Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 6014 Temptation is one of the universal experiences of the Christian life, and it raises a genuine question about God’s purposes. If He is perfectly good and desires our holiness, why does He permit the conditions under which we are drawn toward sin? The biblical answer is more carefully nuanced than a simple reassurance,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6012 Most people have heard of the seven deadly sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. They have been woven into Western culture for centuries, appearing in Dante’s Inferno, medieval art, and countless theological discussions. But where do they actually come from, and do they carry genuine biblical authority? Where They Come…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 7009 Near the end of his first epistle, the apostle John writes something that has puzzled believers for centuries: “If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10113 This is a question that troubles many believers: if we have free will in heaven, could we sin again? Could there be another fall? And if we don’t have free will, are we just robots? Understanding what Scripture teaches about our glorified state helps us see that heaven offers something far better than…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11070 Depression is one of the most misunderstood experiences within the Christian community. Well-meaning believers have told sufferers that their depression is evidence of weak faith, unconfessed sin, or spiritual failure. The effect of such responses is not healing but additional pain layered on top of pain that was already unbearable. Before asking whether…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 07074 The question of whether a Christian can reach a state of sinless perfection in this life has been debated with considerable energy across church history, and it continues to be a live issue in certain theological traditions. The claim is made with evident sincerity and spiritual earnestness, which is part of what makes…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 2080 The death of the child born to David and Bathsheba is one of the most emotionally difficult passages in the Old Testament. It comes in the wake of one of Scripture’s most devastating accounts of moral collapse: adultery, deception, and the calculated murder of an innocent man. And in the middle of the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 6001 It is one of the most fundamental questions we can ask, and yet so many struggle to define it clearly. What exactly is sin? The world around us has largely abandoned the concept, preferring words like “mistake” or “poor choice” or even dismissing moral failure altogether as merely the product of environment or…
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…