Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 07001 Few questions trouble sincere believers more than the question of assurance. How can I know I am truly saved? What if I am deceived about my own spiritual condition? Is it even possible to have certainty about something as weighty as eternal life? These questions, painful as they sometimes are, usually reflect a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11049 Few questions cause more distress to sincere believers than the experience of unanswered prayer. A child prays for a sick parent who dies. A couple prays for years for a child who never comes. A believer cries out for deliverance from a situation that only worsens. The pain is real, and it deserves…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10145 One of the most important patterns running through the New Testament is the way in which certain realities are described as both present and future at the same time. Salvation is something the believer possesses now and yet awaits in its fullness. The kingdom of God has arrived and yet is still coming….
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10154 Eschatology is not a speculative hobby for those who enjoy charts and timelines. What we believe about the future shapes how we live in the present, and the New Testament writers consistently draw ethical and pastoral conclusions from prophetic truth. The question is not whether eschatology affects daily life but whether we have…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60016 The claim that Christians and Muslims worship the same God is one of the most commonly repeated statements in interfaith dialogue. It sounds generous, inclusive, and peaceable. It is also, on careful examination, theologically incoherent. The question is not whether Christians and Muslims both claim to worship one God. They do. The question…
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion 08089 Not all demonic activity is the same, and the failure to distinguish between different forms of it leads to both unnecessary panic and unhelpful pastoral counsel. The two categories most commonly discussed are possession and oppression, and they describe genuinely different conditions. What Possession Involves Possession, in its full biblical sense, describes a…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08057 Sleep paralysis is a deeply unsettling experience. The person wakes, or appears to wake, but finds themselves completely unable to move or speak. The episode is often accompanied by a crushing pressure on the chest, a sense of a malevolent presence in the room, and vivid, frightening hallucinations. Accounts of this experience are…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08053 If every genuine believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit from the moment of conversion, the question of whether Christians can experience demonic oppression is not a minor pastoral curiosity. It touches directly on the nature of the Spirit’s indwelling, the reality of ongoing spiritual warfare, and the practical experience of believers who…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08128 The question of whether demons can perform miracles touches on something that matters deeply for discernment in the life of the church. If the answer is a straightforward no, then the supernatural becomes a reliable indicator of divine activity. If the answer is more nuanced, as Scripture suggests it is, then believers need…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08121 Spiritual warfare is not an optional interest for particularly dramatic Christians. It is the reality every believer lives within, whether they recognise it or not. The New Testament assumes a world in which invisible powers are actively at work, in which the Christian life involves genuine conflict with real enemies, and in which…