Anger is unique among human vices in two ways. One, the Bible anthropomorphically describes God’s displaying anger. He is not provoked to lust, pride, or sloth, but He gets angry…
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Discounted Rate Ends Today: 2023 Kingsburg Conference
God’s grace is essential to the Christian faith. From start to finish, our redemption is accomplished by God alone, and it is by His sovereign grace that Jesus Christ is…
3 Things You Should Know about the Gospel of Mark
The gospel of Mark is the shortest of the four Gospels, but it is Christologically rich. As with the other Gospels, Mark needs to be approached as a continuous narrative…
What does it mean to rejoice always, even with all the evil in the world?
To rejoice always doesn’t mean that we rejoice in the evil. It doesn’t mean that we like suffering, although we rejoice even in suffering. The basic explanation is that we…
Who Was Saint Patrick and Should Christians Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
When it comes to Saint Patrick, the true story is even more exciting than the legend and the myth. The facts are far better than the fable. This day that…
How to Engage with Atheists, Agnostics, and Skeptics
We have known for decades that, across the Western world, secularism is on the rise. Census data indicates that “no religion” is an increasingly common response to the “What religion…
Apostasy and How It Happens
I can still recall the conversation although it took place more than three decades ago. A shocked friend asked, “Have you heard that Sarah is no longer a Christian?” What…
The Battle for the Table
There have been centuries of debate over the church’s understanding of the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Before we survey the critical issues involved, we need to understand that the…
What Is Temperance?
The word broken has a very different, if not opposite, meaning when speaking of a glass or a bicycle than it does when applied to a horse. A broken glass…
How did the Reformers view Islam?
The Reformers, especially the first and second generation of Reformers, had less immediate contact with Islam than some of the ancient churches that actually ended up bordering Islam. We know,…