The Sovereignty of God and the Sin of the Believer …
A Note on 1 Corinthians 10:13
When we give in to temptation is that ultimately self-determination or God's sovereign will?
Prolegomena To Understanding Romans 9:14-15 …
An Interpretation of Exodus 33:19
Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 22/3 (1979), pp. 203-216.
A Very Precious and Practical Doctrine …
God's mercy and sovereignty are the twin pillars of the Christian life.
A Brief Theology of Sleep …
God is not nearly so impressed with our late nights and early mornings as he is with the peaceful trust that casts all anxieties on him and sleeps.
God Threw His Shoe on Edom …
Or, The Dome is Dead
What fools God makes of men who strive against their Maker!
How Does a Sovereign God Love? …
A Reply to Thomas Talbott
Revolt Against the Sovereignty of God …
Exploiting Heartache to Push Heresy
Denying God's control over evil does not bring the healing it purports to.
Are There Two Wills in God? …
Divine Election and God's Desire for All to Be Saved
If God wants everyone to be saved, why does he choose that some won't be?
The Providence of God …
Seeing to the Universe
God is not a passive participant in a world that exists without his sustaining it. Wherever he is looking, he is acting.
When God’s Will Is That His Will Not Be Done …
Meditations on 1 Samuel 2:22-25
Sometimes God ordains that sin continue for holy and just reasons, which is not sin on his part.
Summary of the Sovereignty of God in Salvation …
The "Five Points" of Calvinism
Use Means, but Don’t Trust in Means; Trust in God …
God wants us to use means to get his work done, but he wants us to trust in him, not in these means.
How the Archbishop Got It Wrong: Humane Confidence vs. Destructive Doubt …
We must respond to suffering with both compassion and confidence in God.
Response to Rabbi Kushner on the Collapse of the 35W Bridge …
John Piper responds to the idea that God is not supreme over tragedies.
How A Roman Catholic Anti-Calvinist Can Serve Today’s Poet-Calvinists …
Thoughts on G.K. Chesterton and Orthodoxy.
Thoughts On Why Everything Exists …
Consider the mystery that the entire universe and all the events in it serve to glorify Jesus Christ.
I Believe in God's Self-Sufficiency …
A Response to Thomas McCall
Trinity Journal 29NS (2008) 227-234
How was it loving for God to create the world, if he foreknew the horrors that would come upon it?
The President, the Passengers, and the Patience of God …
What does the USAir crash have to do with the inauguration?
Rebuilding Some Basics of Bethlehem: 10 Reasons Why Believing in the Sovereignty of God Matters …
God's sovereignty is a rock of confidence and comfort for those who are in Christ.
Confronting the Problem(s) of Evil …
Biblical, Philosophical, and Emotional Reflections on a Perpetual Question
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