Posted in Cultural Issues on August 20th, 2007 9 Comments »
Early in June, Focus on the Family aired a message by John MacArthur entitled, “A Nation Abandoned by God” from Romans 1:18ff. Since then, the good folks over at The Bible Bulletin Board have made the transcripts available. If you did not have the opportunity to hear the broadcast, be sure to peruse the transcripts. Below […]
Posted in Cultural Issues, Parenting on August 18th, 2007 5 Comments »
(By Nathan Williams)
Did you grow up in a Christian home? If you did, stop and think for a moment about the small percentage of people living on our planet right now who share that life situation with you. God was certainly gracious to those of us who were raised by Christian parents. Maybe you were […]
Posted in Spiritual Growth, Theology Proper, Evangelism on August 17th, 2007 5 Comments »
(By John MacArthur)
Before Jesus gave up His spirit as He hung on the cross, He took time to pray for those who were murdering Him. He prayed, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34).
God began to answer His prayer on the Day of Pentecost as some three […]
Posted in Spiritual Growth, Theology Proper on August 16th, 2007 5 Comments »
(By Matt Waymeyer)
Today’s post concludes our series on this important topic, with a fifth and final reason why believers should pray in light of God’s sovereignty.
5. God has ordained prayer as a means by which He accomplishes His eternal purposes.
At this point, some may wonder how it is that Scripture can teach both that God […]
Posted in Spiritual Growth, Theology Proper on August 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
(By Matt Waymeyer)
So far, we have considered two reasons to pray in light of God’s sovereignty. Today we will consider two more.
3. God is able to respond to our prayers.
Rather than hindering the prayers of believers, the sovereignty of God ought to motivate them to pray, for “prayer grows from the certainty of God’s omnipotence and […]