Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 01159 Progressive revelation and dispensationalism are not merely compatible positions that can be held alongside each other without difficulty. Progressive revelation is the exegetical foundation on which the dispensational understanding of Scripture is built. To understand why, it is necessary to be clear about what both terms actually mean and how they relate to…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 01166 The New Testament is unambiguous that Christians are not under the Mosaic covenant. Galatians 3:24-25 states plainly that the law was a guardian until Christ came, “but now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.” Hebrews 8:13 describes the old covenant as obsolete, growing old, and ready to vanish….
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 0034 The good news is that we live in an age of unprecedented access to theological resources. Books that were once available only in seminary libraries are now accessible with a few clicks. Sermons from gifted teachers around the world can be downloaded to your phone. Study aids that previous generations could only dream…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0013 In his final letter, penned in the shadow of martyrdom, the Apostle Paul issues one of Scripture’s most memorable warnings about the future condition of the church. The vivid imagery of “itching ears” captures a spiritual pathology that would characterise not a distant apostasy but an imminent danger requiring Timothy’s immediate attention. This…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3044 When we read the Gospels, we encounter the title ‘Son of David’ applied to Jesus with striking frequency. The blind call out to Him using this name. The crowds shout it during His triumphal entry. Matthew opens his entire Gospel by declaring Jesus to be “the son of David, the son of Abraham”…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0012 Paul’s warning to Timothy about false doctrine in 2 Timothy 2:17 employs one of the most visceral metaphors in Scripture. Writing from his Roman imprisonment, likely in the damp and disease-ridden Mamertine Prison, the apostle reaches for medical language to convey the devastating nature of heretical teaching. The image he selects, gangrene, would…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 1139 Paul’s second letter to Timothy stands as one of the most personal and urgent letters in the New Testament. Written from a Roman prison cell, likely during Nero’s persecution around AD 67, this letter represents Paul’s final words to his beloved son in the faith. The apostle knew his execution was imminent, he…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1138 This phrase comes from 2 Timothy 2:15, one of the most important verses for understanding how to handle Scripture properly. Paul writes: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” The ESV translates the key…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 7080 This question has caused considerable debate throughout church history so how we answer it affects everything; from how we read the Old Testament to how we live our daily lives. The short answer is no, Christians are not under the Mosaic law. But we need to understand what that means and what it…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10013 This question lies at the heart of understanding the Bible’s storyline. How we answer it affects how we read prophecy, how we understand God’s purposes, and how we see ourselves as believers today. The distinction between Israel and the Church is one of the fundamental insights of dispensational theology, and Scripture makes this…