This article explains that God's calling and presence in our daily lives are constant, which can be rejoiced over even and especially in times of grief.

What should you do if you face deposition or you come to the end of pastoral ministry? Does it mean you have lost your calling? This article indicates that you need to have wisdom and remember your responsibilities towards your family.

This article explains that when it comes to the callto the ministry, a personal sense of calling is insufficient. The subjective sense must be validated by others, particularly the church.

When calling a pastor, a church should not confuse knowledge and skills, with spiritual maturity. This article explains, with biblical examples, that crucial to the calling of a pastor is the man's heart.

Your calling as a Christian is rooted in the strength, wisdom, and ability of Another. This article explains this from the story of Gideon as recorded in Judges 6:11-16.

What is at the heart of a pastor's calling? As a theologian, he does not teach simply what the church has historically believed, but he teaches out of his personal theological convictions. This article explains that a pastor's personal confession is intertwined with his own theology.

Do you have a passion for doing work in God's kingdom but not sure where God is calling you to go? This article offers four questions and answers to help you work through this issue.

Rediscovering the truth that work is a calling or a vocation is important to seeing work as worship. This is what the article argues, drawing implications of this for the church.

Are you called to the ministry? How do you know? There are two things to consider for calling to the ministry, the internal call and the external call. This article explains them.

Is your work a calling from God? Are you called by God to marry the person you want to marry? What does it mean to be called by God? While the Bible uses the word in different ways, this article examines the invoking of a "calling from God" to affirm decisions.

What is the order of the application of redemption? The article deals with this question and establishes the order of salvation: calling, regeneration, faith and repentance, justification, adoption, sanctification, perseverance, and glorification.

The Reformation taught that God gives each believer a calling that is distinct but not separate from the call unto salvation. Therefore the Christian life requires faithfulness to the specific calling that God gives each believer.

How can you tell if you are called to pastoral ministry? There are ten questions you may want to consider in thinking about your calling.

Calling has two sides, the inward call and the external call. This is the way God works to call people into the ministry.

How can you know if you are called to pastoral ministry? 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 give the biblical answer to this question of calling. This article offers six question you can ask as a checklist for yourself.

How do you know that you are called to preach? This article suggests that there are six distinguishing marks of a true calling to the ministry.

This is an extensive defense from Scripture of the doctrine of the sovereignty of God, touching upon words such as chosen, elect, election, calling, appointed, and ordained. The article also touches on the nature of the human will.

Martin Luther refuted the view that the true Christian calling involved becoming a monk. He began affirming the spiritual value of the ordinary profession as part of one's high calling. But the Christian church has since abused this teaching as well, and man is once again faced by his own greed versus a true godly vocation.

Effectual calling refers to the activity of God, who makes a person receptive and responsive to the truth he hears. This article explains how effectual calling relates to preaching and how it should shape the view of those preached to.

This article explains the relationship between regeneration, calling, and repentance. How do these three work in bringing man to salvation? This question the article answers.

To the Reformers all labour was accepted as a calling and performed as unto the Lord. This article maps the path that led the church to embrace the dualistic view of life and forget the implications of the priesthood of all believers. It shows that embracing the call to follow Christ is foundational to understand the theology of work. This is how the church can recover the biblical truth of vocation.

Fundamental to the calling to particular kinds of work is the calling to follow Christ. This article shows how the two callings relate. Then it shows how to view God's calling and guiding of people to various kinds of work.

Atheism, lack of work ethic, and a dualistic approach to life by the church have killed the sense of life and work as a calling. This article shows that developing a theology of work can help the church to regain the sense of life and work as vocation.

When is it that someone can say he is called to the ministry? This article provides some clarity to this question. Calling is the work of God through the Holy Spirit. The author identifies three essentials aspects of the call to ministry.

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, teaches us to care for and gather in his sheep through the preaching of the gospel. The author of this article discusses the characteristics and calling of a true undershepherd working on the mission field, both at home and abroad.

This article gives principles that must govern Christian students in their studies. Students should view their education as a calling from God and a way of serving Him.

In Isaiah 55:1-3, God is the one calling and inviting people to come to Him. This invitation is for the thirsty - those who are called by God's grace.

Christians are sometimes described as the "called ones". This article shows that calling is the work of God, and that God normally calls His people through preaching. This calling finds its foundation in the grace of God.

Working from Matthew 22:14, this article shows the relationship between calling and election. Though the gospel is preached to many, only those who are elected believe.

This article is a the second in a trilogy which looks at the golden chain of salvation - predestination, calling, justification and glorification. Here the author focusses on the topics of predestination and calling, looking at the concepts of God's general call and His effectual call.

In this article the author discusses the teaching of the Protestant Reformers (Luther, Calvin, and the Puritans) toward issues of wealth, work, interest, and calling. His aim is to show us what a typical “Protestant Work Ethic" would look like.

What is the Church's primary calling and mission?

These two articles looks at election, the sovereignty of God, calling and preaching and the assurance of faith from 2 Thessalonians 2:13-15.

What is the proper way to react when we realize our life as a disciple of Christ does not match the nature of our calling? This article is about sanctification.