Our culture has, in many cases, abandoned these traditional family structures. Many voices today tell us that family is whatever you want it to be. Many are working to upset and reverse the traditional understanding of family. There is a great deal of confusion and moral chaos on these issues in our culture today. But we need not be confused about these things. Family is what God originally designed it to be, and our responsibility is to conform our families to God’s expectations. Read More ...
True Christians hold these doctrines strongly; these are our doctrinal convictions, our strongly-held beliefs. These are non-negotiables of the faith. We must believe them as we find them in the Bible. To fail to believe them is to put yourself outside the faith once delivered to the saints. These are the truths that the Bible commands us to hold fast without wavering or compromising. We can and should be bold and fervent in holding these doctrinal convictions. 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 ...