Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 08083 One of the most puzzling details in the Bible’s eschatological narrative is the release of Satan after the Millennium. If he has been bound for a thousand years and the reign of Christ has been established on earth, why would God let him loose again? It seems counterintuitive, even troubling, that a period…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05030 Few words are used more freely in religious conversation, and understood less precisely. “Soul” appears in hymns, in everyday speech, in philosophical debates about consciousness and identity, and throughout Scripture. Yet what the Bible actually means by the word is more specific, and more interesting, than most people assume. The Biblical Word for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05033 Every person is familiar with the experience of conscience, even if they have never thought carefully about what it is or where it comes from. That inner voice that commends right action and condemns wrong, the sense of guilt after doing what we knew was wrong and of quiet satisfaction after doing what…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 06074 The doctrine of original sin addresses one of the most basic questions in human experience: why do all people sin, and why is the world in the condition it is? The biblical answer traces everything back to a historical event in a real garden, with real consequences that have shaped every human life…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05035 The question of whether human beings are born sinners goes to the heart of what we are and what we need. It is not an abstract theological puzzle; the answer shapes everything about how we understand the gospel, the necessity of conversion, and the nature of God’s saving work. What Scripture Says David’s…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05037 The question of free will is one of the oldest and most contested in both philosophy and theology. It matters enormously, because the answer shapes how we understand human responsibility, how we read the gospel’s commands to repent and believe, and how we think about the character of God Himself. What “Free Will”…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05038 No question matters more than this one. Every person, at some point, has looked at their own existence and wondered what it is for. Philosophy, religion, popular culture, and personal experience all offer answers – and they differ wildly. Scripture addresses the question with both directness and depth. The Question Every Person Asks…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 06075 “Total depravity” is a term that has generated enormous confusion, largely because the word “total” sounds as if it means human beings are incapable of any good at all. The biblical truth the phrase is trying to express is both more precise and more important than that caricature suggests – and it is…