Pulpit Magazine

(By John MacArthur)
In spite of the clarity with which Scripture addresses this topic, many professing Christians today struggle in their acceptance of God’s sovereignty — especially when it comes to His electing work in salvation. Their most common protest, of course, is that the doctrine of election is unfair. But such an objection stems from [...]

(By Jesse Johnson)
* Jesse serves as the Pastor of Local Outreach at Grace Community Church.
National Public Radio (NPR) is running a series over the next 11 months called “The Young and the Godly.” This series examines the lives of young ministers in the United States, and highlights a 23-year-old pastor who is six months pregnant.
As [...]

The following is adapted from the Grace Church elders’ distinctive on “The Role of Women.”
Although women have traditionally fulfilled supportive roles in serving the church and gained their greatest joy and sense of accomplishment from being wives and mothers, the feminist movement has successfully influenced many women to abandon these divinely ordained roles.
Unfortunately, this [...]

(By Nathan Busenitz)
In our short series on this topic (interspersed throughout the last two weeks), we’ve considered five reasons why we can hope in God with absolute confidence. His promises to us, both for this life and the next, can be heartily embraced because their certainty is absolute. As the Psalmist prayed in Psalm 33:20-22: “Our soul [...]

(By John MacArthur)
The following is adapted from a Grace Church Q&A session.
Can Satan hear what we say and know our thoughts? Should we avoid praying out loud because Satan might hear us?
There is nothing in the Bible to indicate that Satan is omniscient. There are no verses that say he knows everything or that he [...]