We believe God created the universe. We believe He orchestrated the exodus from Egypt and raised Jesus from the dead. But does He really care whether I accept that job offer? Whether I move across the country or stay put? Whether I date that person or remain single a while longer? It’s a question that…
“It was just a white lie.” “I only lost my temper for a moment.” “Compared to murderers and rapists, I’m basically a good person.” We’ve all heard such justifications—perhaps we’ve made them ourselves. The follow-up question stumps most believers: Does God really condemn people to eternal hell for what are minor infractions? Does God really…
Rape is a horrific evil—a violent assault against one made in God’s image. The trauma it inflicts is profound, the injustice stark. When rape results in pregnancy, the emotional and moral weight becomes almost unbearable. No wonder then that this question dominates abortion debates—even though rape and incest account for less than 1% of all…
It’s a troubling question: if God forbade His people from foreign alliances, why was Joseph’s marriage to an Egyptian not condemned? The union with Asenath, daughter of a pagan priest, appears to draw no divine rebuke. Why the difference? The Reformed consensus appears emphatic: what God opposes isn’t really interracial marriages, so much as spiritual…
THE GOSPEL IN GENESIS 28… A stairway to heaven—humanity has always dreamt of one since the Fall. Every religion offers its own version: each promises we can climb up to God, provided we follow the right rituals, obey the right rules. Or achieve the right enlightenment. Even within Christianity, we’re tempted to turn faith into…
In a world fixated on the afterlife—think ghost stories, near-death experiences, and endless debates about heaven—it’s striking how little the Bible actually says about what happens right after we die. If Scripture is our guide to eternal truths, why the brevity? The “intermediate state,” as theologians call it, refers to the time between our physical…
The hand of the LORD set the prophet Ezekiel down in a valley. What he saw there would have stolen his breath: bones scattered across the ground as far as the eye could see—sun-bleached, disconnected, utterly lifeless. “Very dry,” Scripture says, emphasising their hopeless state. Then God asked a question that still echoes through the…
hen did you last thank God—specifically for your hearing? Chances are you woke this morning to the beep of an alarm, detected the coffee maker’s gurgle, distinguished your child’s footsteps from your spouse’s, and caught the weather forecast—all without consciously thinking about it. We take hearing so much for granted. Yet from the microscopic architecture…
Scrolling through social media, we’re bombarded by voices shouting for our allegiance—politics, trends, ideologies. As Christians, we feel the tension: how do we live faithfully in a world that often opposes God? Jesus’ words in John 17:14-16 offer the answer: “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world… I…
In a world craving autonomy, does God truly reign supreme, or does He negotiate with human choices? The question lies at the heart of one of theology’s most debated issues: the relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. Enter Molinism—the 16th-century proposal by Jesuit theologian Luis de Molina. According to this view, God possesses “middle…
