This article reflects on one theme found in the letter to the Ephesians: the eternal purpose of God. God is the One who works all things according to the counsel of his own will. The article also observes the many references to time in the letter.

This article is about the covenant of redemption, the promises of the three Persons of the Trinity to one another before the world was made.

This article is about the covenant of redemption contracted between the three Persons of the Trinity before time began. The author also discusses the fall of Adam and Jesus Christ as the mediator of the covenant of grace.

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit has a perfect coincidence of will and purpose. They have a covenant of redemption in which they made promises to one another, and in which their different tasks in salvation is distinguished but not separated. This article specifically also looks at the role of the Holy Spirit in the covenant of redemption.

What is the plan of God for your life? This article considers four truths from the Bible that explain how great and inspiring is the plan of God.

This article considers how we often try to reconcile the sovereignty of God with evil. It shows that God does not merely permit evil, but ordains it.

This article features some of the major characteristics of the decree of God, with ample biblical support.

The death of Christ was not accidental. Rather, it was a definite and certain event determined by God in his eternal purpose. The author of this article explains this assertion in detail from Scripture.

The "wisdom of God" refers both to the eternal decrees of God and his commands. This article explains these two.

The plans of God are always accomplished. God does not simply plan and then leave it to men to dispose. Whatever God plans, man fulfills.

If God is the ultimate cause of all that comes to pass, including evil and sinful things, can he be rightly charged with unrighteousness? This article considers the discussion on how to reconcile the problem of evil with a good God. It explains with some biblical illustrations that though God is the ultimate cause of all things, he is never the efficient cause of evil, and thus is not blameworthy for it.

This is an extensive defense from Scripture of the doctrine of the sovereignty of God, touching upon words such as chosen, elect, election, calling, appointed, and ordained. The article also touches on the nature of the human will.

This article considers the question whether God foreordained evil and suffering.

This article discusses what it means when we say that God has two wills.

Loraine Boettner offers a philosophical argument against the Arminian view of the foreknowledge of God.

This article considers the following question: in view of the so-called double predestination of (1) some to eternal life and (2) others to eternal condemnation, what is the nature of God’s predestination in either case? Shedd says that God’s predestination unto life brings about holiness in a sinner, while his predestination unto sin leaves a person in his sin.

This article on the sovereignty of God looks at creation, the rule of God in this world to reach his purpose with everything, foreknowledge and foreordination. The author also discusses Romans 8:29 and Ephesians 1:4.

The author of this article vigorously opposes the use of the expression, "The atonement is sufficient for all, but efficient only for the elect." This is the expression associated with the doctrine of limited atonement that is confessed in the Reformed tradition.

This treatise considers the discussion of the decrees of God between two major groups: those who prefer supralapsarianism and those who opt for infralapsarianism. The author traces this controversy to the struggle between Augustine and Pelagius. There were strong views for and against the two options.