Common Questions Archives

What Is the Good News?

The Jewish apostle Paul once wrote, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile” (Romans 1:16). This same Paul, a devout Pharisee and once…

Why Do We Need a Messiah?

Atonement and Salvation from Sin, Common Questions, Messianic Prophecy, Yeshua

All you have to do is flip through the latest news to see that all is not right in the world. The nature of news, of course, exaggerates the negative side of life to boost ratings. But this exaggeration cannot hide how corrupt this world has…

How Can God Help Me With Depression?

Common Questions, Contemporary Issues, Today's Difficult Problems

Someone recently said to me, “I was so exhausted. I'm completely exhausted. I felt jittery, emotional, and apprehensive. My senses started to register that I was feeling just like the weather outside—gloomy and depressing. Numb. I continued…

Why is There So Much Evil in the World?

Belief in God, Common Questions, Contemporary Issues, Problem of Evil, Theological Issues

The great Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that “a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel.” Whatever one's religious convictions, it would be difficult to deny that people are capable of unspeakable cruelty. There…

How Can I Learn More about Jesus?

Common Questions, New Testament Issues, Yeshua

If you have begun to investigate Jesus and you’re curious to know more, what are some next steps for learning more about him? You have come to the right place! There are numerous ways in which you can grow in your knowledge about Jesus. Nothing…

Suffering and the Existence of God

Atonement and Salvation from Sin, Belief in God, Common Questions, Problem of Evil, Reasons to Believe, Theological Issues

As Ellis Goldstein watched the police car enter his driveway, he braced himself for the bad news. The officer handed Ellis the driver’s license of his seventeen-year-old daughter, Heather, regrettably informing him that she had just died in…

How Has the Bible Transformed the World?

Belief in God, Common Questions, New Testament Issues

How did the world become the way it is today? Any serious answer to this question must acknowledge the tremendous influence the Bible has had on the world. Whatever you believe about the Bible's spiritual claims, the best-selling book in history…

How Has the New Testament Been Misused to Promote Antisemitism?

Antisemitism and Belief in Jesus, Common Questions

Antisemitism has been termed the world’s oldest hatred. In considering the serious allegation that the New Testament is antisemitic, let us begin with a more precise definition of the word antisemitism that goes beyond simple Jew-hatred. To…

Did Jesus Claim to Be Divine?

Common Questions, Theological Issues, Yeshua

In a Jewish mindset there is only one God in all the cosmos (Deut. 6:4, Isaiah 44:6). It would be remarkable for a Jewish person to claim his own divinity; however, it is even more extraordinary that Jesus’s early Jewish followers agreed with…

Does Morality Point to God?

Atonement and Salvation from Sin, Belief in God, Common Questions, Contemporary Issues, Problem of Evil, Reasons to Believe

One morning, I sat looking out my window and noticed something that I had never seen before. A spider had caught a large fly in its web and was slowly making its way to its prey. The fly violently tried to escape, shaking the web, but to no…