Detailed question: Is there and where is it found pertaining to bringing world things into the church. Our fellowship hall is not big enough to show christian based movies in and seat everyone. We have a projector in the church sanctuary and have shown these in there. I would like to know if there is […]
Should we worship Jesus?
It seems to me that the best way to approach this question is to look at what the Christians at the time of the apostles did. If they worshipped Jesus then we should probably do so too. If they did not worship Jesus then we should not. In recent book entitled Did the first Christians […]
Why can’t Bible scholars agree on how to interpret the Bible?
It is true that there is wide spectrum of opinions when it comes to interpreting the Bible. Different opinions are not unique to biblical studies – scholars disagree about how to interpret Plato or Hume – but the disagreement is often far more pronounced amongst biblical scholars. One reason for this is that people have […]
What does 1 Corinthians 15:51 mean?
1 Cor 15:51 says “Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed”. The idea of sleep is used by the NT writers to describe the death of believers. Just in the same way that when you go to sleep, you are unconscious but when you wake […]
What date was the Flood?
This is a difficult question because there is no archaeological or geological evidence that can be used to date the Flood, and the Bible provides very little chronological information prior to Abraham. Abraham is usually dated at about 2000 BC. In my book, The Times: a Chronology of the Bible, I argue for 1946BC as […]
Why does God let children suffer?
Thank you for your question. The problem of suffering is perhaps one of the most difficult questions that a Christian has to face, as it cuts to the core of our understanding of God and His purpose. Whilst some skeptics use it as an argument for atheism, I do not think this argument has the […]
What is the curse in Galatians 1:9?
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel — {7} not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. {8} But even if we or an […]
How do we talk to God?
We can talk to God by praying to him. The Bible says that Christians can talk to God because Jesus has brought us to him (Jesus is like a high priest who prepares us to approach God [Heb. 4:12-16]). Because Jesus enables us to approach God, the Bible says we talk to God “through Jesus” […]
Did those who heard Jesus’ great commission preach to the ends of the earth?
Yes they appear to have. Jesus’ great commission: Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Mark 16:15-20 And he said to them, “Go into all the […]
How did John the Baptist know Jesus was the Messiah?
Mat 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. (14) John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” (15) But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to […]