Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11027 Few words in the Christian vocabulary are more frequently used and more poorly understood than “worship.” In contemporary church culture, worship has become almost synonymous with singing. A “worship leader” leads the music. The “worship time” is the part of the service before the sermon. But the biblical concept of worship is far…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11028 If worship is the response of the whole person to the worth of God, the question of how we worship is not a matter of personal taste but of biblical obedience. God is not indifferent to how He is approached. Scripture contains both positive examples and serious warnings about worship, and the pattern…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11052 Intercessory prayer is one of the most significant dimensions of the Christian prayer life, yet it is often poorly understood. Many believers engage in it instinctively without grasping what it is, why it matters, and what makes it distinct from other forms of prayer. Understanding intercession transforms it from a vague sense of…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 60048 Few theological errors have achieved the global influence of what is commonly called the prosperity gospel; also known as the health-and-wealth gospel, word of faith teaching, or name-it-and-claim-it theology. This movement, which emerged in mid-twentieth-century America and has since spread to virtually every continent, promises adherents that faith properly exercised will result in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60015 The New Age movement is not a single organisation with a headquarters, a leader, or a creed. It is a broad, loosely connected collection of spiritual beliefs and practices that emerged in Western culture during the 1960s and 1970s and has since permeated mainstream culture to a degree that many people absorb its…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 60019 The Jehovah’s Witnesses are one of the most visible and active religious organisations in the world. Their door-to-door evangelism, their distinctive publications (particularly The Watchtower and Awake!), and their refusal of blood transfusions, military service, and national flag salutes make them recognisable in most societies. They present themselves as the true restoration of…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 07037 The phrase “eternal covenant” appears at several points in Scripture and raises an important question: what does it mean for a covenant to be described as eternal, and how does this concept relate to the broader storyline of God’s dealings with humanity? The answer reaches into the deepest foundations of biblical theology, touching…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 7052 Of all the words we use in the Christian life, faith is surely one of the most common and yet one of the most misunderstood. We sing about it, we preach about it, we’re told we need more of it, but what actually is it? Is it a feeling? A leap in the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 7008 Few passages in Scripture have generated more debate than Hebrews 6:4-6. The writer declares: “For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 06035 The word “backsliding” has an old-fashioned ring to it in some quarters, but the reality it describes is anything but historical. It names something that believers in every generation have experienced and that the biblical writers addressed with both pastoral honesty and theological seriousness. The Biblical Origins of the Term The word comes…