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Have you ever had questions about a passage in the Bible but you didn’t know where to go for answers? Has a theological issue sent you searching far and wide for answers you can trust? In this podcast, Nathan W. Bingham submits questions from listeners like you to one of Ligonier Ministries’ featured teachers or a special guest. Ask a biblical or theological question of your own and listen to answers from some of the most trusted pastors and theologians who are serving the church today.

Episode Date
Can I Have Assurance of My Salvation If I Regularly Doubt That I’m Saved?
Apr 18, 2024
Are Believers United to Other Believers in Christ?
Apr 11, 2024
What Does It Mean to Glorify God and Enjoy Him Forever?
Apr 04, 2024
What Is One Medieval Church Figure Every Christian Should Know?
Mar 28, 2024
What Is Effectual Prayer?
Mar 21, 2024
What Does It Mean That Believers Are United to Christ?
Mar 14, 2024
How Can Christians Fight against Sin?
Mar 07, 2024
How Can I Remain Fruitful in My Old Age or in My Retirement?
Feb 29, 2024
Should a Christian Attend an LGBTQ Wedding?
Feb 22, 2024
How Can Someone Be Misled about Essential Christian Truths If the Spirit Is in Them?
Feb 15, 2024
What Should I Look for When Choosing a Seminary to Attend?
Feb 08, 2024
What Is Ordinary Means of Grace Ministry?
Feb 01, 2024
I Still Feel Shame for My Past Sins. What Should I Do?
Jan 25, 2024
How Do I Remain Faithful While in College?
Jan 18, 2024
Who Was Melchizedek? Was He Jesus?
Jan 11, 2024
What Authority Does My Pastor Have over Me?
Jan 04, 2024
How Can I Know Christ as a Person and Not Just as a Concept?
Dec 28, 2023
How Does the Holy Spirit Help Me Pray?
Dec 21, 2023
How Can I Discern Whether or Not to “Answer a Fool according to His Folly,” as Proverbs 26:4–5 Says?
Dec 14, 2023
How Can I Become a Better Leader?
Dec 07, 2023
How Can I Be Sure That I’m Saved?
Nov 30, 2023
Why Does Paul Say in 1 Corinthians 13 That Love Is Greater than Faith and Hope?
Nov 23, 2023
What Are the Benefits of Family Worship?
Nov 16, 2023
Why Are There Two Different Genealogies for Jesus?
Nov 09, 2023
Why Is Seminary Training Important for Pastors?
Nov 02, 2023
Why Did Jesus Speak More about Hell than Heaven?
Oct 26, 2023
What Does It Mean to Pray without Ceasing?
Oct 19, 2023
When Should I Approach Someone about a Sin That He or She Has Committed against Me?
Oct 12, 2023
Should I Believe in the Perseverance or Preservation of Saints?
Oct 05, 2023
What Does the Church Need to Know about Augustine?
Sep 28, 2023
What Is Christ-Centered Preaching?
Sep 21, 2023
How Can I Talk to My Unbelieving Parents about the Gospel?
Sep 14, 2023
What Should We Do If We Sense That We’re Becoming Calloused to a Particular Sin?
Sep 07, 2023
Should Young People Study Theology?
Aug 31, 2023
Is There Something Wrong with Me If I Don’t Feel God’s Presence in My Suffering?
Aug 24, 2023
What’s Happening in the Korean Church?
Aug 17, 2023
Why Should Christians Learn about How God Is at Work in Other Regions of the World?
Aug 10, 2023
How Can I Discover My Spiritual Gifts?
Aug 03, 2023
What Is the Difference between Pastors, Elders, and Overseers?
Jul 27, 2023
Who Was J. Gresham Machen?
Jul 20, 2023
What Is Historical Theology?
Jul 13, 2023
How Can God Care about Me Individually When There Are So Many People in the World?
Jul 06, 2023
What’s Happening to Us Spiritually during the Lord’s Supper?
Jun 29, 2023
How Can Christians Patiently Endure the Hatred of the World?
Jun 22, 2023
What Should I Do If I’m Angry at God?
Jun 15, 2023
Why Should Christians Study the Minor Prophets?
Jun 08, 2023
Is There a Difference between Studying the Bible and Reading It Devotionally?
Jun 01, 2023
What Encouragement Is There for Single Parents Who Feel Overwhelmed?
May 25, 2023
What Advice for the Christian Life Would You Give to Your Younger Self?
May 18, 2023
What Does It Mean to Be Confessional?
May 11, 2023
What Is the Goal of Studying Theology?
