The atonement was meant for the elect alone. But what about biblical texts that says Jesus died for all, or the world? This article looks at those texts and gives the answer.

Matthew 1:20 records the work of the Holy Spirit in the conception of Jesus.

What is the place of good works in the Christian life? This article answers that question.

This article focuses on the preaching of John Chrysostom. Attention is given to answering the question: what is the role of the preacher in the process of bringing change in the lives of those to whom he is preaching?

This article shares some insights into the process of making a sermon and preaching it.

The article explains that a worldview that only accounts for the material world can only result to one thing: nihilism.

In Islam, Muslims are taught about Christians. This article shows what such teaching entails and how can Christians can think about it as they seek to reach Muslims.

It is important to understand the view of Jesus taught in Islam in order to teach Muslims about the true Jesus. This article helps in this matter.

God has given the responsibility to govern and rule the church to elders, with deacons to help.

This article explains that the ten commandments teach us more than just how to believe; they teach what it looks like for the holy and righteous character of God to take on flesh in the context of a sinful and fallen world.

There are four misconceptions about sanctification. This article mentions them, and explains how to counter them: sanctification is loving the Triune God, calmness in life, repentance, and law-keeping.

What happens to the believer at death? This article shows that there is life after death whereby believers are freed from evil and are with Christ in heaven.

What are reasons for lack of prayer? This article suggests the following: lack of motivation, not knowing what to pray for, and God’s sovereignty. The author goes on to shows how an understanding of God’s promises will fuel believers to pray.

What do you feed your mind with? This article explains that what we think ultimately determines how we live, and therefore Christians must develop a thinking that is filled with God’s Word.

This article explains that our responses to our daily challenges reveal a great deal about our heart attitudes directing our behaviour.

This article explains how the furniture in the tabernacle points us to Christ.

There a huge difference between biblical slavery and slavery as it was practiced in the Western world. What is that difference? This article answers that question.

This article shows how Christ’s indirect claims to his own deity are highly significant, and rather compelling.

What is the connection between reason and faith, the spiritual world and physical world? This article shows that they are all connected by the lordship of Christ.

Are children born with Down's Syndrome undeserving of life as some say? This article shows that being created in the image of God gives unconditional value and dignity also to those with Down's Syndrome.

How would you respond if you were invited to a same-sex wedding? This article says that a Christian response to an invitation to a homosexual wedding should be to decline but with clear reasons.

This article is a biography of John Huss.

How do we know that there is an eternal covenant between the persons of the Trinity whereby the parties agreed to save the elect? This article answers that question.

There are times in marriage when abstinence is appropriate. Yet, as this article explains, there are equally times when it is sinful. Regular sexual intercourse is God’s will for married couples.

After showing the relationship between evangelism and apologetics, this article looks at presupositional apologetics as one kind of apologetics.

Godly principles for raising children are found in the biblical definition of marriage and the role God calls each to play in the marriage.

From Genesis 4:24-25 this article shows that prayer is rooted in the gospel.

If Christ did not rise from the dead, then there is no Christian message. However, the resurrection of Christ was real. This article explains four implications of Christ’s resurrection.

Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans have no place for hospitals? This article indicates that paganism had no real basis for compassion. But as Christ is full of compassion, Christians sought to emulate that compassion, which provided the driving force behind early Christian medical care.

This article gives a short biography of William Wilberforce. Attention is given to his writing in which he demonstrates that a healthy morality can only happen through the gospel.

This article notes the development of the so-called new atheism. This worldview stands on five convictions, which the author shows to be wrong.

God’s sovereignty means that his control of all things is inclusive, active, harmonious, and for our benefit. This is what this article shows from Romans 8:28.

This article is a biography of William Cowper, with a focus on his struggle with depression.

How are business and spiritual formation related? This article answers by explaining that trustworthiness, fairness, and perseverance are some of the characters for the spiritual formation of a Christian in the business sector.

This article explains that marriage is designed for companionship, raising children, and pointing people to the gospel.

