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Category Archives: God’s control
God’s dispositional will
This dimension of God’s will reveals that God is not inwardly disposed to or delighted by… Continue reading
God’s actions and our responses
Deep and urgent matters that must be talked about and taught the way Scripture reveals them. Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Evangelism, God as Potter, God's control, God's Heart, God's Will, Questioning God, Salvation, Seeking God, Sovereignty, Study of God, Will of God, Wisdom, Witness
Tagged God's control and man's respoense, how to talk about God's sovereignty, Human responsibility and God's sovereignty
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Learning the ways of God
Is your trouble a sense of failure? The knowledge of having made some significant mistake? Go back to God; his restoring grace waits for you. Continue reading
Posted in Failure, God, God as Potter, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Will, Godly sorrow, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom
Tagged Failure, Forgiveness, Loss
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Transformed pain…
Let God transform your pain so you can become a transformer of pain for others. Continue reading
God’s heart toward a broken world
How does a sovereign, all-powerful God relate to a broken fallen world filled with so much evil, suffering and sadness?
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Is God’s will specifically revealed?
No amount of prayer will give us the authority to drop the “if” from our plans. Christians should therefore not say, “we prayed fervently about this plan and we know God is going to accomplish it.” James would say, “Where is your ‘if’?” But what about circumstantial signs, opened doors, inner impressions, or feeling called by God? Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Church Leadership, Counseling, Decision making, Glorify God, God as Potter, God Particle, God's control, God's power, God's Will, Scripture, Seeking God, Self-deception, Sovereignty, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom
Tagged how to hear from God, the voice of God, Will of God
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Final Restoration of all things
Great statements on final and full restoration of everything. Continue reading
Posted in Coming of Christ, Creation, Eschatology, Eternal life, God's Patience, God's control, God's power, God's Will, Hope?, Prophecy, Reconciliation, Restoration
Tagged end times, eschatology, prophecy
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Five pillars for life
Our understanding of each part of the story in combination with the others must become a lens for the way we look at life. Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Disciple-making, God, God's control, God's Will, Will of God, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Christian worldview, Worldview
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Confused about God in a world of suffering
In our efforts to understand how God relates to the evil actions of humans (or even to His own acts of judgment), we must make some important distinctions concerning God’s will. Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Assurance, Atheism, Atheists, Bitterness, Christian worldview, Comfort, D. A. Carson, Depravity, Despair, Doctrine, Doubt, Evil in the world, God, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Hope?, Jesus Christ, Justice, Origin of Sin, Pain, Problem of evil, Salvation, Seeking God, Sin, Sovereignty, Suffering, Theodicy, Theology, Will of God
Tagged Does God care? God and evil, God's will, Problem of evil, why so much suffering in the world? Evil
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What we must know about Satan
The great mystery of tension between the activity of Satan and the sovereignty of God is found in the trials of Job. Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Devil, Evil in the world, Evil One, God's control, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Satan, Sovereignty, Theodicy, Theology
Tagged Conceit, Evil in the world, Satan, The Devil, Trials of Job
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