Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10064. Are there degrees of punishment in hell? This is one of the heaviest questions I am ever asked, and I want to handle it with the seriousness it deserves. Scripture does teach that the judgement of the lost is measured, that God distinguishes between the informed and the ignorant, and that not every…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 01156. Imprecatory psalms sit among the most uncomfortable passages a preacher ever has to handle from the pulpit, because verses that call down destruction on enemies, and in one notorious case pronounce a blessing on whoever dashes Babylonian infants against the rocks (Psalm 137:9), sit awkwardly beside Jesus’s plain command to love our enemies…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 1100. Social justice is a phrase that can mean almost anything depending on who is using it, and I think that ambiguity is exactly why the question deserves careful unpacking rather than a reflexive yes or no. Scripture has an enormous amount to say about justice, about the poor, the widow, the orphan and…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 1098. Critical race theory has become one of the most contested phrases in public conversation, and church members ask me about it often enough that I want to address it directly rather than duck the question because it feels politically charged. Critical race theory is an academic framework, originating in legal scholarship in the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12006 War is one of the most painful realities of human existence, and the question of whether a Christian can support, participate in, or justify it has been debated throughout the history of the church. The spectrum of Christian opinion ranges from absolute pacifism to the just war tradition to, in some cases, the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12005 Capital punishment is one of those issues where Christians hold genuinely different positions, and it is worth acknowledging that at the outset. It is not a question on which salvation depends, but it is a question where Scripture speaks, and the Christian’s task is to listen carefully to what it says rather than…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10128 Few questions in eschatology press as painfully against the human heart as this one. If heaven is the place of perfect joy in the presence of God, how can the redeemed experience that joy while knowing that people they loved on earth are suffering eternal punishment? The question is not academic. It arises…
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: 4 minutesQuestion 60034 The concept of “systemic racism” has become one of the most prominent and contested ideas in contemporary Western culture. It is the claim that racism is not primarily a matter of individual prejudice but is embedded in the structures, institutions, laws, and systems of society — operating independently of the intentions of the…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60045 The term “woke” has undergone a rapid transformation in public usage. Originally emerging from African American vernacular to describe heightened awareness of racial injustice, it has expanded into a comprehensive cultural posture encompassing race, gender, sexuality, economic inequality, and a range of other social concerns. For Christians, the question is not whether awareness…