In times of prosperity, when life is going well and everything seems to fall perfectly into place, it is easy to think of God as a good, faithful Father who cares for His children. It is significantly more difficult to look trials, sorrow, and grief in the eye and emphatically declare how great the faithfulness […]
Triumph, Disaster, and the Providence of God: All Things from His Fatherly Hand Read More »
October mixes a curious potion—the Reformation’s light and Halloween’s darkness, the gospel’s clarity and the world’s fascination with the occult. Skeletons grin from porches, witches fly across store windows, and death sprawls across neighborhood lawns. The occult, once feared as demonic, is now reduced to costume and amusement. The Halloween toys our culture plays with
Calvin and the Occult: The Reformer Against the Powers of Darkness Read More »
One profound Christian mystery that transcends all traditions and spans all times is the relationship between prayer and providence. No matter how much our minds desire to understand the compatibility of human prayer and Divine providence, Scripture doesn’t offer a complete answer. On the one hand, Christ teaches us to petition the Father, praying, “Give
Why Pray in a Calvinist World? Prayer & Providence in Calvin’s Institutes Read More »
