13 Bible Promises about God’s Faithfulness January 13, 2024 by: Crossway 1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Psalm 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you? Psalm 36:5…
What Does Free Will Mean? January 12, 2024 by: Andrew David Naselli Incompatibilism and Compatibilism There are two mutually exclusive ways to answer the question, What does free will mean? and those two ways are incompatibilism and compatibilism. Stay with me here. I’m comparing incompatibilism as typically held by Arminians and compatibilism as typically held…
Good Authority Submits January 11, 2024 by: Jonathan Leeman Good Authority Is Not Unaccountable but Submits to a Higher Authority Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”—John 1:49 The Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For…
Why Is It So Hard to Discern the Work of the Holy Spirit in My Life? January 10, 2024 by: Fred Sanders The Pervasive Work of the Spirit The Spirit’s work in the life of a believer is pervasive. I call it prevenient. It goes before; it’s always there. The Spirit is always already at…
3 Ways That Scriptural Leadership Differs from Secular Leadership January 09, 2024 by: R. Scott Pace, Jim Shaddix Key Differentials Preaching is inherently a form of leadership. Our identity as pastors and the influential nature of our pulpit ministries necessarily define it as such. And like any aspect of Christian leadership, we must be careful…