Has God Failed?

Am I Predestined?

In 1524 Erasmus of Rotterdam decided to engage the famous Martin Luther in a debate over free will and salvation. Critical of Luther’s grace-oriented approach, Erasmus warned that Christians should not “through irreverent inquisitiveness rush into those things which are hidden, not to say superfluous.” Among the list of irreverent or superfluous debates, Erasmus included […]

The Church: Visible, Invisible, or Both?

When Protestants speak of the distinction between the visible and the invisible church, it is not without good reason. We make this distinction because we recognize Scripture’s clear portrayal of the church as both the elect people of God, whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life (Rev. 21:27), and the visible community […]

Is God Unfair?

No, life isn’t fair,” said the journalist, whose livelihood was touring the world to cover disasters. “Earth-quakes, tsunamis, famines, floods, pandemics, volcanic eruptions-they just happen, and that’s all you can say about them. You can work out afterwards what triggered at least some of them, but you can’t predict them with any accuracy, and you […]

Called by the King

I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.” This opening line of the Apostle’s Creed is familiar to us, yet what do we really mean when we use the word Almighty when referring to God our Father? Fearful (Ps. 1:1) or wonderful (Rom. 11:38) come close to describing what we mean, […]

Calvinism and Arminianism At-a-Glance

“The Man of Sin: Uncovering the Truth About the Antichrist” by Kim Riddlebarger

There are few theological topics that have been the source of more speculation than the doctrine of the Antichrist. A perusal of the shelves of almost any Christian bookstore will reveal literally dozens of titles dedicated to identifying who or what this “Antichrist” is. Most of these titles are written by popularizers of the dispensationalist […]