May 04, 2023
If I Sin, Does That Mean I’m Not a Christian?
Apr 27, 2023
In What Way Are Our Bodies Temples of the Holy Spirit?
Apr 20, 2023
What Does the Bible Say about the Salvation of Those Who Cannot Comprehend the Gospel?
Apr 13, 2023
Why Are There Times When I Don’t Feel like Praying?
Apr 06, 2023
How Did the Doctrine of the Trinity Develop in the Early Church?
Mar 30, 2023
How Can Christians Kill Indwelling Sin?
Mar 23, 2023
Why Did Jesus Have to Be Baptized?
Mar 16, 2023
What Is Legalism?
Mar 09, 2023
How Do We Know When Books of the Bible Were Written?
Mar 02, 2023
Is God’s Love Unconditional?
Feb 23, 2023
How Can We Grow in Our Relationship with God?
Feb 16, 2023
If I’m Fearful, Does That Mean I Don’t Believe in God?
Feb 09, 2023
Why Are There Times When I Don’t Feel like Reading the Bible?
Feb 02, 2023
What Is the Regulative Principle of Worship?
Jan 26, 2023
Why Is It That Only the Father Knows the Day and Hour of the Day of Judgement?
Jan 19, 2023
What Is Prayer?
Jan 12, 2023
If God Created Everything, How Is It That God Didn't Create Evil?
Jan 05, 2023
What Does It Mean That God Is “Without Parts”?
Dec 29, 2022
What Makes Christianity Unique?
Dec 22, 2022
What Is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?
Dec 15, 2022
What Does It Mean That the Son Can Do Nothing of His Own Accord?
Dec 08, 2022
Why Are There So Many Denominations in the Church?
Dec 01, 2022
Will We Recognize Our Friends and Family in Heaven?
Nov 24, 2022
Is Speaking in Tongues Evidence of Having the Holy Spirit?
Nov 17, 2022
Does Jesus Have One Will or Two?
Nov 10, 2022
Should Christians Read the Apocryphal Books?
Nov 03, 2022
What Does It Mean to Present Our Bodies as Living Sacrifices to God?
Oct 27, 2022
What Is Covenant Theology?
Oct 20, 2022
What Was God Doing before Creation?
Oct 13, 2022
How Should Christians View the Imprecatory Psalms?
Oct 06, 2022
Does God Love Everybody?
Sep 29, 2022
What Does It Mean That the First Seven Church Councils Were Ecumenical?
Sep 22, 2022
What Are the Qualifications of a Pastor?
Sep 15, 2022
If You Could Read Only One Author from Church History, Who Would It Be and Why?
Sep 08, 2022
Was Adam a Historical Person?
Sep 01, 2022
Why Are Some Demons Only Able to Be Cast Out by Prayer (Mark 9:29)?
Aug 25, 2022
In What Way Is Christ Presently Reigning over the Church?
Aug 18, 2022
Did Jesus Empty Himself of Divinity in the Incarnation (Phil. 2:7)?
Aug 11, 2022
What Book Would You Recommend to a New Christian?
Aug 04, 2022
Is Tithing for Today?
Jul 28, 2022
What Is the Purpose and Benefit of Gathering for Corporate Worship?
Jul 21, 2022
What Does Genesis 6:6 Mean When It Says That God Repented?
Jul 14, 2022
Is It Possible That We Have Entertained Angels Today (Heb. 13:2)?
Jul 07, 2022
Did Jesus Take On Our Sin Nature?
Jun 30, 2022
Why Did God Prevent Israelites with Physical Deformities from Approaching the Altar?
Jun 23, 2022
Why Did Testing Come to Job?
Jun 16, 2022
Who Were the Nephilim?
Jun 09, 2022
Should I Stay in a Solid Church in Which I Haven’t Built a Community?
Jun 02, 2022
In What Way Can the Doctrine of the Trinity Bring Us Delight?
May 26, 2022
Is Church Discipline Unloving and Harsh?
May 19, 2022
Can a Genuine Christian Experience Depression?
May 12, 2022
If You Could Only Read One Christian Author, Who Would It Be?
May 05, 2022
Is There a Role for Entertainment in the Church?
Apr 28, 2022
What Happened to the Old Testament Practice of Animal Sacrifice?
Apr 21, 2022
Does the Devil Know My Thoughts?
Apr 14, 2022
How Should Christians Go About Finding a Godly Spouse?
Apr 07, 2022
Can I Overcome My Addiction?
Mar 31, 2022
What Must I Do to Be Saved?
