Theology Applied

Why are some of you still enslaved to your sins? In this clip, Pastor Joel provides the antidote to killing your sin.

Are you aware of the rise in Eastern Orthodoxy? If so, do you have tips for engaging it in debate? Would you personally be opposed to debating someone who is Eastern Orthodox?

The world seems to have a million different definitions of love, but what is true biblical love according to God’s definition?

It is true that God uses suffering to build up his people. However, if we come to believe that suffering is God’s only tool for sanctification, we will have a poor view of our Heavenly Father.

We all have people in our lives who are influenced by what we say and how we live. How can we ensure that we are using our influence well?

The true Christian Faith is a historical faith. It all begins with actual events which God performed in human history. What we believe about these historical events is Christian Doctrine. And how we live in light of what we believe is Christian Character.

God is the “savior of all people” in the sense of physical preservation, but God is only the savior of “those who believe” in the spiritual and eternal sense (1 Timothy 4:10). God is the “common grace savior” of all, and God is the “special grace savior” of some (the elect). In other words, God cannot bless anyone apart from his grace, spiritual blessing (eternal) or physical blessing (temporal). “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17).

Do you believe that a family should be denied church membership if they place their children in public school? My wife and I were told that we had to prove our repentance by my wife quitting her job and homeschooling our children before we would be considered for membership at our local church. Is this biblical? 

Everything God does is first and foremost for his own glory. However, if we remain true to God’s Word, we can be assured that when God vindicates himself we will be vindicated also.

When God speaks, it is always without error and with full authority. However, not everything in Scripture is equally clear. So how should we communicate the less clear passages of the Bible?