Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 09003 Baptism is one of the most visible acts of the Christian life, and it is also one of the most debated. Who is it for? Is it reserved for those who have already believed, or does it extend to the children of believers as well? The answer to this question shapes how churches…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60035 The term “social gospel” has a long history in Christian thought, originating in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a movement that sought to apply Christian ethics to social problems — poverty, inequality, labour exploitation, and public health. In its contemporary form, it manifests as a Christianity that prioritises social justice,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60053 Dan Brown’s 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code became a global phenomenon, selling tens of millions of copies and generating a major film adaptation. Its influence extended far beyond entertainment, because Brown presented his fictional narrative as resting on historical fact, and millions of readers took the claims seriously. The book alleges that…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60052 String theory is one of the most ambitious attempts in modern physics to construct a unified description of the fundamental forces of the universe. It proposes that the most basic constituents of reality are not point-like particles but tiny, vibrating strings of energy whose different modes of vibration produce the different particles observed…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60055 The question of extraterrestrial life and unidentified flying objects has moved from the margins of popular culture into mainstream public discourse, particularly following official government acknowledgements in recent years that military personnel have encountered aerial phenomena that remain unexplained. For Christians, the question touches on matters of creation, the uniqueness of humanity, the…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08058 The relationship between occult practices and demonic activity is one of the most clearly addressed subjects in Scripture, and yet it remains one of the areas where Christians are most uncertain. Some believers dismiss the entire category as superstition, while others live in exaggerated fear of accidental demonic contamination. The biblical position is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08093 In Ephesians 2:2, Paul describes the spiritual condition of unbelievers before conversion, stating that they “followed the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.” The title “prince of the power of the air” is applied…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 08091 The phrase “powers and principalities” appears in several New Testament passages and has become almost a shorthand in Christian vocabulary for the unseen spiritual forces at work in the world. But what does the language actually mean, and what does it tell us about the organisation and activity of the spiritual realm? The…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08119 Demons are not the invention of medieval imagination or the projection of pre-scientific superstition onto medical conditions people did not yet understand. They are real, personal, spiritual beings whose existence Scripture affirms and whose activity Jesus took with complete seriousness. The Gospels record more encounters between Jesus and demons than between Jesus and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08113 Angels are among the most frequently mentioned yet least carefully understood beings in the Bible. Popular culture has produced a version of angels that bears little resemblance to what Scripture actually describes, replacing the powerful, purposeful servants of God with gentle, winged figures that function as celestial companions or decorative symbols. What the…