Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 3043. Jesus is Lord. Three words, and the earliest, shortest confession of the Christian faith (Romans 10:9). Long before the creeds of the councils, before the New Testament was even complete, believers were baptised saying it, persecuted for it, and executed rather than transfer it to Caesar. Yet familiarity has flattened it. For many…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 3040. The resurrection body of Jesus is the single best piece of evidence for what your own future body will be like. That is not my speculation; it is Paul’s explicit argument. Christ has been raised as ‘the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep’ (1 Corinthians 15:20), and the firstfruits of a harvest…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4195. When Paul calls the Philippians to be of one mind, he is not asking a roomful of different people to think identical thoughts, and a great deal of needless guilt has been laid on believers who assumed he was. The language appears across Paul’s letter to Philippi, in his plea that they stand…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12036 The Bible does not contain a list of approved films, television programmes, or music genres. This frustrates some Christians who would prefer a clear set of rules, and it emboldens others who take the silence as permission to consume whatever they please without reflection. Neither response is adequate. Scripture provides principles that, when…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11019 The word “disciple” appears far more often in the New Testament than the word “Christian.” That alone should tell us something about what the early church understood the normal Christian life to look like. Discipleship is not an advanced course for the especially committed. It is the basic shape of what it means…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10126 It may seem like an odd question, but it is one that many believers quietly wonder about: will we eat and drink in heaven? If our resurrection bodies are glorified and imperishable, will they need food? And if they do not need food, will we still enjoy it? The question touches on something…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10118 The phrase “Abraham’s bosom” appears only once in the entire New Testament, in the account of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), and yet it has generated an outsized amount of theological discussion. What did Jesus mean by it? Was He describing an actual location in the afterlife, or was this simply…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10149 The “book of life” is a concept that appears at several points in Scripture, from the Pentateuch through to the closing chapters of Revelation. It refers to a divine register of those who belong to God, and its implications for the doctrines of salvation, assurance, and final judgement are profound. Understanding what the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10102 One of the most comforting truths in Scripture is the answer to this question: Where do believers go immediately when they die? The New Testament is clear—those who die in Christ enter immediately into His presence. There is no waiting period, no purgatory, no unconscious sleep. The moment a believer takes their last…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10101 The intermediate state refers to the condition of human beings between physical death and bodily resurrection. This period—which for some has already lasted thousands of years—raises important questions: Where are the dead now? Are they conscious? What are they experiencing? Scripture provides clear answers that should comfort believers and warn unbelievers about what…