One of the recurring ideas in John’s Gospel is that Jesus can do nothing of Himself: “I can of Myself do nothing” (John 5:30). The works Jesus did were what He saw the Father do: Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself,

My book, Chosen to Serve, was meant to rethink the Biblical doctrine of election. I was presenting an alternative to the Calvinist doctrine of Unconditional Election and the Arminian doctrine of Conditional Election. I found the Bible taught something different from either of those two positions. My next big project is to rethink the meaning

Question I stumbled on a paper from your journal that left me with a big question. I don’t know when it was written, but the author was Bob Wilkin. The title of the paper is, “Justification by Faith Alone is an Essential Part of the Gospel.” Near the middle of the article, page 5 of

I came across this nugget recently: “There are five very effective tips that anyone who desires to understand the Bible can put into practice immediately, regardless of how much or how little his knowledge of God’s word may be…” “The first tip is to bear in mind that the dictionary’s definition of a word does

A Catholic friend was explaining to me the virtues of the Virgin Mary—that she was highly exalted by God, and how amazing her annunciation was. “The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin” is the moment when the angel Gabriel told Mary she could conceive and become pregnant with Jesus. My friend went on to point to

Where did sin come from? Did God create it? Is sin co-eternal with God—where both good and evil have struggled together forever? Many religions believed that. But the Bible tells a different story. According to the Bible, God made everything good. Even Satan. His original name was Lucifer. He was a guardian angel. And for

When you buy a house, you and the seller must agree on the closing date and the move-in date. If you do not have the when, you do not have a contract. There’s also a crucial when in evangelism, namely, “When does a believer gets everlasting life?” Jesus promised one thing. Sadly, many evangelists promise

Ladies, when a man says he’ll fix something, he will. There’s no need to nag him about it every six months. OK, well, maybe some promises should be met with a healthy dose of skepticism. But what about God’s promises? If God says that as a believer, you have everlasting life, do you believe Him