Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 09072 Public marches and demonstrations that carry the name of Jesus raise genuine questions about Christian witness, the nature of the church’s mission, and the practical realities of who is leading and what is being communicated. The “March for Jesus” movement, which began in London in 1987 and grew into a global phenomenon through…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 09071 Ecumenism is the movement toward greater unity and cooperation among Christian churches and denominations. It has taken many forms over the past century, from informal local partnerships to vast institutional structures like the World Council of Churches. For evangelical Christians, the question is not whether unity matters, because Jesus Himself prayed for it…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 09065 Transubstantiation is the Roman Catholic doctrine that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are literally transformed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ during the Mass. It is one of the defining doctrines of Roman Catholicism, formally articulated by the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 and reaffirmed at the Council of…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 09073 The Alpha course is one of the most widely used evangelistic programmes in the world. Developed at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in London, an Anglican charismatic church, it has been adopted by churches across virtually every denomination, including Roman Catholic, Orthodox, mainline Protestant, and evangelical congregations. Its accessibility and conversational format have made…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60064 Reports of miraculous events associated with the Roman Catholic Church have circulated for centuries: weeping statues, Eucharistic miracles where communion wafers are said to turn into human tissue, incorrupt bodies of saints, apparitions of the Virgin Mary, and unexplained healings at sites like Lourdes. For many Catholics, these phenomena confirm their church’s unique…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60065 The practice of praying to Mary and the saints is one of the most visible differences between Roman Catholicism and evangelical Protestantism. For many Catholics, asking Mary or a canonised saint to intercede on their behalf is as natural and unremarkable as asking a friend to pray for them. For evangelicals, the practice…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60062 This is a question that requires both honesty and care. Millions of Roman Catholics around the world hold a sincere faith in Jesus Christ, attend Mass, pray, give sacrificially, and seek to live according to their understanding of God’s will. At the same time, the official doctrinal positions of the Roman Catholic Church,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60009 The question of whether Peter was in Rome matters for several reasons. Roman Catholics point to Peter’s presence in Rome as foundational to papal claims, whilst some Protestants have questioned whether Peter was ever there at all. What does the Bible actually tell us, and what can we know from history? What Scripture…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8023 Prayer is one of the defining marks of the Christian life, and questions about its proper object are of the highest importance. The idea of praying to angels surfaces in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox devotional practice, in certain streams of charismatic Christianity, and in the wider spirituality market that borrows freely from…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10115 Purgatory is the Roman Catholic doctrine that believers who die in a state of grace but with unforgiven venial sins or unpaid temporal punishment must undergo purification before entering heaven. While this belief has shaped Western Christianity for centuries and remains official Catholic teaching, we must ask whether it has any foundation in…