Do you have questions about the Christian faith? Have you been told that the Bible contradicts itself? Are you looking for straightforward answers to some of the most commonly raised objections to Christianity so that you can sort things out for yourself? You have come to the right place. Let's be honest. If your mind is already made up, and you have no openness to exploring even the possibility that Christianity is true, this webpage will be of very little value to you. If, though, you are genuinely seeking what is true and you are willing to surrender to Christ if you somehow become convinced of Christianity's claims, then you will likely find this page helpful. 
This material is not necessarily organized in any particular order but is arranged in Q and A format. If you have a question that you do not see dealt with below, please use the form below to get in touch with us and ask your question.

​How could God the Father allow His Son to be put to death?

This question comes up in different forms, but the underlying thought is consistent. Some find the idea repulsive and difficult if not impossible to conceive of a good father intentionally offering his son as a sacrifice on behalf of anyone. Here are some points to ponder if this question is on your mind.

• Believers are cautious in using human logic to distinguish between that which is true and untrue. For one thing, one would expect the Creator-God to be of superior intellect from His creation. The Bible states that God's ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). The distance between God's thoughts and ours would not be measured in inches but lightyears if that distance were not infinite. As the Psalmist says in another context, "such knowledge is too wonderful for me - I cannot attain unto it." A given idea need not meet the test of human logic to be true. (For further reading, see Romans 5:7-8.)
• The assumption behind this question (that a father sacrificing his son is irrational and unconscionable to humans) underscores its divine origin. The concept makes so little sense according to human reasoning that it must have come from a non-human source.
• Believers would assert that the reasoning behind God the Father sending God the Son to die for mankind's sin is rooted in His amazing, infinite, incomprehensible love. After all, John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Similarly 1 John 4:10 says, "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice (propitiation) for our sins."
• Interestingly, in the Hebrew Old Testament (Genesis 22), the patriarch Abraham binds his son Isaac and lays him on the altar to sacrifice to God in obedience to God's command. God intervenes and supplies a substitute for Isaac in the form of a ram. Through faith, Abraham grew to a level of obedient sacrifice that defies natural human understanding.

If Jesus is immortal, how did He die?

Here is another question that gets asked a variety of different ways. Care must be taken before answering such questions to match up the assumptions in the protasis of a conditional statement with the actual claims of the biblical text. Here are some points that may clarify the Bible's assertions and provide assistance in navigating the question at hand.

• The Bible affirms that the Son of God existed in eternity past (Micah 5:2, John 1:1-14; Hebrews 1:1-3, e.g.). The Bible affirms that God the Son will exist (and even reign) for eternity future (Hebrews 13:8, 2 Samuel 7:13, Isaiah 9:7). God the Son's existed had no beginning, has no end, and has continued uninterrupted from eternity past. 
• The question above somewhat misunderstands the incarnation of Jesus. How does one confine deity to time, space, matter, a human body? The answer is in the incarnation - or en-fleshment - of God the Son. He took on flesh. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The Holy Spirit of God overshadowed the virgin Mary, and she became with child. She brought forth her firstborn Son and laid Him in the manger. They called His name Jesus, because He would saved His people from their sins. As Philippians 2:7 shows, Jesus Christ "emptied Himself," meaning that He laid aside the manifestation of certain divine attributes to carry out His Messianic mission in obedience to and for the glory of the Father. This is not to say that He ceased to be God.
• Unsurprisingly, there is a level of mystery to the incarnation of Christ. While much more can be said about the incarnation and what happened on the cross, the reality is that those who await a full logical explanation to the satisfaction of finite minds will remain disappointed. One must have faith to come to God. Apart from faith, there are no words anyone can say that can paint the picture clearly enough for the human mind to parse it all fully. But God's side has the upper hand. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Those open to considering the claims of Christ who immerse themselves in a biblical search with an open heart will find that for which they seek. Those completely closed off to any such consideration before they even begin will always end where they started.

Since Jesus knew He would be resurrected, was it really that much of a sacrifice for Him to die?

This question is less common, but it does come up on occasion. Probably no one who asks this question would themselves volunteer to go through such an experience, even if assured of their own resurrection.

• Leading up to His death on the cross, Jesus prayed in the Garden. He was full of such anguish of spirit that He sweat as it were great drops of blood (Luke 22:44). They placed a crown of thorns on His head (Matthew 27:29), and He was also scourged (John 19:1).
• Jesus' own closest followers did not recognize Him after His resurrection until He spoke to them (John 20:15). This is probably because His visage was so marred more than any man and his form more than the sons of men (Isaiah 52:14).
• Hebrews 12:2 explains that Jesus despised the shame of the cross and endured the torture of execution by crucifixion for the joy that was set before Him. Without a doubt, there was great pain and suffering, death and sacrifice involved in dying on the cross, and yet He made that sacrifice obediently to bring many sons to glory.
• For further reading on this subject, you may want to look at Jesus Christ Our Lord by John Walvoord. The church can furnish you a copy if it is cost prohibitive to you.

Wasn't the God Christians worship invented around the time of the Bronze Age (3300 - 1200 BC)?

This question misunderstands the nature of how early humankind passed information, history, and traditions down from one generation to another. Even if we grant written communication to have begun around this time, such an idea does not require that everything written during this age also began or was "authored into existence" during this age. To the contrary, the Bible claims that the one true God has always existed and will always exist. His very name is the eternally self-existing God, or Yahweh. He exists in three persons - Father, Son, and Spirit - yet one divine essence. Father, Son, and Spirit, have always existed and will always exist. This is the claim of Scripture.

Isn't Hinduism the first religion on the planet?

No. The first humans were Adam and Eve, and they fellowshipped with God in the Garden of Eden. Cain and Abel even made sacrifice in Genesis 4 to the one true God. The monotheism of Noah and his family (the only eight people on earth living righteously before God in their generation) predates the pre-Vedic age of Hinduism. The Bible readily acknowledges the existence of idolatry and polytheism all over the known world early on in human history. Those who assert Hindu's originality and supposed consequential superiority should handle the ancient Hebrew text with the same level of consideration to the ancient Hindu texts. The Hebrew text establishes the earliest faith on the earth as the monotheistic worship of Yahweh.