Exploring the doctrine of salvation—how sinners are saved by grace through faith in Christ.
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 7006 Few passages in Scripture have caused more anxiety among believers than Jesus’ solemn warning about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. People have come to me over the years, sometimes in tears, convinced they have committed this sin and are beyond hope. Before we even begin to unpack what this sin actually is, let…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 7063 Not all grace operates in the same way. Scripture describes God’s grace extending to every human being who has ever lived, and yet it also describes a grace that is specifically and exclusively the means of salvation. Understanding the difference between these two things illuminates both the character of God and the nature…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 01166 The New Testament is unambiguous that Christians are not under the Mosaic covenant. Galatians 3:24-25 states plainly that the law was a guardian until Christ came, “but now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.” Hebrews 8:13 describes the old covenant as obsolete, growing old, and ready to vanish….
Reading Time: 14 minutesQuestion 3076 Few words in all of Scripture carry the weight of those spoken by Jesus from the cross in John 19:30: “It is finished.” In the original Greek, this is a single word, tetelestai (τετέλεσται), and it is one of the most theologically significant words in the entire New Testament. Far from being a…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 7080 This question has caused considerable debate throughout church history so how we answer it affects everything; from how we read the Old Testament to how we live our daily lives. The short answer is no, Christians are not under the Mosaic law. But we need to understand what that means and what it…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 7079 Isaiah 53:5 declares, “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” This verse, particularly the phrase about healing through Christ’s wounds (often rendered “by his stripes we are healed”), is frequently quoted…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 9000 See also YouTube video at the end explaining why we should be baptised. Believer’s baptism is the baptism by immersion in water of those who have personally trusted in the Lord Jesus for salvation. It’s not infant baptism, not sprinkling, not pouring, but the full immersion of someone who has already been saved…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0008 This is a question that cuts right to the heart of the matter. If theology matters, and it does, then surely some of it matters more than others. What must a person believe in order to be saved? Can someone be genuinely converted while holding mistaken views on certain doctrines? Where is the…
Reading Time: 10 minutesQuestion 7053 When someone comes to faith in Jesus, what should they be taught first? The writer to the Hebrews gives us the answer in chapter 6, verses 1-3, where he lists six foundational teachings that every believer needs to grasp before moving on to deeper things. These are not optional extras or advanced theology…
Reading Time: 10 minutesQuestion 7011 Soteriology. It sounds like a complicated word, and in some ways it is, but really it just refers to the study of salvation. The term comes from the Greek word σωτηρία (sōtēria), meaning “salvation” or “deliverance,” combined with λόγος (logos), meaning “word” or “study.” So soteriology is simply the study of how God…