Be ready always to give an answer — 1 Peter 3:15
Answers Index
A growing index of careful responses to the objections and questions people raise, with links to the sermons and articles behind it.
The Existence of God
Arguments and objections about whether there is a God at all.
Suffering & Evil
Why a good and powerful God would permit pain, evil, and loss.
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How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?
“Christians say God is love, yet they also say he will send people to a place of eternal punishment. A God who would do that to anyone, let alone forever, cannot really be loving. Either hell is not real or God is not good.”
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Why Does a Good God Allow Suffering?
“If God were both all-powerful and all-loving, he would stop the pain, disease, disasters, and cruelty in the world. Since he does not, either he cannot, or he does not care, or he is not there at all.”
Reliability of the Bible
Text, transmission, translation, and claims of contradiction.
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How Do We Know the Bible Has Not Been Changed?
“The Bible was copied by hand for centuries and translated over and over. Whatever the original authors wrote, what we have now is a corrupted, edited text that cannot be trusted to say what they said.”
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Is the Bible Full of Contradictions?
“Skeptics circulate long lists of passages that supposedly contradict each other. If even one of them is a real contradiction, the Bible cannot be the word of a God who does not lie, so the honest thing is to admit the book is full of errors.”
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Who Decided Which Books Belong in the Bible?
“The Bible's table of contents was settled by politics. Constantine and church councils centuries after Christ picked the books that suited them and suppressed the rest, so the canon is a human invention.”
Jesus & the Resurrection
The historical case for Jesus, his death, and his resurrection.
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Did Jesus Really Exist?
“Jesus is a legend stitched together from older myths. There is no real evidence outside the Bible that a man named Jesus of Nazareth ever lived, let alone did what the Gospels claim.”
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Was Jesus Really God?
“Jesus was a good teacher and maybe a prophet, but he never claimed to be God. The idea that he was divine was added later by his followers and the church.”
Bible Questions
Puzzling passages, honest questions, and what Scripture actually teaches.
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Can I be forgiven and still feel guilty?
“If I have repented and God has forgiven me, why do I still feel guilty about my past sins?”
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If my prayer isn’t answered, does that mean something is wrong with my faith?
“I pray sincerely, but the things I ask for still do not happen. Does that mean my faith is too weak, God has not heard me, or I have done something wrong?”
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Must I Resolve Every Doubt Before I Can Have Faith?
“I still have questions about God and the Bible; must I settle every doubt before I can honestly believe?”
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What is the difference between feeling sorry and repenting?
“If I feel sorry for what I did and ask for forgiveness, is that repentance, or does repentance require something more?”
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