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The Bible: General Questions
Why are there four Gospels in the New Testament, instead of just one?
Can the poetical books of the Bible really be considered doctrinal books?
Are there two Paracletes?
Does Jeremiah 19:5 mean that God is not omniscient?
Is it Biblical to say that God "permits" man's sinful acts?
The Bible: Inspiration & Authority
Is the Bible really necessary?
How can the Bible be the Word of God when human beings wrote it?
Since no one has the original manuscripts, how can we know that the Bible we have today is authentic?
Since there are so many different interpretations of the Bible, isn't it really impossible to accurately define Christianity?
How do we know that the authentic Bible has been providentially preserved by God?
How can a book as old as the Bible be accurate when it comes to matters of history and science?
What is the difference between inspiration and illumination, and why is this important?
Is the Bible Your Church's Supreme Authority, or Have Other Things Taken First Place?
The Bible: Interpretation
What is systematic theology, and why is it important?
What is Biblical theology, and why is it important?
Is the modern Biblical theology movement really Biblical?
The Bible: Versions & Translations
Is the Purpose-Driven Church movement's "Bible" the authentic Word of God?
Are the notes found at the end of most of the Epistles part of the inspired text?
Is the Bible something less than the actual Word of God?
What is grammatical-historical interpretation, and why is it important?
Series: Finding the Right Bible
Part 1: Finding the Right Bible — Introduction
Part 2: Postmodernism's Influence on Bible Publishing and Translation
Part 3: Postmodernism's Influence on the Evangelical Church
More to come!
Adoption [TOP]
How is the believer adopted by God?
What does adoption mean for the believer's present life?
What does adoption mean for the life to come?
Contemporary Church Issues: Apostasy [TOP]
How does apostasy happen? — Introduction
How does apostasy happen? — Part 1: Loss of Discernment Regarding the Interpretation of Scripture
How does apostasy happen? — Part 2: Loss of Discernment Regarding Systematic Theology
How does apostasy happen? — Part 3: Loss of Discernment Regarding the Necessity of Doctrinal Consistency
How does apostasy happen? — Part 4: Loss of Discernment Regarding the True Nature of the Gospel
How does apostasy happen? — Part 5: Loss of Discernment Regarding Evangelism and the Church
How does apostasy happen? — Part 6: Loss of Discernment Regarding the World's Approval
How does apostasy happen? — Part 7: Loss of Discernment Regarding Human Wit and Wisdom
How does apostasy happen? — Part 8: Loss of Discernment Regarding Church History
How does apostasy happen? — Part 9: Loss of Discernment Regarding What It Means to be a Protestant
How does apostasy happen? — Part 10: Loss of Discernment Regarding the Dangers of Doctrinal Indifference
New Atheism [TOP]
Does the Bible really teach that there are no true atheists?
Is New Atheism a belief system?
What is New Atheism's doctrine of God?
What is New Atheism's doctrine of Scripture?
What is New Atheism's doctrine of creation?
What is New Atheism's doctrine of man?
What is New Atheism's doctrine of sin?
What is New Atheism's doctrine of salvation?
What is New Atheism's eschatology (view of end times)?
How should Christians answer the New Atheism?
"A Weekend in Hell"?
Theology: The Doctrine of God [TOP]
What is the Trinity? Doesn't the Bible really teach that there are three Gods, not just one?
How do we know that the Father is God?
How do we know that Jesus Christ is God?
When Jesus came into the world as a man, did He remain fully God?
Did Jesus ever sin? Was He capable of sinning?
Did Jesus accomplish full salvation on the cross? Do I need to add anything?
I heard a preacher talk about Jesus having two kinds of obedience, active and passive. What does that mean?
How do we know that the Holy Spirit is God?
Is the Holy Spirit really a person?
Is the Holy Spirit really at work in my life?
Should a Christian seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
Salvation: Sin and Repentance [TOP]
What is sin? Is sin merely a "mistake"?
Are you safe from the wrath of God?
Is your sin "original"?
Is it accurate to say that God loves sinners, but hates sin?
How were people saved in the Old Testament, since Jesus had not yet come?
Can a church absolve you of your sins? (Part 1: Rome turns the clock back 500 years)
Can a church absolve you of your sins? (Part 2: Does it depend on who you are and what you did?)
Can a church absolve you of your sins? (Part 3: Can God save a priest while he's saying the Mass?)
Can a church absolve you of your sins? (Part 4: What happens when priests become Protestants?)
