Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05037 The question of free will is one of the oldest and most contested in both philosophy and theology. It matters enormously, because the answer shapes how we understand human responsibility, how we read the gospel’s commands to repent and believe, and how we think about the character of God Himself. What “Free Will”…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05017 Genesis 1:26 contains one of the most theologically loaded sentences in all of Scripture: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” The presence of two terms has generated centuries of theological reflection. Do they refer to the same thing? Do they describe distinct aspects of what it means to be…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05012 The phrase “age of accountability” does not appear in Scripture, and yet the question it represents is one of the most pastorally urgent a minister ever faces. What happens to children who die before they are old enough to understand the gospel and respond to it? Is there a point before which a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05019 The question of whether animals have souls is one that comes up more often in pastoral contexts than in academic ones. It tends to surface when someone has lost a beloved pet, or when a child asks whether their dog will be in heaven. But it is also a question with genuine theological…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05021 Psalm 139 is one of the most intimate passages in all of Scripture. From beginning to end, David is meditating on what it means to be completely and personally known by God. By verse 13 he moves from the general truth of God’s omniscience to its application to his own individual life, and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05023 Personhood is one of the most consequential questions in ethics, because the answer determines who is protected, who is excluded, and on what basis. It is also a question where the biblical account and the dominant contemporary accounts diverge in ways that have immediate practical consequences. The disagreement is not merely about timing…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05008 The doctrine of total depravity is one of the most misunderstood in the whole of Christian theology. The popular caricature holds that it means every unregenerate person is maximally wicked, incapable of any moral perception, and entirely indifferent to everything spiritual. Scripture does not teach that. What it teaches is more precise and…