Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6018 Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians contains one of the most practically searching distinctions in the New Testament. Writing about the response of the Corinthian church to a previous letter of correction, he draws a line between two kinds of sorrow over sin that feel superficially similar but move in completely opposite directions….
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10117 When Jesus hung on the cross beside a repentant criminal, He made an extraordinary promise: “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). But what exactly is paradise? Is it the same as heaven? Where is it? And what does Scripture teach about this place of blessing? Understanding the biblical concept…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10116 Near-death experiences (NDEs) have fascinated people for decades. Books like Heaven Is for Real and 90 Minutes in Heaven have sold millions of copies. Many people claim to have died, visited heaven (or hell), and returned with vivid memories. How should Christians evaluate these claims? What does Scripture actually teach about what happens…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10110 The Bema seat is a term that refers to the judgment seat of Jesus before which all believers will stand. It is not about determining whether we go to heaven or hell—that question was settled when we trusted Jesus. It is about evaluating our lives as believers and distributing rewards. Understanding this judgment…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10200 What happens to a person in the time between death and the resurrection? It is a question that has occupied Christian thinkers across the centuries, and it is one that touches everyone who has stood at a graveside. Scripture gives more guidance on this than is often realised, though it does not answer…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8046 Paul’s statement in 2 Corinthians 11:14 that “Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light” is one of the most practically important observations in the New Testament about the nature of spiritual deception. It appears almost in passing within a longer passage about false apostles, but its implications reach far beyond that…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 8044 Paul’s statement in 2 Corinthians 2:11 that “we are not ignorant of his designs” carries the implication that there is something to know — that Satan does not operate randomly but follows recognisable patterns that careful attention to Scripture can identify. The word translated “designs” or “devices” in various versions is the Greek…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 7089 “Born again” is perhaps the most widely used and widely misunderstood phrase in the Christian vocabulary. It has been reduced to a cultural label, adopted as a denominational identifier, and stripped by popular usage of almost all its theological content. Which is unfortunate, because what Jesus actually said to Nicodemus in John 3…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10169 The question of where heaven is located is asked with genuine sincerity, and the honest answer is that Scripture gives us considerably less spatial information than many assume. The Bible speaks with absolute clarity about the reality of heaven, about what it is like, and about who is there. On the question of…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 04021 Sanctification is not simply a matter of moral improvement or religious discipline. It is the Spirit’s work in the believer, transforming what we are from the inside out rather than merely adjusting behaviour on the surface. Understanding how the Spirit actually does this changes the way a Christian approaches the whole project of…