"Why are we sitting here until we die?"
Doesn't Isaiah 45:7 teach that God is the author of sin?
Is there a different way of salvation for Jews?
How can I be "holy and without blame" before God (Ephesians 1:4) when I am still so sinful?
Salvation: Justification By Faith [TOP]
What is justification, and why is it important?
Is justification a process?
Do Paul and James disagree about justification?
Sanctification - The Christian Life [TOP]
What is sanctification?
Is it possible for a Christian to reach a state of sinless perfection in this life?
If the Holy Spirit lives within me, why do I do still sin?
The Bible says we are not under law but under grace. Does God's law have any place in the New Testament church?
Is the "Lord's Prayer" to be prayed?
Are there spiritual elites in the church?
What is the basis for unity in the church? Should the quest for unity be our top priority?
Is the visible church the basis of Christian unity?
What is the truth that produces Christian unity?
How must the church deal with false unifiers?
Is the church the place to debate the fundamentals?
Is church unity based on numbers?
How did Evangelicals respond to Martyn Lloyd-Jones' 1962 landmark speech on church unity?
How do we know that God created a perfect universe, out of nothing, in the space of six contiguous 24-hour days?
Is the doctrine of creation a litmus test of a church's attitude toward the Bible?
Have conservative churches sold out to Darwinism?
Does your church pass the litmus test?
Is Hugh Ross right about 'progressive creation'?
Cults - Christian Science [TOP]
Is Christian Science scientific? Is it Christian?
Cults - Jehovah's Witnesses [TOP]
Are the Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society) a Christian denomination?
What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about the Bible?
What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about Jesus Christ?
What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe about the Holy Spirit?
What do Jehovah's Witnesses teach about the Trinity?
Have any of the Jehovah's Witnesses' predictions of future events ever been fulfilled?
What do Jehovah's Witnesses teach about salvation?
What do Jehovah's Witnesses teach about the soul of man?
What do Jehovah's Witnesses teach about Hell?
Cults - Family Radio [TOP]
Will Christ return on October 20, 2011?
Is the Purpose-Driven Church movement Biblical?
What are the spiritual roots of the Purpose-Driven Church movement?
What are the philosophical roots of the Purpose-Driven Church movement?
What is the Purpose-Driven way of building a church?
What is the gospel according to The Purpose-Driven Church?
What is the Purpose-Driven approach to worship?
What is the Purpose-Driven approach to preaching?
What are the fruits of the Purpose-Driven Church movement?
What's the answer to the Purpose-Driven Church movement?
Roman Catholicism [TOP]
Church: Contemporary Issues [TOP]
Series — What Does It Mean To Be a Scripture-Driven Church?
The Greatest Story Never Read
Wrong Views of the Bible's Authority
The Only Supernatural Book
The Necessity of Illumination
What is pragmatism, and how is it influencing today's Evangelical church?
How can we keep our young people in the church?
What's wrong with situation ethics?
I recently saw a video series in which a preacher says that churches should start celebrating some of the Jewish feast days, including the Day of Atonement, in preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Is this correct?
How should Christians approach election day?
What is the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement?
Is Barack Obama God's choice for president of the United States?
What must the church do in the face of so-called "hate crime" laws targeting Gospel preaching?
The Protestant Reformation [TOP]
Was the Reformation a mistake?
Who says the Reformation a mistake? (part 1)
Who says the Reformation a mistake? (part 2)
Who says the Reformation a mistake? (part 3)
Who says the Reformation a mistake? (part 4)
Bible: General Questions [TOP]
Who was the first martyr for the Gospel?
Did Mary speak in tongues on Pentecost?
Is there a discrepancy between the accounts of Peter's denial of Christ in Mark and Luke?
What is "the dispensation of the fullness of the times" in Ephesians 1:10? (part 1)
What is "the dispensation of the fullness of the times" in Ephesians 1:10? (part 2)
What is "the dispensation of the fullness of the times" in Ephesians 1:10? (part 3)
What is "the dispensation of the fullness of the times" in Ephesians 1:10? (part 4)
Treasures From the Original [TOP]
Series — Morphing or Scheming?
Part 1: Morphing or Scheming? — Introduction
Part 2: Clean Cups and Caterpillars, Whitewashed Tombs and Hidden Agendas
Part 3: Did Jesus Remain Fully God? — Preaching "Another Jesus"
Scripture and the News [TOP]
"Evangelicals Take Top Spot" — But who are they?
Broadcast Transcripts [TOP]