Calvinism teaches that man is born totally depraved, separated from God, and unable to come to Him apart from a divine operation of the Holy Spirit upon his heart. Why is man allegedly in such a state? It is because of Adam’s sin.
The basic idea is this: God created Adam and Eve in the beginning. [...]

When Jesus ascended into heaven, the apostles were there to witness the event. Afterwards, two angels appeared to them and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him [...]

As another year is quickly drawing to a close, we often use this time to take stock of our lives. We look back at where we’ve been and evaluate where we are now. We also tend to look forward to the new year and what might lie ahead, thinking about what we ought to do [...]

Sin is not taken very seriously by many in our society. People ignore it, make excuses for it, and joke about it. This casual attitude towards sin is in stark contrast with the way God views sin.
There are three examples from the book of Genesis that clearly demonstrate to us just how much God hates [...]

In Jeremiah 8, the prophet condemns the people of Jerusalem for their sins. The condemnation was not for an occasional misstep, but for the persistent practice of sin and their stubborn refusal to repudiate it. “Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in apostasy? They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return” (v. [...]

“What have you done?” This question is often asked by a parent to a child. Children learn that this question means three things: they did something wrong, they were caught, and there are consequences to follow.
Our heavenly Father asked this question twice in the early chapters of the Bible with the same kind of meaning. [...]

Isaiah prophesied of a kingdom that was to come “in the last days” – the age that was ushered in following the coming of Christ (cf. Hebrews 1:2). There are several keywords in this prophecy that we must understand if we are to appreciate what it teaches.
“Now it will come about that in the last [...]