Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10063 Many Christians wonder whether everyone in heaven will experience the same reward, or whether faithfulness in this life affects our eternal experience. Scripture teaches that whilst salvation itself is entirely by grace through faith, believers will receive different rewards based on how they served Christ during their earthly lives. Salvation Versus Rewards First,…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 7052 Of all the words we use in the Christian life, faith is surely one of the most common and yet one of the most misunderstood. We sing about it, we preach about it, we’re told we need more of it, but what actually is it? Is it a feeling? A leap in the…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 7002 How can we tell the difference between genuine salvation and mere religious profession? This question is not merely academic; it has eternal consequences. Jesus Himself warned that many will say “Lord, Lord” on the day of judgement, only to hear Him declare, “I never knew you” (Matthew 7:21-23). The Apostle Paul urged the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 7010 At first glance, James 2:14-26 seems to contradict Paul’s teaching on justification by faith alone. James writes: “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?… So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead… You…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 7007 Philippians 2:12-13 is one of those passages that has puzzled believers and been misused by those who want to introduce works into salvation. Paul writes: “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 07025 This question sits at the very heart of the Protestant Reformation, and it is not merely a historical or academic debate. How a person answers it shapes how they understand the gospel, how they relate to God, and what they think Christian discipleship actually involves. The apparent tension in the New Testament between…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 09014 Baptismal regeneration is the teaching that the act of water baptism itself conveys saving grace and is necessary for the forgiveness of sins and the new birth. It is held in various forms by the Roman Catholic Church, some Lutheran traditions, the Churches of Christ, and significant strands of Anglican theology. It touches…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 7069 The question of salvation divided Western Christianity in the sixteenth century and has not been formally resolved since. The Protestant Reformation turned fundamentally on the question of how a person is justified before God, and the Council of Trent, convened by Rome between 1545 and 1563, responded by issuing specific condemnations of the…
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0049 It is one of the most sobering realities in the Christian life, and one that every serious believer must confront: it is entirely possible to have impeccable theology and a dead heart. It is possible to know all the right answers, to affirm all the right creeds, to defend all the right doctrines,…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 0017 This question gets to the very heart of how the Christian life actually works. There’s a connection between what we believe and how we live, and understanding that connection transforms how we approach both theology and ethics. Scripture never separates doctrine from practice—they’re two sides of the same coin. The Biblical Pattern: Indicative…