Question: In my church confessing female members are not given the right to vote for office-bearers. If my understanding of Reformed church polity is correct, the authority lies with the consistory to appoint the office-bearers, regardless of the vote (the vote being confirmatory, rather than authoritative). Why can I as a single male confessing member…
Question: What does the Bible say about women in office? Answer: The Bible says a lot of things about women. Women are honoured in the Scriptures. Christ interacted with women (Jn. 4:27; Mk. 5:34; Lk. 11:27-28; 13:12; 23:27). It is clear that to Jesus, women are to be treated with respect. It is noteworthy that…
First, what is it? Surrogate gestational motherhood can be defined as an arrangement where one woman carries a pregnancy to term for another woman who is either unable or unwilling to do so. Why is it around? 1st, there have been many technological advances that have been made in science. This also brings with it…
The prophet Amos speaks some striking words: “Can two walk together except they be agreed?” (Am. 3:3). You get the picture: in order for two people to walk together, they first have to come together and be willing to share the same path and destination. Otherwise, they won’t keep walking together in the same direction,…
Question: Recently I went to an apologetics conference and the one topic was on the resurrection of Christ. In the King James Version I was always under the impression that His grave clothes were folded neatly but at the conference that they version used (NASB) made it sound like the clothes were still in body…
Question: “When should I start dating or courting?” Answer: There are many conversations that can take place about courtship or dating relationships. Maybe you have had those kinds of conversations with your friends, conversations about guys and girls. The questions usually revolve around: Who to marry and, “How do I know he is the…
Question: What should I look for as I pray and look out for a godly wife? Answer: I should look with specificity. I don’t mean that we should specify what colour of hair she should have, how tall she should be, etc. I mean, as a young man I need to fear the Lord,…
Many people, including Christians, can be afraid of death or dying (Heb. 2:14-15). In fact, some may be terrified. Why is that and what are we to do with this fear of death? There are several reasons for this fear of death. “You have not gone this way before” (Joshua 3:4b) That is what…