Unpacking “Everything Happens for a Reason”

Podcast: What Is the Purpose of Our Pain? (Keith Krell)

Keith Krell discusses the many reasons God allows suffering and how this pain can bring us closer to the Lord.

7 Steps a Father Can Take to Show Love to His Children

Jonathan Leeman

Examine the character of God as a loving Father and consider how you might grow in these ways. Devote yourself to prayer. Seek out both the wisdom and admonition of godly men.

5 Mediators in the Bible Who Foreshadowed Christ

Vern S. Poythress

Jesus is the only way to God. Jesus himself says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me“ (John 14:6).

7 Reasons God Takes Pleasure in Election

John Piper

Romans 8:28–30 teaches us that God really accomplishes the complete redemption of his people from start to finish. He foreknows (elects) a people for himself before the foundation of the world.

3 Expressions of the Father’s Delight in the Son

John Piper

God’s pleasure is first and foremost a pleasure in his Son. The Bible reveals this to us while showing us the face of Jesus shining like the sun of our solar system.

Does Jesus Really Expect Us to Be Perfect?

Jonathan T. Pennington

It is true that all people stand condemned and experience death because of sin, with our only hope being God’s grace toward us, this is not at all what Jesus is talking about in Matthew 5.