Christian Faith Questions — In Plain Talk

Posted on August 13, 2002August 12, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Why does God allow suffering?

Some questions do not stay in the classroom. They follow a man into hospital rooms, funeral homes, lonely kitchens, and long dark nights. One of those questions is this: Why

Christianity and mental health

What the Bible Says, What the Church Gets Wrong, and What Genuine Care Looks Like One in five American adults experiences a mental illness in any given year. Among veterans

How was the Bible put together?

The canon of Scripture — the collection of books recognized as authoritative — was not invented at a council. It was recognized by churches across the empire who had been

What Happened to the Faith Once Delivered?

How did we get from a small band of Jewish disciples gathered in an upper room to a global faith spread across tens of thousands of denominations, traditions, and movements?

Deconstruction: why people leave and what it means

Deconstruction is not new. People have been walking away from inherited faith for as long as there has been inherited faith. What is new is the speed, the scale, the

Race, justice, and the church’s record

The church has the most compelling answer in the world to the question of race — every human being made in the image of God, every tribe and tongue gathered

Is Christianity exclusive — what about other religions?

Christianity makes a claim that cuts against the grain of everything the modern world values about tolerance and inclusion: that Jesus is the only way to God. That claim is

How do I read the Bible well?

Hermeneutics sounds like a disease. It isn't. It's the art and science of interpretation — the set of principles that help you understand what a text actually means rather than