Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 1021. How you interpret the book of Revelation shapes an enormous amount of what you go on to believe about the last days, and it is worth being honest from the very outset that faithful, Bible-believing Christians have read this book in several quite different ways across church history. I hold a futurist, literal-grammatical-historical…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1014. The truth we call progressive revelation answers a question that shapes the way you read the whole Bible, namely whether God handed down everything He wanted us to know in one go, or unveiled His truth and His purposes step by step across the centuries. It is no dry academic puzzle, because how…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1013. The phrase apocalyptic literature turns up constantly in biblical studies, and if you do not understand what it means you will struggle to read whole stretches of the Bible well. It is not a scary word, though the imagery it covers can certainly be vivid. It simply names a particular way of writing…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1012. Scripture teaches that creation reveals God to every person on earth, whether they live under bright city lights or open desert skies, and that truth runs far deeper than mere sentiment. Stand under a clear night sky and look up, watch the sun lift over the hills, or consider the staggering detail packed…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1011. Few pastoral questions trouble thoughtful Christians more than this one, and at its heart sits the matter of general revelation. Can a person be saved simply by looking at the created world and following their conscience, without ever hearing the name of Jesus? What about those born in remote places, or those who…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1008. The question of dreams and visions and prophecy today stirs up real confusion and no small amount of division in the church. Does God still speak through such means? Should I expect them, seek them, or be suspicious of them? I want to think this through carefully, because the two easy answers, an…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4006. The Spirit’s voice is something believers ask me about constantly, usually after someone has told them that God spoke to them in an audible voice and they are wondering why it has never happened to them. So does the Spirit speak audibly today? Very rarely, if at all, in the way people mean,…