Truly, every sinner elected unto salvation by God is, in part, responsible for the death of Jesus. Our sins made nailing ...

Throughout its history, the church has struggled with the concept of what is called the “intermediate state”—our position between the time we die and the time Christ consummates his kingdom and ...

The Bible tells us that the end of our sanctification will be our glorification, when all vestigial remnants of sin will be removed from our character. We will be ...

Looking out at the world today, Christians can easily lose heart. The Apostle Paul evidently felt the same way. His remedy was to teach us to focus not on the things that are seen but on the things ...

THOMAS: This is a tough nut to crack here. God is never unfair, though He may seem unfair to us, which is the narrative of the book of Job. In the end, however, Job was schooled that God is never ...

There are a couple of things we need to understand about this statement. In the first place, the word that is translated “perfect” literally means “be complete.” So often, the New Testament and the ...

It’s not necessarily the devil that attacks Christians, but it may be his interns. Maybe we’re not important enough to get the attention of Satan. Satan isn’t present everywhere. He’s not omnipresent.

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Dr. Keith A. Mathison is professor of systematic theology at Reformation Bible College in Sanford, Fla. He is author of many books, including The Lord’s Supper: Answers to Common Questions.

The beatific vision is the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise that we will see God. That is the essence of it. Then, we have to ask, “What does Jesus mean by seeing God?” We have to say that it is not a ...

Propitiation describes the means by which the wrath of God is turned away from us. There are two places in the New Testament where it is especially important. In Romans 3, Paul speaks about Jesus ...

Simply put, covenant theology is the basic understanding of the whole Bible story and a description of the way in which God relates to His creation and humanity. For example, when Paul describes the ...