Category: Faith Questions
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Why Doesn’t the Bible Tell Us Everything?
Why doesn’t the Bible tell us more? Why doesn’t it give us every historical detail, every answer to life’s why, and every curiosity about heaven or how God works behind the scenes? Because that was never its purpose. The Bible wasn’t written to satisfy our curiosity. It was written to reveal our Savior. That’s the…
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What Does It Mean That the Bible Is Inerrant?
God does not lie. God does not make mistakes. God does not change. Because of these immutable facts, his Word is inerrant. When we say that the Bible is inerrant, we’re confessing that it is completely without error in everything it says—every doctrine, every detail, every promise. Inerrancy means that Scripture, in its original writings,…
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What Does It Mean That the Bible Is Inspired?
Inspired. It’s a word we often use for a moving speech or a beautiful work of art. But when we say that the Bible is inspired, we’re talking about something far deeper—something far more moving and beautiful. According to 2 Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, for rebuking, for…
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What Is the Bible?
What Is the Bible? It’s not a book of moral lessons as some people think. It’s not a compilation of human opinions about the divine. It’s not folklore or myth or merely historical literature. The Bible is the Word of God—every word, every page, every promise. In the clearest, most confessional sense, the Bible is…
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Is God Good?
“Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so…
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How Do I Know I’m Blessed?
“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never…
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What Is Baptism?
“When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having…
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Why Was Jesus Born?
As I was listening to the latest Faith Footnotes episode, “Luther at the Manger,” special guest Pastor Nathaniel Biebert said something that struck me. Regarding the content of his book, Luther at the Manger (Christmas sermons by Martin Luther translated from German into modern English), Pastor Biebert said something to this effect: “You cannot walk…