Understanding God’s holiness is key to answering the call on Christian to be holy. This article explains that God’s holiness is His character and makes us love God, it also shows how this relates to our holiness.
How do you resist the temptation of Satan? There are six arguments Satan uses to lure your heart to give in to temptation. Know them and know how to respond to them in resisting temptation.
Adoption is an act of God’s grace in making you His child. How do you know that you are a child of God? This article explains the work of the Holy Spirit in giving the assurance of adoption. It explains the testimony and sealing work of the Spirit.
Christians at times face impossible situation, be it life crisis or temptations. This article explains that God is able to work in impossibilities and bring deliverance. How does God’s deliverance work?
How do you deal with young converts in church? There are two things young Christians must guard against – neglecting prayer and being aware of the world. Young converts must be encouraged and guided to make the profession of faith in the right time.
Who is the devil? How does he work? This article explains that Satan aims at God’s children. It explains the purpose of his spiritual attacks, his methods and how Christians should exercise discernment.
Who is the devil? How does he work? This article explains that Satan aims at God’s children. What does he aim at? The spiritual attacks of Satan are directed to faith, prayer, preaching and emotions. It gives guidance on how Christian can resist the devil.
How do you deal with young converts in church? There are two things to consider when dealing with young Christians: protect them from self-deception and build them up in faith and holiness.
What is the place of prayer in the Christian life? This article draws wisdom from John Calvin. It looks at his explanation of the relationship between the word and prayer, the profitableness of prayer, call to prayer and the posture of prayer.
How do you deal with young converts in church? There are four things to consider when dealing with young Christians: direct them where to find comfort, help them form their opinions based on scripture, warn them against sin and backsliding.
When it comes to conversion the sinner is both passive and active. How? The article explains by showing how the Holy Spirit works conversion in the life of the sinner.
Love is one of the distinguishing traits of Christian character. How? This article explains by showing that this love is reflected in every believer and marks each one, it also shows the nature of brotherly love.
Christian are heirs in Christ. What does it mean to be an heir in Christ? This article explains the future glory of Christians and the implications it has for their daily life.
What does it mean to be born again? Regeneration is the work of Holy Spirit through the word whereby He brings new life to the believer. How does this happen?
The Christian’s call to holiness is rooted in the holiness of God. This article explains the necessity of self-discipline for the cultivation of holiness. It defines self-discipline and explains its relation to holiness.
How do people come to salvation? Salvation is God’s gift which He gives through the gospel call to sinners. This is a call to faith and repentance. This article explains how God does this.
The experience of conversion differs with every Christian. However, the characteristics of conversion are always the same. This article explains those characteristics.
What should Christians believe about the second coming of Christ? This article explains the biblical and confessional teaching on Christ’s return. The necessity of Christ coming, the manner of it, the time of it, and the nature of it are discussed. It draws implications for the church.
We are not only called to hear God’s word; God’s word must be applied in our hearts. How does this happen? The application of word in preaching is the work of the Holy Spirit. This article explains the relationship between the word and Spirit.
Preaching is essential to the life of the congregation, yet it is always difficult. This article considers the value of a so-called preaching circle, where area pastors regularly meet for preaching sessions among themselves in order to grow in their preaching.
Through persecutions God builds his church. This was not different during the time of Guido de Brès, the author of the Belgic Confession. This article looks at the life of this man, and his work through the suffering he endured under the Roman Catholic Church. This article shows how God directs history in his providence to the upbuilding of his church.
This article looks at the consolation of the sick through the ages. The author also discusses a treatise, The Consolation of the Sick, that was written for the purpose of guiding people on their death bed. The article ends with important pastoral guidelines when counselling a dying person.
The Reformation in Spain is a very humbling account of how God works through persecutions to build his church. Think about Francisco San Roman, Johannes Froben, Julian Hernandez and other [[Reformers]. Do you know these names? Read how God in his providence directed history to the glory of his name.
Not so much is spoken about the link between the Reformation and France. In this article we learn how the Reformation spread from France to other countries, and how John Calvin was used by God for this. The flourishing of the faith and the persecution suffered by Christian are documented here.
Imagine someone telling you that a donkey is better than you. How would that feel? Well God did it. In this article one is brought to a sense of how rebellious we are in our nature, and yet how gracious God is, as he tells us in Jeremiah 8:7 and Isaiah 1:3.
It is a given that every Christian will face some form of affliction. How should we respond to afflictions when they come? This article will draw you to the way you should think about and respond to afflictions.
When one thinks about the Middle East, often Islam comes to mind as the dominant religion. Has it always been like that? In this article the author reveals how the mission work of the early church spread through the East and how Christianity was dominant there. Lessons are drawn on why Christianity declined. This is an article to read to learn the other side of church history.
There is no denying that we are facing moral bankruptcy in our culture. This has a great impact also on the church. How should we live as Christians in times like these? This article draws some lessons from the early church. How did they face this challenge? What difference did they make?
