Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04040 When Jesus told Nicodemus that no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit (John 3:5), Nicodemus was baffled. The idea that a grown man could somehow be born again struck him as absurd. But Jesus was pointing to something far more radical than a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 04120 Jesus’s words in John 16:8-11 describe the Holy Spirit’s work in relation to the world: “when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgement.” This is one of several works the Spirit performs, and it is distinct from His illuminating ministry within believers. Recognising the difference is practically…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05031 When the Bible speaks of the human spirit, it is pointing to something distinct from the soul, though the two are closely related. The spirit is the God-ward dimension of who we are – the aspect of our humanity that stands most directly in relation to God and most directly under the influence…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 05035 The question of whether human beings are born sinners goes to the heart of what we are and what we need. It is not an abstract theological puzzle; the answer shapes everything about how we understand the gospel, the necessity of conversion, and the nature of God’s saving work. What Scripture Says David’s…
Reading Time: 10 minutesQuestion 7011 Soteriology. It sounds like a complicated word, and in some ways it is, but really it just refers to the study of salvation. The term comes from the Greek word σωτηρία (sōtēria), meaning “salvation” or “deliverance,” combined with λόγος (logos), meaning “word” or “study.” So soteriology is simply the study of how God…