Mar 24, 2022
Who Is Your Favorite Lesser-Known Reformer?
Mar 17, 2022
What Kind of Death Is Romans 6:23 Referring To?
Mar 10, 2022
What Is the Most Neglected Characteristic of Christians?
Mar 03, 2022
How Do We Know If Something Is Sinful?
Feb 24, 2022
What Book Would You Recommend to a New Christian?
Feb 17, 2022
What Were Some of the Differences between Calvin and Luther’s Theology?
Feb 10, 2022
Why Should We Pray, since God Has Ordained All Things?
Feb 03, 2022
Where Did the Ultimate Desire for Sin Come From?
Jan 27, 2022
How Can I Find a Good Church?
Jan 20, 2022
Is My Anxiety Sinful?
Jan 13, 2022
Should We Pray to the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?
Jan 06, 2022
Why Is Ezekiel Repeatedly Called the “Son of Man”?
Dec 30, 2021
Who Was Saint Nicholas?
Dec 23, 2021
Should the Doctrines of Grace Be Preached from the Pulpit?
Dec 16, 2021
What Is the Significance of Ligonier Ministries’ Mission?
Dec 09, 2021
How Do We Share the Truth without Being Argumentative?
Dec 02, 2021
Why Does 1 Peter 3:21 Say Baptism “Saves You”?
Nov 25, 2021
What Can We Learn from the Life of John Wycliffe?
Nov 18, 2021
What Does “The Lord Is My Portion” Mean?
Nov 11, 2021
Do You Have to Remember the Date and Time of Your Conversion to Know That You’re a Christian?
Nov 04, 2021
Does Repentance Require Confession?
Oct 28, 2021
What Does “Sola Scriptura” Mean?
Oct 21, 2021
What Is Dispensationalism?
Oct 14, 2021
How Can It Be a Choice to Repent and Believe If We’re Chosen by God?
Oct 07, 2021
How Can We Find Joy in Prayer, Reading the Bible, and Attending Church?
Sep 30, 2021
If We Do Not Witness and Share the Gospel, Will Some People Not Go to Heaven?
Sep 23, 2021
What Does Paul Mean When He Says, “Be Angry and Do Not Sin” (Eph. 4:26)?
Sep 16, 2021
Should We Forgive Someone Who Has Not Repented?
Sep 09, 2021
Does God Hate Christians before They Are Born Again?
Sep 02, 2021
Why Is It Difficult to Evangelize?
Aug 26, 2021
Does the Doctrine of Total Depravity Teach That We Have Lost the Image of God?
Aug 19, 2021
Is It Helpful for Christians to Learn the Lord’s Prayer?
Aug 12, 2021
Am I Not a Christian If I Keep Repeating the Same Sins?
Aug 05, 2021
What Counsel Would You Give to a Christian Facing Worry?
Jul 29, 2021
Why Don’t We Have Prophets Today like in the Old Testament?
Jul 22, 2021
What Does It Mean for God to “Prepare a Table before Me in the Presence of My Enemies” (Ps. 23:5)?
Jul 15, 2021
What Is the Difference between Supralapsarianism and Infralapsarianism?
Jul 08, 2021
Is It Possible for a Christian to Receive Salvation but Never Experience Sanctification?
Jul 01, 2021
What Does It Mean That “They Went Out from Us, But They Were Not of Us”?
Jun 24, 2021
If “No One Seeks for God,” Why Did Paul Call His Listeners to Seek God?
Jun 17, 2021
Does God Love the People Who Are in Hell?
Jun 10, 2021
What Does It Mean to “Enter God’s Rest” in Hebrews 3-4?
Jun 03, 2021
What Is Propitiation?
May 27, 2021
What Does It Mean to Take Up My Cross Daily?
May 20, 2021
Did Jesus Die For the Whole World?
May 13, 2021
Are There Distinctions of Sin in Hell?
May 06, 2021
Are Christians Called to Be Pacifists According to Matthew 5:38-42?
Apr 29, 2021
What Is R.C. Sproul’s Conversion Story, and What Can We Learn from It?
Apr 22, 2021
Is There an Age of Accountability?
Apr 15, 2021
Should Christians Attend Midweek Bible Studies?
Apr 08, 2021
How Long Was Jesus in the Grave?
Apr 01, 2021
What Would You Say to a Christian Who Rejects the Inerrancy of Scripture?
Mar 25, 2021
Is It Unfair to Say That Christ Is the Only Way?
Mar 18, 2021
Is It Correct to Say a Person Still “Exists” after He Dies?
