Why is God the Holy Spirit sometimes called the Holy Ghost? Wouldn't a ghost be more like a spoof than God?

What does it mean that whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven? Is this some power that we have today or was it given strictly to the apostles?

What is the significance in believing in the Son? Is it not sufficient to believe in a loving and merciful Creator only?

Faith is one of those words that is difficult to tie down to one simple definition. According to a modern dictionary, faith is "unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence." As it regards the faith found in the Bible, this is simply not true. A. A. Hodge truly said, "Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition." Faith is not the opposite of fact or of scientific knowledge. The evidences of faith may operate differently than those of science, but they are there.

Did John the Baptist baptize Gentiles or only Jews?

What is the significance of Christ's words to his mother in John 2:1-5?

Why do people refer to the Bible as the word of God when the Bible teaches that Jesus is the Word of God?

What does it mean when it says that God is a spirit and we must worship him in spirit?

How many times does "water" occur in the Bible and what is it's significance?

Please distinguish the terms "vow", "oath", "swear" and "pledge." Some of these are interchangeable and some are referred to in the bible as totally different from each other. I'm specifically interested in what Jesus meant in Matthew 5:33-37 and how that applies to nowadays "pledging" for a building fund or other church projects.