What is the rapture?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy we should believe in the ‘Rapture’ (from the Latin for ‘caught up’)
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What are the major differences between pneumatology as taught in Reformed, charismatic, and dispensational traditions?
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 04071 Christian traditions have developed distinctive accounts of who the Holy Spirit is and how He works, and the differences between Reformed, charismatic, and dispensational pneumatologies are substantial enough to shape entire approaches to the Christian life. This article surveys the principal points of difference, identifying where the traditions agree, where they diverge, and…
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What about tattoos?
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12004 Tattoos were once associated almost exclusively with sailors, soldiers, and subcultures. Today they are mainstream, and increasing numbers of Christians either have tattoos or are considering getting one. The question is whether Scripture prohibits them, permits them, or leaves the matter to individual conscience. The answer requires careful handling of the one Old…
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What about entertainment?
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12036 The Bible does not contain a list of approved films, television programmes, or music genres. This frustrates some Christians who would prefer a clear set of rules, and it emboldens others who take the silence as permission to consume whatever they please without reflection. Neither response is adequate. Scripture provides principles that, when…
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What about cohabiting before marriage?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12058 Cohabitation has become so normalised in Western culture that many people, including many professing Christians, no longer see it as a moral issue at all. The reasoning typically runs along practical lines: it makes financial sense, it lets you test compatibility before committing, and it is what everyone does. The church needs to…
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What about alternative medicine?
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11097 The question of alternative medicine is more complex than it might initially appear, because the category itself covers an enormous range of practices — from herbal remedies with genuine pharmacological properties to therapies rooted in Eastern religious philosophies and New Age spirituality. The Christian’s task is to exercise discernment, and that requires distinguishing…
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What about singleness?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11106 In a culture that often treats marriage as the expected norm and singleness as a problem to be solved, the Bible offers a surprisingly different perspective. Singleness is not a deficiency, not a waiting room, and not a lesser state of Christian existence. Scripture speaks of it with genuine honour and presents it…
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What is Preaching versus Teaching?
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11025 Christians often use the words “preaching” and “teaching” interchangeably, as though they describe the same activity. In everyday conversation, the distinction may not matter much. But in Scripture, these are recognisably different gifts and functions, and understanding the difference has practical consequences for how the church organises its ministry and how its leaders…
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How do we share the gospel?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11018 Every Christian has been entrusted with the most important message in the history of the world. The gospel is not the exclusive property of pastors or evangelists. It belongs to every believer, and the responsibility to share it is woven into the fabric of what it means to follow Jesus. But many Christians…
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What Biblical guidance is there for single Christians on marriage?
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11062 Singleness in the church can be a profoundly isolating experience. Much of church culture is oriented around couples and families, and single Christians often feel marginalised, pitied, or treated as though something is incomplete about their lives. For those who desire marriage, the longing is real and the waiting is hard. Scripture does…