Mar 11, 2021
Is It Acceptable for a Christian to Read Only the New Testament?
Mar 04, 2021
What Place Does the Law Have in the Christian Life?
Feb 25, 2021
Why Do Roman Catholic Bibles Have More Books in Them Than Protestant Bibles?
Feb 18, 2021
Should Christians Study Philosophy?
Feb 11, 2021
Is Suffering Ever a Punishment for a Christian’s Sin?
Feb 04, 2021
How Can We Trust the Bible, since It’s Thousands of Years Old?
Jan 28, 2021
Why Pray, since God Doesn’t Change His Mind?
Jan 21, 2021
Can Satan Plant Thoughts into a Christian’s Mind?
Jan 14, 2021
How Do We Know We’re Genuinely Growing as Christians?
Jan 07, 2021
Are We Living in the End Times Described in the Book of Revelation?
Dec 31, 2020
Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?
Dec 24, 2020
How Should We Pray for Our Children?
Dec 17, 2020
Why Is the Lord’s Day on Sunday, not Saturday?
Dec 10, 2020
Should Christians Fear the Lord in the Same Way as Unbelievers?
Dec 03, 2020
What Does It Mean for a Christian to Violate His Conscience?
Nov 26, 2020
What Is a “Sin That Leads to Death”?
Nov 19, 2020
What Counsel Do You Have for Someone Struggling to Love Their Neighbor?
Nov 12, 2020
Why Isn't God Mentioned in the Book of Esther?
Nov 05, 2020
Can Christians Cast Out Demons?
Oct 29, 2020
What Should a Christian Do If Their Walk Goes Stale?
Oct 22, 2020
What Book of the New Testament Should a Christian Study First?
Oct 15, 2020
How Should a Christian Present the Gospel to a Mormon?
Oct 08, 2020
If You Could Read Only One Author from Church History, Who Would It Be and Why?
Oct 01, 2020
When Does Healthy Ambition Become an Idol?
Sep 24, 2020
Is Calvinism Biblical?
Sep 17, 2020
Why Does It Matter If I Attend a Local Church?
Sep 10, 2020
How Can We Be Made in the Image of God Yet Still Be Sinful in Nature?
Sep 03, 2020
Should Christians Look for Signs from God When Making Decisions?
Aug 27, 2020
Does 1 Timothy 2:12 Apply Today?
Aug 20, 2020
Did the Holy Spirit Indwell Old Testament Believers?
Aug 13, 2020
How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?
Aug 06, 2020
What Should I Do If My Career Becomes an Idol?
Jul 30, 2020
Does God Speak to Christians Audibly?
Jul 23, 2020
Why Did Jesus Speak in Parables?
Jul 16, 2020
Why Is Church History Important?
Jul 09, 2020
When Should I Leave a Church?
Jul 02, 2020
Do Christians Have Authority Over Sickness?
Jun 25, 2020
Is There One View of the End Times That Is More Convincing Than the Others?
Jun 18, 2020
Will We Live on Earth after the Resurrection?
Jun 11, 2020
How Are Creeds and Confessions Helpful?
Jun 04, 2020
How Do I Know If I’m Called to Be a Pastor?
May 28, 2020
Is Suicide the Unpardonable Sin?
May 21, 2020
How Do I Know If I'm Elect?
May 14, 2020
What Does It Mean That We Are “Created in God’s Image”?
May 07, 2020
Are All Christians Called to Be Missionaries?
Apr 30, 2020
How Can I Grow in Christian Maturity?
Apr 23, 2020
Since God Is Sovereign, Why Should I Share the Gospel with Unbelievers?
Apr 16, 2020
Is It a Sin Not to Pray?
Apr 09, 2020
What Is a Biblical Church?
Apr 02, 2020
How Do I Repent of Sin?
Mar 26, 2020
How Can I Know If God Is Speaking to Me?
Mar 19, 2020
Is It Important to Know the Moment of Our Regeneration?
Mar 12, 2020
What Place Does the Old Testament Law Have in the Christian Life?
Mar 05, 2020
How Is Faith a Gift?
Feb 27, 2020
What Role Should Pastors and Elders Have in My Life?
Feb 20, 2020
What Hope Is There for Christians Who Experience Chronic Suffering?
Feb 13, 2020
What Should I Do When I Don't Feel Saved?
Feb 06, 2020
What Are the Arguments for the Existence of God?
Jan 30, 2020
What Is the Gospel?
Jan 23, 2020
What Is Grace?
Jan 16, 2020
Introducing: Ask Ligonier
Jan 03, 2020