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Eric C. Redmond answers the question: What does Paul have to say about gender and homosexuality?

What is the importance of speaking in tongues? I have been told that I need to pray for the ability to speak in order to fully know God. Is this true? Question and Answer In the history of the church, three views have developed about the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues. First, that this gift is an ecstatic prayer language, unintelligible...

After the Fall of humanity in Genesis 3, do people still bear the image of God? Question 4 Yes! Certainly sin has marred the image and defaced it, but the Fall did not erase the image of God in humanity. Even though we live in a fallen world, the value of human life persists to this day—because of the reality that people still bear the image...

Many believers teach eternal security. But when I think about how sinful I am, I frequently worry that I could lose my salvation. What should I think about this? Question and Answer We should always strive to think biblically about these issues. While some biblical passages might have led good and godly people to believe that salvation can...

I am the primary caregiver for my family member who has struggled with mental illness for many years. How can I show Christ's love when I am tired and need a break?

Why do believers worry that they can lose their salvation? If the Scripture is so clear that we can't, why are so many concerned about it?

Is the spiritual life lived by the follower of Jesus alone or by God alone?

Jeremiah 32:17 says about God: “Nothing is too hard for you.” Still, I’ve always wondered about an old paradox: Can God create a stone too heavy for Him to lift? If we say “no” then there’s something that God can’t create. But if we say “yes” then there’s something that God can’t lift. What’s the answer?

God knows everything that will happen. For example, Jesus said to Peter that “today—yes, tonight— before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times” (Mark 14:30). But if He foreknew that Peter would deny Him, then Peter had to deny Him. So, why are we considered sinful, since nobody can change what He already knows will...

How did God point out Achan to Joshua in Joshua 7?