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I explained in a previous post, that the sovereignty of God is the Biblical teaching that all things that occur in the universe, our world and in our individual lives, are under God’s absolute rule and control, and that nothing happens in these domains apart from God ultimately permitting or ordaining that it occur. I […]

I noted in my previous post regarding the Biblical doctrine of the sovereignty of God, that despite being one of the major themes found in the Bible, it is an immensely challenging and controversial doctrine, being opposed and denied by both professing Christians and non-Christians alike.  I commented however that I found it to be

The sovereignty of God is one of the major themes of the Word of God.  However, it is an immensely challenging and controversial doctrine, being opposed and even denied both in and outside the Church. In my mind though, it is one of the most blessed and comforting doctrines revealed in scripture, particularly for such

The overarching focus of the first four books of the New Testament, what are referred to as the Gospels, is the person and work of God the Son, Jesus Christ, who came into this world as the promised Messiah, the one who will save repentant men and women from the eternal consequences of their sin,

Jesus in Luke 10:17-20, shares an account of an event that occurred during His ministry wherein His closest disciples, who He had given spiritual authority to assist Him in the proclamation of the Gospel, have just returned from a highly successful mission in which they have cast out demons and miraculously healed sick people, while

It should be obvious by now that I love writing about the love of God.  I mean, what could be more glorious, more exhilarating, more exciting, more fulfilling then to know that you are loved deeply and personally by the most glorious, most desirable, most excellent, most essential, most awesome Being in all of the

I would like you to ponder the following:  What motivates you to live like you do?  What is it that compels you to do certain things and constrains you from doing other things? What ultimately and primarily influences your decisions to act and behave in certain ways and not in others? For some, the answer

I noted in my previous post that what makes the “love of God” the greatest love of all is first and foremost that it is “His own love” (Romans 5:8), love that emanates from the heart of the infinitely glorious eternal God, whose nature and character is that of love (1 John 4:8), love which

In my previous post I acknowledged what is evident in the glory of the creation, in redemptive history as it is recorded in the Bible, and in the person and work of Jesus Christ, God the Son; namely that God’s love is the greatest love of all, far exceeding any love that man has for