The Lord brings about revival in order to renew the church, yet also for the renewal of the world. This article shares the view of Jonathan Edwards on revival.

This article explains how pain is a gift of God, how it opens up opportunities to serve God and others.

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.

This article explains that the doctrine of justification points not only to our guilt being dealt with, but also to our new corporate identity.

How can the wrath of God toward sin and his love toward sinful people coexist? This article explains from the whole of Scripture how the wrath and love of God are related.

This article gives an overview of the messages of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

What is it that makes shopping so addictive? What drives consumerism? This article gives the answer: worship. The author explains that we worship either God or idols, and it shows how we can fight consumerism by finding our treasure in heaven.

From Acts 2, this article shows how the Holy Spirit worked to organize the early church and what this means for the church today.

This article explains how Psalm 23 can be used as a check-up for our spiritual health.

This article shows that God designed marriage for the purpose of godly offspring.

What does Scripture say marriage is about? This article shows that marriage was designed for procreation, which can only happen through the one-flesh union of a man and his wife.

How and where do the Psalms speak about Christ? This article explains both the popular and academic views, giving due attention to just how Christ is present in the Psalms. Among other things it explains the meaning of typology and sensus plenior.

This article shows God's perspective on disability, as the model for how we should view and treat the disabled.

This article shows how 1 Kings-2 Kings points to God’s dealings with his people.

Are the laws of physics contradicting the possibility of creation? Laws do not create, they can only describe what happens under certain conditions. So the claim that science contradicts creation is not true.

From John 14 this article shows the work of the Holy Spirit in being the Paraclete and bringing the believer to communion with God.

This article explains that when depression is understood, this will create opportunities among God's people to care for one another.

Self-promotion can go under the disguise of seeking great things for Christ. This article shows how narcissism is a danger to many pastors, and how can they fight it through the desire to serve while still being ambitious.

Christians can have influence in the political realm. This article gives ten ways that Christians can influence politics.

This article explains that hospitality is a posture of the heart, and about magnifying Christ.

Is there any merit in the modern saying, "Be true to yourself"? This article shows how misleading this statement really is, and therefore it should not be used, by Christians of all people.

Can a Christian be in business, pursue profit, and remain faithful at the same time? This article draws from the life of Joseph to show that it is possible to have business, profits, and biblical norms match.

When discussing the Sunday worship service, there is increasingly less talk about "worshipping God" and more talk about "the worship experience." This article calls for a rethinking of the kind of experience that many are looking for in worship. Christianity offers nothing less than a God-given message about Immanuel.

The Christian worldview is rooted in the lordship of Christ. This article shows the implications of embracing such a worldview for the mission of the church to the world.

This article shows that creation, both in its beauty but also in the existence of evil, speaks about God. We know this because both good and beauty are explained in Genesis.

What did the death of Christ on the cross achieve? This article looks at three major ways in which people have understood the significance of Christ's death: the moral influence theory, the Christus victor theory, and the penal substitution view of the atonement. The author indicates how the third point of view has the most biblical support.

Christians are called to be in the world but not of the world. Looking at Jeremiah 29:6-7 this article shows how Christians can exercise their citizenship in this earth while being citizens of heaven.

The existence of fossils supports the biblical account of history as recorded in Genesis. Therefore, as this article indicates, fossils do not prove evolution.

From John 15 this article shows how being in Christ should shape our communion with Christ in this life.

Organ donation is an expression of love to neighbour. But should Christians do it? This article explains what organ donation is, and what are the conditions under which it can be done by Christians.

Marriage is not an end in itself; God designed it to serve the kingdom. This article shows the role of marriage in light of the kingdom of God.

Catechesis has been the church’s way to ground believers in the truth of the gospel. This article considers what happened to catechism in the modern church.

In our sexualized culture, Christians can uphold the goodness of sex by seeing it as a gift from God. This article shows how sexual desire, love, and marriage relate under God’s plan.

