Doctrines

The Doctrine of God The Only True God God’s Names The Trinity God’s Eternity God’s Immutability God’s Foreknowledge God’s Wisdom God’s Holiness and Ours God’s Love and Justice God’s Mercy…

Our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died to secure for His people the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Like the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit is present…

Extract Part of the great inheritance that the church has received from Israel is the conviction that there is one—and only one—God. In numerous places and in various ways, the…

Extract Looking death in the face, Joseph rallies in Genesis 50 for one final act of faith. He recalls God’s promise to Abram (Gen. 15:13,14) and assures his brothers that…

Extract No event has cast a darker shadow over human life throughout the centuries than the fall of our first parents from their state of original righteousness, life, and communion…

Extract Whether it is in the beauty, power, or complexity of creation, a taste of God’s wonder is engraved on all things as an unmistakable testament of His incomprehensible glory.…

Extract Faith is the resting of the heart on God, the Author of life and eternal salvation, so that we may be saved from all evil through Him and may…

Extract Heaven is the dwelling place of God and the seat of His kingdom, high above all the kingdoms of this world (1 Kings 8:30; Isa. 66:1; Matt. 25:34; Acts…

Hell is the place of eternal judgment (Matt. 5:29; Luke 12:5; 16:23). Further, it is the only place of eternal torment, as opposed to the extra-scriptural idea of purgatory (cf.…

Extract The expression “the Day of the Lord” occurs about twenty times in the Old Testament. Related expressions, such as “that day” or “the day of the Lord of hosts,”…