Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10129 In the closing chapter of Scripture, the Apostle John describes a vision of breathtaking beauty: a river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the centre of the city. The image is not decorative. It draws on a thread of imagery…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10130 The tree of life appears at the very beginning and the very end of the biblical narrative, forming a theological bracket around the entire story of Scripture. What was lost at the fall is restored in the eternal state, and its reappearance in Revelation 22 tells us something profound about what God has…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10100 The lake of fire is one of the most terrifying images in all of Scripture—the final destination of Satan, his demons, and all human beings who die without faith in Jesus. It is explicitly identified as “the second death” and represents God’s final and eternal judgement upon sin. While many attempt to soften…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10099 The phrase “second death” appears four times in Scripture, all in the book of Revelation, and it represents the final and eternal state of all who die without saving faith in Jesus. If the first death is the physical death that all humans experience due to Adam’s sin, the second death is something…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12055 Immigration is one of the most politically charged issues in the modern West, and Christians often find themselves caught between competing loyalties. On one side, Scripture’s consistent call to welcome the stranger and care for the vulnerable. On the other, legitimate concerns about national security, cultural cohesion, the rule of law, and the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 12030 The transgender movement did not appear from nowhere. It has deep philosophical roots stretching back centuries, and understanding those roots is essential for any Christian who wants to engage the culture with both truth and compassion. Ideas have consequences, and the ideas behind the modern gender revolution can be traced through a surprisingly…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60013 Hinduism is the world’s third-largest religion, with over one billion adherents, the vast majority in India and Nepal. It is also one of the oldest, with roots stretching back thousands of years. For many Western Christians, Hinduism is the most unfamiliar of the major world religions, because its assumptions about reality, the nature…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60016 The claim that Christians and Muslims worship the same God is one of the most commonly repeated statements in interfaith dialogue. It sounds generous, inclusive, and peaceable. It is also, on careful examination, theologically incoherent. The question is not whether Christians and Muslims both claim to worship one God. They do. The question…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60011 Judaism is one of the oldest religious traditions in the world and the religion from which Christianity historically emerged. Understanding what Judaism actually believes and practises is important for Christians, not because all religions are equally valid, but because the Old Testament is a Jewish book, Jesus was Jewish, and the relationship between…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60036 Expressive individualism is the dominant philosophy of the modern West, even though most people who live by it have never heard the term. It is the belief that the highest good is to look within yourself, discover your authentic identity, and then express that identity to the world — and that any external…