Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11099 In much of the Western church, persecution is something that happens to other people, to Christians in restricted nations, to believers in hostile cultures, to the early church. The assumption is that the normal Christian life, at least in a free society, should be relatively comfortable. Scripture does not share this assumption. The…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12024 Sexual purity is a concept that the surrounding culture regards as outdated, repressive, and unnecessary.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 12023 Pornography is one of the most pervasive and destructive forces operating in contemporary culture, and the church is not immune. The scale of the problem is staggering: internet pornography has made what was once difficult to access freely available on every smartphone, and its consumption cuts across every demographic, including professing Christians. This…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3001 This is perhaps the most important question any person can ask. It is the question Jesus Himself put to His disciples at Caesarea Philippi: “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15). Your answer to this question determines your eternal destiny. It is not enough to know about Jesus; you must know…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11016 The practice of memorising Scripture has declined significantly in the modern church, partly because of the availability of Bible apps and digital search tools, and partly because memorisation of any kind has fallen out of favour in Western education. But the biblical case for hiding God’s Word in the heart is strong, and…
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 12010 Marriage is one of the most discussed topics in contemporary culture, and almost everyone has an opinion about what it is, what it should look like, and who gets to define it. The Christian answer to that question is straightforward: God defines marriage, because God created it. Before there was a state, a…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11106 In a culture that often treats marriage as the expected norm and singleness as a problem to be solved, the Bible offers a surprisingly different perspective. Singleness is not a deficiency, not a waiting room, and not a lesser state of Christian existence. Scripture speaks of it with genuine honour and presents it…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12007 The question of whether a Christian may use force to defend themselves or others is closely related to the broader questions of war and capital punishment, but it is more personal and more immediately practical. If someone breaks into your home and threatens your family, what does Scripture allow? If a fellow believer…
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…