Category: Question box

Tonight’s question from the box: Is sin about a:– Behaviour– Personality– Thoughts– Feelings– Expression– Outcome– Situation, etc?If sin is used to describe behaviour, then how do we explain “sin living in me” and “the law of sin.” OK, sin can describe number of those things listed: There are sinful behaviours, there are sinful thoughts, there…

OK, for question box: there are so many questions, that I’m going to try to do two this week, but with shorter answers. And these two questions are related. The first one is: “Why do we attribute so much evil to the person of Satan, and not the more general Satan or satans?” This question…

OK, tonight’s question is an interesting one: Is it OK to pray for things to occur in the past? Not for the past to change but that something would occur that you don’t know has happened yet? I think I get what this is asking. Like we might walk out of an exam, and have…

OK, today’s question is: “How come Jesus didn’t go to every nation?” It interesting, from age 30 when he went public, till age 33 when he died and rose again, Jesus never went more than 120km from home. And so if Jesus is a Saviour for every nation, why didn’t he go to every nation?…

OK, today’s question is a classic question box question: Was Cain’s wife born of his mother Eve? This question was famously asked 100 years ago as part of the famous “Scopes monkey trial.” Anyway, let’s remember why this is a question: The bible’s story of humanity begins with Adam and Eve. They have two sons,…

Today’s question has three parts to it: Is there any biblical significance to martyrdom?Similarly is there any biblical significance to sainthood?Why were they so valued in history? OK, let’s start with martyrdom. Throughout the history of the church there have been people who have been been killed for witnessing for Jesus. I guess you could…

Today’s question is: “what’s the most modern object in the bible?” I enjoyed thinking about this question. And here’s the answer I’m going with: the New Testament itself is the most modern object in the bible. Let me explain: in 2 Timothy 4:13, Paul is approaching death, and he writes his very last letter. And…

OK, tonight’s question is a two-parter. When did the apostolic age end? If it did end, what spiritual gifts carried over? I’m going to give a two minute answer, but it’s the kind of question that probably needs quite bit longer to answer fully! Part of it depends on what you mean by “ the…

OK, today’s question is a question that comes out of the EMU music training day which some of you went to last week. So I thought I should got onto this question while its fresh. I wasn’t there, but I understand that one of the speakers made a comment something like: “God created Satan, meth…