Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 5028 The relationship between the body and the soul is one of the oldest questions in human thought, and one that Christianity answers very differently from the surrounding culture in almost every age. The ancient Greek world tended to regard the body as a prison, the soul as the real person temporarily trapped in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3074 This is one of those questions that touches the very heart of who Jesus is. In John 11:35, we read the shortest verse in the English Bible: “Jesus wept.” But why? He knew perfectly well that within minutes He would call Lazarus out of the tomb. He knew the ending of the story…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1048 If you open your Bible to the end of Mark’s Gospel, you will likely find a note indicating that Mark 16:9-20 does not appear in the earliest manuscripts. Some Bibles place these verses in brackets; others include them with a footnote. This raises an obvious question: are these verses part of Scripture or…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 01154 The wisdom books of the Old Testament — Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes — sit at an oblique angle to the great redemptive events of Scripture. There is no exodus here, no covenant ceremony, no prophetic oracle pointing to the coming Servant. These books engage the texture of human existence in a world where…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3040 The resurrection of Jesus is not only the vindication of His claims and the guarantee of our salvation — it is also the pattern for our own future resurrection. When Jesus rose from the dead, He did not return as a ghost or a spirit. He rose bodily, physically, tangibly. And the body…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3025 The three days between Good Friday and Easter Sunday have long puzzled Christians. Where was Jesus during that time? What was He doing? The question is not idle curiosity but touches on the nature of death, the reality of Christ’s human experience, and the scope of His victory. Scripture gives us enough to…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3027 When the eternal Son of God took on human nature in the womb of Mary, was this a temporary arrangement? Did Jesus shed His humanity when He ascended to heaven? The answer has profound implications for our salvation, our hope, and our worship. The good news is that Jesus remains fully human even…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3019 Christianity stands or falls on the resurrection of Jesus. Paul put it bluntly: “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins” (1 Corinthians 15:17). The resurrection is not a peripheral belief we can take or leave; it is the foundation upon which everything else…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0012 Paul’s warning to Timothy about false doctrine in 2 Timothy 2:17 employs one of the most visceral metaphors in Scripture. Writing from his Roman imprisonment, likely in the damp and disease-ridden Mamertine Prison, the apostle reaches for medical language to convey the devastating nature of heretical teaching. The image he selects, gangrene, would…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 60001 Every believer, at some point, will be asked to give a reason for why they believe what they believe. Whether it comes from a sceptical colleague, a curious neighbour, or a family member genuinely wrestling with spiritual questions, we need to be ready. But what does it mean to “defend the faith”? And…