Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1073 How did we get our Bible? Who decided which books should be included? These are fair questions, and the answers reveal something wonderful about God’s providence in preserving His Word for His people. The formation of the biblical canon wasn’t a matter of church councils imposing authority—it was the Church recognising what God…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1075 If you’ve ever looked at a Roman Catholic Bible, you’ll have noticed it contains more books than a Protestant Bible. These additional books—and portions of books—are known as the Apocrypha. So what are they, and why don’t Protestants include them in Scripture? What Is the Apocrypha? The term “Apocrypha” comes from the Greek…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1087 Worship and Scripture are inseparably linked in the Christian life. The Bible is not merely a book we study privately; it is meant to be read, sung, prayed, preached, and celebrated when God’s people gather. Understanding how Scripture functions in worship helps us structure our services rightly and experience the transforming encounter with…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1089 People face profound struggles—depression, anxiety, broken relationships, addictions, grief, guilt, and confusion about life’s direction. Where should they turn for help? The modern world offers secular psychology, pharmaceutical solutions, and self-help programmes. Christians throughout history have turned to Scripture. What role should the Bible play in helping people with their deepest problems? The…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1102 If Scripture is the Word of God, how can it also be the work of human authors? Does the human element compromise its divine authority? Or does the divine element override the human contribution? This question parallels one of the great mysteries of our faith – how Jesus could be fully God and…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1103 When we say every word of Scripture is inspired, does that include the chapter and verse numbers? Were they part of the original text, or were they added later? This is a practical question that affects how we read and study the Bible. The Short Answer No, chapter and verse divisions are not…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1104 When New Testament writers quote the Old Testament, the wording sometimes differs from what we find in our Old Testament. Does this mean there are errors in Scripture? If the Bible is inerrant, should we not expect quotations to match exactly? The Nature of the Question Anyone who reads Scripture carefully notices that…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1106 If God inspired the Scriptures, did He also promise to preserve them perfectly? Can we be confident that what we have today accurately represents what the original authors wrote? What exactly did God promise about preservation, and what can we realistically expect? The Doctrine of Preservation The doctrine of preservation holds that God…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1031 When we talk about the sufficiency of Scripture, we’re asking a profoundly practical question: Is the Bible enough? Does it give us everything we need for faith and life, or do we need something more? This isn’t an abstract theological debate. It affects how we do church, how we make decisions, and how…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1134 We live in a religiously diverse world. Many religions claim to possess sacred scriptures: Islam has the Quran, Hinduism has the Vedas and Bhagavad Gita, Buddhism has the Pali Canon, Mormonism has the Book of Mormon. What makes the Bible different? Is it simply our book as Christians, no more objectively authoritative than…