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There is a common claim among some semi-Pelagian groups, namely Mormons, universalists, and professed unbelievers, that there is something u...

 In the Parable of the Great Banquet (Luke 14:12-24), we find this statement from the master of the house (representing Jesus): " Go ou...

" Thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of ...

I frequently refer to Romans 1:18:  " The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, wh...

Many professing evangelicals, perhaps even most (I think so), claim that the decision for belief or unbelief is made by the hearer of the Go...

At the end of His earthly ministry, Jesus gave this assignment to His church: " All authority in heaven and on earth has been given t...

There is an unfortunate tendency among Christians to define everything in two opposing theses. That is unfortunate because life doesn't ...

" How long will the land mourn      and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it      the beasts and the ...

When asked to cite the Great Commission, most Christians will immediately refer to Matthew 28:19-20. Some will go to Acts 1:8. And there is ...

     In our original creation, God gave our first parents certain responsibilities in the new world. As the bearer of the imago dei , Ada...

Question 45 of the Westminster Larger Catechism asks, How does Christ execute the office of a king? And answers it this way: " Christ...

One conclusion that I have had from the debate over believers' baptism versus infant baptism is that it is not a matter of the scriptura...

We hear news stories of the persecution of Christians, such as at the hands of the Islamic State in the Middle East. Our natural reaction...

In Acts 14:8-18, we have the account of a visit to the city of Lystra , a Greek city in what is now Turkey. While there, Paul sees a man ion...

Many readers will be familiar with the hymn, " Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken ," by John Newton (also the author of "A...

" Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healin...

The Sign of New Life for Many Muslims News is trickling out of Iraq of thousands of Kurdish Muslims converting to Christ, because they h...

Buddhism sets a very different spiritual goal from evangelical Christianity. Where a Christian finds eternal life in redemption in Jesus Chr...

Jonathan Edwards is probably the most famous theologian ever produced by the United States. Even though he died about twenty years before ...

“ Seek the Lord while He may be found;      call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake his way,      and the unrighteous man...