Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 0048 It sounds so reasonable, so irenic, so Christian. “Doctrine divides, but Jesus unites.” The sentiment is appealing, especially to those weary of theological controversy and ecclesiastical strife. Why argue about doctrine when we could simply gather around Jesus? Why draw boundaries when we could be building bridges? Yet beneath this pleasant-sounding phrase lies…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0007 Not all doctrines carry the same weight. This is not to say that any part of Scripture is unimportant, every word of God matters, and we should strive to believe rightly about all of it. But the church has long recognised that some doctrines are so foundational that to deny them is to…
Reading Time: 10 minutesQuestion 7011 Soteriology. It sounds like a complicated word, and in some ways it is, but really it just refers to the study of salvation. The term comes from the Greek word σωτηρία (sōtēria), meaning “salvation” or “deliverance,” combined with λόγος (logos), meaning “word” or “study.” So soteriology is simply the study of how God…
Reading Time: 11 minutesQ10035 Babylon appears prominently in the final chapters of Revelation, described as “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations” (17:5) and “the great city that has mighty dominion over the kings of the earth” (17:18). Two entire chapters—17 and 18—are devoted to describing her nature, her influence, and her spectacular destruction. But…
Reading Time: 7 minutesStanding with Israel in Biblical Truth and Justice Q10141 Preamble As an Evangelical Baptist committed to the authority of Scripture and the unchanging promises of God, I find myself compelled to respond to recent statements from Baptists Together, BMS World Mission and Baptist Union of Wales that mischaracterise Israel’s legitimate right to self-defence and misrepresent…