Doctrine matters. What you believe about God, the gospel, the nature of man, and every major truth addressed in Scripture filters down to every area of your life. You and…
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The word “Trinity” is never used, nor is the doctrine of Trinitarianism ever explicitly taught in the Scriptures, but Trinitarianism is the best explanation of the biblical evidence. The theological…
Genesis 3:15 as a Test Case* Abstract: Evangelical scholars have championed grammatical-historical interpretation as an objective means of sifting truth from error. This approach has value if we use it…
Does God Change His Mind? If God is immutable, if He does not change at all, does that mean He never changes His mind either? This is a very thorny…
Justification goes beyond forgiveness. Not only are we forgiven because of Christ, but God also declares us righteous because of Christ. God requires two things of us: punishment for our…
“I cannot conceive it possible for anyone truly to receive Christ as Savior and yet not to receive him as Lord. A man who is really saved by grace does…
Christian doctrine is unique in that it is an intellectual response to the historical activity and revelatory disclosure of God. Doctrine is rational reflection upon God’s saving activity in Jesus…
This article originally appeared as Chapter I in Sola Scriptura! The Protestant Position on the Bible Don Kistler, General Editor and published by Soli Deo Gloria Publications. There are two…
For years I read, preached and taught from the KJV. I appreciate the language and love the translation, but made the transition to the ESV several years ago. And I’m…
The case was certainly desperate, if the Godhead itself did not descend to us, it being impossible for us to ascend. Thus the Son of God behoved to become our…
Sola Scriptura , the formal principle of the Protestant Reformation, is essential to genuine Christianity, for it declares that the Bible is the inspired word of God, the church’s only…
The following excerpt from D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones comes from his wonderful series, Studies in Ephesians. “What foolish creatures we are! Many of us are not interested in doctrine at all;…
Too many Christians today don’t know what they believe – or why! This is a fantastic DVD series that can be used in Sunday School classes, small groups or for…
Excerpt from A.W. Pink’s book, The Attributes of God. This book handles a doctrine little understood and heard of infrequently in these days of humanism. This book gives God his…
During my recent trip to California for the Alliance Defense Fund Academy, I had the pleasure to meet Greg Gilbert, the author of a wonderful book, What is the Gospel?…
The following selection by John Calvin was taken from book 3, chapter 11 of The Institutes of The Christian Religion, translated into English by Henry Beveridge, 1863. This electronic edition…
The testimony which, according to Scripture, Christ has given of Himself is developed and confirmed by the preaching of the apostles. The confession that a man, named Jesus, is the…
The Eternal Being reveals Himself in His triune existence even more richly and vitally than in His attributes. It is in this holy trinity that each attribute of His Being…
Warfield (1851-1921) was Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Christianity is often called a book-religion. It would be more exact to say that it is a…
Machen (1881-1937) was Professor of New Testament, first at Princeton Theological Seminary, and afterwards at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Excerpts from The Christian Faith in the Modern World (1936). The…
Machen (1881-1937) was Professor of New Testament, first at Princeton Theological Seminary, and afterwards at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Excerpts from The Christian Faith in the Modern World (1936). The…
It shall be our endeavor to set before our readers a plain exposition of this great Christian doctrine as taught in the holy Scriptures, and as generally held by sound…
Our blessed Lord knew how prone convinced sinners are to unbelief as it regards the reception which he is disposed to give them if they come to him, and therefore…
There are many matters concerning which total ignorance and complete indifference are neither tragic nor fatal. I am sure that there are few of us who can explain all the…
God’s decrees foreordain, and his creative act brings into actuality, beings other than God. Creation marks the beginning, therefore, of non-divine “otherness.” Now of course otherness does exist eternally within the divine nature….
