0031 The comparison between doctrine and an immune system is remarkably apt, and Scripture itself uses similar language. Just as our physical bodies possess an intricate defence system designed to recognise, resist, and destroy harmful invaders, so sound doctrine operates within the believer’s soul to identify error, resist deception, and preserve spiritual health. Paul…
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 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…