Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 33 The Bible’s Own Case for His Authority A claim floats around online every so often—usually from skeptics, fringe sects, or people trying to cut the New Testament down to a safer size: “Paul wasn’t a real apostle.” Sometimes it’s put more politely: “Paul called himself an apostle, but he doesn’t…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 30 One of the strongest objections that arises after discussing head coverings is not really about hair at all. It is about fear of disorder. The concern usually sounds like this: “Surely God cares about order. If we don’t define it outwardly, won’t the church become chaotic — even a circus?”…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 32 Using the Lord’s Prayer as Your Guide Many believers agree that Jesus gave us a pattern for prayer in Matthew 6 — but then quietly wonder: “So what do I do when I actually sit down to pray?” If the Lord’s Prayer is not merely a script to recite, how…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 31 Recovering the Pattern Christ Actually Taught Few passages in Scripture are more familiar than what is commonly called The Lord’s Prayer. It is spoken in churches weekly, memorized by children, and recited at weddings, funerals, and hospital bedsides. For many believers, it feels almost inseparable from Christianity itself. Yet a…
Few passages are quoted more often in the discussion of predestination than Romans 8:29–30. Many readers are told this text proves that God predetermined who would believe and who would not — that our very act of faith was settled in advance. But that assumption quietly asks a question the passage itself is not answering….
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 28 (1 Corinthians 11:13–16 Explained) Few passages generate as much recurring debate among Christians as Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 11 about head coverings. Some insist the text mandates literal veils. Others dismiss it as merely cultural. Still others feel uneasy because Paul appeals not to culture, but to “nature.” So…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 27 No question exposes the fault lines of modern theology more clearly than this one. Jesus does not speak about unbelief as a passive condition.He rebukes it. He warns against it. He laments over it.He weeps because of it. And that creates a problem for any system that claims unbelief is…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 26 Warnings reveal what Scripture considers genuinely dangerous. They show where the real spiritual peril lies, what believers must watch for, and what unbelievers must respond to. For that reason, the Bible’s warnings are never accidental. They are deliberate, repeated, and consistent. Which makes one silence especially striking. Scripture never warns…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 25 Few questions strike closer to the heart of God’s character than this one. Scripture is clear that salvation is by grace, not by human effort. It is equally clear that mankind is fallen, sinful, and in desperate need of divine mercy. But a deeper question presses itself upon us—one Scripture…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 23 Few statements of Jesus are appealed to more often—and examined less carefully—than His words in John 10: “But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.”(John 10:26, KJV) For many, this is taken as proof that unbelief is caused by a prior divine decree—that some are eternally excluded…