- All
- Angels and Demons
- Apologetics
- Assurance
- Bibles
- Christianity and Culture
- The Church
- Church Leadership
- Controversies in the Church
- Cross
- Ethics
- Evangelism and Missions
- Faith
- God
- Grief and Death
- Heaven and Hell
- Heresies
- Holiness
- The Holy Spirit
- Incarnation
- Jesus Christ
- Justification
- Knowing God’s Will
- Law and Gospel
- Life of Jesus
- Man and Sin
- Marriage and Family
- Parenting
- Philosophy
- Practical Theology
- Prayer
- Regeneration
- Repentance and Forgiveness
- Roman Catholicism
- Sabbath
- Sacraments
- Salvation
- Sanctification and Growth
- Scripture
- Sovereignty
- Spiritual Growth
- Unconditional Election
- Worship
-
Why should we pray if God has planned all things?
In a way that’s a form of a bigger question that sometimes people who ask that question don’t ask, which is, “If God has planned all things, why should we do anything?” And we understand that what we do as …Read More
-
Why should I become a formal church member?
By however a church does it, and churches do it in different ways, what we are actually doing by becoming a formal member is saying “I’m committing myself to you. I’m committing myself to the Lord, and I’m committing myself …Read More
-
Why did Jesus speak in parables?
He actually answers that question Himself, or gives one answer to it, when He tells the parable of the sower and the soils and His disciples don’t get it. They come to Him and say, “What was that all about?” …Read More
-
Did the Holy Spirit indwell or regenerate Old Testament saints before the resurrection?
GODFREY: He regenerated people in the Old Testament just the same as in the New. MOHLER: As the writer of the book of Hebrews ends chapter eleven, it was meant by God that they not be saved apart from us …Read More
-
How do I know that I am elect? How do I know my faith is genuine?
The way in which we come to know our election is through faith in Christ. So we must never try to bypass Jesus Christ, because, for example, as Paul says in Ephesians 1, we are chosen in Christ before the …Read More
-
Do you have any advice for new ministers in the Bible Belt surrounded by charismatic influence?
The one thing I would say in a local church situation is to make sure your focus is on the person, ministry, and work of Christ. If folks really are the Lord’s sheep, Jesus assures us that they’ll hear His …Read More
-
How do you know if God has called you to be a pastor?
When Paul is reflecting on young Timothy who has been called to the ministry, he says to him in 2 Timothy 1:6, “Fan into flame the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.” …Read More
-
In this day when the gospel is considered offensive, how can I work without losing my job?
That’s a question you need to go and ask your pastor or minister really. That’s not the kind of question that can be answered just in a blanket way. But one of the things I would say to people is, …Read More
-
Is it biblical to say God “loves you” to believers and nonbelievers alike?
Historically and theologically, we distinguish among three types of divine love. There is God’s love of benevolence, where God has a kind spirit to the whole world. His benevolent will and love fall on everybody. There is also the sense …Read More
-
Since God is sovereign, what is the purpose of intercessory prayer?
There are layers of answers to that. One purpose is obedience to God, because in so many different places we are urged to pray, and we are urged to pray without ceasing. So even if we were not able to …Read More
-
Is there a point where we can go too far in confessing our sins to one another?
NICHOLS: If it’s a particular sin against a brother or a sister, sometimes we think, “Well, I’ve confessed that to God. I’m now forgiven of that sin.” But I think we do have another obligation if it was a particular …Read More
-
Does the Bible preclude the existence of life elsewhere in the universe?
MOHLER: The answer is no; that’s speculative. What it does make very clear is that the entire cosmos was created for the drama of redemption, as Calvin said. The cosmos is a theater of God’s redemption, of what would take …Read More
-
Does the Bible say the Sabbath changed from Saturday to Sunday?
That’s a great question, and I love the implication of the question, namely, that the Sabbath did change. Part of the problem we face in our time is a lot of people think the Sabbath is entirely passé. One place …Read More
‹ Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next ›
