Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12057 In a culture that treats sexual expression as a fundamental right and virginity as an embarrassment, the question of sex before marriage can feel almost quaint. Yet Scripture speaks to it with clarity that has not diminished with the centuries, and the church’s task is to state what the Bible teaches honestly, compassionately,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12056 Few parenting topics generate as much debate among Christians as physical discipline. The wider culture has moved decisively against it, and in many countries legislation now prohibits any form of corporal punishment. Yet Scripture contains explicit references to physical correction, and many faithful Christians have practised it for generations. The question is what…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12054 Few subjects provoke as much tension among Christians as family planning and reproductive choices. The silence of many churches on this topic has left believers to navigate deeply personal decisions with little biblical guidance, often absorbing secular assumptions without realising it. The question is not whether Scripture speaks to these matters, but whether…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12024 Sexual purity is a concept that the surrounding culture regards as outdated, repressive, and unnecessary. The assumption in much of Western society is that sexual expression is a private matter to be governed by consent and personal preference, with no reference to any standard beyond the individual. Scripture takes a fundamentally different view….
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11060 This is one of the most practically pressing questions in pastoral ministry. A Christian is in love with someone who does not share their faith, or a non-Christian has expressed interest, and the question comes: is it actually wrong? The emotional pull is real. The cultural pressure to see faith as a private…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12058 Cohabitation has become so normalised in Western culture that many people, including many professing Christians, no longer see it as a moral issue at all. The reasoning typically runs along practical lines: it makes financial sense, it lets you test compatibility before committing, and it is what everyone does. The church needs to…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11062 Singleness in the church can be a profoundly isolating experience. Much of church culture is oriented around couples and families, and single Christians often feel marginalised, pitied, or treated as though something is incomplete about their lives. For those who desire marriage, the longing is real and the waiting is hard. Scripture does…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11061 If Christians should not marry non-Christians, the natural follow-up question is whether they should date them. After all, dating is not marriage. It carries no covenant commitment and no permanence. Surely there is nothing wrong with spending time with someone, getting to know them, and seeing where things go? The logic sounds reasonable…