Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1127. A Bible reading plan started with such good intentions back in January. This would finally be the year you read through the whole thing. February arrived and you missed a few days. March, you tried to catch up and fell further behind. By April you had quietly given up. Sound familiar? You are…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 23. Why did Paul always start his letters with doctrine before application rather than practical instruction? Once you notice this pattern of doctrine before application, you cannot unsee it, and it will change the way you read the whole New Testament. Paul does not begin his letters with a list of things to do….
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 17. Why does right belief lead to right behaviour? I am convinced that right belief is the hidden engine behind a holy life, and that most of our failures in conduct trace back, sooner or later, to a failure in what we actually believe about God. That sounds like a bold claim, so let…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12002 Situational ethics is one of those frameworks that sounds reasonable on the surface but unravels when examined carefully. The basic claim is that moral decisions should be made entirely on the basis of the situation at hand, with love as the only absolute principle, and that rigid moral rules should give way when…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is eternal security? Can we lose our salvation? No! is the emphatic answer.
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 07999 There is no more important question anyone can ever ask. It is the question the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas in Acts 16:30, and Scripture gives a clear answer that cuts through confusion and offers genuine hope to anyone willing to hear it. The Biblical Answer The jailer’s question and Paul’s response…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12064 Few phrases have generated as much heat in contemporary Christian conversation as “love the sinner, hate the sin.” It is often attributed to Augustine, though the precise formulation is closer to a paraphrase than a direct quotation. It has become a shorthand for the Christian attempt to navigate between two extremes: unconditional approval…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11055 The idea of “soul ties” has gained significant traction in certain Christian circles, particularly within charismatic and deliverance ministry contexts. The claim is that intimate relationships, whether sexual, emotional, or spiritual, create a binding connection between two souls that must be formally broken through prayer or deliverance if the relationship ends or was…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11089 The question of what role the Mosaic law plays in the life of a Christian is not a new one. Paul spent considerable effort addressing it in his letters to Rome and Galatia, and the confusion has not diminished since. Christians who grew up in traditions that emphasise law-keeping and Christians who react…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10002 Once the basic principle of dispensationalism is understood, the next question follows naturally: how many dispensations does the Bible actually describe? The answer requires some care, because the number of dispensations is not the point of dispensational theology. The point is the underlying principle that God has governed His relationship with humanity through…