If God is the ultimate cause of all that comes to pass, including evil and sinful things, can he be rightly charged with unrighteousness? This article considers the discussion on how to reconcile the problem of evil with a good God. It explains with some biblical illustrations that though God is the ultimate cause of all things, he is never the efficient cause of evil, and thus is not blameworthy for it.

This article reveals the journey of understanding that Martin Luther went on, from trying to please God on his own to discovering justification by faith through grace in Christ alone.

This article considers the place and function of commentaries in the preacher's sermon preparation.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 7:1, which offers a concise doctrine of sanctification.

This article offers an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 6:17-2 Corinthians 7:1.

This article offers some biblical advice for those considering adoption or in vitro fertilization.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 8:9.

This article illustrates how each book of the Pentateuch is filled with God's grace.

This article explains the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints.

Can Roman Catholics be considered Christians? This article takes a look at ten doctrines that render Rome outside of Christ.

This article explains the doctrine of irresistible grace.

This article explains the doctrine of limited atonement.

This article discusses the doctrine of unconditional election.

This article begins by discussing the term "Calvinism." It offers a brief overview of the commitment of John Calvin to proclaim the glory of God, in the midst of a life of great suffering. Then it discusses the doctrine of total depravity.

This article considers the sins of gossip and slander. It shows how destructive these are, as Scripture calls them murderous, and it shows what a follower of Christ should do when faced with slanderous reports.

This article outlines the fundamental antithesis between the believer and the unbeliever, through the lens of 2 Corinthians 6:14-15.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 6:14.

Have you ever heard someone say, "I just can't forgive myself"? Is that biblical? This article points out seven problems with the idea of self-forgiveness.

This article examines the teaching of annihilationism, and shows that it is biblically indefensible.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 5:5.

This article explains how the task of ministry involves all members of the local church. It takes its cue from Ephesians 4:11-13.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 5:2-4, which is to be a minister's perspective on life, death, and resurrection.

This article offers eight biblical truths about abortion.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 5:1.

This article lists ten problems among churches that will not practice church discipline.

This article evaluates continuationist arguments from 1 Corinthians 14, showing that the gift of languages was the miraculous ability to speak an unlearned language known by others.

This article considers the origin of Buddhism, its various teachings, and why the author is not a Buddhist.

This article is an exposition and application of 1 Corinthians 13:4-5.

This article discusses Luke 10:38-42, and the lessons to be learned from Martha's misplaced priorities.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 5:16-17.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 4:10-11.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 4:8-9.

This article discusses the difference between true and false repentance, as the apostle Paul discusses it in 2 Corinthians 7:9-11.

This article focuses on a fundamental principle for Christian ministry: the contrast between the glory of the new covenant ministry and the shame of the new covenant minister. This comes from 2 Corinthians 4:7.

This article is an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 5:9.

This article is an exposition of 2 Corinthians 5:6-8.

Having discussions at your home about your children and social media? This article offers seven discussion points to have with them on the matter. Two words feature as essential in the discussion: necessity and maturity.

Honouring our parents is a lifelong duty. This article shows some ways we can apply Ephesians 6:1-3 as adult children. We are to be thankful for our parents, talk to them, ask for their advice, pray for them, encourage them, tell them the truth, and take care of them.

This article unpacks the meaning and implications of 1 Corinthians 13:4, that love believes all things. The article reveals that our struggle to give others the benefit of the doubt often has more to do with our inflated view of ourselves.

This article discusses the implications that the resurrection of Christ has for our justification.

What did the resurrection mean for the Lord Jesus? This article offers some considerations from a biblical and theological perspective. It discusses how Christ in his resurrection functioned as the last Adam, the Son of David and Israel's Messiah, the fulfillment God's covenant promises, and the vindication of his own testimony in his ministry.

This article outlines and critiques five common lies about the resurrection: the Lord did not know he was going to die, the cross was a defeat, the Lord's greatest pain was physical, his death on the cross was insufficient, and Christians celebrate Easter once a year.

