Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 6002 If God is good and created everything, then where did sin come from? This question has puzzled believers and sceptics alike for centuries. It touches on some of the deepest mysteries of theology: the problem of evil, the nature of free will, and the character of God Himself. Scripture does not give us…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6003 When God warned Adam about the forbidden tree, He said, “In the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:17). Adam and Eve ate, yet they did not drop dead on the spot. So what did God mean? Understanding the consequences of sin is essential for grasping both the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6004 Scripture uses several different words to describe our moral failure before God, and each one sheds light on a different aspect of what we have done wrong. When David confessed his sin after his adultery with Bathsheba, he used all three major terms: “Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6005 You have probably heard it said that “all sins are equal in God’s eyes.” It sounds humble and is often used to prevent us from looking down on others whose sins seem worse than our own. But is it actually true? Does Scripture teach that telling a white lie is the same as…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6006 Why do we sin? Is it simply a matter of bad choices, poor upbringing, or environmental factors? Or is there something deeper, something fundamentally wrong with us at the core? The doctrine of the sin nature, sometimes called original sin or inherited depravity, addresses this question. It teaches that every human being is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 6009 Every genuine Christian wants to overcome sin. We hate the way it dishonours God, damages our relationships, and disrupts our peace. But how? We have tried willpower and failed. We have made resolutions and broken them. We have promised God we would do better, only to fall into the same patterns again. Is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 06073 Can we be genuinely guilty before God for something we did not know was wrong? The question touches on the relationship between moral knowledge, intention, and accountability, and it has direct practical bearing on conscience, on the thoroughness of Christian self-examination, and on how wide the scope of God’s grace actually is. The…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6010 In Psalm 19, David prays, “Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me!” (Psalm 19:13). This suggests there is a category of sin that is particularly dangerous, something beyond the ordinary sins we all commit. What are presumptuous sins, and why should they concern us? Understanding…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 5001 Few questions sit at a more genuinely interesting intersection of science and Scripture than this one. Neuroscience has made extraordinary advances in mapping brain function, tracing the neural correlates of emotion, memory, and decision-making, and treating conditions of the mind with increasing precision. None of this, however, settles the deeper philosophical and theological…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 5002 The Bible does not approach human sexuality and gender as peripheral matters of private preference or cultural convention. From the opening chapters of Genesis they are woven into the fabric of creation itself, part of what it means to be made in God’s image and to live as the creatures He designed. Understanding…