Be Still (and know that you’re loved) by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | January 2010

The children of God are rather different from the children of men. We have been reborn by a sovereign God. They have not. We have been redeemed by a sovereign God. They have not. We are being remade by a …Read More

The Providence of Jesus by Jerry Bridges

FROM TABLETALK | June 2008

The feeding of the five thousand, recorded in Matthew 14:13–21, is probably the most well known of all of Jesus’ miracles. It is the only one recorded by all four of the gospel writers (see Mark 6:30 …Read More

The Sovereignty of God—Has God Lost Control? by Philip Hughes

The condition of our world is such today that many are questioning whether the classical doctrine of the Absolute Sovereignty of Almighty God can still have any meaning. Human society is in a state of seething unrest. Quite apart from …Read More

The Sovereignty of God and Evangelism by Paul Helm

FROM TABLETALK | June 2012

Many people struggle with God’s sovereignty in election because they believe it excludes the activity of evangelism. If people are eternally elected or not, they ask, what good will preaching do? What difference will it make? However, as Scripture …Read More

Ten Years Later by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | September 2011

The world has changed. We are not the same people we were on September 10, 2001. The events of September 11, 2001, and the events that followed in ensuing years have not only changed America but nations and peoples throughout …Read More

Why? The Nagging Question by Paul Helm

FROM TABLETALK | June 2006

We routinely speak of “the problem of evil.” But during the Christian era there have been two main problems of evil, and it is important to distinguish these, as well as how Christians ought to respond to them. Let us …Read More

The Generous Landowner by Jerry Bridges

FROM TABLETALK | August 2008

Chapter divisions in the Bible are usually helpful as they allow us to find our way around the Scriptures. Occasionally, however, they can hinder our understanding of a passage if they cause us to look at it apart from its …Read More

Ten Years Later by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | September 2011

A full decade has passed since America suffered the tragedy of 9/11. Ten years ago, I repeatedly heard the question raised: “Where was God in all of this? Where was God on 9/11 when the planes crashed into …Read More

What If or If God? by J.R. Vassar

FROM TABLETALK | September 2011

I love the Lord of the Rings. I remember sitting in a hotel room in Seattle, Washington, in December of 2003, reading the last book of the trilogy, The Return of the King. I had just spent the previous few …Read More

Can God Bless America? by John MacArthur

FROM TABLETALK | September 2011

In this era of terrorism, poverty, oppression and a few less-distinct enemies, waves of patriotism occasionally revive the slogan “God Bless America.” Sadly, though, the sentiment long ago became a cliché to which people rarely give serious thought. The phrase …Read More

Suffering and the Glory of God by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | February 2013

I once visited with a woman who was dying from uterine cancer. She was greatly distressed, but not only from her physical ailment. She explained to me that she had had an abortion when she was a young woman, and …Read More

Broken Homes in the Bible by Richard Pratt Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | December 2011

Unless you live in complete isolation, you have seen a broken home. Maybe it’s the family of a friend or a relative; maybe it’s your own home. Families fall apart in ways that are short-lived and lifelong, hidden …Read More

“Double” Predestination by R.C. Sproul

“A horrible decree… .” “Most ruthless statement… .” “A terrible theological theory… .” “An illegitimate inference of logic… .” These and other similar epithets have been used frequently to articulate displeasure and revulsion at the Reformed doctrine of double predestination. Particularly abhorrent to many …Read More

Faith and the Power of God by Jerry Bridges

FROM TABLETALK | July 2008

The healing of the demon possessed boy (Matt. 17:14–20) at first glance seems to be only one more in a series of miraculous healings recorded by Matthew. What makes this one unique is Jesus’ emphasis on the role …Read More

For My Good? by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | January 2010

In 1993, my wife and I were involved in an historic train wreck. The crash of the Sunset Limited into an inlet from Mobile Bay killed more passengers than any Amtrak accident in history. We survived that eerie accident but …Read More