Pulpit Magazine

(By Matt Waymeyer)
Why Pray?
In this series, we will consider five reasons why believers should pray in light of the sovereignty of God.
1. God has commanded us to pray.
The most obvious reason to pray is that God has commanded us to pray. This is evident throughout the teachings of both Jesus and the apostle Paul. Jesus [...]

(By Matt Waymeyer)
* Matt pastors Community Bible Church in Vista, California. He is a graduate of The Master’s Seminary, and a periodic contributor to Pulpit.
The story is told about a small town in the south. For many years, this town had been “dry” in that no alcohol was ever sold or served there. But one [...]

(By Nathan Williams)
In case you haven’t read any of it, Wayne Grudem and John Piper have been going back and forth about the issue of baptism.
Since we have been doing a series on election, I thought it would be helpful to see some characteristics of hyper-calvinists.
This is a good article on transforming the world from [...]

(From a sermon by Charles Spurgeon)
“But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in [...]

(By John MacArthur)
The idea that God does what He wants, and that what He does is true and right because He does it, is foundational to the understanding of everything in Scripture, including the doctrine of election.  
In the broad sense, election refers to the fact that God chooses (or elects) to do everything that [...]