MATTHEW 16:18—Is Peter the rock on which the church is built? PROBLEM: Roman Catholics use this passage to support their belief in the primacy of…
Why wasn’t Cain given capital punishment for the murder he committed? PROBLEM: In the OT, murderers were given capital punishment for their crime (…
Does God show respect to certain persons? PROBLEM: God is represented in the Scriptures as someone who “is no respect[er] of persons”…
MATTHEW 16:16—Why does Peter’s confession here differ from that recorded in Mark and Luke? PROBLEM: Peter’s confession of Christ in Caesarea Philippi is stated differently…
Was Mary a perpetual virgin, or did she have other children after Jesus’ virgin birth? MATTHEW 13:45
MATTHEW 13:45—Was Mary a perpetual virgin, or did she have other children after Jesus’ virgin birth? PROBLEM: Roman Catholicism teaches that Mary was a perpetual…
MATTHEW 13:34—Did Jesus always speak in parables or not? PROBLEM: This text states distinctly that “without a parable He [Jesus] did not speak to them.”…
MATTHEW 13:31–32—Did Jesus make a mistake when referring to the mustard seed as the smallest of all seeds? PROBLEM 1: Jesus said that the mustard…
MATTHEW 13:12—Is God unfair in giving to those who have? PROBLEM: God is presented in the Bible as fair and evenhanded (Rom. 2:11; Gen. 18:25).…
MATTHEW 12:40 (cf. John 19:14)—If Jesus was crucified on Friday, how could He have been in the grave three days and nights? PROBLEM: Christ rose…
MATTHEW 12:1–5—Did Jesus’ disciples break the Jewish Sabbath law? PROBLEM: Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.…