This article shows that when John 3:16 and Matthew 7:1 are read wrong, they can become poisonous. This article shows how they both belong together.

This article explains the relationship between astronomy and the Bible, through the eyes of John Calvin. Attention is also given to the creation narrative.

Should Christians seek litigation? 1 Corinthians 6 gives guidelines on how Christians should think about litigation issues.

The efforts to reconcile Genesis 1-Genesis 2 with the theory of evolution will always lead to a different reading of the creation account. This article argues that Genesis 1 must be understood to record creation in six days.

This article suggests that the Lord's Supper should be celebrated more frequently than it usually is. It offers a brief look at history and Scripture in this respect.

How can Christians be helped to grow in their praying? This article lays out some suggestions. We first need to understand the gospel aspect of our praying, that Christ is our mediator and is interceding for us in heaven. We may also be helped in making use of the Psalms, in ordering our prayers, in concentrating on God first, and in reading works that contain the prayers of saints.

This article shows how evangelism can be done to Muslims using parts of the Qur’an and the Islamic faith.

Faith is not against reason. Understanding God to be the source of knowledge, and taking into account the fall of man and the impact it has on his reasoning, this article shows that faith is in harmony with reason and at times beyond it.

Is it possible for Christians to be deceived? This article records different ways from the Bible in which we are prone to deception.

Obsession is mostly a negative word. But is there such thing as a godly obsession? This article shows that there is indeed an obsession unto life.

This article explains from Scripture that one of the many paradoxes of the Christian life is that strength is found in weakness.

This article shares three lessons for the church today from 3 John.

This article explains that the redefinition of marriage that allows for so-called homosexual marriage is a sign of a crumbling foundation in society. For such a society to regain stability, it must make a choice for true marriage, and not for madness.

From James 4:8 this article shows the importance of drawing near to God through the practice of meditation.

From Genesis 8, this article shows how God works through restoration, re-creation and redemption.

Heaven and eternal life are only for those who believe in Christ. This article explains that the certainty of this comes from the fact that Christ himself revealed it.

This article identifies and assesses five aspects of contemporary Christianity and church life that hinder church attendance. It speaks of different kinds of Christians, like the "pew-monia," "recliner," and self-centred Christian. The author also shares ways of curing the problems, by giving thought to Paul's counsel in 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1.

From Philippians this article shows that church politics can only be conquered by having the mind of Christ.

The justice of God was a concept that filled Martin Luther with fear. His efforts in trying to satisfy God’s standards brought him frustration. This article shows that to understand this we must know the context in which Luther lived.

Scientific racism is a direct result of embracing Darwinism and evolution. Looking at the history of the Aborigines, this article shows how scientific racism happened.

Being transformed after the image of Christ must impact the Christian in his workplace. This article shows how the Christian worldview shapes the daily work of a Christian.

Throughout the Bible, prayer is gospel shaped. This article show how in the Old Testament prayer is based on God’s covenant promises.

There are six prayers that the New Testament courages us to believe that God will always answer. This article explains what those prayers are.

This is article shows the Psalms are the prayers of the Messiah and of his people.

This article explains that while our conscience is valuable, it is not the final voice; God's Word is.

Mission work is rooted first of all in the lordship of Christ, not his love. This is what the book of Acts shows.

This article shows that God's grace can reach the mentally impaired or with the gospel through Scripture reading, sacraments, and singing. Through this God achieves his purpose of election.

How can parents find comfort when they have lost their child? This article gives three considerations for parents when grieving the death of their child.

This article looks at the teaching of self-esteem in light of the biblical teaching of self-denial.

Some stumbling blocks are necessary, others are the result of sin, and still others require considerable wisdom to deal with them. This article explains how the Christian is to be aware of the differences, and how the Christian life is a paraodox, one of seeking to please everyone, yet not living to please man.

This article explains that the antichrist is alive and well, and possibly closer than you think.

This article shows how annihilationism denies the reality of hell, and what implications this has for evangelism.