Since no one can resist God's will, how is it fair that he still finds fault? This is the objection Paul anticipates in Romans 9:19. This article shows how to make sense of the objection, which itself is a proof of the sovereignty of God.

This article offers the second part of an evaluation of the Celebrate Recovery addictions program. It shows how the program's theology clashes with sound Christian theology, particularly the doctrines of God, man, salvation, assurance of salvation, sanctification, and the church. The article concludes by suggesting alternatives to this program.

This article offers a summary of the Celebrate Recovery addictions program, whereupon it starts to offer an evaluation. It takes significant issue with the program's (mis)use of Scripture.

Ever had to confront someone because of their sin? The apostle Paul in Galatians 6:1-2 gives us specific guidelines for biblical confrontation. This article distills four requirements from this text.

This article on worship shows by way of Psalm 100 the ways in which the church should worship on Sundays: with joy, gratitude, and sincerity.

This article discusses how Christians relate to one another, as brothers and sisters in Christ. This designation dominates the thinking of the apostle Paul in his letters, especially the letter to the Philippians.

Why was the virgin conception of Christ necessary? This article outlines five reasons.

This article reflects on the wondrous conjunction of the excellencies in Christ as the God-man, the Word made flesh. As examples, it ponders how the uncreated Creator was created, or how the fountain of living waters knew what it was to become thirsty.

Have you ever heard of the phrase, "What would Jesus do?" Have you said it yourself? This article shows the origins of this slogan, its contemporary usage, and evaluates its usefulness. The author finds the saying unhelpful at best, and downright dangerous at worst, and proposes a different set of words to go with the acronym WWJD.

This article exposits and applies Philippians 4:18, about cheerful giving.

What are you to make of a Christian's claim that God led them to do something? This article considers what we are permitted to say concerning the leading of the Holy Spirit in our life.

This article lists seven reasons with the Roman Catholic view of Mary (Mariology).

This article explains the teaching of soul sleep ("psychopannychism"), and follows up with why this teaching is not biblical. The believer who dies is immediately with the Lord Jesus.

How many reasons for joy can you list for being part of a local church? This article offers a total of twenty-five!

This article reveals the hazards that issue from Arminian teaching. Some of those mentioned are: the plain sense of much of Scripture is harmed, salvation by works is advocated, man's ability to reason is exalted, and God is forbidden from doing as he wants.

This article considers how we often try to reconcile the sovereignty of God with evil. It shows that God does not merely permit evil, but ordains it.

This article presents five problems with the Roman Catholic practice of confession: priests cannot see the heart, only God can forgive sin, the practice encourages easy-believism, it propagates sin, and it damns people to hell.

This article offers nine reminders for Christians as we minister to those who are suffering. It brings Scripture to bear on the matter, urging great wisdom in how we speak to the suffering.

This article offers an exposition and application of 2 Corinthians 3:3.

This article addresses the issue of abortion by showing from Scripture how highly God prioritizes children.

This article shows from passages like Philippians 1:29 how suffering for Christ is a gift of God's grace, established and used by him.

This article outlines the various views and theories concerning Christ's work on the cross: the ransom theory, the satisfaction theory, the moral influence theory, the governmental theory, and penal substitution. Though all have pieces of truth in them, the final view is the most thoroughly biblical.

This article outlines what makes gluttony a sin that is more difficult to identify than one would expect. There is no test that is a one-size-fits-all. At the same time, it does get to the heart of what makes gluttony a sin.

This article includes an excerpt from John Murray's Redemption Accomplished and Applied, in which he discusses Romans 8:31-39 in relation to the question of the extent of Christ's atonement for sinners.

This article considers what our bodies will be like when glorified, and it draws from 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 to do so.

This article demonstrates ample reasons why the Christian always needs to maintain a humble, teachable spirit.

