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What Is Justification by Faith Alone?

Ever since Martin Luther, the famous sixteenth-century Reformer, nailed his ninety-five theses to the castle door of Wittenberg, the doctrine of justification by faith alone has been one ...

What Is Providence?

Few things distinguish Christian and secular worldviews with greater clarity than the doctrine of providence: that everything that happens is the outcome of the sovereign overruling of Go...

What Is Regeneration?

Many people believe they can initiate their salvation, either through choosing to believe or on their own merits. Yet the Bible is clear that we can't take even the first step toward reco...

What Is the Trinity?

The challenging nature of the Trinity often puzzles us—especially since no one passage in the Bible explains it on its own. Early creeds were written to unite the church's beliefs a...

Why I Left Scofieldism

The author tells of his break from “Scofieldism,” a dispensational viewpoint, and some of his objections to that teaching.

Women, Slaves, and the Gender Debate A Complementarian Response to the Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic

The debate over the role of women in the church is not diminishing. Complementarians argue that men and women are equal but have distinctive roles, while egalitarians argue against role d...