Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 06073 Can we be genuinely guilty before God for something we did not know was wrong? The question touches on the relationship between moral knowledge, intention, and accountability, and it has direct practical bearing on conscience, on the thoroughness of Christian self-examination, and on how wide the scope of God’s grace actually is. The…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 5005 To speak of biblical femininity in the current cultural moment is to invite immediate suspicion that what follows will be a list of restrictions, a theological justification of reduced expectations, or a religious endorsement of what critics would call patriarchy. None of that would be accurate. The biblical portrait of womanhood is one…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 05007 Few questions in ethics carry more weight than this one. When does a human life begin? It is the question underlying every discussion of abortion, every debate about embryo research, and every conversation about what we owe to the most vulnerable. Scripture addresses it, and its answer is consistent: the life in the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 7006 Few passages in Scripture have caused more anxiety among believers than Jesus’ solemn warning about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. People have come to me over the years, sometimes in tears, convinced they have committed this sin and are beyond hope. Before we even begin to unpack what this sin actually is, let…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 03084 The question is partly historical and partly a matter of honest comparison, and both dimensions deserve a direct response. But behind it lies a theological concern that is even more important than either: what exactly did Jesus submit Himself to, and how seriously should we take it? The answer to that question is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 03085 The feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle of Jesus, apart from the resurrection, that appears in all four Gospels. Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17, and John 6:1-15 each record it, with John providing the most developed theological reflection on its significance. That level of independent attestation across all four…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 03080 Nobody asks this question expecting a straightforward list of recorded occasions. The Gospels do not preserve a catalogue of Jesus’ lighter moments. But the question behind the question is genuinely important: was Jesus fully human in the way that includes the full register of human experience — including joy, humour, and laughter? The…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 03003 When people say “Jesus Christ,” they are almost always using a familiar phrase without pausing to ask what “Christ” actually means. Most assume it functions something like a surname, in the way we would say “John Smith.” It is not. The word carries a specific theological meaning that, once understood, changes how Christians…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1073 How did we get our Bible? Who decided which books should be included? These are fair questions, and the answers reveal something wonderful about God’s providence in preserving His Word for His people. The formation of the biblical canon wasn’t a matter of church councils imposing authority—it was the Church recognising what God…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1075 If you’ve ever looked at a Roman Catholic Bible, you’ll have noticed it contains more books than a Protestant Bible. These additional books—and portions of books—are known as the Apocrypha. So what are they, and why don’t Protestants include them in Scripture? What Is the Apocrypha? The term “Apocrypha” comes from the Greek…