Life questions at Holy Ground apply the teachings of Christianity to personal and community living. Topics often include issues of morality, daily habits, and interpersonal issues like forgiveness. All Christian life questions seek to transform someone into a person of Jesus Christ: taking on His love, integrity, passion, and perfect faith in God.
The Problem with Sexual Sin
Sexual immorality is one of the most significant categories of sin mentioned in the Bible, and there are numerous passages throughout the Old and New Testament that explicitly reference this category of sin. Some of the most fa...
How Hot is Hell? Biblical Ideas vs. Pop Culture Depictions
Modern discourse about Hell is often confused, and Christians from the early Church period probably wouldn’t recognize many modern ideas about it. Across the centuries, pop culture from Dante’s Inferno to TV shows like Futurama...
The Baptism of Poland: Unification and Christianization
Mieszko I was born around AD 930 and ruled from 960 until 992—over thirty years. He was baptized on Holy Saturday, April 14, 966, which serves as a good official date for the Christianization of Poland—at least the beginning of...
What is a Pastor Emeritus? Should they exist?
“Emeritus” is a title that’s occasionally given to someone after they retire. It’s a way of giving honor to someone by allowing them to keep their title, especially if they continue to work in a smaller capacity. The word comes...
What are the best Bible verses about love and trust?
There are many passages in the Bible that address love—some of which are quite powerful. Two of the most famous are from 1 John and 1 Corinthians: 1 John 4:7-8: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyon...
Bestiality and other deviant sexual practices in the Bible
The Bible lists many prohibitions on various kinds of sexual behavior. Leviticus puts the main ones in a short list together, and includes adultery and homosexuality along with bestiality: “...you shall not lie carnally with yo...
Are soul ties a Christian idea? A scholar responds
What does God say about breaking soul ties? Nothing. Because soul ties—as a specific concept and not a general sense that physical things have spiritual content—are a modern idea, there is nothing in the Bible, the writings of ...
Is Sachiel a real angel?
During the Medieval period there was a minority interest in producing grimoires, which were magical texts with instructions on how to do things like interact with various spiritual beings, performs spells, and create magical ob...