Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8024 The idea that believers can command angels is found within certain charismatic and Word of Faith contexts, sometimes presented as a dimension of spiritual warfare or as a privilege that comes with the believer’s authority in Christ. Before accepting or rejecting this position, it deserves a clear biblical examination. Who Commands Angels in…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8026 Paul’s question in 1 Corinthians 6:3 stops readers short: “Do you not know that we are to judge angels?” It is tucked into an argument about Christians resolving disputes in secular courts rather than within the church, but its implication reaches far beyond that immediate context. It is one of those verses that…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8011 Michael is one of only two angels named in the Protestant canon of Scripture, and of the two he is the one most consistently portrayed in an active, combative role. His name in Hebrew means “Who is like God?” — a rhetorical question that functions as an affirmation of divine uniqueness rather than…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion Q04013 The phrase “praying in the Spirit” appears in two places in the New Testament: Ephesians 6:18 and Jude 20. It has generated considerable discussion, particularly in Pentecostal and charismatic circles where it is often associated with speaking in tongues. Understanding what the phrase actually means requires attending carefully to what these texts say…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 13011 Gnosticism was not a single, tidy system but a collection of interconnected religious ideas that shared enough common assumptions to pose a recognisable and serious threat to the apostolic gospel. Its appeal lay in what it claimed to offer: a deeper, hidden knowledge of spiritual reality available to those initiated into it. In…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 01204 There is a phrase tucked into the brief letter of Jude that has echoed through two thousand years of church history with remarkable power. In just a few words, Jude establishes something that every generation of Christians must grapple with: there is a fixed, definite, once-for-all body of truth that has been entrusted…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0028 This is one of the most important questions any believer can ask, and it requires careful thought. Get this wrong in one direction, and you will divide over things that should not divide. Get it wrong in the other direction, and you will maintain fellowship with those who deny the gospel itself. The…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0037 This question helps us appreciate both the remarkable providence of God in preserving His truth and the reality of how the early Church actually functioned. It also reminds us not to take for granted the complete Bible we hold in our hands today. The Situation of the Early Church When the Church was…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 0040 The short answer is: you can’t. And this isn’t a criticism—it’s simply the reality of how human beings engage with any text, including Scripture. Everyone Has Theology The moment you open your Bible and read, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1), you bring theology with you. What…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 0025 The book of Acts gives us a snapshot of the earliest Christian community in Jerusalem, immediately after the Day of Pentecost. Three thousand people had just been baptised. The church had suddenly grown from a small band of disciples to a substantial movement. And Luke tells us how they lived: “And they devoted…