Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1139. Equipped for every good work is the phrase Paul uses to describe the purpose of Scripture in the life of a believer, and it comes at the climax of one of the most personal and urgent letters in the New Testament. Second Timothy was written from a Roman prison cell, likely during Nero’s…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1138. Rightly handling Scripture is what the apostle Paul commands every believer who teaches or studies the Bible to do, and the phrase comes from one of the most important verses in the New Testament for how we approach the text. Paul writes to Timothy, “Do your best to present yourself to God as…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1137. The doctrine of Scripture is the foundation everything else in Christian theology is built upon, and most believers use the word Bibliology without ever having had it properly explained to them. See my sermon on this subject here: The Word of God, Our Growing Guide. So what does Bibliology actually mean, and why…
Reading Time: 10 minutesQuestion 1136. Bible contradictions are one of the first objections most Christians run into once they start talking about their faith outside the safety of church, and I have lost count of the number of conversations that started with someone reciting a list they found online. Two different genealogies for Jesus. Two different numbers for…