Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3066 This question assumes something that is not quite accurate, namely that Jesus, as God, ceased to exist or ceased to function during His death. To answer properly, we need to understand what happened when Jesus died and how His divine and human natures relate to one another. The answer reveals something wonderful about…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 5029 The opening chapter of Genesis moves through the days of creation with a recurring pattern: God speaks, things exist, God declares them good. But when the creation of humanity approaches, something different happens. The narrative slows, and God speaks in the plural: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 13011 Gnosticism was not a single, tidy system but a collection of interconnected religious ideas that shared enough common assumptions to pose a recognisable and serious threat to the apostolic gospel. Its appeal lay in what it claimed to offer: a deeper, hidden knowledge of spiritual reality available to those initiated into it. In…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1087 Worship and Scripture are inseparably linked in the Christian life. The Bible is not merely a book we study privately; it is meant to be read, sung, prayed, preached, and celebrated when God’s people gather. Understanding how Scripture functions in worship helps us structure our services rightly and experience the transforming encounter with…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1090 Prayer and Scripture are inseparable companions in the Christian life. Just as a conversation requires both speaking and listening, so our relationship with God involves both prayer (our speaking to Him) and Scripture (His speaking to us). Understanding how these two essential disciplines relate to one another transforms both our Bible reading and…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1056 Scripture memorisation is one of those spiritual disciplines that Christians often feel guilty about neglecting. We know we probably should do it, but life gets busy, memory feels unreliable, and we wonder if it really matters when we can just look up verses on our phones. Yet the Bible itself speaks powerfully about…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1014 Whether God revealed Himself and His purposes all at once or incrementally across time is not a minor academic question. It shapes how we read the whole Bible, how we understand the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, and why certain things were clear to some believers that were opaque to others….
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 0030 Walk into any theological seminary and you will encounter rigorous study of systematic theology, historical theology, biblical languages, and philosophical argumentation. Walk into most local churches and you will find people trying to figure out how to raise their children in the faith, how to make ethical decisions at work, and whether they…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0037 This question helps us appreciate both the remarkable providence of God in preserving His truth and the reality of how the early Church actually functioned. It also reminds us not to take for granted the complete Bible we hold in our hands today. The Situation of the Early Church When the Church was…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0017 This question gets to the very heart of how the Christian life actually works. There’s a connection between what we believe and how we live, and understanding that connection transforms how we approach both theology and ethics. Scripture never separates doctrine from practice—they’re two sides of the same coin. The Biblical Pattern: Indicative…