The disobedience and bad attitude of a few can have a huge impact on many. It often happens that way in a church—a few disaffected, critical people ruin things for everyone else. Read More ...
These principles still pertain today—obedience leads to blessing, and rebellion leads to disaster. The best choice is always to recognize God’s authority, obey God, and trust him to fulfill his promises. Read More ...
Deuteronomy, like many biblical books, is not written directly to us, but is for us. It’s the God-breathed, inerrant, unchangeable word of God, and is thus profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction. We read it so that we may become mature and fully furnished for every good work. Like every other part of the Bible, Deuteronomy is living and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. It’s a source of instruction, rebuke, blessing, and encouragement. Read More ...
Because God made us, he has the right to tell us who we are and what we are supposed to do. He has authority over us. Our responsibility is to accept ourselves as God’s creation and live within the parameters he has set for us. We must trust that God made us who we are intentionally. Read More ...
Under the sovereignty of God, we strive to be both prudent and prayerful. We trust God and we take precautions. We affirm both God’s sovereignty and human responsibility. We work as though everything depends on us, and we pray as if everything depends on God. We are both prayerful and careful. Read More ...
The national events that we’ve observed over the last couple of weeks give us many profound ideas to think about—the sovereignty of God, the responsibility of man, human depravity, moral absolutes, and the inevitability of death. The Christian worldview helps us understand these profound ideas and to respond to them appropriately. Read More ...
It’s easy to say that we would trust God when a child is born with a defect or a loved one suffers with a disease. We say that we would continue to serve God even if a tornado destroyed all we own. It’s an entirely different thing to actually trust God as those things are happening. Read More ...
Government policies and procedures may not be what we want them to be, but we can be assured that God is sovereign over national, political, and military affairs. We must believe that his purposes are being fulfilled through these instruments. Read More ...
We can trust that God has a plan, and he is working out that plan by causing people to think and do various things. We don’t know how it’s all going to work out, but we trust that God is active in controlling human thought and behavior for his own purposes. Read More ...
We readily admit that the sovereignty of God is a difficult, even troubling doctrine, especially when we are facing pain, sorrow, disaster, and disappointment. To know that God ultimately is behind all the events of our lives can be difficult to accept. It’s sometimes almost easier to believe that God is not in charge. It might be easier to believe that it was random chance or pure bad luck than that God has brought it or allowed it. Read More ...