PROBING QUESTIONS - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Wednesday, April 28, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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PROBING QUESTIONS

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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
-1 Peter 3:15

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Kings 3-5
Luke 20:1-26

While riding on a train a few years after the American Civil War, General Lew Wallace of the Union Army encountered a fellow officer, Colonel Robert Ingersoll. Ingersoll was one of the 19th century's leading agnostics, and Wallace was a man of faith. As their conversation turned to their spiritual differences, Wallace realised that he wasn't able to answer the questions and doubts raised by Ingersoll. Embarrassed by his lack of understanding about his own faith, Wallace began searching the Scriptures for answers. The result was his confident declaration of the person of the Saviour in his classic historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
Probing questions from skeptics don't have to be a threat to our faith. Instead, they can motivate us to seek a deeper understanding and equip us to respond wisely and lovingly to those who might question our faith. The apostle Peter encouraged us to pursue the wisdom of God in the Scriptures when he wrote, "Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear" (1 Peter 3:15).
We don't have to have an answer for every question but we need the courage, confidence, and conviction to share our love for Christ and the hope that is in us. - Bill Crowder
My hope is in the Lord who gave Himself for me,
And paid the price of all my sin at Calvary.
For me He died, for me He lives,
And everlasting life and light He freely gives. - Clayton

Christ is the ultimate answer to life's greatest questions.

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