This article gives an overview of the letter of James. It shows that James was written to encourage the church to maturity which is rooted in the true relationship with God.

Man must believe, yet it is impossible for man to choose to believe in Christ. How can both these statements be true? This is at the heart of the relationship between God’s sovereignty and human responsibility. This article explains this relationship.

Open theism claims that God does not really know the future. This article shows that if that were true, Romans 8:28-29 would be meaningless. God has complete foreknowledge of the future, including our suffering.

Why is that churches decline, and how do they recover? This article explains that a church declines when it loses its first love, shuns suffering, becomes lax in its orthodoxy, tolerates immorality, lacks spiritual life, and senses no personal need. The author goes on to explain several ways that churches recover, and experience renewed spiritual growth.