This article responds to the notion that Christianity and homosexuality are not mutually exclusive. Some say that the word translated "homosexuals" does not refer to committed same-sex relationships but to abusive male-male relationships. This article provides a cogent refutation by Robert Gagnon.

This article exposits and applies 2 Corinthians 2:4.

This article gives ten reasons why hardship or adversity is beneficial, especially for young men.

This article is an exposition of 2 Corinthians 2:3, on mutual joy.

This article is an exposition of Philippians 2:10-11.

This article gives three reasons not to be a Mormon. Mormonism deviates from the sufficiency of Scripture, from the biblical teaching of Christ's deity, and from the true gospel of Christ.

This article explores three reasons not to belong to the Jehovah's Witnesses cult: their teaching is taken from a misleading translation of the Bible, it denies the deity of Christ, and denies the resurrection of Christ.

This article is an exposition of 2 Corinthians 1:18-20.

This article discusses the Hebrew way of counting, to show that the Lord Jesus was indeed in the grave for three days.

This article is an exposition of 2 Corinthians 1:12-13.

Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter or not? This article considers the account of Judges 11 within the context of the book as a whole, and cannot avoid concluding that he did. The author urges us to let the text stand as is, to see how badly Israel needed God's deliverance.

This article offers seven truths to arm God's people for the spiritual warfare against sin.

This article lays out the discussion surrounding the question of whether or not the Lord Jesus sweat blood in the garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:44).

This article reviews a popular reading of Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength," and finds it wanting. Out of context, the verse reads like a promise for whatever is desired. But in context, it is a verse about contentment.

This article, in summary form, explains why Christians believe in the Trinity.

This article offers five characteristics of the gentleness that God wants us to have as followers of Christ.

This article explains the Lord Jesus' word to Peter in Matthew 16:18, and shows how the Roman Catholic interpretation of this passage does not do it justice. Christ is the bedrock of the New Testament church.

This article describes the horror of dying on a cross, which included the curse of God as the worst of it all.

How are we supposed to obey the command to rejoice in the Lord if true Christian joy is a gift of God? This article answers, suggesting the use of means, such as Scripture reading, prayer, fellowship, creation & providence, and obedience.

This article discusses the nature of Christian joy. It explains how joy is a duty, it is more than an emotion, and joylessness is a sin.

This article shows how central Christian joy is to the teaching of the New Testament, and thus to the Christian life.

This article is an exposition of Philippians 4:1.

This article offers an exposition of Philippians 3:20, on our heavenly citizenship.

This article surveys every passage in Scripture with a reference to fasting, and offers insight on how Christians today might interact with the biblical data.

Ever been called a legalist, or called someone that? This article considers five all-too-common legalism charges that are unfounded.

This article weighs in on the question of the authorship of Hebrews, and offers four reasons why the author thinks Paul was the author.

This article weighs in on the question of the authorship of Hebrews, and offers four reasons why Hebrews should be left in anonymity.

This article is an exposition of Philippians 3:20-21.

Did Jesus become the literal embodiment of sin, or become a sinner when he died at Calvary? This article addresses this question in light of 2 Corinthians 5:21.

This article outlines the main differences between Roman Catholic theology and Protestants regarding the gospel. These differences concern justification, the place of the pope, mass vs. communion, Mary, and purgatory.

This article considers how the charismatic movement defines key spiritual gifts. It defines the relevant terms, considers the gifts in the New Testament, discusses the criteria Scripture gives for evaluating someone's claim to be a prophet, looks at how the contemporary version of the gift of tongues matches the biblical data, and concludes by considering the gift of healing.

This article evaluates the modern gift of prophecy that the charismatic movement claims, in the light of the Word of God. It defines terms, speaks about how to recognize a false prophet, shows how charismatics rationalize fallible prophecy, and provides charismatic objections raised in response. It shows how the charismatic position is at odds with the sufficiency of Scripture.